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Publisher’s red cloth lettered in black to spine, \"The Holiday Bookshop\" label stamped to rear pastedown; green dust jacket with black and white title to front board and spine; pp. [vi], 191, [1]; sunning to top edge of textblock and spotting to rear pastedown, minor browning to rear panel; very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased far from Christie's typical quintessential backdrop, \u003ci\u003eDestination Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e is set in Morocco. When Hilary Craven plans her suicide, she is saved by the British secret service who recruit her to impersonate the role as wife of a nuclear scientist who has mysteriously vanished…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the book subtly examines the 1950s defection of famous physicists to the Soviets, the narrative also reflects the dismantling of Christie's own first marriage in 1928. Following pressure from her first husband for divorce after falling in love with a younger woman, Agatha Christie became the protagonist of her own mystery, staging an eleven day disappearance. After a significant manhunt, she was discovered in a hotel registered under the name of her husband's lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2121850\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56014350614905,"sku":"2121850","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2121850.jpg?v=1744879732"},{"product_id":"christie-agatha-the-tuesday-club-murders","title":"CHRISTIE, Agatha. The Tuesday Club Murders.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHRISTIE, Agatha.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Tuesday Club Murders. \u003ci\u003eNew York: Grosset \u0026amp; Dunlap.\u003c\/i\u003e 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Original orange cloth, blue lettering to front board and spine, top edge stained blue, in original illustrated dust jacket; pp. [viii], 253, [3, ads]; slight wear to extremities, light spots and stains to text block, jacket with chipping to spine ends, small nicks and closed tears to extremities; occasional light offsetting, but generally a very good, clean copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond US printing, rare in dust jacket.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tuesday Club Murders\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in 1932 as \u003ci\u003eThe Thirteen Problems\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the US by Dodd, Mead \u0026amp; Company in 1933 under this title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of thirteen short stories centres on the mysteries recounted at Miss Marple’s gatherings, where a circle of friends meets each week to present baffling cases – all of which the amateur consulting detective solves from the comfort of her armchair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2121856\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55140512891257,"sku":"2121856","price":975.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2121856.jpg?v=1744879760"},{"product_id":"christie-agatha-death-on-the-nile","title":"CHRISTIE, Agatha. 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Publisher’s orange cloth, stamped in black to front cover and spine, top edge stained blue, in original dust-jacket with the printed price $2 to front flap; pp. [5], 326, [4, blank]; spine folds and tear to front panel neatly reinforced with archival tape, jacket chipped to crown (10 x15mm and 10 x 5mm) and large portion (c. 30 x 35mm) missing to foot of spine, crease to spine, pushing to head and foot of spine, bottom corners a little bumped, blue staining to top edge faded; spotting and offsetting to endpapers, light and infrequent spotting within, stain to pp. 265–268, a couple of pages creased to top right corner; very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst US edition, first impression of Agatha Christie’s most popular detective novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the tranquility of an Egyptian cruise is shattered by the discovery of a young woman shot in the head, Hercule Poirot’s initial observations point to an obvious culprit, but nothing is quite as it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath on the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e stands as one of the most celebrated travel mysteries. After marrying Max Mallowan, Christie frequently accompanied her husband on his archeological excavations, contributing herself  by cataloguing, photographing, and even helping to restore artefacts. \u003ci\u003eDeath on the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e was partly inspired by these trips and a   visit to southern Egypt, where she stayed at the grand Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan and sailed the Nile on the steamship SS Sudan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe  novel was first published in London by Collin’s Crime Club on 1 November 1937, in time for the Christmas sales. 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