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Thu, Aug 17, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Lot 25

CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976). Death on the Nile. London: Co...

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CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976). Death on the Nile. London: Collins for The Crime Club, 1937. FIRST EDITION, in the rare dust jacket designed by Robin Macartney, the architect and painter, who participated in archaeological expeditions with Christie. It was twice adapted into film, the first being in 1978 which won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and most recently in 2022 which was produced by Ridley Scott. [With:] a copy of the first American edition in a facsimile dust jacket, published in 1938 by Dodd, Mead and Company.