Agatha Christie | Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936

Agatha Christie

Murder in Mesopotamia. London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1936

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original orange cloth, spine lettered in black, DUST-JACKET by Robin Macartney, dust-jacket somewhat soiled, creased and frayed with a few small areas of loss, especially at ends of backstrip

This is one of a small number of striking dust-jackets for the Christie detective novels designed by the architect and painter Robin Macartney, who participated in archaeological expeditions with the author and her husband Max Mallowan.

PROVENANCE

The Alexis Galanos Collection