Montblanc Meisterstuck Agatha Christie black resin and sterling silver fountain pen.<ul><li>Model: Meisterstuck Writer's Edition</li><li>Number: 13310/30000</li><li>Cap: Black resin, sterling silver and ruby</li><li>Barrel: Black resin and sterling silver</li><li>Nib/Tip: Eighteen-karat medium gold nib</li><li>Signed: Agatha Christie, Montblanc Meisterstuck Edition on cap</li><li>Does not include a presentation box.</li><li>This piece is final sale and not eligible for return.</li></ul>

Meisterstuck Agatha Christie Fountain Pen

Four <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Manuscripts%252C%2520Letters%252C%2520Documents%252C%2520Ephemera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">letters</a>, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>, addressed to her friends from home and abroad.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4 letters.</li><li>Agatha Christie (British).</li><li>Three handwritten letters and one typed letter addressed to Christie's friends Josephine and Archibald Ross Thomas.</li><li>Winterbrook House, Wallingford and The British School of Archaeology in Iraq, Baghdad.</li><li>Hand signed "Agatha Mallowan" and "Agatha."</li><li>These works are presented unframed.</li></ul> Four Letters to Josephine &amp; Archibald Ross Thomas, three of which are hand-written, including material pertaining to Iraq and archaeology. On the writer’s own letterhead and on British School of Archaeology in Iraq letterhead. Signed “Agatha” and “Agatha Mallowan.” In 1930 Agatha Christie, already famous, married the young archaeologist Max Mallowan. Despite her own work commitments, she decided to accompany him on expeditions to Syria and Iraq. Her friends, curious and sometimes worried, kept in touch with her during these travels. In Iraq, Agatha spent her time writing and helping to care for sick and unsupervised children in the Baghdad hospital. After returning to England, she continued her correspondence with Josephine and Ross from Winterbrook House, the small villa she had bought in 1934, asking after mutual friends, discussing azaleas, and not forgetting about Baghdad and Egypt. Archibald Ross Thomas, MBE, was a British cultural and educational figure in Iraq, best known as Director of the British Institute, Mosul. He also appears to have been an artist or printmaker, with surviving Northern Iraq prints attributed to him. His connection with Agatha Christie came through Iraq and the archaeological circle of Mallowan. Christie and Mallowan spent long periods in the Middle East connected with archaeological excavations, and Ross Thomas seems to have belonged to that same expatriate, cultural and archaeological world. Letter 1: Dear Josephine,Was it you who sent me a very lovely potted azalea of cherry colour a few days before Xmas?!It had a greeting card with “from Jocelyn &amp; Rose” pinned on to it —And now I have got a friend called Jocelyn but not a very close oneShe’s never sent me flowers before — I thought Rose might be a sister, having just had a delightful Xmas card with drawings of Kurdish women from you + Ross — I never thought of it as coming from you.It was only just the other day when I was clearing up Xmas things &amp; various cards from Iraq &amp; Iran that it. Suddenly came to me “I believe that was from Josephine &amp; Ross &amp; the florist got it wrong“. If so accept very late thanks!!! If not, perhaps a long forgotten Jocelyn may turn up in my mind.How are you both? Best wishes for Easter — I’ve been on &amp; off in health. Good spells &amp; bad spells — This makes plans very difficult — Hope to get to Greenway — or perhaps to Wales where Mathew &amp; Angela &amp; my great granddaughters are now.EverLove from MaxYrsAgatha Letter 2: Dear Josephine,I’ve been away in Devon — Glad to have news of you —Yes, Mathew was married last May — a very nice girl whom he had known for some time —You must find a nice girl for Malcolm &amp; force him into matrimony — He can’t be allowed to escape!!It’s a long time since we’ve seen Nick — I hope he’s all right again — It sounded as though he’d picked up something out East which baffled the doctors here —One feels rather sad about Baghdad &amp; Mosul &amp; all the happy times one remembers.David &amp; Joan are off to Persia as usual &amp; the Antiquities Dept are nice &amp; helpful — but the whole climate of opinion in Iraq is depressing — what a period everybody fighting everybody we live in! Africa, &amp; S.E. Asia, &amp; Israel &amp; the Arab nations &amp; Egypt —And here we suffer from Governments who just spend money they haven’t got &amp; go more or less bankrupt — Better than fighting, though —How lucky for Ross that he paints — nice to have something creative to do —All we need now is some SUN!!!Yrs,Agatha Letter 3: Dear RossThank you both so much for your kind congratulations &amp; the nice things you say.We’re coming home early in March — One begins to feel we are rather like a certain kind of bird — always returning to its haunt on a definite date — First us, then the bee-eaters &amp; then the Rollers!Best wishes for 1956Agatha Mallowan Letter 4: Dear JosephineWhat WONDERFUL eclairs!! We were rather hungry when we got back &amp; made absolute PIGS of ourselves — simple fell upon them — We must have eaten about six each — It was nice of you —Come out &amp; have lunch with us one day soon now (if?) the weather is settled.Barbara is, I believe, bringing in the policeman’s child on Monday — She will send a final messageJohn Burgess who is here now.The child seems to have had a complete mess made of her at the Hospital before a doctor called Abdul Hadi’s encasing her in plaster when her arm &amp; hand were covered with boils). We do want her to have proper treatment — she’s a very sweet patient little girl.In haste many thanksYrsAgatha Mallowan

Agatha Christie Signed Handwritten and Typed Letters

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>, accompanied by a <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> letter.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2: 1 book and 1 letter.</li><li>Agatha Christie (British).</li><li>London: Collins, 1960.</li><li>First British edition.</li><li>Accompanied by a one-page typed letter signed by Christie on Greenway House stationery and dated the 1st of January, 1960. </li><li>Bound in the publisher’s original boards and dust wrapper.</li></ul> In the accompanying letter, writing to Colonel J. S. Whitehead of Cranbourne, Cheshire, Christie thanks him for his kind note regarding her work before politely declining his request: ‘I am sorry but I never send autographed photographs to anybody.’ The letter is signed boldly in blue ink ‘Agatha Christie’ above her typed name and comes with the original envelope. A first edition Christie title, and a characteristically direct signed letter, revealing the author’s long-standing reluctance to circulate signed photographs.

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding | First Edition Accompanied by Signed Letter

A handwritten and <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Manuscripts%252C%2520Letters%252C%2520Documents%252C%2520Ephemera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">letter</a> by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>, playfully responding to a fan.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (British).</li><li>Two-page hand written letter responding to a fan's request for a signed photograph.</li><li>Swan Court, Berkshires: circa 1950s.</li><li>Hand signed "Agatha Mallowan."</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> A two-page handwritten and signed letter from Christie, discussing her misplacing a fan’s photograph of her. On Winterbrook House paper, with Winterbrook address crossed through and 48 Swan Court written overtop. A particularly humorous letter, as Christie has stated in other correspondence that she does not, on principle, sign photographs, calling into question whether Christie disposed of the snapshot herself. The Letter reads: Dear Mr Usborne, I feel most apologetic — but the photograph you sent me has simply vanished! I can’t think what has become of it — It is an extraordinary thing which has never happened to me before — namely, I didn’t cut it carefully —but I suppose it will look better touched up a bit? It makes me look a ripe 70 rather than still on this side of 60!However I don’t suppose people often like their own faces when reproduced! I am sorry abouthaving lost the photo. If it does turn up then will send it to you&nbsp;Yrs very sincerely,Agatha Mallowan

Agatha Christie Handwritten and Signed Letter

A <a href="v" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> set of the crime novels of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Fine%2520bindings&amp;query=Agatha%20Christie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 24 volumes.</li><li>Agatha Christie (English).</li><li>London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Bound in red half calf, with raised bands ruled in gilt, twin black title labels lettered in gilt, matching red cloth over boards, top edges gilt.</li></ul> This impressive collection was issued over a two-year period and is complete as published. It includes all her published crime novels up to 1971, with a new foreword by the author in the first volume. Known originally as one of the four Queens of Crime, Christie’s prominence has grown to the point where to many she simply is The Queen. This collection features many novels that changed the face of the crime genre, and are regarded as masterpieces of fiction. Contents: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder at The Vicarage, A Murder is Announced, Murder is Easy, The ABC Murders, Murder in The Mews, Murder in Mesopotamia, Murder on the Links, Lord Edgeware Dies, Mrs McGinty’s Dead, Dead Man’s Folly, The Hound of Death, Appointment with Death, Death on The Nile, Death in The Clouds, Death Comes as the End, Peril at End House, Crooked House, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Poirot’s Christmas, Poirot Investigates, Parker Pyne Investigates, They Do it with Mirrors, The Mirror Crack’d, The Clocks, The Seven Dials Mystery, The Listerdale Mystery, The Sittaford Mystery, A Caribbean Mystery, The Mystery of The Blue Train, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, And Then There Were None, Five Little Pigs, Third Girl, The Big Four, The Thirteen Problems, Towards Zero, Three Act Tragedy, The Hollow, The Moving Finger, 4.50 From Paddington, Passenger to Frankfurt, Evil Under the Sun, At Bertram’s Hotel, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans, Dumb Witness, Taken at The Flood, They Came to Baghdad, Sparkling Cyanide, The Secret of Chimneys, After the Funeral, The Body in The Library, Halloween Party, The Pale Horse, The Secret Adversary, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, The Mysterious Mr Quin, Endless Night, The Man in The Brown Suit, Ordeal by Innocence, One, Two Buckle my Shoe, Cards On the Table, N or M?, Cat Among the Pigeons, The Labours of Hercules, Hickory Dickory Dock, Partners in Crime, Sad Cypress, Nemesis, A Pocketful of Rye and Destination Unknown.

The Agatha Christie Crime Collection

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of Murder is Easy by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (British).</li><li>London: Collins [The Crime Club], 1939.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>First printing.</li><li>Signed by Agatha Christie on the front free endpaper.</li><li>Publisher’s original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine, with two pages of advertisements at the rear, complete with the original dust wrapper, correctly priced at 7s. 6d. to the front flap,</li></ul> One of Christie’s most ingenious village mysteries, in which retired policeman Luke Fitzwilliam becomes convinced that a succession of apparently accidental deaths in the quiet village of Wychwood-under-Ashe are, in fact, the work of a calculating murderer.&nbsp;

Murder Is Easy | Signed First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of The Moving Finger, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (British)</li><li>London: Collins, 1943.</li><li>First British edition, first printing.</li><li>Bound in publisher's cloth, in the original dust jacket.</li></ul> A first British edition of Agatha Christie's beloved Miss Marple series.

The Moving Finger First Edition

A typed and <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Manuscripts%252C%2520Letters%252C%2520Documents%252C%2520Ephemera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">letter</a> by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>, presented with <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first editions</a> of The Pale Horse, Endless Night, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3 books and 1 letter.</li><li>Agatha Christie (British).</li><li>The Pale Horse: published 1961.</li><li>Endless Night: published 1967.</li><li>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: published 1926.</li><li>Accompanied by a one-page typed letter to Mr. Verost, hand signed.</li><li>Winterbrook House, Wallingford: June 8th, 1974.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> A superb Christie letter, responding to a request for an autograph and commenting directly on her own work. She then names three of her own titles recently reread with satisfaction: The Pale Horse, Endless Night, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Signed in blue ink. This letter is accompanied by the three books Christie mentions, in first edition form. The letter reads: Dear Mr Verost,I thank you for your kind letter of May 27th and send you my autograph which you can stick into a book. I never send autographed books. A list of my favourite books changes from time to time. Recently I re-read The Pale Horse and was rather pleased with it, also Endless Night and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.With best wishes,Yours sincerely,Agatha Christie

The Pale Horse, Endless Night, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | First Editions, accompanied by a Signed Typed Letter

Montblanc Meisterstuck Agatha Christie black resin and sterling silver fountain pen.<ul><li>Model: Meisterstuck Writer's Edition</li><li>Number: 13311/30000</li><li>Cap: Black resin, sterling silver and ruby</li><li>Barrel: Black resin and sterling silver</li><li>Nib/Tip: Eighteen-karat medium gold nib</li><li>Signed: Agatha Christie, Montblanc Meisterstuck Edition on cap</li><li>Does not include a presentation box.</li><li>This piece is final sale and not eligible for return.</li></ul>

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing&nbsp;of The Secret of Chimneys by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha%20Christie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (English).</li><li>London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1925.</li><li>True first issue with two pages of adverts to the rear.</li></ul> The Secret of Chimneys is a 1925 detective novel by Agatha Christie. It follows adventurer Anthony Cade, who is tasked with delivering a political memoir and a cache of letters. His journey leads him to Chimneys, an English country estate tied to royal intrigue, blackmail, and murder. A prince’s assassination, a missing jewel, and numerous suspects - including aristocrats, spies, and politicians—make for a gripping mystery. Scotland Yard’s Superintendent Battle investigates, uncovering hidden identities and secret agendas.

The Secret of Chimneys First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of Poirot Investigates by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha%20Christie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (English).</li><li>London: The Bodley Head / John Lane, 1924.</li></ul> Poirot Investigates is a collection of short stories by Agatha Christie featuring the renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. This compilation marks an early exploration of Poirot’s methodical and cerebral approach to solving mysteries, highlighting his use of "little grey cells" to unravel complex cases. The stories, including "The Adventure of the Western Star" and "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor," showcase Poirot's deductive reasoning, often contrasting with the more action-oriented tendencies of his companion, Captain Hastings. Christie's narrative style in this collection emphasises psychological insight, misdirection, and meticulous plot construction, establishing key elements that would define her subsequent works in the detective fiction genre.

Poirot Investigates First Edition

A typed and handwritten <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Manuscripts%252C%2520Letters%252C%2520Documents%252C%2520Ephemera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">letter</a> by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>, thanking the recipient for her kind 80th birthday wishes.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (British).</li><li>One-page typed letter addressed to Mme Dalimers, last 6 lines handwritten.</li><li>Winterbrook House, Wallingford: September 25th, 1970.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> A charming Christie letter, written from Winterbrook House shortly after her 80th birthday. Christie thanks Mrs. St Dalimers for her birthday wishes and adds an autograph postscript about her books, reassuring the recipient that “all my books get done in paper back fairly soon,” and hoping she will not have long to wait. A brief but attractive note, combining birthday gratitude with a direct comment on the continuing popularity and publication of her work.&nbsp; The letter reads: "Winterbrook HouseWallingfordBerkshire25th September 1970Dear Mrs St Dalimers [hand-written],How very nice of you to send me birthday wishes for my 80th birthday. I appreciate your kindness very much.With best wishes to you and my thanks.Yours sincerely,Agatha ChristieAll my books get done in paper back fairly soon. So I hope you won’t have long to wait"

Agatha Christie Typed and Handwritten Birthday Letter

A UK first edition of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=agatha%20christie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Christie</a>'s Sparkling Cyanide.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (English).</li><li>London: Published for The Crime Club, 1945.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>First UK edition.</li><li>Bound in the publisher's red cloth, titles to spine in black, pictorial dust-jacket, price-clipped.</li></ul> First published in the USA in February 1945 under the title of Remembered Death, it was published in the UK in December of the same year under <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=agatha%20christie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Christie</a>'s original title, Sparkling Cyanide.

Sparkling Cyanide

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Fine%2520Bindings%2520and%2520Sets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">collection</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> letters by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha+Christie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>, discussing the logistics of her homes.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (British).</li><li>3 autographed letters signed by Christie, 11 letters and 1 note from her secretary.</li><li>Greenway House, South Devon: circa 1938-1940.</li><li>Hand signed "Agatha Mallowan."</li><li>These works are presented unframed.</li></ul> A domestic archive comprising 3 autograph letters signed by Agatha Christie as “Agatha Mallowan,” together with 11 letters and 1 note from her secretary, Charlotte Fisher, to Miss Glasspool, on Green Lodge and Greenway House headed paper. A revealing group concerning the practical management of Christie’s houses, including Cresswell Place, Sheffield Terrace and Greenway, with references to renovation, repairs, rent, wartime arrangements and the proposed sale of property.

Agatha Christie Collection of Signed Letters

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