Hickory Dickory Dock: Signed (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AUTHOR INSCRIBED. SOFTCOVER BOOKLET. OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. COVERS WITH MINOR SHELF WEAR. TEXT UNMARKED. 50 PAGES. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. INSCRIBED by the author 'To Ryan, with love' in 1992 on the title page. Light general wear to book & jacket, jacket price-clipped; near fine. Eileen Christelow (illustrator). Inscribed By the Author.

Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Inscribed first edition, association copy, of this Hercule Poirot novel - signed to theater impresario Peter Saunders, who produced Christie's play MOUSETRAP three years earlier. MOUSETRAP, Christie's theatrical locked-room whodunit, has for many years held the record for the longest-running play in London's West End and is now - at more than 30,000 performances and ten million audience members - one of the most successful in the world. Originally mounted in 1952 (with Richard Attenborough in the lead and based on Christie's short story "Three Blind Mice"), the author later recalled discussing MOUSETRAP at that time with Saunders, who produced the play and to whom this book is inscribed. Saunders suggested the play might run some fourteen months, but Christie disagreed: "It won't run that long. Eight months perhaps" (AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 500). Saunders and Christie were close for decades, with Saunders serving as producer for most of her plays and Christie dedicating her novel MRS. MCGINTY'S DEAD to him ("To Peter Saunders, In gratitude for his kindness to authors"). Saunders would go on to title his 1972 memoir - for which Christie penned the introduction - THE MOUSETRAP MAN. A remarkable and close association from this master of mystery. 7'' x 4.75''. Original full orange cloth. In original unclipped (10s. 6d. net) printed jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. 192 pages. Inscribed in year of publication by Christie on the front free endpaper: "For Peter / from / Agatha / Oct 1955." Jacket spine sunned. Minor rubbing, edgewear. Some offsetting to pastedowns. Spine tips a little pushed. Else clean and sound. Near fine in a very good plus jacket. Signed.…