True first edition of Christie's village mystery of anonymous accusations solved by a late-arriving Miss Marple, expert consultant in human wickedness.
Very good plus in very good minus jacket.
Price: $1,100.00
"We want someone who knows a great deal about wickedness!"
Looking back from a vantage point some decades later, Christie considered THE MOVING FINGER to have stood the test of time, writing in her autobiography that she was "really pleased" with the novel. Contemporary reviewers likewise praised its "atmosphere of perpetual, after-breakfast well-being" (Richardson) and its enduring appeal to those readers who find it natural to be awake and satisfied with life in the mid-morning hours. A handsome copy.
Read more: Richardson, "Review," The Observer (13 June 1943); Christie, An Autobiography.
First printing. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. 7.5'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth stamped in black. In original unclipped ($2.00) pictorial dust jacket. 229, [1] pages. Book with light edgewear, small spot of dampstain to bottom of front board. Jacket with light chipping, sunning to spine, a couple small repaired closed tears to bottom of front panel. Interior clean and sharp.
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