Set Reminder2023-08-17 12:00:002023-08-17 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Firsts: The Library of Robin and Kathryn Smiley https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/firsts-the-library-of-robin-and-kathryn-smiley-21926 We are pleased to announce the sale of Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine's co-Publishers and Editors, Robin and Kathryn Smiley's collection of modern firsts of literature, mystery & detective fiction, and western literature.
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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.