Rare signed book from the personal collection of Agatha Christie—Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: A New and Thoroughly Revised Edition. London, England: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1898. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 600 pages. Signed with her ownership signature on the first free end page in fountain pen, "Agatha Miller, Ashfield, Torquay." Autographic condition: very good, with heavy mottled staining to the signed page. Book condition: G+/None, with minor splits at joints, chipping to spine ends, and edgewear and rubbing to boards.
A delightful tome bearing a uniquely intimate inscription from the adored scribe; Miller was the maiden name of Agatha Christie and Ashfield was the name of her much-loved childhood home in Torquay. This dictionary was just one of a number of books bearing her inscriptions that were found at Greenway House in Devon, the former holiday home of Christie and her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan, that is now a National Trust property.
Provenance: Gorringe’s, Lot 19, March 2022.
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