CHRISTIE, Agatha.
The Murder at the Vicarage.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company , 1930.
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“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands": First Edition of Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage
First American edition of this classic detective novel introducing one of Christie's most enduring and influential detectives, Miss Marple. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth, cartographic endpapers, with a clipping of the book summary adhered to the front free endpaper. In very good condition. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.
Agatha Christie’s The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) is the first novel to feature the now-iconic amateur detective Miss Marple, situating her within the quiet English village of St. Mary Mead where the seemingly placid social order conceals layers of intrigue and deception. The novel exemplifies Christie’s mastery of the “cozy” detective genre, blending a closed-circle mystery with sharp social observation, as the murder of Colonel Protheroe unfolds through multiple perspectives and red herrings.
The Murder at the Vicarage.
$475.00
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