Agatha Christie — Akhnaton
New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first US edition of Agatha Christie's play in three acts, which is set in Ancient Egypt. The first US edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In Christie's play, which was written in 1937 in the period that she was writing 'Death on the Nile', the narrative follows the exploits of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhnaton, his wife Nefertiti and his successor Tutankhaton.In her 1977 autobiography, Christie confessed that she never thought that the play would be produced but that she simply enjoyed writing it. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper, exceptional. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
