They Came to Baghdad.
First Edition of Agatha Christie's They Came to Baghdad
They Came to Baghdad.
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
$600.00
Item Number: 144217
London: Collins Crime Club, 1951.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition.
Inspired by Christie's own trips to Baghdad with her second husband, archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, They Came To Baghdad opens with enthusiastic young adventurer Victoria Jones discovering a dying secret British agent in her hotel room. His last words - "Lucifer...Basrah...Lefarge" - propel her into investigation. The novel was adapted into an episode of American radio anthology drama series Westinghouse Studio One in 1952.
