Destination Unknown
Hard Cover. London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1954. First Edition. Very Good / Dust Jacket Included.
First edition, first printing. Publisher's orange cloth with titles lettered in black to spine; original green dust jacket lettered in black and white. Fine with just a hint of fading to spine ends; near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning to spine, light wear to foot of spine, minor chipping and a small closed tear to head of spine, and a few nicks and creases to tail-edge of front panel. Overall, a lovely copy. Agatha Christie's 1954 spy novel Destination Unknown follows Hilary Craven, a woman with nothing to lose, on a search for missing nuclear scientists. Hilary, abandoned by her husband and child, is on the verge of taking her own life when a British secret agent asks her to undertake a dangerous mission as an alternative. The book was written during the Cold War, and the mounting fear of nuclear war pervades the plot. It is also speculated that Christie's 1920s failed marriage inspired the character of Hilary.
Item #AC092
Price: $200.00
