The Gioconda Smile Agatha Christie [1–2] 3–143 [144]: [7] leaves

[1–2] 3–143 [144]: [7] leaves of colour plates (facing pp

Type: Sabon with Ondine for display

as well as a golden silk marker ribbon have been added

With unclipped dust jacket

intimate portrait of a dictator who ‘believed the solution to every human problem was death’

The Gioconda Smile Agatha Christie [1–2] 3–143 [144]: [7] leavesThe Gioconda Smile, by Aldous Huxley. London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. First separate edition, published by Zodiac, of Huxley's short tale inspired by the story of Harold Greenwood, a man who had been acquitted of poisoning his wife. Originally published in the 1922 collection Mortal Coils. Hardback, 57pp. Publisher's original yellow, red and black patterned paper covers; with original dust jacket, price clipped. Very good book, binding square and