Ten Little Niggers by CHRISTIE, Agatha - (1939)

London: Collins for the Crime Club. (1939). First. First edition. Some sunning to the spine ends, and a dampstain on the front board, an about very good copy in an attractive, very good plus example of the dustwrapper with some neatly effected professional restoration, particularly at the base of the spine. A highly politically incorrect title even when it was published, the jacket compounded the problem by portraying little black figures with big white lips cavorting with spears and eating watermelon. The book was published in America as And Then There Were None and was later reissued as Ten Little Indians, perhaps only an incremental improvement over the original. In any event, one of Christie's most ingenious, rarest, and sought after titles, reportedly the best-selling mystery of all time. Made into an excellent 1945 film, And Then There Were None, directed by Rene Clair, scripted by Dudley Nichols and with Barry Sullivan and Walter Huston leading an excellent ensemble cast. .