The Gioconda Smile Agatha Christie the design by Boyd

the design by Boyd

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dedication and preface

All jackets now placed in archival wrappers

The Gioconda Smile Agatha Christie the design by BoydThe 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