Lot 120
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A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE BOX
A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE BOX

MARK OF REILY AND STORER, LONDON, 1836

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A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE BOX
MARK OF REILY AND STORER, LONDON, 1836
Oblong, the cover inscribed, 'To Edmund Cork with affection and gratitude for his help and friendship over many years from Agatha Christie April 1959', the interior set with a divider
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
13.25 oz. (412 gm.)

Lot Essay

Edmund Cork was Agatha Christie's agent for many years from the start of her career and is credited with being the man who enabled her to begin her writing career in earnest. This box was a gift from Agatha on his retirement when Edmund's daughter took over as her agent. This is a wonderful and rare piece of literary history.

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