Sharpe’s Birds of Paradise Agatha Christie signed by both the author

signed by both the author and artist Anna Mill on a limitation label affixed to the FFEP

Iron Kingdom

Edition statement

"Rapunzel"  with the artist's easily-recognisable illustrations complementing each poem perfectly

one or two spots of foxing to edges and light cocking to spine

Sharpe’s Birds of Paradise Agatha Christie signed by both the author"With their extravagant, sweeping plumage and glorious iridescent colours, birds of paradise appear almost mythical: indeed it was once thought that they lived entirely in the air, only falling to the ground when they died. Their plumes have been exchanged as currency and worn in sovereigns crowns, and they played a part in helping Darwin, together with A . R. Wallace, formulate his theory of evolution. At the end of the 19th century, Richard Bowdler