Lot 65 , Agatha Christie (1890-1976) - A valentine, inscribed ‘’To C.T [Dr Reginald Campbell Thompson, (1876-1941), Oxford professor of Assyriology]

° Agatha Christie (1890-1976) - A valentine, inscribed ‘’To C.T [Dr Reginald Campbell Thompson, (1876-1941), Oxford professor of Assyriology]
- from One who fondly loves but dare not speak‘’ above verse - ‘’Shall I compare thee to an autumn day? And I a humble daisy (Michaelmas) Oh: Do not spurn me as you proudly pass. Majestic and autumnal on your way. I am no sphinx who says first yea then nay. No Hittie script am I! A widow (grass!). I now avow my sentiments and say! Oh! Chide me not - nor say that I am brazen. ‘Tis leap year and today’s the one occasion to show I can be risqué just as well as any rival from Basheiqa’s tell. Go, little sonnet, to his heart from mine and beg the beg to be MY VALENTINE’’. 4to sheet, adorned with a Cupid and love hearts, in watercolour. In the recipient’s hand, with an ink inscription at the page head - ‘’Valentine sent me in 1932 by? at the instance of Agatha, and supposed to have come from Bahshika’’, together with three letters supporting the attribution and provenance, from the recipients son, J. C. Thompson, O.B.E; VRD; MA, which includes transcripts of two verses written by his father concerning Agatha.

£500-800

Sold for £650