Buyers set to snap up rare Mousetrap

A COPY of Dame Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, once owned by the late actor Lord Richard Attenborough, is up for sale and going on display to mark 135 years since the author's birth.

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The book, which is a limited edition of the murder mystery play in two acts, is on view at Shapero Rare Books and carries an asking price of £7,500.

Inside the book, the "Queen of crime", who hailed from Torquay, wrote a message addressed to the actor, who was part of the original West End cast in the role of Detective Sergeant Trotter.

The inscription reads: "For dear Dickie on our sixth birthday in grateful appreciation of your 'Sergeant Trotter' from Agatha."