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Bodkin (M[atthias] McDonnell) Behind the Picture
£325
London &c., Ward, Lock, 1914.
First edition. 8vo. Original blind-tooled green cloth lettered in gilt.
A fresh & bright first edition of this art-theft tale by Irish writer Bodkin, creator of Paul Beck and the bicycling lady detective Dora Myrl. A wonderful Velasquez painting is stolen from a house in County Galway.
In stock
A little minor rubbing to spine ends, but overall a very good copy.
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