BODKIN, Matthias McDonald, (1850-1933). Dora Myrl. The Lady Detective. London: Chatto and Windus, 1900. 8 o. Original pictorial cloth (minor darkening to spine and light rubbing to joints and edges). Provenance : Henry Ford (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BODKIN on the front free endpaper: "Henry Ford With the authors compliments M.McD. Bodkin." A collection of short stories by the Irish author and judge Bodkin. Dora Myrl was preceded by Paul Beck the Rule of Thumb Detective . "Having created a detective of each sex... Bodkin contrived this duello in a novel called - note the title - The Capture of Paul Beck . At the end of the novel... Dora Myrl becomes Mrs. Paul Beck and thus inaugurating what is possibly the earliest family of detectives in mystery fiction." See Queen's Quorum 23. [ With ]: The Capture of Paul Beck London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1909. Original cloth (worn). -- Paul Beck The Rule of the Thumb Detective. London, Arthur Pearson. Cheap Edition. -- And 5 others. Condition varies. (8)
BODKIN, Matthias McDonald, (1850-1933). Dora Myrl. The Lady Detective. London: Chatto and Windus, 1900. 8 o. Original pictorial cloth (minor darkening to spine and light rubbing to joints and edges). Provenance : Henry Ford (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BODKIN on the front free endpaper: "Henry Ford With the authors compliments M.McD. Bodkin." A collection of short stories by the Irish author and judge Bodkin. Dora Myrl was preceded by Paul Beck the Rule of Thumb Detective . "Having created a detective of each sex... Bodkin contrived this duello in a novel called - note the title - The Capture of Paul Beck . At the end of the novel... Dora Myrl becomes Mrs. Paul Beck and thus inaugurating what is possibly the earliest family of detectives in mystery fiction." See Queen's Quorum 23. [ With ]: The Capture of Paul Beck London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1909. Original cloth (worn). -- Paul Beck The Rule of the Thumb Detective. London, Arthur Pearson. Cheap Edition. -- And 5 others. Condition varies. (8)
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