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— P.J. O'Rourke
The Leather Funnel.
[Privately bound], [London: McClure's], [1902]. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, bound from the original McClure's Magazine parts. Octavo (25 x 17cm), unpaginated. With four of the five halftone illustrations by Andre Castaigne. With text and illustrations pasted onto blank leaves. Later black cloth, red gilt-lettered label to spine. Internally clean. Large gift inscription in black ink to front flyleaf, dated 1935. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Gentle rubbing to cloth and light edgewear. Very good. A short mystery tale about a leather funnel which the owner believes was previously used by notorious seventeenth-century murderer, the Marquise de Brinvilliers, to poison her victims. Item #73776
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