The Dance of Death

First edition. An excellent novel about the respectable art dealer, Mr. Rowlandson Jones, who is working on the definitive biography of Thomas Rowlandson. Assitants turn up dead in his study, a Carter and Pollard type is hounding him for allegedily stealing drawing and letters from museums and he is fighting his own imminent death in attempting to complete his manuscript. With overtones of Thomas J. Wise. Presentation from author dated 1985 on free endpaper. 232 pages. boards, dust jacket.. 8vo..