The Fourth Stage of Gainsborough Brown

New York, NY: David McKay Co., 1977 The first Persis Willum mystery. Persis is a working artist with family ties to old money Long Island and an intimate knowledge of the glittering, cut-throat world of art, art dealers, and art collectors on the North Shore. When a fellow artist turns up dead in her wealthy aunt's swimming pool, Persis's artist's eye leads her to believe he was murdered, and her curiosity almost leads to the end of her own career. Corners and bottom of spine slightly bumped and edges a little soiled; the DJ is slightly soiled looking and spined sunned.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.