Theft of the Mona Lisa.- Sherrard (Michael) Joconde, typescript, 129pp., with substantial autograph corrections, additions and notes (including 8pp. bound in at end), contemporary red cloth, upper cover with author's autograph ownership 'M.D. Sherrard, 1 Hare Court, Temple, E.C.4', corners worn, rubbed and marked, 4to, 1950-1952.*** Unpublished crime novel by one of the leading barristers of his generation. As a junior he defended the 'A6 murderer' James Hanratty. He also appeared at the inquiry into the financial dealings of John Stonehouse, Postmaster-General during Harold Wilson’s government, who faked his own death in 1974; leaving his clothes on a beach in Florida before fleeing to Australia with his secretary.