Author: SNOW, C. P.
Title: A Coat of Varnish (Franklin Library First Edition Society Series)
Description: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition. Leather. ISBN: 0030725356. Stated first edition (preceding the Charles Scribner's Sons trade edition). A novel by Britain's C. P. Snow (1905-1980). In a prefatory note, the author explains that he ".wanted to write a novel which was also a detective story or alternatively, a detective story which was also a novel." Includes illustrations by Howard Rogers. An entry in the publisher's First Edition Society series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in full brown bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Leaves made from high-quality papers. Brown silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about-Near Fine copy: tightly-bound, unmarked and possibly not previously read, though with light scratching to textblock edge gilding, a tiny scuffed spot to edge of spine and shallow indentations to front cover fore-edge. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for shipments beyond the U.S.) ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [14], 346 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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