Snow, C. P A Coat of Varnish

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Snow, C. P : A Coat of Varnish

Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979

Fine copy in gilt-decorated leather, 8vo, 346 pp., A volume in The First Edition Society series

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SNOW**, C[harles] P[ercy]: : A COAT OF VARNISH

LONDON.MACMILLAN,1979.

ISBN 0333247663.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,unclipped dw/dj - assumed export edition,which precedes 1st trade editions,as there is no publisher's price to dw/dj's front, inner flap.Colour pictorial,wrap-round artwork illustrated dw/dj by David Eastbury; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges - no nicks or tears present - and minisculely bumped with reciprocal crease to head of spine/backstrip.Top edge slightly aged and lightly dust-soiled with minimal marking; fore-edge also lightly aged but unmarked; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Unblemished,green weave effect paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,8-349pp includes half-title +title pages,4 Pts covering 45 chapters. When Lady Ashbrook learns that she has not got cancer,her friends and neighbours in Aylstone Square,Belgravia,decide to celebrate.Although she is arrogant and not very loveable,her survival is important to them and their modest upper-middle-class way of life; something to be cherished.Her brutal murder shortly afterwards is an insult,a threat and a shock to all those unspoken values and standards to which the inhabitants of the Square tacitly subscribe.The arrival of a team of investigating detectives adds a new element to the community of the Square and through the plot of a murder mystery of classic proportions are woven the interlocking stories of residents and policemen. The 'decencies' of life to which they all appear to be committed in their different ways do not include murdering old ladies,but as a visiting American professor (an honorary resident) remarks, 'Civilisation is hideously fragile.There's not much between us and the horrors underneath. Just about a coat of varnish.' Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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