A Coat of Varnish
by Snow, C. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg, slight tear, in protective sleeve), green clothbound boards (some wear and foxing), t
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1979. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg, slight tear, in protective sleeve), green clothbound boards (some wear and foxing), text block firm (slight forward lean), pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The elderly Lady Ashbrook is brutally murdered, for no apparent reason, in her London home during a scorching heatwave. Concentrating his enquiries on three main suspects, Chief Superintendent Briers discovers the murderer but has no proof and his ultimate dilemma is what to do with the man he knows to be guilty.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132953
- Title
- A Coat of Varnish
- Author
- Snow, C. P
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg, slight tear, in protective sleeve), green clothbound boards (some wear and foxing), t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 349
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Snow, detective, thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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