Gwendoline Butler — Coffin on the Water
London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Gwendoline Butler's popular and gripping John Coffin novels, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Happy Reading, Gwendoline Butler, November 1987&apos.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Coffin on the Water' is the eighteenth of Gwendoline Butler's John Coffin novels, a thrilling murder mystery set in London, with bodies washing up in the River Thames in 1946. Butler was a prolific author of mystery and romance novels. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper, with small closed tears. Ink inscription to the front fly leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.
