Journey in the Dark

1st thus, 1st printing. [xii], 456pp, double spread, sepia-toned illustration, further similar full page illustrations in text. Printed on archival-quality paper (it will not brown) and bound in full red leather with generous gilt decoration front, spine and back, four raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. One of a limited first edition, privately printed, exclusively for Franklin Library subscribers. A handsome, finely produce volume in near fine condition throughout (very tiny rub to rear lower corner). Renowned for fine bindings and collectors' editions of beautiful literature, the Franklin Library produced some of the most attractive and desirable books of the 20th century. Flavin's brilliant war-time novel is both a social history of a millionaire who renounces his comfortable existence to work in a defence factory, and a allegory of a nation coming of age during a world war. 8vo.

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