The Inscrutable Charlie Muffin - Hardcover

THE INSCRUTABLE CHARLIE MUFFIN

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ***Near fine in dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Top edge of text-block stained red (as called for). No inscriptions. Spine tight. Pages clean. No foxing. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £4.50 net. Rear panel of dustwrapper has a black and white photograph of Brian Freemantle at work with his typewriter. No tears. Just a hint of fading to the spine of the dustwrapper. Front panel of dustwrapper bright. ***192 pages. 204 mm x 134 mm. ***'Brian Freemantle, ex-Foreign Editor of the Daily Mail, has, in his own unique style, bid for the highest stakes in the Deighton, Greene and Le Carre school of thriller writing. His world sales already top a million copies, and he has been translated into thirteen languages. Now Euston Films and Thames Television have jointly bought film rights for his earlier book Charlie Muffin, for an international feature film directed by Jack Gold, who made Aces High. ***Brian Freemantle's hapless, endearing hero treads a delicate path between the pursuit of his investigation and discovery by American and British intelligence whom he has manged to elude for two years.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition in its original dustwrapper in fine, bright condition. Of interest to collectors of spy thriller first editions. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. 4394

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