Lonelyheart 4122 by Colin Watson 1967 First Edition ~ Inspector Purbright ~ Flaxborough Chronicles
$28.00
Title: Lonelyheart 4122
Author: Colin Watson
Description: Stated First American Edition, 1967. Pale scarlet cloth boards with title and Red Mask Mystery logo stamped in black on front cover. Light damp soiling at foot of spine and along bottom edges of boards. Bit of color bleed to foot of rear pastedown, else interior is clean, unmarked and crisp. Dust jacket shows a bit of bleed on rear flap and on reverse side; lightly rubbed on front panel; scuffs on rear panel; not price clipped ($4.95); in an archival mylar sleeve. 191 pages. A decent copy with some cosmetic flaws.
A murder mystery by British novelist Colin Watson (1920-1983), one of the books in his Flaxborough Chronicles that features Inspector Purbright. Lonelyheart 4122 was adapted for television by the BBC in 1978 as part of their Murder Most English series. It also received an adaptation for BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons / Red Mask Mystery
Place: New York
Year: 1967
Keywords: mystery, Flaxborough, Murder Most English, Inspector Purbright,
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