Brian Freemantle — Charlie Muffin&Apos;S Uncle Sam
London, Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Brian Freemantle's fourth novel in his renowned Charlie Muffin series. Featuring the original dustwrapper. Until 1975, when Freemantle became a full-time writer, he was a foreign correspondent and editor for various newspapers, including the Daily Mail and the Daily Sketch. In April that year, he organised the sole British-led airlift rescue of South Vietnamese civilians during the Fall of Saigon, assisting in the evacuation of 100 orphans. In original cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper has some light rubbing and label to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.
