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ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY BRIDSON

Miss Lonelyhearts … with an Introduction by Alan Ross.

London, The Grey Walls Press, [1949].

8vo, pp. 116; publisher’s red cloth, dustjacket printed in red, yellow and blue; a fine copy in a near-fine jacket (spine toned); ownership signature and booklabel of D. G. Bridson.

£125

Approximately:
US $154  €148

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First UK edition, with a new introduction by Ross. First published in 1933, this ‘acerbic’ black comedy set in New York during the Depression, was adapted and produced for radio by Bridson, broadcast on 25 May 1960, with Sam Wanamaker in the lead role, a male journalist writing an advice column under a female pseudonym.

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