Death of a Train: An Inspector French Detective Story
by CROFTS, Freeman Wills
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); maroon cloth covered boards titled in white on the cover and spine; 282pp.; minor foxing to the endpapers and textblock and text; small spot of discoloration to lower front cover and spine; bump to lower rear board; corners lightly pushed; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket.
"Croft's factual style endure this tale of attemped sabotage of a railway shipment of radio "valves" with little charm, but the author's first hand knowledge of railway working permits him to present both the mechanism and the explanation of the derailment in a very clear manner. French peforms as usual, helped by a good bit of carelessness on the part of the criminals." BARZUN & TAYLOR 651, HUBIN p.102.
"Croft's factual style endure this tale of attemped sabotage of a railway shipment of radio "valves" with little charm, but the author's first hand knowledge of railway working permits him to present both the mechanism and the explanation of the derailment in a very clear manner. French peforms as usual, helped by a good bit of carelessness on the part of the criminals." BARZUN & TAYLOR 651, HUBIN p.102.
Synopsis
Death of a Train is a crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, published in 1946.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54633
- Title
- Death of a Train: An Inspector French Detective Story
- Author
- CROFTS, Freeman Wills
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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