Search Results: Train from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: Random House, 1955. 1st edition, 1st printing, so stated. light edgewear else a near fine copy in dust jacket, not price clipped, $2,75 price intact, .lightly chipped at spine ends, soiled at rear panel, and a couple of small nicks, in protective mylar cover. Murder rides a Canadian Transcontinental Express.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Michael Joseph Limited, 1988. 1ST. ED. UK EDITION - NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE - book shows yellowing, slight spine slant. DJ shows shelf wear and scruffing.. First Edition / UK. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: The Viking Press, 1950. 1st edition, August 1950, so stated. Very light fading to cloth else near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, $ 3.00 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. (Listed in Hubin in the electronic version) Train setting. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by English, Bill. Book.

NY: Forge, 1998. 1st ed., with complete number line begining with 1. Fine in dj. Third in series of Mycroft Holmes stories authorized by Dame Jean Conan Doyle. Mycroft is assigned to guard an unnamed Prince aboard the luxury train "The Flying Scotsman". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Forge, 1999. 1st edition, October 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Third in series of Mycroft Holmes stories authorized by Dame Jean Conan Doyle. The Flying Scotsman: A luxury train and the fastest way to travel between London and Edinburgh, has become the secret escape route for a European Prince who has narrowly escaped assassination at a royal wedding--an assassination intended to prevent the finalization of a treaty vital to British interests in Europe. Posing as a journalist, Mycroft Holmes and Paterson Guthrie, Holmes’s assistant in his adventures, board the train to protect the prince during what should have been a quick, safe trip to Scotland. Their journey is interrupted almost immediately by another try at murder. Guthrie spots some familiar faces among his fellow passengers. He and Mycroft have tangled with Scottish laird Sir Cameron Macmillan before. Is he behind the attempted… Read More

N.Y.: Scribners, 1997. 1st ed. Near fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof, wrappers. Someone is sabotaging America's trains. An FBI agent and a railroad enthusiast (a "foamer" in Amtrak jargon) team up to try to stop culprit as he targets one of the longest railroad tunnels in North America with a trainload of passangers. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Crime Club Doubleday, 1972. 1st ed. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover.. remainder spray at bottom of pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Remainder.

Toronto: Bodley Head, 1976. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. The Canadian sets out from Montreal on a 4,633 kilometre journey across the longest scenic railway. route in the world. Author's first book. Illustrated by Tom McNeely. 1st ed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Cleveland: Ohio: The Arthur Westbrook Company, 1908. 1st printing, thus. [Originally published in England by Chatto, 1888 by Harry Freeman Wood]. Adventure Series #5. 267 page plus two pages of ads. Vintage paperback. Some wear at edges, cover creases, lightly soiled, paper brittle, top 1/4" missing from rear cover where Westbrook lists their other titles. "Five men sat in a railroad compartment on the main train from London to Dover. The same five men boarded the Channel steamer and crossed to Calais, where they caught another train for Paris. By the time the train reaches Paris, we learn that one man is a detective from Scotland Yard, on the trail of stolen gems; one man is a murderer; and another, a corpse!This introduction leads the reader into a story that has been characterized as the best detective novel between The Moonstone and The Hound of the Baskervilles." All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it… Read More

London: Reprint Society, 1961. 1st thus (orig 1960). A suspenseful crime novel of a train robbery by two ex-paratroopers at odds with society and the ensuing exciting, man-hunt conducted by chief Inspector Mallard.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Pocket Books, 1988. 1st edition, March 1988, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Paperback Original, very minor nick at top of spine edge else fine tight copy. The 1st Jake Hatch, the Railroad Detective, title. The night was pitch black, filled with driving rain when the California Zephyr jolted to a stop on a desolate stretch outside McCook, Nebraska. Somebody pulled the emergency brake, catapulting Jake Hatch out of the train --- and onto a severed corpse. He stumbled over the trousered bottom half. Someone else found the torso, neatly divided at the belt. It was Hatch's job to piece together the truth. All he had to go on was a book of sonnets and a money clip in one pocket, and three cigarette butts and a lipsticked handkerchief in the other. And a plugged nickel, now hidden in his own pocket, leading him to a criminal mastermind, a case of espionage, and an almost perfect murder.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

NY: Pocket Books, 1989. 1st ed. Paperback Original. Hole punched at rear cover, store stamp at title page, reading creases else a very good copy. The 2nd title to feature railroad detective Jake Hatch. the Burlington Northern was speeding through Iowa when passengers spotted six Indians riding alongside in pick-ups. suddenly, they began firing pot-shots and millionaire Harold Chaney was dead.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Paperback Original.

Penguin, 1997. 1st ed. A Fine, unread copy, SIGNED BY MILLETT at title page. Holmes & Watson travel to Minnesota in 1894 to stop a murderous arsonist from destroying the Great Northern Railway.. Signed by Author. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

Penguin, 1997. 1st ed. A Fine, unread copy, SIGNED BY MILLETT at title page. Holmes & Watson travel to Minnesota in 1894 to stop a murderous arsonist from destroying the Great Northern Railway.. Signed by Author. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

N.Y.: Viking NY 1996, 1996. 1st ed. Fine in dj. Holmes & Watson travel to Minnesota in 1894 to stop a murderous arsonist from destroying the Great Northern Railway. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Viking Penguin, 1996. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cove. Holmes & Watson travel to Minnesota in 1894 to stop a murderous arsonist from destroying the Great Northern Railway.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Walker 1983 1st A. Fine in dj. REVIEW COPY..

N.Y.: The Dial Press, 1932. First U.S. Edition. Blue cloth with yellow lettering at spine, publishers colophon embossed at front cover. Very minor soiling with light stain at lower front edge of book and jacket, fore edge lightly spotted, pages uniformally toned, else a near fine. Dust jacket has 1"x3" piece out at lower edge, chipped at head and foot of spine, a couple of chips at rear, lightly soiled, front cover is still fresh with the title in bright red letters. Not price clipped, $2.00 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Scarce title especially in dust jacket. "Jefferson Farjeon is quite unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures". -- Dorothy L. Sayers Richard Temperley arrives at Euston station early on a fogbound London morning. He takes refuge in a nearby hotel, along with a disagreeable fellow passenger, who had snored his way through the train journey. But within minutes the other man has snored for the last time - he has been shot dead while sleeping in an armchair.… Read More