THE GREAT K. & A. ROBBERY
by Ford, Paul Leicester
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1897. New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1897. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in black and red.
First Edition of this tale, based on fact, of the foiling of a robbery of the Kansas and Arizona Railroad; in 1926 it was made into a Tom Mix western. This copy is of the first issue, with the word "Train" omitted from the title page -- the binding reads THE GREAT K & A TRAIN ROBBERY; this important word was restored in subsequent printings. The attractive binding shows two oncoming steam engines; this copy is just about fine (a couple of small faint spots on the rear cover, frontispiece tissue torn). Blanck 6213; Glover & Greene 181; see Johnson p. 33, where he says "'The Great K. & A. Train Robbery'.... is one of the really good detective stories.
First Edition of this tale, based on fact, of the foiling of a robbery of the Kansas and Arizona Railroad; in 1926 it was made into a Tom Mix western. This copy is of the first issue, with the word "Train" omitted from the title page -- the binding reads THE GREAT K & A TRAIN ROBBERY; this important word was restored in subsequent printings. The attractive binding shows two oncoming steam engines; this copy is just about fine (a couple of small faint spots on the rear cover, frontispiece tissue torn). Blanck 6213; Glover & Greene 181; see Johnson p. 33, where he says "'The Great K. & A. Train Robbery'.... is one of the really good detective stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11488
- Title
- THE GREAT K. & A. ROBBERY
- Author
- Ford, Paul Leicester
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Detective; Glover & Greene; Railroad; Crime; Trains
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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Sumner & Stillman
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About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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