THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
by Michael Chrichton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$314.71NZ$188.83
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About This Item
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1975 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. F/ VG Presumed First Edition This Hardcover is in Fine Condition, square with sharp corners and (very) slight discoloration on outside edge of unmarked olive boards with embossed black titles and train illustration. Brown cloth spine is pristine, strong and stiff, with gilt titles. Pages are crisp and unmarked, possibly never been read. Very nearly as new, besides the age of the text. Dust Jacket in very Good condition, slight shelf wear and chipping at edges of spine, 1/2 tear through authors name. Adorable photo of author as a young man on inside back jacket flap. "1855. Victoria firmly on her throne. War raging in the Crimea. And, in London, a masterpiece of crime- the most daring train robbery of the century... Once a month a train leaves London for Paris, laden with gold bullion for the British Army fighting in Russia. The carriage is guarded. The two safes are invulnerable - no way to break into them, four separate keys needed to unlock them. Ever possible precaution taken by the authorities. Then one month the safes arrive in Paris - but the gold is gone." "Michael Chrichton, with his unique documentary approach to the novel of suspense, has given us a superb narrative (is it fiction? is it fact?) made even more compelling by the verisimilitude of its compulsively fascinating detail." ~ From DJ flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000175
- Title
- THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
- Author
- Michael Chrichton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Novel, Hardcover, First Edition, Rare, Michael Crichton, Trains, Railroads, Alfred A. Knopf, Robbery, Heist, Victorian, London
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Supercalifabulistic Books
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Mena, Arkansas
About Supercalifabulistic Books
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Fine
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