The Rome Express: Based on the Famous Gaumont-British Film of Clifford Grey's Play [Readers Library].

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Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), burgundy cloth cover (gilt decoration & lettering), pages toned, jacket spine offset & slightly faded (some edgewear & chipping, tiny loss bottom spine & bottom corner tip front cover, faint foxing & toning reverse side, few edge tears), endpapers faintly foxed. 250 pp. This crime fiction novel from the 1930s is the story of a stolen Van Dyck painting, which brings tragedy into the lives of a number of the passengers on this world-famous train during a journey from Paris to Rome. The action takes place on the train which starts from the Gare de Lyon, Paris, and rushes through France and Italy until it comes to a standstill in the terminus in Rome. Mystery novelist Ruth Alexander comes from Wiltshire and has travelled to many parts of the world. (This copy is no 382 in the Readers Library series, published by The Readers Library Publishing Co., and is based on the famous Gaumont-British film of Clifford Grey's play, in turn based on the original novel published by Arrowsmith (1933). No date, but 1930s. The is the scarce copyright edition, printed in small quantities. The reverse side of the jacket contains a valuable list of Readers Library publications.). N° de ref. del artículo 40536

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