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MARSTON**, EDWARD: : The CIRCUS TRAIN CONSPIRACY

LONDON.ALLINSON & BUSBY,2017.

ISBN 9780749021276.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[No number line but stated First Edition.] No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£19.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with red,bLack and yellow lettering to front and spine,black+brown lettered critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bight and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 351pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Author's 15th title in this Railway Detective series.Marston's most prolific series,is his "Railway Detective" series,published by Allison & Busby (UK).This series is set in the middle of the 19th century against the background of the "Railway Age".It concerns two Scotland Yard detectives,Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming, whose cases are invariably linked to the railways. Colbeck is a former barrister who is enthralled by the railways and marries a railwayman's daughter.Leeming,in contrast, detests travelling by train and yearns for the days of horse-drawn transport. Series begins with 'The Railway Detective' itself in 2004 - see my book IDs' rja693317 and rja808618 for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edns. Following a string of successful performances along the west coast,the Moscardi Circus is travelling by train to Hexham on the Newcastle to Carlisle Railway for their next show.Yet a collision on the track with a couple of sleepers causes pandemonium: passengers thrown about and animals escaping into the night.When the headless body of a woman is discovered in nearby woodland,Inspector Colbeck is desperate to lend assistance, believing the two incidents to be connected,however a reluctant Superintendent Tallis forbids him from doing so. Torn between his desire to detect and his duty as a father,Colbeck agrees,until contact from an old friend is made and Tallis relents.Who is the woman and who is targeting the Circus? Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.