DEATH OF A TRAIN An Inspector French Detective Story by FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS - 1946

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); maroon cloth covered boards titled in white on the cover and spine; 282pp.; minor foxing to the endpapers and textblock and text; small spot of discoloration to lower front cover and spine; bump to lower rear board; corners lightly pushed; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. "Croft's factual style endure this tale of attemped sabotage of a railway shipment of radio "valves" with little charm, but the author's first hand knowledge of railway working permits him to present both the mechanism and the explanation of the derailment in a very clear manner. French peforms as usual, helped by a good bit of carelessness on the part of the criminals." BARZUN & TAYLOR 651, HUBIN p.102.

London : Hodder & Stoughton Limited , 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None . A very smart first edition of this thrilling mystery novel by detective fiction novelist and railway engineer, Freeman Wills Crofts. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Recurring detective character Inspector French must solve the most crucial case of his career, as an important shipment of supplies to the British forces is threatened at large. Although an established author of the Golden Age era of Detective Fiction, Freeman Wills Croft had a background in railway engineering, of which is largely woven into the plots of his mystery novels.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Small pink stain to the fore edge. Very Good