Saturday, August 4, 2012

QUERY

I've run into a reference to 10.30 to Folkstone Express, a Sax Rohmer novel supposedly published by Lloyds (London) sometime around 1915, but I have not been able to find anything to show this book actually exists.  Is this a phantom book?

Any help would be appreciated.
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3 comments:

  1. mybillcriderAugust 4, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    I miss Bob Briney. I'll bet he could tell you.

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  2. Jerry HouseAugust 4, 2012 at 4:21 PM

    Bill, even those who didn't know Bob Briney miss him.

    My brother, the computer genius, solved this one pretty quick. "Ten-thirty Folkestone Express" was actually a short story by Rohmer, published in the December 1914 issue of Lippincott's Magazine. So, not a novel, not really a phantom title. Thanks, Ken.

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  3. William Patrick MaynardMay 25, 2014 at 7:27 PM

    It was a story and a book. Not a novel, but a collection of stories including the title story and other early rare Rohmer titles such as "The Camera Mystery" and "A Deal in Wheat."

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