Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar
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Overview:
- Title: Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar
- Author: Jules Verne
- Year: Unknown
- Publisher: Readers Library Publishing Company
- Pages: 251
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar
- Notes: The spine has "Readers Library" along with "Michael Strogoff" and "Jules Verne".
The frontispiece has "The Readers Library Film Edition" [over] "Foreword" with a general piece on reading books and viewing films and includes "Publication will coincide with the appearance of each new and important film" and "... during the three years that these books have been on the market ...".
The publisher is given on the title page as "The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd." Also on the title page "(Published by arrangement with the holders of the copyright, Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd)" and below that "(The Story of the Film)".
The copyright page has "Copyright Edition".
The date is not given in the book, but the movie Michel Strogoff was released December 1926 in Hungary. The library copy has the notation 1935 in the book and the index has "1935?". Other movies were made but this matches the actors mentioned in an essay in the book.
Contents on unnumbered paged not included in the contained titles are:
- Readers Library list of available books.
- Editor's Note, unsigned dealing with the book.
- Interesting Facts About the Film, with reference to some actors names.
- An ad for "Sampson Low's Jules Verne 2/6 net", copyright edition books.