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10-lb. Penalty (Signed)
by Dick Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0399143025
- ISBN 13
- 9780399143021
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, 1997-09-21. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Signed. Flat signed by Dick Francis on title page. Near fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* <br> "Dick Francis was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60 million copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent, sometimes to the point of comic parody, of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved." - The Guardian
Synopsis
A wanna-be jockey accepts a job in his father's campaign for Parliament--and realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all.
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2303270005
- Title
- 10-lb. Penalty (Signed)
- Author
- Dick Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399143025
- ISBN 13
- 9780399143021
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997-09-21
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 26 oz
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