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Come To Grief ( SIGNED Copy )
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New in As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0718137531
- ISBN 13
- 9780718137533
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Michael Joseph. As New in As New dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0718137531 . SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Bought NEW and never read, kept safely stored. FINE Black boards with Bright Gilt titling to the spine. Sharp cornered and very clean. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover. The d/j is NOT price clipped, showing the original price of £15.99. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. This is a FINE/AS NEW Copy of this book in a similar fine dustjacket. Plain endpapers . (6) + 279 pp + (5 blanks) . The page fore-edges/edges are uniform and very clean. An Excellent copy. This copy has been flat SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Half-Title page. NO other Inscriptions or Marks. A Lovely Clean, Fine/Fine, As New unread copy. " Written by the Master of this crime genre. In this adventure, Sid Halley, Ex Champion Jockey, is still in his mid-thirties, still troubled, courageous and unwilling to admit defeat, uncovers a crime by a friend whom he - and everyone else - has held in affection....." . Gift Quality. See Images. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall, ; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
When ex-jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends--and one of the racing world's most beloved figures--is behind a series of shockingly violent acts, he faces the most troubling case of his career.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119750
- Title
- Come To Grief ( SIGNED Copy )
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in As New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0718137531
- ISBN 13
- 9780718137533
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0718137531, Come To Grief ( SIGNED Copy) Dick Francis, Written By The Master Of This Crime Genre., Crime In The Horse Racing World. Sid Halley, Ex Champion Jockey, Turned , Investigator., HORSES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wales/Welsh; Field Sports/Horses;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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