Dead Cert
by FRANCIS DICK
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Publisher's burgundy boards with silver spine lettering. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE MONTH AND YEAR OF PUBLICATION. A VG copy with offsetting/tanning to both sets of end-papers and slightly soft spine tips in like D/W darkened to the spine with a touch of wear at the head and tail. The book is inscribed by the Author to the front free end-paper: "January 1962/ Mrs Goodfellow,/ My very best wishes, &/ may your horses continue to/ enter the winners' enclosure./ Dick Francis". The English Catalogue of Books for 1962 confirms that this book was published on January 8, 1962 so this copy was certainly inscribed in the month of publication. Copies inscribed in this manner (with a "quality" inscription) are exceedingly uncommon and seldom these days appear on the www for sale. The identity of "Mrs Goodfellow" is un-known although there is a famous horse racing tipster at the Daily Mail called "Robin Goodfellow". Perhaps a relation of his? Photographs/scans available upon request.
Synopsis
Dead Cert is Dick Francis' first novel, published in 1962.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490720668
- Title
- Dead Cert
- Author
- FRANCIS DICK
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....