New York: Bantam Books, 1989. A bright, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is only very lightly rubbed. NOT price clipped (16.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No remainder mark. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Bound in the original black boards with black cloth spine, lettered in shiny red. First printing, with complete number row (0987654321) on the copyright page. A mystery, set at the Santa Anita racetrack and in Mexico, featuring magician and horse-player, Shifty Lou Anderson. Murray, sometimes called America's answer to Dick Francis, also wrote: WHEN THE FAT MAN SINGS; TIP ON A DEAD CRAB; DEAD HEAT; THE GETAWAY BLUES; and A FINE ITALIAN HAND. Keywords: Racetrack mystery. Horseracing fiction. . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (x), 246pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004460
Title: The King of the Nightcap
Author: Murray, William
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition
Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Printing of the First Edition.
ISBN 10: 0553053922
ISBN 13: 9780553053920
Publisher: Bantam Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1989
Size: 8vo. (x), 246pp
Keywords: Racetrack mystery. Horseracing fiction.
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery / Crime Fiction; Games / Gambling / Cards / Poker; Horses / Horsemanship / Equestrian Sports;

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