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London: Michael Joseph. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0718124812 . Signed First UK Edition. Signed by author on half-title page. This is "an enthralling book for wine lovers and for racegoers, and for any whose courage may need to survive the steady blue flame of proof." Ships same or next business… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1984. Signed First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good/Price Clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Signed by author on half title page. Dust jacket is price clipped. Darkening to pages.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. Inscribed by Dick Francis on the half-title. Young wine merchant Tony Beach's exposure of a liquor scam sparks a brutal murder and forces the corruption in the liquor industry to spread into… Read more about this item

1st printing of 1st UK edition; signed by author. Very Good hardcover in Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; tightly bound; author's signature (only) on half title; clean interior with general age darkening . DJ is bright, clean and complete; now in protective mylar. 8vo, 269 pp.

London: Michael Joseph, Limited Very good to near fine first editions (denoted by First Published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, Limited, in 1971, 1974, 1982, 1984). Each in original dust wrappers protected in new clear sleeves. Dynamic collection of spy and detective novels with rich wrapper designs by Chris Yates and Beverly Le Burrow … Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph Ltd. Previous ownrer's bookplate tipped in on the front free endpaper together with the previous owner's name. Minor wear and ageing only. No price on the dust jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1984.

London: Michael Joseph, 1984 Tony Beach, wine merchant, knew his scotch, so to be asked to give his opinion of one particular bottle seemed harmless enough, but the bottle contained firewater of a highly-explosive nature. from a harmless Sunday morning party at a racing stable and onwards to the edge of death, Tony came nearer and nearer to a… Read more about this item

London, England: Michael Joseph. Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 014087285X . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. The… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine book with some dust staining and foxing on top and fore-edge. Some staining to end papers. Flat signed by Francis on the title page. A fine dust jacket, unclipped, with some staining to jacket flaps. Now in a protective… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1984. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper SIGNED without dedication to the half-title page. The best Dick Francis novel, following Tony Beech as the wine merchant caught up in any amount of intrigue.

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 269 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price clipped; no interior markings. Tony Beach, wine merchant, knows his whisky, so to be asked to give his opinion of one particular bottle seems harmless enough - until he… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph Ltd. Minor wear and ageing, no inscriptions. The original, unclipped dust jacket is protected by a clear, removable cover. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1984.

Michael Joseph, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.2000 8.4000 5.7000.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed and dated on half-title page; Octavo (23cm).; black paper covered boards; stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 269pp.; Fine condition with faint toning to page edges. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £8.95 net) spine ends slightly pushed, else Fine. Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize winner (1984).

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. 269 pp. Approximately 6 1/4 x 9 1/4". 1st Edition. Illustrated dust jacket in fine condition; Black cloth over boards, gilt title on spine, signed by the author on the half-title page, in fine condition. Interesting laid-in item: Folded catalog card with armorial family crest of Sir Joseph Beecham (1848 - 1916), and the name… Read more about this item

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. stated 1st . hard. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-7181-2481-2. Old price stamped front endpaper, else clean Chris Yates dj. near fine, vg+ dj, gold-stamped black bds, age-toned paper 269 pgs

Hardback. Acceptable.