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Blood Sport
by Dick Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- Seller
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Springfield, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Fine Condition. Book A volume in the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces series. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 241 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked; book appears to never have been read. Black imitation Leather (Leatherette with no bound-in ribbon marker) over boards with bright gilt and red title and decoration on spine and red diamond and gilt frames on the front and back cover with a gilt horse standing on the book on the front cover. All edges gilt - bright, rich condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Mysteries; United States; 1980s; Main Picture: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Front cover and spine. Picture 2: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Rear cover and spine. Picture 3: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 4: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Front cover and page edges. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1161. .
Synopsis
Gene Hawkins takes on the job of locating a missing priceless breeding stallion. But he gets more action than he bargained for from a group of horse thieves who want to put Hawkins out to pasture--permanently.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1161
- Title
- Blood Sport
- Author
- Dick Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Imitation Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- BZDB22 Mystery Fiction; Mysteries; United States; 1980s; Unbranded Dick Francis Blood Sport
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Ohio residents must pay the required state sales tax for intra-state sales. Thirty (30) day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Biblio member since 2007
Springfield, Ohio
About Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Quaint Book Shop is an online bookselling service that features regional and local history, classic children's and religious books and specializes in Kenneth Roberts books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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