BLOOD SPORT
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some light dust soiling to white background. (8139)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1967]. First edition. Fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some light dust soiling to white background. (8139). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Edgar award nominee. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 265-66.
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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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8139
- Title
- BLOOD SPORT
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some light dust soiling to white background. (8139)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and Evanston
- Date Published
- [1967]
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Octavo
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