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Break In [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by FRANCIS, Dick
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1977. First Edition. First Impression. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in. Octavo (22 cm); black paper-covered boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket by Chris Yates; 272pp; lightly toned page edges, a Near Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £8.95 net), Fine.
24th racing mystery novel, "Blood ties can mean trouble, chains and fatal obligation. Champion steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding, snared by bonds reaching back into history, discovers this to be only too true when he finds he cannot escape from an intensely dangerous situation." (from the dustjacket).
24th racing mystery novel, "Blood ties can mean trouble, chains and fatal obligation. Champion steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding, snared by bonds reaching back into history, discovers this to be only too true when he finds he cannot escape from an intensely dangerous situation." (from the dustjacket).
Synopsis
Steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52911
- Title
- Break In [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- FRANCIS, Dick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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...
- Fine
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