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Comeback - Signed Copy
by Dick Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in As New dust jacket
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph. Fine in As New dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Francis's 30th novel. A fine copy, with some foxing to the top edge keeping it from being mint. A mint dust jacket now with a protective acetate cover. Flat signed by Francis on the half title page. Provenance, acquired directly from a retired UK collector who had his entire collection signed as a thank you for finding a copy of "The Sport of Queens" for Felix Francis as a gift to Dick Francis; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 276 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Crime Fiction Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rare Collections
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2295
- Title
- Comeback - Signed Copy
- Author
- Dick Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Fine in As New dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
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