Driving force
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Michael Joseph, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. SIGNED by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 276 pages; Physical description: 276p. 24cm. Summary: A retired steeplechase jockey and owner of a fleet of motor horseboxes finds an unwelcome corpse on his doorstep after one of his drivers picks up a hitchhiker. Subjects: Horse racing - Fiction.
Synopsis
New York Times bestselling grand master of crime fiction Jockey Freddie Croft discovers a high-stakes conspiracy that exposes the seedy underside of horse-racing-and faces deadlier odds of survival than in any steeplechase run.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201078
- Title
- Driving force
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Michael Joseph
- Date Published
- 1992
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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