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Even Money (Copy 2).
by Francis, Dick Francis, Felix
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0718154584
- ISBN 13
- 9780718154585
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "CO-AUTHORED WITH SON FELIX FRANCIS,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. UK.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2009* Publisher: Michael Joseph.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal spine lean. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustration to dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £18.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to bottom edge and to tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright. Very lightly used, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 382 pp. text. ix pp. blank at rear.* Description: On the first day of Royal Ascot, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favourites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker - taking over the family business from his grandfather - so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he counts his losses. . When a grey-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. Barely an hour later his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot car park. Blood oozing from his abdomen, he warns Ned: 'Be very careful'. But of whom? Of what? This novel was co-written with his son Felix who had previously acted as Dick?s researcher.* A FINE copy of the 1st. edition 1st impression with minimal wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3939
- Title
- Even Money (Copy 2).
- Author
- Francis, Dick Francis, Felix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0718154584
- ISBN 13
- 9780718154585
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- UK 400
- Date Published
- 2009-09-03
- Keywords
- Thriller / suspense, Fiction / Action & Adventure, Crime & Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
- Size
- 24.4 x 16 x 3.6 cm
Terms of Sale
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About Cocksparrow Books
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- Bumps
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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