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Shattered
by Dick Francis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0718144538
- ISBN 13
- 9780718144531
- Seller
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Michael Joseph, Australia, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover. 271 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Michael Joseph, Australia, 2000. First Edition. This is the first Australian edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen video tape. Logan is a glass-blower on the verge of widespread acclaim for the ingenuity of his work. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a furnace at never less than 1,800F, he is suddenly faced with a series of terrifying threats to his business and to his life. But the chilling race to find the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; Fiction & Literature; Action & Adventure; ISBN: 0718144538. ISBN/EAN: 9780718144531. Inventory No: 13061065.. 9780718144531
Synopsis
When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen video tape. Logan is a glass-blower on the verge of widespread acclaim for the ingenuity of his work. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a furnace at never less than 1,800F, he is suddenly faced with a series of terrifying threats to his business and to his life.But the chilling race to find the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.
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Details
- Seller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13061065
- Title
- Shattered
- Author
- Dick Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0718144538
- ISBN 13
- 9780718144531
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Shattered
- Bookseller catalogs
- Action & Adventure; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Manyhills Books
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Traralgon, Victoria
About Manyhills Books
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