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Second Wind (Signed)
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Michael Joseph, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 282pp. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (text block edges mildly darkened). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight). In its original dust jacket (some minor shelf wear, lightly bumped on upper leading corner). Dust jacket now protected in a slightly tatty Bordart-style wrapper, not adhered in any way. 8vo.
Synopsis
Dick Francis generally uses the world of horseracing as a context for the heroes of his novels, but this one leans toward the elements as the book opens with meterologist John Kettley struggling to survive being downed in a Caribbean storm at sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013441
- Title
- Second Wind (Signed)
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, novels, modern fiction firsts
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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