Enquiry [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by FRANCIS, Dick
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
8th racing mystery novel from the Edgar Award winning author. "When steeplechase rider Kelly Hughes lost his licence his first feelings were of bewilderment and disbeief for he was not guilty of the charges." (from the dustjacket); HUBIN, p.155.
Synopsis
A closed-door enquiry has found a jockey guilty of the lowest possible crime--throwing a race for money. His reputation scarred, he's begun his own investigation--but asking the wrong questions just might get him killed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52880
- Title
- Enquiry [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- FRANCIS, Dick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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