Risk
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0718116364
- ISBN 13
- 9780718116361
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1977. Bound in the publishers black boards with bold gilt title lettering to spine. The 251 pages are in fresh, crisp condirtion with no inscriptions. Housed in the distinctive dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Dustwrapper is in fine condition. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. Photographs of the book and the dustwrapper are available on request. A bright copy of this excellent Dick Francis title.. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. FIRST EDITION.
Synopsis
When he wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten—accountant and champion steeplechase jockey—knows he’s entered a nightmare of someone else’s making. Wracking his brain to figure out who’s out to get him and why, he comes up empty, but somehow manages a death-defying escape. It isn’t long, though, before he’s recaptured. Now, with his life at stake, he must take every risk to outsmart his well-disguised enemy and save himself...
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- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000589
- Title
- Risk
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0718116364
- ISBN 13
- 9780718116361
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
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