WHIP HAND
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0762188715
- ISBN 13
- 9780762188710
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pleasantville, NY: Impress Mystery/Reader's Digest. Hardcover. Fine. The 18th novel in the award-winning Francis' long-running series of mystery-crime novels with a setting featuring English horse racing. This one features Sid Halley, ex-jockey, now a private detective after a career-ending injury, investigating why promising horses from a top trainer are continually failing in the biggest races. Originally published in 1979, this First Edition Thus copy is from the subscription-only Readers' Digest ImPress Mystery series ("The Best Mysteries of All Time"). About 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches, 288 pages (including 2-page Francis bio at end) in red paper-covered boards with gold and black horse-racing graphic on front cover and gold and black lettering on front cover and spine. Issued without dustjacket. This copy shows no noticeable damage or flaws. No bumped corners, scratching, or creasing. Text is complete, clean and unmarked. Not ex-library, not remaindered. A collectable copy of the novel that won Francis both the Edgar and the Gold Dagger Awards.
Synopsis
Whip Hand is a crime novel by Dick Francis, the second novel in the Sid Halley series. The novel received Gold Dagger Award in 1979.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006012
- Title
- WHIP HAND
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0762188715
- ISBN 13
- 9780762188710
- Publisher
- Impress Mystery/Reader's Digest
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, NY
- This edition first published
- 2001-12
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, HORSE RACING, ENGLAND, CRIME, MURDER,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Intrigue; Crime; England;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Fine
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