The Whip Hand

by Canning, Victor

Whip Hand is a crime novel by Dick Francis, the second novel in the Sid Halley series. The novel received Gold Dagger Award for Best Novel of 1979 and the Edgar Award for Best Novel of 1980. Whip Hand is one of only two novels to have received both awards.

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by Canning, Victor

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1965
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First edition first printing of the first novel in the Rex Carver series. There are four 1/2 inch closed tears to the edges of the dustjacket mostly around the tips of the spine. In near fine / near fine condition.
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by Victor Canning

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1965
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William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner… Read more about this item
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1965
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William Sloane, 1965. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Association copy. Review copy sent to mystery writer Dorothy B. Hughes, whose signature is on the front flyleaf. Dust jacket edgeworn.
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THE WHIP HAND

by Victor Canning

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1965
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William & Morrow. Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Ex-Library; Ex-library. Blue hard covers with white spine wrap. Blue lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding tight. Library marks and paste down on inside front board and front end page. Pages are clean with light aging. .
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The Whip Hand

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by Victor Canning

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1965
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London: Heinemann, 1965. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8” x 5¼” (0.7 kg); 239pp; Cover art by Paul Castell; || The book is on my… Read more about this item
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1965
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New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1965. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper, now wrapped in a removable protective sleeve. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (quarter-bound white on turquose boards with turquoise titling to the spine) Physically… Read more about this item
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1967
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Pan Books Ltd, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light… Read more about this item
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1967
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Pan Books Ltd., 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. First Thus. 221 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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1965
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New York: William Morrow 1965, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 287pp. Good to very good in good to very good dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket extremities, erasure marks on endpaper. (Thrillers).
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1964
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Pan Books Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Colour illustrated front cover black coloured and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Quoting from the rear panel "Rex Carver, private detective, follows a beautiful German girl from Brighton to the Continent and… Read more about this item
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1965
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NY: Sloane/Morrow. 1965. First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
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The Whip Hand

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1965
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by Victor Canning

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New York: Charter Books, 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 6x4x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear. The thrilling first novel in the classic Rex Carver mysteries, from the author of The Rainbird Pattern.Meet Rex Carver, the suave and laconic 1960s London private investigator.It starts with an easy job: Carver agrees to… Read more about this item
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1965
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by Victor Canning

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The Whip Hand

The Whip Hand

by Victor Canning

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1965
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Whip Hand, The

Whip Hand, The

by Canning, Victor

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London, England: Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2011. Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medium softcover, reprint, 200gms, 254 pages. A Rex Carver mystery. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
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THE WHIP HAND

by CANNING, VICTOR

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Used - VG/G+ BOOK COCKED, DJ EDGEWORN, 2 SMALL CHIPS, SMALL TEARS. Pages: 287.
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1965
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NEW YORK: WILLIAM MORROW & CO, INC.. VG/G+ BOOK COCKED, DJ EDGEWORN, 2 SMALL CHIPS, SMALL TEARS. Pages: 287. . 1965. 1ST. HARDCOVER..
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