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Dick Francis (Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis) | First Editions
1920 - 2010
See below our stock of Dick Francis First Editions and signed copies.Results 1 - 6 (of 6)
Break In.
London: Michael Joseph, 1985. [Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.272. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Chris Yates. Inscribed by the author to the halt-title page: "Hi Arthur! | See you at the | next Breeder Cup at | Santa Anita. | Dick..... More
In the Frame.
London: Michael Joseph, 1976. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.252. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, in a photographic dustjacket. Book is in fine condition with no visible signs of wear; clean and bright throughout excepting very light age toning to first and final few leaves. Dustjacket in..... More
Odds Against.
London: Michael Joseph, 1965. [Crime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's brown cloth hardcovers with illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Broome Lynn, in the style of James Bond jacket artist Richard Chopping. Contents clean, some dustiness to page edges, price clipped jacket with a few marks to flaps;..... More
Flying Finish.
New York: The Armchair Detective Library. 1991. Signed Limited Edition. Octavo, pp. v, 307. Limited to one hundred signed copies, bound in maroon cloth with gilt titles and decoration, in matching cloth slipcase. Fine. More
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Early Detective Stories [and] More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Cosmopolitan Crimes [and] The Crooked Counties: Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes [and] The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes.
London: The Bodley Head, 1970; 1971; 1973; 1976. [Crime Anthologies] COMPLETE SERIES, FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.351 [1]; pp.347 [1]; pp.317 [3]; pp.348 [4]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spines and grey endpapers. Top edges pink. With the dust-jackets showing, respectively, details from 'Jewel Mysteries I...... More
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