10-lb Penalty
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0718142454
- ISBN 13
- 9780718142452
- Seller
-
Montmorillon, France
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. first impression. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket.
Synopsis
A wanna-be jockey accepts a job in his father's campaign for Parliament--and realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Glass Key (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97389
- Title
- 10-lb Penalty
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0718142454
- ISBN 13
- 9780718142452
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 1st edition
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About The Glass Key
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