In the Frame

New York: Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. 1st US Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0060113413 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition, with only a bit of bumping to the spine ends and the top front corner. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a very light shadow from a previous owner's book plate where it was removed on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with two tiny tears and one small spot of rubbing to the front panel by the title. There is some light ground-in dirt to the top rear panel of the dust jacket. "After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from the turf and became a journalist and novelist. Many of his novels deal with crime in the horse-racing world, with some of the criminals being outwardly respectable figures. The stories are narrated by the main character, often a jockey, but sometimes a trainer, an owner, a bookie, or someone in a different profession, peripherally linked to racing. This person always faces great obstacles, often including physical injury. More than forty of these novels became international best-sellers. " (from Wikipedia) .