New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First American Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First American Edition, signed without inscription by Francis. Octavo, 219 pp. Jacket design by Irving Freeman, green cloth-backed blue paper covered boards, blue spine imprinting. NF/NF. Near Fine book shows only slight fading at top and bottom of boards; jacket has small area of tiny chips at spine top, is otherwise Near Fine. First American edition, signed by Dick Francis on the half-title without inscription. In mylar. Handsome copy in an unclipped jacket. An increasingly scarce signed First American Edition of an earlier Francis horse racing mystery, the 1973 Slayride, set in Norway, where English Jockey Club investigator David Cleveland starts out with a cold splash in a fjord, then meets the lovely Emma, wife of. Collectible copy. L-26

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When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--Investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play.

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Bookseller: Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000025
Title: Slayride - signed without inscription
Author: Francis, Dick
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0060113367
ISBN 13: 9780060113360
Publisher: Harper & Row
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1973
Pages: 219
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: crime, Detective, murder, Mystery Crime & Caper, Hard-Boiled, Great Detectives, Private Detective, Private Investigators
Bookseller catalogs: Detective / Mystery / Murder;

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