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Dick Francis. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, 1967.
Price: US$10.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1967. First Published in GB. 230 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 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 bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Dick Francis. Blood Sport. The Companion Book Club / Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$11.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unread,states 'Collector's Deluxe Edition.D/W in very good condition.Book maroon boards,gilt lettering to spine,all page edge dyed maroon,contents clean.(Not the Regular Edition)
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Description: 230 pp, a thriller. Binding tight, with forward lop, text block shows prior use & a hint of fox, blue covers crisp with little wear and bright spine letters. DJ unclipped in acetate protector. Size: Small Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. London, Michael Joseph,, 1967.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - FIRST British EDITION Fifth Printing 1978 as pictured Very good condition hard cover a good dust jacket price clipped light edgewear gently read clean pages sunned spine tear spine end
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G+, Shelfwear, spine crease, bumping, small abrasion & perforation to rear board, browning/Fair, Edgewear, chips, tears, insect damage to rear panel, abrasion, staining to spine heel, spine fade, browning. Racing thriller. Jacket by Broom Lynne. Photo on request.
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Dick Francis. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, 1967.
Price: US$23.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue boards and slightly cocked blue spine; a 1 cm blemish on front panel. Jacket rubbed on four leading corners and frayed around head and base of spine. Internally no faults.
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Francis Dick:. Blood Sport. First Edition, Michael Joseph, London, 1967, 1967.
Price: US$30.80 + shipping
Description: Hardback: royal blue cloth decorated in gilt on spine; Binding very slightly slanted, bruise to centre of spine, near fine in less fine dustwrapper showing a little wear to head and foot of spine, but not price-clipped.
Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom
Dick Francis.. Blood Sport.. Michael Joseph, London 1967, 1967.
Price: US$34.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardback. Very good indeed in a slightly used, very good dust jacket with slight edge wear and slight chips at spine ends.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
DICK FRANCIS. BLOOD SPORT. MICHAEL JOSEPH, LONDON, 1967.
Price: US$46.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, HALF TITLE PRESENT, INCLUDES AN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS REVIEW SLIP FROM 1967. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. SOME VERY MINOR CHIPS TO REAR TOP EDGE OF JACKET WITH A CLOSED TEAR TO REAR OF JACKET, COUPLE OF SMALL SURFACE ABRASIONS TO JACKET, MINOR BUMP TO CLOTH AT TOP OF SPINE WITH MINOR FADING TO CLOTH AT BOTTOM OF FRONT BOARD, LIGHT TOP MARGINAL MARKS TO FIRST FEW PAGES. OVERALL A VERY NICE COPY IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION WITH MINIMAL LOSS TO JACKET & PAGES FREE OF FOXING. PLEASE NOTE: DUST JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT MAY SHOW REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Dick Francis. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, 1967.
Price: US$89.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK - A very good or better book, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. There is some light soiling to the blue boards, but internally, the book is extremely clean with white pages, free of any foxing. The dust wrapper is also in very good or better condition, with small nibbling to the spine tips. Light fading to the spine, also neatly price clipped, else a lovely copy.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Solid copy of one his early mysteries. Unmarked copy with tan covers and black lettering. Light spine lean, clearly read. Vertical creasing on spine. Faint dampstain on rear cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. BLOOD SPORT [1/1 - signed by the author]. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$96.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First impression of the true first edition of the author's sixth novel. SIGNED by the author on the title page. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Boards clean and unmarked - edges of boards just slightly rubbed, and very slight unobtrusive surface mark to the bottom of the back board, not affecting the interior of the book. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Internally also very good, with no inscriptions - but SIGNED by the author in blue biro pen on the title page. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 25s net. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased, with a 3cm closed tear to the top edge of the front panel of the dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed, nicked and creased. Very small unobtrusive splash mark to the tail of the spine of the dustwrapper, not affecting the boards underneath. Corners of dustwrapper slightly rubbed. Spine of dustwrapper slightly faded. Front and back panels of dustwrapper bright. ***204mm x 138mm. 230 pages. ***'Gene Hawkins, investigator (of a special sort) by trade, was expert at arranging events so that they appeared accidental to all involved. Therefore when he himself became a witness to an "accident" his curiosity flared up bright, and he insisted on looking into what he regarded as a work of art. ---***---'A quarter of a million pounds worth of Derby-winning stallion vanished into the Blue Grass of Kentucky---' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***First impression of the true first edition, in the original dustwrapper, in nice condition - and with the added bonus of being signed by the author. The sixth novel published by Dick Francis. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Dick Francis. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$96.26 + shipping
Description: The first edition of this exciting crime novel from Dick Francis. First edition. English agent Gene Hawkins must help millionaire Dave Teller locate his missing prized stallion. How will he cope when he draws the affection of his boss' teenage daughter, the millionaire's wife, and the attention of the horse thieves? Written by Dick Francis, a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and a small mark to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light spotting due to age. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$96.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust jacket slightly edgeworn, price clipped, front and rear boards slightly edgeworn at head and foot of spine and corners, first edition, first print, pp clean and bright, binding secure. Size: 12mo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, England, 1967.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good to Near Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, along with a slight slant to the spine of the book. There is some very beginning toning to the edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has rubbing to the spine joints, several spots of discoloration and some sunning to the edges, along with some light edge wear to the spine ends and corners. "Gene Hawkins, investigator (of a special sort) by trade, was expert at arranging events so that they appeared accidental to all involved." "Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 14 February 2010) was a British[1] steeplechase jockey and crime writer, whose novels centre on horse racing in England. 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 when it fell, for unexplained reasons, while close to winning the Grand National. He then retired from the turf and became a professional journalist and novelist."
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS DICK. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$109.10 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt spine lettering. SIGNED COPY. A VG+ copy in like lightly creased and rubbed D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page: "Hi!/ Dick Francis".
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, LTD. London., 1967.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG/VG. First edition, first printing. 230 pp.
Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
FRANCIS Dick.. BLOOD SPORT.. London: Michael Joseph, 1967.
Price: US$141.18 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, pp 230, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, very good.
Seller: J & S L Bonham ABA ILAB PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Barry / Hi! / Dick Francis." 1969 Edgar Award nominee for Best Novel. Very Good plus in brown wrappers as issued. Very slightly cocked, with vertical wrinkling at the spine and a small splash on the bottom edges of the front wrapper and first two leaves.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, DICK.. Blood Sport. London: Michael Joseph, 1967, 1967.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$162.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pretty nice copy in its first printing. Inscribed briefly by author on title page. Blue boards with gold lettering. His sixth mystery. Light spine lean and top page edges show faint foxing. Price intact jacket is very close to fine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, DICK. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. His sixth novel. British investigator goes on the trail of a stolen Derby-winning stallion across America. Fine in very good plus dustjacket, price-clipped with a bit of cello-tape reinforcement on reverse side, still a very nice copy with only minor edge wear.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Michael Joseph, 1967. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8". Illustrated dust jacket in near fine condition, designed by Broom Lynne, very little edge wear and slight creases as the top of the spine, original price of 25s intact. Blue cloth over boards with crisp gilt titles on spine, clean and tight, in fine condition.Born Richard Stanley Francis (1920 - 2010), Dick Francis was a British crime writer whose novels were mostly centered on horse racing in England (he was a former steeplechase jockey himself). This book is Dick Francis' 7th book, with Gene Hawkins appearing for the first time as a government security agent. Edgar Award nominee. Adapted into TV film in 1989 with Ian McShane in the protagonist role of David Cleveland
Seller: The Book Lair, ABAA, Pleasanton, CA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, DICK. BLOOD SPORT. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A NEAR FINE( book store stamp to front free end paper) book in VERY GOOD+ jacket ( light rubbing and surface creasing to extremities; light fade to spine). Bookplate SIGNED by the author laid in. Another horse racing mystery by the master of the genre. . More Francis titles in various conditions and prices.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
FRANCIS DICK. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$211.78 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION. Publisher's blue boards with gilt spine lettering. A near fine copy in like D/WW with a tiny amount of wear to the extremities. Inscribed by the Author on the front free end-paper: "To K. J./ with love & best/ wishes for your birthday ---/ although we are a bit early!/ Mary & Dick Francis". Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, Dick.. Blood Sport. London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1967, 1967.
Price: US$224.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1967. 1st Edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Description: Beige wrappers with black lettering to front and spine. Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Forward roll with heavy creasing to spine. Clean wrappers with tan lines to top edge margins. Clean unmarked pages with lightly tanned text block edge. DJ Condition> Na. 230pp. Size: 12mo (large), 19.5cm by 13cm. Book Resume: Gene Hawkins takes on the job of locating a missing priceless breeding stallion But he gets more action than he bargained for from a group of horse thieves who want to put Hawkins out to pasture permanently. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Blood sport. London : Michael Joseph, 1967.
Price: US$246.75 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 230p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Horse racing -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Francis, Dick.. BLOOD SPORT.. MICHAEL JOSEPH., LONDON, 1967.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine copy in a Vg.+ dj. (Author's literary agency bookplate on front endpaper. Couple of fairly small chips at crest of spine on dj. Short edge tears at corners of dj. Traces of rubbing to dj. at base of spine)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, DICK.. Blood Sport. London: Michael Joseph, 1967, 1967.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good plus in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by the author in 1968. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked tight and square. Blue boards with gold lettering is bright and fresh with sharp tips. Inscribed "See you Mike! / Dick Francis" on bookplate laid in. Price intact jacket is a nice one with no issues. His fifth mystery. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Blood sport. London : Michael Joseph, 1967.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 230p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Horse racing -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Michael Joseph, LTD, London, 1967.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: A first edition first printing in fine plus condition with foxing to the edges. Volume is housed in a price clipped dust-jacket with minimal aging in nearly fine condition; "Gene Hawkins, investigator by trade, was expert at arranging events so that they appeared accidental to all involved. Therefore when he himself became a witness to an "accident" his curiosity flared to bright and he insisted on looking into what he regarded as a work of art. He finds himself trailing after lost blood horses over half america, until he in turn became the prey and the sport changed sides with a vengeance." From book jacket ; Jacket Design; 8vo ; 230 pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$352.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue covers with gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions or marks. DJ complete with minor creasing around edges also clean and unclipped.
Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Blood Sport. Michael Joseph, London, 1967.
Price: US$389.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY, CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 230 pages. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick.. BLOOD SPORT.. Michael Joseph,, 1967.
Price: US$399.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is FINE. The dust jacket has some minute rubbing at the foot of the spine - FINE.
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.