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Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1969.

Price: US$10.38 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The copyright page has First Published . 1969. No additional printings are indicated. Previous owner's ink inscription. This book does NOT include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, England, 1969.

Price: US$11.70 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: True first edition, printed in U.K. Book is impeccable. Dust jacket slightly worn at corners, now protected in Mylar. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. Not remaindered. Shipped from U.S.

Seller: Timshala Books, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Enquiry. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1969.

Price: US$12.77 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1969. First Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Marking to both boards.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$12.87 + shipping

Description: 1st edition, 1st impression. Owner's name on front free end paper; no other inscriptions or annotations; page fore-edge foxed; binding tight; dust jacket worn & creased at edges; dust jacket not price-clipped Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. ENQUIRY. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. . Minimal wear to hard cover book. Pages are very clean, bright and tight. No name or inscription.Dust jacket still has price corner, has a split, water stain on reverse,light wear/rubbing.Slight water stain on page fore edge.

Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: boards are rubbed, edge worn and knocked. light staining. thorough tanning and marks. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

FRANCIS Dick. ENQUIRY. Michael Joseph, 1969. 0718104315, 1969.

Price: US$18.19 + shipping

Description: 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped at corners, worn and creased at head and tail of spine, small closed tear at head of spine - in protective cover, price erased in black ink). Pp. 224 (no inscriptions).

Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$23.39 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Scarlet boards and cocked spine, the latter lettered in gilt. Jacket a trifle rubbed on three of the four leading corners; a i cm scratch to laminate at edge of rear panel. Internally no faults.

Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG First Edition, first printing in a Good unclipped DJ, .pages toned, light wear to the DJ edges, scuffed patch to front panel of DJ, staining to rear panel

Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1969.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, creasing and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, folds and corners rubbed with small loss, some overall yellowing and time staining, slight lean, slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (25s £1.25), small gift inscriptions to ffep, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy for its age. 224pp. When Kelly Hughes rides the favourite into second place, he gets penalised. Not only has he lost the race, but also his licence, as the Jockey Club suspends him, believing he threw the race. Only he knows that the problem lay with the horse's performance, not his own. Suspecting he was framed, Kelly sets about finding out how it was done, and then who might have done it. But the closer he gets to the perpetrators, the more danger he finds himself in. Now there's more than his reputation and career at stake. There's also his life. One of jockey and thriller writer Dick Francis' (1920-2010), early racing thrillers. Scarce in this first impression.

Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick.. Enquiry.. Michael Joseph. London., 1969.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The book is bound in red boards with bright gilt lettering on the spine. There is very, very light wear on the spine tips. The book is slightly cocked. The dust jacket has light wear on the spine tips and cover corners. Back cover has light foxing on the edges & there is a crease on the front flap.

Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada

Dick Francis. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, London 1969, 1969.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Description: First edition hardback. Near Fine, bumped, ink name to f.e.p. ink ticks to list of previous books, top edge a little dusty, otherwise very clean and bright in VG+ price clipped dustwrapper (some overall light wear and rubbing,) which is housed in protective removable sleeve. Still a pleasing example of this uncommon title. 8088

Seller: Holybourne Rare Books ABA ILAB, Alton, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph 1969, London, 1969.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 224 pp., First edition. Hardcover with pictorial jacket. Some creasing to the edges of the jacket. Internally clean with slight lean to the spine. 0718104315 8vo.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$35.74 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Type: Book Small prior owner nameplate label and prior owner details to flyleaf. DJ complete but shows wear, Edges grubby and lower board marked.

Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$37.67 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. ENQUIRY [1/1]. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$45.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First impression of the true first edition of the author's seventh novel. Dustwrapper design by Carl Bernard. ***Very good in red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Internally also very good, with a handwritten gift inscription in ink to the front free endpaper [please see scans]. The book has clean pages and no tears or creases. There is a slight reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper that has been corner price-clipped. Extremities of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased, with very slight loss to the surface colour at the bottom of the spine and corner tips. Very small closed tear and associated crease to the bottom edge of front panel near the spine. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. Rear panel slightly rubbed and discoloured (being a white background). Spine of dustwrapper very slightly faded. Front panel of dustwrapper bright. 204mm x 142mm. 224 pages. ***'To a jockey, losing his licence is the equivalent of being struck off, or disbarred, or cashiered. When steeplechase rider Kelly Hughes lost his licence, his first feelings were of bewilderment and disbelief, for he was not guilty of the charges. Nor, to the best of his belief, was the trainer he had ridden for, who lost his livelihood as well. ***When his first stunned state of shock subsided, Kelly began to wonder why he had been framed, and who had done it, and how it had been achieved. ***The nearer he came to a solution the fiercer grew the retaliation. But Kelly had been left with nothing much to lose - the only serious strategic mistake his enemy had made. ***Significant in the background of the story is the private trial system common among professional organisations. Without any of the safeguards of the law, a professional trial is perilously vulnerable to malice, misrepresentation, intimidation and prejudice--- ***In a racing enquiry the judges are also the prosecutors and the jury, the accused is allowed no legal defendant, the sentences are often of no fixed duration, and there is no appeal.' ***'As Ian Fleming was to espionage, so Dick Francis is to horseracing.' - The Field [Quotes taken from the front and back flaps of the dustwrapper] ***First impression of the true first edition, in the original dustwrapper, in nice condition. The earlier Dick Francis novels from the 1960s are becoming hard to find now in decent condition. ***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

FRANCIS, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph. London., 1969.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG/VG. First edition, first printing. 224 pp.

Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick; Carl Bernard (jacket design).. Dust Jacket only for Enquiry. London: Michael Joseph, [1969]., 1969.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Dust Jacket Only. 8vo. Good with minor losses, tears, some creasing. 25s. & 1.25 Pounds Sterling net on spine. [First Edition]

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$71.48 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1969 first edition, 1st impression, Michael Joseph hardcover. Tight copy in unfaded red boards, minor relaxation to hinges, free of foxing or inscr. Tape marks to flyleaves where wrapper taped in, tape now dried and disappeared. Wrapper looks decent and tear free with some creasing and corner/edge rubbing. Some bad tea/coffee stains to pages 180-189 around the lower edges. Not a perfect copy but a good shelf looker! - Sent from Scotland by Royal Mail, all international orders by PRIORITY AIR-MAIL. all books carefully packed.

Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$71.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover, signed by author on title-page, VG in VG dustjacket.

Seller: John Stoodley, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, Dick. Enquiry [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$82.50 + shipping

Description: First Impression. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket by Carl Bernard; 224pp. Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced 25s net, £1.25 net); light rubbing to extremities; Near Fine. 8th racing mystery novel from the Edgar Award winning author. "When steeplechase rider Kelly Hughes lost his licence his first feelings were of bewilderment and disbeief for he was not guilty of the charges." (from the dustjacket); HUBIN, p.155.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, Dick. ENQUIRY. London: Michael Joseph., 1969.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and tight with light bumping at the extremities, the contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original dustwrapper which is without fading and a little rubbed and nicked at the edges. Not price-clipped (25s net / £1.25 to the front flap). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 224 pages. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner`s details in blue biro on flyleaf. Dustwrapper, now in protective cover, is price clipped and has some small tears to edges. Size: Octavo 0.0

Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$100.30 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed

Seller: GoldBooks, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, Dick. ENQUIRY. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$104.86 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.79

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.

Francis,Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, 1969.

Price: US$134.22 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1969-01-01. Michael Joseph. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE DJ acceptable, torn. Inscription.

Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick; Bernard, Carl [jacket design]. ENQUIRY [SIGNED]. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo; 224 pages; Very Good/Very Good; spine grey-brown with cream text; dust jacket protected with mylar; price unclipped reading "25s net £1.25"; mild shelfwear to dust jacket, including scuffing, chipping, and creasing to head and tail of spine; light foxing to fore edge of textblock; inscribed by Francis on title; shelved case 6. 1365734. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Enquiry - PROOF COPY.. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Uncorrected Proof Copy - A v/g or better copy which is bound in a proof card cover, without d/w. The proof has been signed by Dick Francis to the title page. The covers are clean with just a little rubbing to the corners, and to the spine tips. Publishers stamp dated 27 Oct 1969 to the front board. The pages are clean with a touch of foxing to the top page block. A nice copy in proof format of an early Dick Francis title. Early Francis proofs are scarce, and seldom offered for sale.

Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry Uncorrected Proof. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1969.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Uncorrected Proof. Red stamp -Publication Date 27 Oct 1969' on front cover. Soft covers well handled. and marked. Internally clean. Binding slightly slanted.

Seller: Ystwyth Books, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, DICK. ENQUIRY. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. A FINE book in VERY GOOD+ jacket ( price-clipped;light rubbing to extremities; rubbed area to base of front panel;no chipping!). Bookplate SIGNED by the author laid in. Another horse racing mystery by the master of the genre.Jockey is disbarred and sets out to discover who framed him. More Francis titles in various conditions and prices. E-mail inquiries. Photos available.

Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada

Dick Francis. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$227.42 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A scarce copy of Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis' Enquiry, being an uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. Francis wrote more than 40 international best-sellers. His first book was his autobiography The Sport of Queens (1957), for which he was offered the aid of a ghostwriter, which he spurned. The book's success led to his becoming the racing correspondent for London's Sunday Express newspaper, and he remained in the job for 16 years. Many of Francis' books are featured in volumes of Reader's Digest Condensed Books. In publisher's paper wraps. Externally, quite heavily spotted with some wear and chipping to the spine. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean throughout, though with small instances of spotting. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry 1st Edition/1st Printing. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$310.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A signed first edition in near fine condition housed in a dust-jacket of like condition. The book is warmly inscribed by the author to Jay and Roy. The spine is slightly cocked and the sillver lettering it bears is clear and bright. There are no blemishes to the pages or boards. The dust-jacket design is by Carl Bernard; The novel, Inquiry, is set in a future where the world is on the brink of war. A young man, Francis, is sent to a military academy to learn how to fight. There, he meets a girl, Lily, who helps him to question the war and his role in it.; 8vo; 224 pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Enquiry - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Michael Joseph LTD, London, 1969.

Price: US$310.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: A first printing of the first edition in as new condition, with some foxing on the edges. Volume is housed in a fine dust jacket with some slight fraying on the spine edge and the bottom front flap price clipped; "When Jockey Kelly Hughes is framed and loses his Liscense, he searches for answers with nothing to lose. ; Jacket Design ; 8vo ; 224 pages

Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Enquiry - First Edition/1st Printing. Michael Joseph LTD, London, 1969.

Price: US$310.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: A first printing of the first edition in as new condition, with some foxing on the edges. Book is housed in a fine dust jacket with slight fraying on the edges, and sunning on the back; "When Jockey Kelly Hughes is framed and loses his Liscense, he searches for answers with nothing to lose. ; Jacket Design ; 8vo ; 224 pages

Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.

FRANCIS DICK. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$324.89 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's red boards with gilt spine lettering. About VG (spine tips a little soft, a couple of minor bumps to the boards foxing and staining in places to the fore-edge which has crept into the text block in places. The D/W has fared rather better and is in VG+ condition with just the slightest rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Inscribed by the Author to the FFEP: "Corinna ---- my/ typist's best friend. / When are you going/ to start typing?/ Very best wishes/ Dick Francis". Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Enquiry. Michael Joseph, London, 1969.

Price: US$395.00 + shipping

Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY, CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 224 pages. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY!

Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.