Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No Jacket. A good reading copy.
Seller: Surprise Books PBFA, Stroud Glos, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1968.
Price: US$12.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
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Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom
Dick Francis. Forfeit. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1968.
Price: US$14.23 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1968. First Edition. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to spine edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$16.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$19.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback with dj. 214pp. A lovely copy, sound troughtout, all in very good order. Price clipped.
Seller: WEST WESSEX BOOKS, Taunton, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$22.07 + shipping
Description: Very tidy copy; orange cloth, faded on spine and with minor fading on boards; gilt titles on spine; end papers clear & fresh; text block bright; binding tight; minor discolouration to fore-edges. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjackets)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Dick Francis. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$22.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarlet boards and cocked spine. Jacket a little slack; it's rear white panel a little soiled; edge wear includes rubbing on three of four front corners and fraying around head of spine. Internally no faults.
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$22.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edn. 8vo. orig. cl. in very chipped and marked d/w. Lacks front free ep., else a good reading copy.
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$23.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$23.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit (1st ed). Michael Joseph Ltd, 1968.
Price: US$31.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st ed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, a few tears, sun fading to spine and creasing. Owner signature to ffep.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$45.55 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust Jacket Only. 8vo. DJ Good with marginal tears, some staining. First Edition. Protective Sleeve.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$55.97 + shipping
Description: Very good to inside, looks barely used. Orange boards almost as new. D/j not price clipped with slight wear and tear to top of spine; tiny nick and crease to top front left corner; slight wear to corners; two very small closed tears to top back edge; light fading to spine. D/j design by Ann Forshaw. Enquiries welcome; to contact direct click on a link below. Size: 8 x 5.5"
Seller: Broadleaf Books, Abergavenny, United Kingdom
Dick Francis. FORFEIT. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$57.24 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FINE hardback in VG+ dustwrapper. 1968 Michael Joseph, First Edition, First Printing. wrapper design by Ann Forshaw. NO inscriptions, NOT price clipped. Wrapper has minor age-yellowing and tiny tea splash near top back, very faint sunning to spine and touch of rubbing head of spine. NB. Regrettably NOT available to send to EU countries. Size: 8vo
Seller: BADGERS BOOKS ONLINE, Littlehampton, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$57.24 + shipping
Description: 1st edition and good+ in a goodish dw with small corner losses, spine ends, and a couple of stains to rear, likely from adhesive tape where dw previously is damaged, though now in loose protective sleeve. 0.0
Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$76.32 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Some minor edge wear affecting top and bottom of jacket and spine, very slight yellowing to spine, not price clipped (25s), very slight lean, internally clean and tight. Overall in vg ++ condition. 222pp. Dick Francis's seventh racing action thriller, now quite scarce.
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Dick Frances. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A hardcover in red cloth boards. Jacket in good shape, with some closed tears along hinges of spine, some creasing at edges. Price has been clipped from jacket. Binding is skewed slightly. With 222 pages. A first edition of Francis's 8th book.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$101.76 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$101.94 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$104.93 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$120.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of Dick Francis's work regarding a horse racing journalist, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of the work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper designed by Ann Forshaw. Forfeit tells the story of a horse-racing journalist and his realisation that his life is in danger following from the death of a colleague. Dick Francis was a renowned author of horse racing crime fiction, taking inspiration from his own time as a steeplechase jockey. Forfeit was the author's eighth novel and the only work to feature the main character James Tyrone. In the publisher's red cloth binding in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally very same with slight shelf wear to the extremities. Slightly cocked. Slight fading to the spine. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dustwrapper is very smart with the occasional closed tear and chipping, heavier to the head and tail of the spine. Offsetting to the reverse of the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning due to paper used. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. FORFEIT. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: OCLC: "James Tyrone, a racing journalist, is covering a routine story when he stumbles across a ruthless international crime syndicate. Ignoring the criminals' demands to stop his investigations, Tyrone places his own life in grave danger, as he attempts to expose a scandal. "First edition bound in salmon colored cloth with gilt and light edgewear complete in 222 bright crisp pages. Modest edgewear to the dust jacket with small closed tear along upper edge and light soiling to rear panel. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature!
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, 1968, 1968.
Price: US$159.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. Hardcover. Excellent red cloth, very clean pages, no trace of foxing or any other marks, in a fine dustjacket, price-clipped. Very nice copy of the author's seventh racing thriller.
Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. Forfeit 1st Edition/1st Printing. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$163.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition. No dust-jacket. Dark orange boards have slight shelf wear on spine edges and page edges are tanned and slightly foxed. Small smudge on front page and previous owners bookplate on paste down. ; When the popular and popularly-gifted Francis decides to give up his spot on the school's varsity basketball team, his best friend Dick rallies to get him back on the court. The two spend their weekends perfecting their game, but Francis is still behind. When Francis finally catches up to Dick's level, he realizes that the only way to win is to forfeit. Dick's generosity is what wins the game for Francis, and teaches him that it's more important to be a good friend than a good player.; 8vo; 223 pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, DICK. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$187.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Outer page edges lightly browned. Dustjacket is clipped, with some wear to the outer corners and to the head and heel of the spine panel which are suffering from mild paper loss. Two short closed tears to the upper edge of the front panel.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
FRANCIS, DICK. FORFEIT. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF in plain brown wraps , with author's name, title and publisher's device to front cover . Title and author to spine as well. A VERY GOOD copy ( reader's creasesand light wear to spine) with some soiling and a red penned in date 14/10/68 to top corner of front spine. UNCOMMON book especially in this advanced format!
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Francis, Dick. FORFEIT. Michael Joseph, 1968.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Description: FORFEIT, Michael Joseph, 1968, first edition, vg+ in wraps. Uncorrected proof. EDGAR winner.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
DICK FRANCIS. FORFEIT SIGNED 1ST EDITION 1968. Michael Joseph, LONDON, 1968.
Price: US$305.29 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: THE BOOK IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION AND HAS BEEN FLAT SIGNED TO THE HALF TITLE PAGE. IT IS VERY CLEAN THROUGHOUT AND FREE FROM ANY INSCRIPTIONS. THE DUST JACKET IS ALSO IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND SHOWS VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF WEAR AND IS NOT PRICE CLIPPED. A VERY GOOD COPY INDEED.
Seller: Sydney Charles Books, SURREY, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, DICK. FORFEIT. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A NEAR FINE( previous owner's gift inscription to front pastedown, hidden by jacket flap) book in VERY GOOD+ jacket( unnecessary tape re-enforcement to verso at extremities- can be removed). Bookplate SIGNED by the author laid in. Another horse racing mystery by the master of the genre. . Racing fraud investigated by racing correspondent ! More Francis titles in various conditions and prices.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
DICK FRANCIS. FORFEIT SIGNED 1ST EDITION 1968. Michael Joseph, LONDON, 1968.
Price: US$368.89 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: THE BOOK IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION AND HAS BEEN FLAT SIGNED TO THE HALF TITLE PAGE BY DICK FRANCIS. IT IS VERY CLEAN THROUGHTOUT AND FREE FROM ANY INSCRIPTIONS. THE JACKET IS ALSO IN NEAR FINE CONDITION AND NOT PRICE CLIPPED, IT SHOWS VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF WEAR. A CLEAN FINE COPY
Seller: Sydney Charles Books, SURREY, United Kingdom
FRANCIS, Dick. Forfeit [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: First impression. Signed Bookplate Laid-in; Octavo (20.5cm).; orange paper covered boards; stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 223pp. Faint markings to text block, else Fine; dustjacket is unclipped (priced 25s net) light edgewear, spine ends lightly pushed, else Fine. Edgar Award winner, Best Novel 1970.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$449.00 + 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. 222 pages. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit -- Signed. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good with slight wear to spine, small smudge to front board and a touch of soiling to top page edges; interior clean and unmarked. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with light wear at the extremities. SIGNED BY FRANCIS on the title page. A very attractive signed copy.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$540.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very nice copy in its first printing. Orange brown boards with gold lettering on spine are bright and fresh. Signed by author on title page with no inscription. His seventh horse racing mystery. Textblock crisp and fresh. Price intact jacket is bright and fresh. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$560.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A signed first printing of the first edition in fine condition with a nearly fine condition dust-jacket. There is some foxing on the edges and tanning on the back cover of the dust-jacket with a slight tear on spine; "When reporter Bert Checkov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder.but there is no such thing as a sure thing." - Good Reads ; 8vo; 222 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit 1st Edition/1st Printing. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$580.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A first edition in fine condition with a nearly fine condition dust-jacket that bears slight shelfwear, but no significant tears of marks. The binding is tight and as new. Dust-jacket designs by Ann Forshaw. This volume is a 1970 Edgar Award Winner; Francis Dick's Forfeit is the story of a high school student who is wrongly accused of a crime and must prove his innocence to the court. The book follows the young man's journey as he fights for his freedom, and the people who are responsible for framing him.; 8vo; 223 pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
FRANCIS DICK. Forfeit. Michael Joseph, London, 1968.
Price: US$699.61 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE PUBLICATION DATE. Publisher's pink-red boards with gilt spine lettering. A VG+ copy in a nearly fine D/W minisculy rubbed at the head and tail of the spine . Inscribed by the Author on the half-title: October 14th 1968/ Dorothy/ It was lovely seeing/ you at the publication party/ Very best wishes/ Dick Francis". Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Francis, Dick. FORFEIT. Michael Joseph (1968), London, 1968.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. SIGNED by Francis on half title. Near fine with page edges lightly soiled. In a very good dust jacket with some edgewear, rubbing, a few very small closed tears, and back panel soiled or aged. Still, a scarce title in decent condition and signed.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1968.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: author's seventh novel; former owner's name (Dorothy Laird) at top of ffep in black ink, otherwise a very clean and tight gift-quality copy, lightly edge-rubbed and sun-faded along the extreme top edge; the inscription by the author on the title page, in blue ink, reads: " - Oct 14th 1968 - Publication Day / To Barbie, Dunseath / Best Wishes / Dick Francis"; the un-clipped dust jacket (showing 25s net) is lightly edge-worn, lightly spine-faded, with moderate wear and creasing at the spine extremities, and shows a small bit of light foxing; 223 p.; digital images for serious inquiries only; please also ask about other Dick Francis titles that we may not have listed.
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.