Dick Francis. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$8.34 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Ade to spine and top edges of bds, sl to upper margin, tiny dint to bottom edge of upper panel, dw has wear, tears and small chips to spine ends, wear and sl chips to corners, sl rub and a few very sl tears to some edges, with a few faint surface marks and sl tanning to some edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages

Seller: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$8.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Oct 1970. Second impression before publication". Uninscribed in complete but slightly worn dust jacket, unclipped, spine and rear browned, rubbing to top and bottom of spine and edge tears up to 1cm, with no loss.

Seller: Vortex Books, Teddington, MIDDX, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$8.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, tears and fading. Clipped.

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$9.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Small edge tears on jacket and marked.Foxing.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$9.75 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has ligh toning. DJ with some edge wear, tears and creasing. Previous owner signature to ffep.

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. London, Michael Joseph,, 1970.

Price: US$9.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: as pictured a First Edition good condition hardcover, adhesive residue free endpapers, at edges no dust jacket, gently read clean pages , price tag bubble ghost on cover .

Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. U.S.A.: Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$11.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: jacket is worn, chipped and stained. boards are knocked, edge worn and sunned. ex-library copy with stamps, inscriptions and a library pocket. some marks and soiling. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Dick Francis. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$12.48 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1970. First Published in GB. 205 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Areas of loss to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to inside spine. Wear marks and foxing overall.

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

Francis, Dick:. Rat Race. London: Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$12.83 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover book , First edition second impression, in dustjacket, The Author's ninth novel a Very Good copy without inscriptions in a Very Good unclipped jacket. Pictures available.

Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, DICK. Rat Race. Michael Joseph 1970, 1970.

Price: US$15.23 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand

FRANCIS, DICK. Rat race. michael joseph 1970 london, 1970.

Price: US$18.27 + shipping

Description: first edition octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 206pp, VG (sl cocked, sl toning to eps) in VG- d/w ( closed tears to extremities, light rubbing, NOT price-clipped)

Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1970.

Price: US$19.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight overall yellowing, corners rubbed and bruised, rear endpaper torn away, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a reasonable copy for its age. 206pp. Matt Shore is a pilot down on his luck. Once he'd flown big jets and dropped supplies in war zones. Now he's ferrying high class passengers between English racecourses. But when one eventful trip ends with his plane exploding in a ball of fire, Matt knows he's not that unlucky. When the police confirm it was a bomb, Matt realizes he has a problem. One of his passengers must have been the target, the question is who? Matt to find out fast, because he's scheduled to ferry the same people over the coming weeks. Can Matt stay alive long enough to stop the bomber? 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

Dick Francis. RAT RACE - Second Impression before Publication. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$19.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HARDBACK - A very good or better book, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. There is light pushing to the spine tips, in a very good dust wrapper with no loss, but there is a one inch closed tear to the top corner of the front panel. There is a small spot just below the closed tear. The publisher's printed price of £1.50 net is present to the front flap. The dust wrapper is identical to the UK first edition.

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

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1970.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$25.65 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edn. 8vo. orig. cl. Some fading to spine and bds, else v.g. in chipped and marked d/w.

Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second impression before publication. Gently bumped, boards slighlty wavy from pressure (poorly stored.) Small stain to the fore edge of the text block. Jacket rubbed and tanned with small chips and tears, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$39.60 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Nice copy in its first British printing. Blue boards with gold lettering on spine. Spine ends lightly crimped, tips sharp. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket has moderate wear at head of spine with tiny amount of paper loss. His 9th mystery. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. MIchael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Second impression before publication, stated. Bound in teal cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price 30s net L1.50); chipped and edgeworn; a two-inch closed tear to top edge of back panel; Brodart protected.

Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$44.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Slight browning to jacket on spine. Light rubbing to jacket.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick.. RAT RACE.. London: Michael Joseph, (1970) dj, 1970.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. Novel set in the world of horse racing, featuring Matt Shore, a pilot for a racecourse charter plane. 206 pp. Dust jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: textblock very clean and tight; slight fading along spine; price-clipped, illustrated dust jacket is sunned, moderately edge-worn and character-soiled; 206 pp.

Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$51.31 + shipping

Description: 1st edition and near vg in a near vg price clipped dw. No marks. 0.0

Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. RAT RACE. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$57.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 205 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in dark blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly faded and worn around the edges. Beige dustjacket in very good condition with black and blue titles. Jacket is lightly darkened and smudged around the edges, worn around the edges with small tears and creases. Price-clipped. 1ST UK EDITION. VG/VG Size: 8vo: 5 1/2 x 8

Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

FRANCIS, Dick. Rat race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$61.57 + shipping

Description: Signed by author on front free end paper. No other inscriptions or annotations; binding tight; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with small loss at head of spine; dust jacket not price-clipped, & protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. SIGNED copy. VG hardback in Good dust jacket

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Dick Francis.. RAT RACE.. , 1970.

Price: US$64.13 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1970, London, Michael Joseph, first edition, pp206, blue cloth in dustwrapper.

Seller: Graham York Rare Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom

Dick Francis *SIGNED*. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, 1970.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st edition. Book has blue cloth boards with gold titles. 206 pages. The dust jacket is very nice and has been price clipped. The dust jacket has a slight discoloration to the spine. Very Good. A beautiful copy! Selling quality books for 35 years.

Seller: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$83.37 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in excellent order. Jckt protected by loose, clear plastic sleeve, suffers little edge wear. Hardcover: turquoise cloth, gilt lettering spine. Internally very clean, no inscriptions, no foxing. mark on front end paper where previous owner small stamp removed. Another horse racing mystery by the master of the genre. . Horse racing and air taxis! .

Seller: BRITOBOOKS, isle of man, United Kingdom

Francis Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$96.20 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second impression before publication.Turquoise covers with gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions or marks. In vg undamaged unclipped dj.

Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Francis. Dick,. Rat Race. Michael Joseph., London, 1970.

Price: US$109.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 205 pp. A previous owner has written on the front fep while the author has signed the rear fep. The lower corner on the upper board is worn showing a little of the board. The dust wrapper is not price clipped but is worn and torn particularly on the top and bottom of the spine, hinge and corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Jonathan P Vokes, Richmond, United Kingdom

FRANCIS DICK. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$115.44 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE PUBLICATION DATE. Publisher's turquoise boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A VG+ copy in like D/W. Inscribed by the Author to the front free end-paper: "19th October 1970/ Ralph Dennis, / Very best wishes ---/ and thank you for coming to/. the publication party./ Dick Francis". Photographs/scans available upon request.

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

FRANCIS, DICK. RAT RACE. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. A NEAR FINE( some offsetting to endpapers from jacket flaps; tiny bookstore label to rear pastedown) book in VERY GOOD+ jacket ( tiny chips to spine ends). Bookplate SIGNED by the author laid in. Another horse racing mystery by the master of the genre. . Horse racing and air taxis! . More Francis titles in various conditions and prices. E-mail inquiries. Photos available.

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

Dick Francis. Rat Race Inscribed & Signed by Dick Francis. Michael Joseph, UK, 1970.

Price: US$128.27 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Rat Race Inscribed & Signed by Dick Francis First Edition Michael Joseph 1970. A near fine copy, covers completely unblemished. In a fine price clipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR directly to ffep.

Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$160.33 + shipping

Description: A neat first edition of this mystery novel by British jockey and crime writer, Dick Francis. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by British steeplechase jockey and author Richard Francis, who is known for his novels surrounding crime in the horse-racing world, with some of the criminals being outwardly respectable figures. More than forty of these novels became international best-sellers. 'Rat Race' is a story of intrigue and murder, where protagonist, pilot Matt Shore is pushed to investigate a sudden death, in which he must find out which of his passengers was intended to be killed. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light bumping and a touch of fading to the extremities and to the spine. Lacking front free endpaper. Front hinge is slightly strained, but holding firm. Dust wrapper is smart, with light chipping and the odd closed tear. Light age toning and the occasional mark to the wrap. Darkening to the spine of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, Dick.. RAT RACE. [SIGNED]. Michael Joseph, 1970., 1970.

Price: US$179.99 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: FIRST EDITION in dust jacket Typed letter, SIGNED by Francis, glued to FFEP. The book is fine; small bookstore label on rear pastedown. The unclipped dust jacket has some minor wear at the spine ends and flap folds; minor soiling to the rear panel and the spine - very good.

Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. RAT RACE. Michael Joseph (1970), London, 1970.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. SIGNED by Francis on ittle page. Fine in about very good, price clipped dust jacket with closed tear on front hinge fold at bottom and other minor wear.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

FRANCIS DICK. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$211.64 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's turquoise boards with gilt spine lettering. A near fine copy in like D/W WITH THE VERY SCARCE YELLOW WRAP-AROUND BAND announcing: "The English Author who Won/ The American Edgar Allan Poe/ Mystery Award in 1970". Scarce with the band. I have only encountered one other copy of this book - with its band - in the last 20 years. The scarce band has a darker patch with tiny area of loss. Matt Shore is a pilot down on his luck. Once he'd flown big jets and dropped supplies in war zones. Now he's ferrying high-class passengers between English race courses. But when one eventful trip ends with his plane exploding in a ball of fire, Matt knows he's not that unlucky. When the police confirm it was a bomb, Matt realises he has a problem. One of his passengers must have been the target - the question is who?" Photographs/scans available upon request.

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

FRANCIS, DICK. RAT RACE.. Michael Joseph, [1970]., London, 1970.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Matt Shore flies five passengers to the race tracks. On the way home, Matt manages an emergency landing minutes before the plane explodes. Realizing that the someone wants one of his passengers dead, Matt finds himself caught up in a rat race of danger that puts him on the wrong side of the odds.

Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, DICK. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$299.16 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in blue cloth with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Some slight age darkening to pages & page edges, otherwise fine in clipped dustjacket wity some dust soil to spine & rear panels & few short creases to lwoer edge rear panel.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Francis, Dick. Rat Race. Michael Joseph, London, 1970.

Price: US$429.00 + 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. 206 pages. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY!

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