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Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, 1973, first impression,, 1973.

Price: US$6.50 + shipping

Description: 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 224pp, slight browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper (price-clipped). ISBN: 0718111508

Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$6.81 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.

Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$7.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and damp marked. tanning. light scarring, soiling, tape residue and marks. boards are knocked. fairly good copy.[S.N]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Francis Dick:. Slay-Ride. First Edition, Michael Joseph, London, 1973, 1973.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Description: Hardback: brown cloth decorated in gilt on spine; Binding very slightly slanted, near fine in dustwrapper faded on spine.

Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$7.94 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with toning and faded spine.

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, DICK. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph 1973, 1973.

Price: US$8.34 + 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 cost.

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

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride (1st ed). Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$8.64 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st ed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and sun fading to spine.

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. U.S.A.: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$9.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 224 Pages. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed, despite this the jacket is intact and protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, however presents strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*14/02/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

FRANCIS, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$9.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Unmarked. Dust jacket is price clipped, slightly faded at the spine.

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$9.42 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1973-10-15. Michael Joseph Ltd. Hardcover. GOOD DJ; Good. First edition. Protective covered

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

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. London: Michael Joseph, 1973.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Small octavo. Condition: minor wear, bumped corners and slight cocking to binding; else good in very good DJ. 224 pages.

Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$10.02 + shipping

Description: **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Seller: Greener Books, London, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$10.40 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Shelf wear to the dust jacket, page edges tanned. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.

Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$10.40 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown boards with gold lettering to the spine. Minor shelf wear to the top and bottom boards. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust jacket, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 224pp, clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member), Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick:. Slay-Ride. London: Michael Joseph, 1973.

Price: US$10.40 + shipping

Description: Hardcover book , 1st Ed, The authors 12th novel A near Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Slight foxing to top of page edges. No inscriptions and not price clipped. Pictures available.

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

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$11.70 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, England, 1973.

Price: US$11.94 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: This First Edition hardback was published by Michael Joseph in 1973. The book's setting is in Norway. The book is bound in brown cloth over stiff boards with cream coloured endpapers. Spine titles are in gilt. The book has 224 numbered pages. The size of the book in inches is 8.0 x 5.3 and the book weighs 0.30 kg. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35.

Seller: Dartmouth Books, West Molesey, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Tidy apart from light foxing in the edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is price clipped, light foxing on the flaps, slightly faded at the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first impression. Very minor edge wear and creasing affecting top and bottom of jacket and spine, very slight yellowing to spine, not price clipped (£2.20), very slight lean, internally clean and tight. Overall in vg ++ condition. 224pp. Dick Francis's twelfth racing action thriller, now quite scarce.

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

FRANCIS Dick. Slay-Ride. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER. Michael Joseph, [1973], 1973.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Beverly Le Barrow.

Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, london, 1973.

Price: US$13.16 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book has very gently rolled leading corners. Tiny amount of foxing to the prelims. The jacket is not price clipped. Small amount of edgewear. 224pp

Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$15.27 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1973-10-15. Michael Joseph Ltd. Hardcover. VERY GOOD DJ very good, protective cover.

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

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, United Kingdom, 1973.

Price: US$15.59 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Slay-Ride by Dick Francis, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1973). Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book has bumping to the spine ends, and a previous owner's name, 'STODDART', to the inside page. The dust jacket shows some general wear and ageing. Otherwise a nice, tight copy. (See pictures).

Seller: Ann's Old Town Books, Swindon, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph, 1973.

Price: US$15.59 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing. This copy has a complete d / w. with one repair of about 1cm. Book has initials to fep but no other obvious faults.

Seller: Neil Carver Books, SOUTHPORT, United Kingdom

Francis. Dick,. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$15.59 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 224 pp. Grey boards with title, author and publisher in gilt on the spine. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. A very good tight, bright and clean copy. 315 gms. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Jonathan P Vokes, Richmond, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, UK, 1973.

Price: US$15.59 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing. 224pp. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (cloth gently rounded at spine ends). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (gently bumped along upper edge, a little sunned on spine). Dust jacket now protected in a Bordart-style wrapper, not adhered in any way. 8vo.

Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$16.25 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed by author on front endpaper. Signs of previous owner's name being erased. Covers and contents clean and bright. Dustjacket crisp and clean but not clipped. Very light spotting to closed page edges. Size: 5" x 7.5"

Seller: Bosco Books, Looe, CORNW, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride.. Michael Joseph, 1973.

Price: US$23.39 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edn. 8vo. orig. cl. d/w. Spine slightly faded., inscr., v.g.

Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick.. Slay-Ride. London: Michael Joseph, 1973, 1973.

Price: US$23.39 + shipping

Description: First Edition. A good book with a lean to the spine in a good dustwrapper which is rubbed, and has a small repair to the top of the spine and some browning to the white of the rear panel and inside flaps.

Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$25.52 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A very nice copy of the First British Edition. Text is tight and clean. Appears unread. DJ w/slight fade to the spine o/w Fine. Not PC. No PONs. This is a nice copy!! This is a nice copy at a very good price. Compare and see. Make sure you know what you are buying. Buy with confidence. Accurate Descriptions/Quality Books/Unmatched Prices

Seller: Novel Ending Books, Franklin, TN, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$25.73 + shipping

Description: Presentation inscription dated Oct 1973 by Dick Francis on front free end paper. Text clean; binding tight. Dust jacket not price-clipped, & protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. SIGNED copy VG hardback in VG dustjacket

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$25.89 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardback in jacket 1973. 1st impression. 224 pages. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. PAGE TOP EDGES ARE FOXED. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref HBrx

Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

FRANCIS DICK. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION. Publisher's brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Slight pushing at the base of the spine otherwise a VG+ copy in a near fine price-clipped D/W. Inscribed by the Author to the front free end-paper: "November 1973/ Dearest K.J./ Sorry, the birthday/ present is a little early/ again. Never mind, it/ carries our sincerest wishes/ for a very happy day on/ the nineteenth./ Lots of love,/ Richard & Mary x". Photographs/scans available upon request.

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

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE 'Best wishes Dick Francis'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine slightly faded, not price clipped (£2.20), no other inscriptions, very slight lean, internally clean and tight. Overall in vg ++ condition. 224pp. David Cleveland is looking forward to Norway. A change of scenery, an old friend and a straight forward looking case. An English jockey has gone missing, and so have the racecourse takings. It all looks so simple until a dead body turns up. The Racecourse Committee fields questions like some Norwegian Politburo and the only answers Cleveland gets are violent ones, from a gang of professional killers. So, with maverick Marxist Erik Lund playing minder, he constructs a trap for his would be assailants, with himself as bait. Dick Francis's twelfth racing action thriller, scarce signed.

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

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$33.59 + shipping

Description: F-/F-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt (bookplate to front pastedown) in dustwrapper (edges lightly rubbed, a trifle nicked); pp. 224. A near fine copy.

Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1973.

Price: US$35.48 + shipping

Description: 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 224pp. With rubbed dust jacket.

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

FRANCIS Dick. Slay-Ride.. London. Michael Joseph, 1973.

Price: US$35.74 + shipping

Description: Hardback. ISBN 0718111508 1st Ed. Author signed copy. Gift message by author to Ffep dated Nov. 1973. Mauve boards with gilt spine titles in unclipped, clearview protected dustwrapper. 8" x 5.5". 224 pp. Wt: 0.5 Kg. VG (VG)

Seller: Mr Mac Books (Ranald McDonald) P.B.F.A., Thornhill, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. SLAY-RIDE. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; Small address label on front free endpaper.

Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$44.29 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Brown cloth. Spine ends slightly rubbed, else fine. 224pp all in fine condition. Dust Jacket, spine ends slightly creased, else fine. Not Price Clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A lovely copy of the first edition in dust jacket.

Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, Dick. Slay-Ride.. London: Michael Joseph:, First edition,, 1973.

Price: US$45.48 + shipping

Description: 8vo, orig. cloth gilt. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride (Signed). Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$45.48 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First printing. Both book and unclipped DJ have light rubbing to edges. Signed and dated to a previous owner by Francis on the front endpaper. A British jockey, riding in Norway, has disappeared, and with him has gone a day's takings from the turnstiles. The Norwegian police have found no trace of him, nor have the British, and the case is being filed as just one more unsolved theft. ***** Free shipping available to UK buyers. For customers located outside the UK, if the actual cost of shipping your order is lower than the price paid, then a refund of the difference will be issued.

Seller: BooksandRecords, IOBA, Tilshead, WILTS, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay Ride. Michael Joseph. London., 1973.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG/NF. PO name and bookplate affixed fep. 224 pp.

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

FRANCIS, Dick. SLAY-RIDE. London: Michael Joseph., 1973.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Original grey cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine clean and bright price-clipped dustwrapper. 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

FRANCIS, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Description: First impression. Octavo (20cm).; brown paper covered boards; stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 224pp. Fine condition with lightly nudged spine tips; dustjacket is price-clipped; light rubbing only, else Fine. Jacket photo by Beverly Lee Barrow.

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

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$56.39 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown boards, 224p. Dustjacket in mylar cover. Gift inscription on ffep - not Francis' - "Without the use of a superfluous word, no one sets the scene more vividely than Mr Francis or keeps the reader in a more acute state of pleasurable agony." The Daily Telegraph

Seller: Maxwell Books, Port Hadlock, WA, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Slay Ride. Michael Joseph, UK, 1973.

Price: US$58.48 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A SIGNED UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright and complete. It is unclipped. The front panel is bright and bold, as is the back. There is an insignificant hint of bruising at the top edge of the back panel. The spine is unfaded and bright. Looks sharp in protective plastic. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded. The corners are sharp. The spine ends are gently bruised. The pages are clean. No foxing. The closed page edges are a little dusty. No spotting. There are no dog-eared or loose pages. The binding is solid with no cracked hinges. This copy has been FLAT SIGNED by Dick Francis to the title page. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.

Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph London 1973, 1973.

Price: US$59.00 + shipping

Description: 1st edition hardback with dust jacket Near Fine small octavo 224pp., Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy in like price-clipped dust jacket

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph London 1973, London, 1973.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1973 Michael Joseph First UK edition of an early Francis mystery. In VG/VG condition. It is **SIGNED** on a pasted in bookplate. The HB is completely clean and tight. The DJ is mylar-wrapped, with a lower price clip. There is one tiny chip on the right upper front tip and on the rear of the DJ there seems to be an old water stain on the top and bottom which is faded buy visible. Still a very nice copy of this FRANCIS classic! **Brenbooks carries over 25 First edition Francis mysteries, many signed.

Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. SLAY RIDE. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: True 1st Edition. UK precedes the US as with all of Francis books.

Seller: Tim's Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, DICK. SLAY- RIDE. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition . A FINE book in FINE( price-clipped) jacket. Author SIGNED bookplate laid in.

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

Francis, Dick. SLAY-RIDE. Michael Joseph, 1973.

Price: US$63.80 + shipping

Description: SLAY-RIDE, Michael Joseph, 1973, first edition, near fine in fine dust-wrapper.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$64.96 + shipping

Description: A first edition of this crime thriller from one of the masters of this genre Dick Francis. Featuring the original dustwrapper. "Without the use of a superfluous work no one sets the scene more vividly than Mr Francis or keeps the reader in a more acute state of pleasurable agony." Dick Francis was a crime writer, who wrote a lot novels horse racing, as he used to be a jockey. Some of his other books include 'Dead Cart', 'Nerve', 'High Stakes', and 'Smokescreen'. In original cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. cSome light bumping to the front board. Some light spotting to the textblock edge. Ink signature to the front pastedown. Dustwrapper is also sound, though with some light rubbing and small marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: FIRST PRINTING.The internationally acclaimed, bestselling horse racing mystery writer saddles up again! "David Cleveland, investigator for the Jockey Club, goes to Norway in response to an appeal from the executive of Oslo racecourse. A British jockey, riding in Norway, has disappeared, and with him has gone a day's takings from the turnstiles. The Norwegian police have found no trace of him, nor have the British, and the case is being filed as just one more unsolved theft." 224 pages. Roll to spine, yet Sans rips/tears, staining, discoloration and other prominent flaws LF

Seller: Frank J. Raucci, Bookseller, Wallingford, CT, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick [1920-2010]. Slay Ride. Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., 26 Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition . 1973., 1973.

Price: US$71.48 + shipping

Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8'' x 5¼''. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS

Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride, Flying Finish. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Two British First Editions. FLYING FINISH (1966) Red cloth over boards, loosening of spine to text block, slight cant, toning to page edges and dots of foxing on pages, small store sticker inside front flap. Dust jacket is not price clipped but has general flat wrinkles, wear to edges and spine fold, scuff to outer corners, vertical crease inside front flap fold. Colors are still bright. SLAY-RIDE (1973) is Near Fine in Near Fine Jacket. Book is clean and tight. Jacket has light sunning to spine and is price clipped

Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo, brown boards, d.w. London: Michael Joseph, (1973). First Edition.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$77.96 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A first edition of this crime thriller from one of the masters of this genre Dick Francis. Featuring the original dustwrapper. "Without the use of a superfluous work no one sets the scene more vividly than Mr Francis or keeps the reader in a more acute state of pleasurable agony." Dick Francis was a crime writer, who wrote a lot novels horse racing, as he used to be a jockey. Some of his other books include 'Dead Cart', 'Nerve', 'High Stakes', and 'Smokescreen'. In original cloth binding with the original clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some light bumping to the boards. Dustwrapper is also sound with only some small marks. Some light spotting to the endpapers. Ink signature to the front free endpaper. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

FRANCIS, DICK. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Skullduggery in Norway horse racing circles. Gift inscription on front endpaper, else fine in fine dustjacket.

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

FRANCIS, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine with a former owner's name sticker on the front endpaper, in a fine, price dlipped, dustwrapper.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$103.95 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A first edition of one of Dick Francis' earliest novels, 'Slay-Ride'. 'Dick Francis' new novel has all the excitement and mastery of his genre which has made him a worldwide bestseller'. Dick Francis was a crime writer, who wrote a lot novels horse racing, as he used to be a jockey. Some of his other books include 'Dead Cart', 'Nerve', 'High Stakes', and 'Smokescreen'. In a grey cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Just some slight bumping. Dustwrapper is quite smart, though with a couple of chips, sunning to the spine, and some instances of foxing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay-ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$117.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: NIce copy. Tight and square. Unmarked. but for former owner's name on fep. Top page edges moderately dust soiled. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$123.46 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A first edition copy of this racing crime fiction novel by Dick Francis, which follows an investigation on a British jockey who goes missing in Norway, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Slay Ride' by Dick Francis follows David Cleveland, who is the Jockey Club chief investigator, as he goes to Norway to investigate a racecourse appeal. A British jockey seems to have disappeared with the day's takings from the turnstiles, and it is Cleveland's responsibility to see if he can track him down.Dick Francis (1920-2010), or Richard Stanley Francis, was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer. All of his novels focused upon horse racing in England, usually with a main character who happens to be a jockey. Francis was the jockey to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1956, almost winning the Grand National.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minimal bumping to the tail of spine and just a few marks along the front joints. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minimal edge wear and light age-toning to the top edge of the fly leaves and reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$127.36 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Beautiful first edition first impression of this detective novel by Dick Francis, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A crime thriller following investigator David Cleveland as he uncovers the truth about the disappearance of a champion jockey right before a big race. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper.Written by Dick Francis, master in crime novels concerning the horse racing world. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent, only light sunning to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$127.36 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Lovely first edition of this detective novel by Dick Francis, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A crime thriller following investigator David Cleveland as he uncovers the truth about the disappearance of a champion jockey right before a big race. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper.Written by Dick Francis, master in crime novels concerning the horse racing world. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent, only light sunning to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Dick Francis. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$129.94 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The first edition of one of Dick Francis' earliest novels, Slay-Ride. 'Dick Francis' new novel has all the excitement and mastery of his genre which has made him a worldwide bestseller'. In a grey cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, in lovely condition. Dustwrapper is smart, aside from some fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. Slay - Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$134.40 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: price clipped; x-lib; pp 224

Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada

FRANCIS, Dick:. Slay-Ride. London: Michael Joseph: First edition, 1973.

Price: US$136.45 + shipping

Description: 8vo., 224pp., orig. cloth gilt. A remarkably fine clean copy in a fine bright pictorial dustwrapper. British investigator David Cleveland hadn't come to Oslo dressed for the Norwegian weather. But he didn't know what cold really was until someone tried to drown him in a fjord. Of course, it could have been an accident that the speedboat cut David's dinghy to ribbons. Just as it could have been a coincidence that champion jockey Robert Sherman had disappeared from Norway right before the National, a race he was certain to win. And right before his wife was about to give birth. But accident and coincidence couldn't explain the gruesome string of deaths that David Cleveland would find was meant to include his own

Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom

Francis, Dick. SLAY-RIDE. Michael Joseph, 1973.

Price: US$145.00 + shipping

Description: SLAY-RIDE, Michael Joseph, 1973, first edition, vg+ in wraps. Uncorrected proof.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. SLAY-RIDE. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Francis dated October 1973 on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with tiny stain at upper edge of front flap. (#134894)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Francis, Dick. Slay-Ride. Michael Joseph, London, 1973.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Slay-Ride by Dick Francis. Signed first British edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Michael Joseph, London, (1973). Signed on the half-title page. First edition with: First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph etc. 1973 on the copyright page. The dust jacket is in fine condition and is not price clipped with a price of £2.20 net. Binding is in fine condition. 224 pages. 5 ½ x 8 inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #21-044. Price: $400.

Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.

Dick Francis. A Collection of Novels by Dick Francis. Michael Joseph 1973-1983, London, 1973.

Price: US$584.80 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Eight smart first edition volumes from British crime writer Dick Francis, most of which are signed by the author. Eight volumes. First edition. Written by Richard Stanley Francis, a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. This set includes: Slay-Ride, 1973. Signed by the author to the previous owner's bookplate pasted to the front endpaper. David Cleveland, an investigator for the Jockey Club, goes to Norway in response to an appeal from the executive of Oslo racecourse. Knock Down, 1974. Signed by the author to the previous owner's bookplate pasted to the front endpaper. Jonah Dereham is retiring from his career as a steeplechase jockey, but becoming a bloodstock agent and travelling around racehorse sales forces him to realise someone is out to ruin him. To survive he must find answers. High Stakes, 1975. Steven Scott owned nine race horses and had a friend, Jody Leeds, who trained them. One day Steven realises that Jody has been systematically cheating him out of large sums of money. In the Frame, 1976. Charles Todd flies at the drop of a hat to visit his friend in Australia, the compelling and dangerous reason for his journey tangles him into a plot of conspiracy and murder. Risk, 1977. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. Roland Britten spends his spare time as an amateur steeplechase jockey. On the day of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, he finds himself a target of vicious persecution. Whip Hand, 1979. Sid Halley is back in explosive action working as a private investigator in the racing world. Twice Shy, 1981. Signed by the author to the half title. The story of how Jonathan Derry, crack shot with a rifle and pretty good in the classroom, solved a terrifying problem. The Danger, 1983. Andrew Douglas is used to sharks in the racing industry, but not when they come in the shape of kidnappers. Previously held in the library of David E. Green M.B.E. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers are all unclipped other than Whip Hand and Twice Shy which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper of some volumes. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom