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Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens: The Autobiography of Dick Francis. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 247 pages. Pages toned; tight clean book; very good shape. The dust jacket is yellowed, some wear and tear along the edges; a couple stains. "The exciting life story of a champion steeplechase jockey who is also a world famous suspense novelist." Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 187342.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens: the Autobiography of Dick Francis. Harper & Row, 1969, 1969.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unmarked, clean and solid in clean, fairly bright dust jacket. Top edge inside flap scissored off , $10.95 price sticker inside front flap.Dj shows minor/moderate shelf wear.
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. THE SPORT OF QUEENS. Harper and Row, 1969.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: --------Black spine and dark green covers, 8 1/4" tall. 247 pages with frontispiece photo and section of photos.VERY GOOD CONDITION, tight solid book, clean text- - - dust jacket chipped and lightly soiled, with original price present. . . . .Dick Francis was "Jockey to the Queen"
Seller: Melanie Nelson Books, Livingston, NY, NY, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$24.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is the first USA edition. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Equestrian & Racing; Mystery Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16596.
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Inc., Kent, OH, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edge wear to jacket. Small damp stain to back of jacket at bottom of spine.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens [1st U.S. ed. in d.j.]. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 247p + many photos on 16p. Previous owner's ink name on front endpaper. Francis writes about his steeplechasing days in this, his first book. It was published in the U.K. in 1957, but not in the U.S. until after the success of his first several suspense novels. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate.
Seller: Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller (ABAA), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book and dust jack both have rubbing and toning overall. The book has brief bumps to the spine ends and corners. The dust jacket has minor wear to edges and corners, small chips and closed tears overall, creases to the flaps, and is price clipped. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages
Seller: Boards & Wraps, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. THE SPORT OF QUEENS. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First American Edition, stated. Previous owners name written inside the front free end page. Pages are tanning.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.85 + shipping
Description: 247 p. illus., ports. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. dj has small tears. EB 84
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Harper & Row, New York, 1969.NEAR FINE hardcover book in VERY GOOD mylar-protected dust-jacket. DJ has closed tears and wear at extremities. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($5.95). Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. First US Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1969.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. 247 pages. Autobigraphical work from this prolific mystery writer. Includes some black and white images. A clean near fine copy in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens (first edition). Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: hardcover, first U.S. edition, 1969, octavo, 247 pages, b&w photos, index, fine condition in a fine dust jacket, not price clipped, sticker remnant inside front flap of jacket, jacket protected with Brodart mylar cover, clean copy, no markings, about the mystery writer Dick Francis and his life in horseracing. Size: Octavo
Seller: Casa Paloma Books, Green Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine book and jacket. Previous owner name.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$40.50 + shipping
Description: First edition stated. Light spine lean, else near fine. Lightly read. Owners neatly printed name on front free endpaper top. Light toning to head of spine. Price clipped jacket has minor edgewear at top edges and short crease on rear panel near bottom. The exciting life story of a champion steeplechase jockey who is also a world-famous suspense novelist. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens The Biography of Dick Francis. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gift quality green paper covered boards w/black cloth spine and bright gilt titles. 247 pp. Includes professionally reproduced unclipped dj in new mylar with brown discoloration at head of spine, light age-toning at extremities, mostly foot of rear panel, else crisp and bright. Dick Francis (Welshman, ex-jockey, former Racing Editor of London's Sunday Express), author talks about his early life in this informative, beguiling book which will fascinate racing fans and horse lovers and will be of great interest to the readers of his fiction.
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick [SIGNED]. The Sport of Queens. Harper and Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; VG/VG; white spine, purple/red text; jacket has age toning, rubbing on from and back, light bumping on the head and tail of spine, unclipped, and has protective mylar cover; boards have light bumping on the head and tail of spine; textblock and interior pages have age toning; signed on title page; pp 247. 1290099. Full-priced Rockville.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. THE SPORT OF QUEENS. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Small ink name to corner of front free end paper else fine in dust wrapper with one tiny closed tear.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust Jacket Only. 8vo. DJ Good with marginal tears. First US Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$53.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the first American edition (stated) Illustrated with some photos. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket which is price clipped (with new price sticker applies at the clip area) and a short closed tear at the top of the front panel.
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 247 pages; Bookplate on inside front cover beneath the jacket flap.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper and Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A bit of scattered foxing, else a nice copy.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. The Sport Of Queens. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ISBN Hardback. First American Printing. Book used to have a pencil previous owners inscription on the front free endpaper, but htis has been erased and is just faintly visible now, otherwise a Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to very good condition. Dustjacket is in Very Good condition with slight edgewear. $ 5.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick.. THE SPORT OF QUEENS. Harper & Row, 1969., 1969.
Price: US$79.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION (American) in dust jacket. The book is fine The price-clipped dust jacket has a short tear on the rear panel - otherwise fine.
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 247 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding, in 3/4 green paper-covered boards and black cloth spine. Minor wear to bottom edges. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a small bit of crimping at head of spine and one corner, with a tiny amount of yellowing along the top edge. Lightly rubbed. Not price clipped. An autobiography of famed British mystery writer Dick Francis, in which he discusses his career as a steeplechase jockey.
Seller: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, Canada
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: P/O gift inscription to fly leaf, slight slant to block o/w firm hinges, sharp corners. Author signature to title page. DJ in VG condition. BP/Signed
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: P/O gift inscription to fly leaf, slight slant to block o/w firm hinges, sharp corners. Author signature to title page. DJ in G condition. BP/Signed
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. THE SPORT OF QUEENS. Harper & Row, Publishers [1969], New York and Evanston, 1969.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth backed boards. Signed label by Francis affixed to the half title page. Autobiography of Francis focusing on his horse racing career. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. (14890)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition. Author's first book. Fine, unread copy in dust jacket. Handsome copy of an elusive title. The author of more than thirty best-selling mysteries described his story from champion steeplechase jockey to best-selling author.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, 1969.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [247] pp. The exciting life story of a champion steeplechase jockey who was also a world-famous suspense novelist FRANCIS, Dick Harper & Row Fist US Edition 1969 8.25" x 5.75"
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FRANCIS, Dick [247] pp. Harper & Row, Publishers 1969 8 5/8" x 5 3/4" Richard Stanley Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from the turf and became a journalist and novelist. Many of his novels deal with crime in the horse-racing world, with some of the criminals being outwardly respectable figures. The stories are narrated by the main character, often a jockey, but sometimes a trainer, an owner, a bookie, or someone in a different profession, peripherally linked to racing. This person always faces great obstacles, often including physical injury. More than forty of these novels became international best-sellers.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. THE SPORT OF QUEENS. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$129.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Owner inscription on FEP.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens ( Signed ). Harper & Row 1969, 1969.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First US edition. 247 pages.Green card boards with black cloth spine in mint condition with a complete and near fine dustwrapper. Contents clean and bright with numerous photographs. SIGNED BY DICK FRANCIS in September 1964.
Seller: WHITE EAGLE BOOKS, PBFA,IOBA,West London, london, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FRANCIS, Dick [247] pp. Harper & Row, Publishers 1969 First U.S. Edition 8 3/8" x 6"
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper & Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition stated. Very nice copy inscribed neatly on bookplate by author. No other markings. Bright and fresh. Price clipped jacket has tiny wrinkle along top edge around spine, else fine. No color fade. The exciting life story of a champion steeplechase jockey who is also a world-famous suspense novelist. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. Harper and Row, New York, 1969.
Price: US$359.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY, CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 247 pages. Author's first book, an account of his life as a championship steeplechase jockey. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.