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Francis, Dick. For Kicks. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.
Price: US$199.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. PO bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise a VG+ copy in a G/VG dust jacket with the price of $3.95 and date code of 0365 intact on the front flap. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the half-title page.
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. For Kicks. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.
Price: US$252.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of author's third novel. Quarter bound in red cloth over black paper covered boards. Tape ghosts to boards. Front endpaper has narrow 1 1/2" scrape which removed top layer of paper. Signed by author on half title with no inscription. Price intact jacket is clean and bright. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. For Kicks. Harper & Row, 1965.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket First Edition Stated Signed by The Author on The Half-Title.Beautiful Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
FRANCIS, Dick. For Kicks [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Harper & Row [1965], New York, 1965.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket by Frederick Banbery; [6],244pp. Light edge wear, some very brief spotting to upper jacket panel and along flap fold, else Near Fine. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. The author's fourth novel, of an Australian stud farmer gone undercover in England to break a racehorse-drugging scam. HUBIN, p. 155.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Dick Francis. For Kicks. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY DICK FRANCIS on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1965 stated 1st American edition of the author's second published mystery. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing at the panels. Octavo, 244 pgs. Signed by Author.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. For Kicks. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy of author's 3rd mystery in first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Quarter bound in orange cloth over black has very lightly bowed top board, else close to fine. Signed by author on nicely designed bookplate on title page. Price intact jacket is a beauty! Only flaw is red/pink color on spine lighty sunned from color on front panel. Scarce this nice. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: For Kicks by Dick Francis (First Edition) Signed Firm square copy. Slightly tanned dust jacket with minor edge wear. Price-clipped. In clear protective cover. Stated first edition. Signed to Otto Penzler by author on half title page and inscribed "To Carolyn and Otto, Hi".
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Francis, Dick. For Kicks. Harper and Row, New York, 1965.
Price: US$529.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 244 pages. First printing. Scarce, signed copy of author's third mystery. Great, collectible copy!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.