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Dick Francis : Dead Cert

G.K. Hall & Co., Thorndike, Maine, 1994

ISBN 9780816157846

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BB6 - A large print hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease and some tiny tears on the edges, corners and some sides, label patch scuffed on the front upper right corner, scattered scratches, rubbing, scuffing and dents, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling on the spine edges, light cover edgewear, light discoloration and shelf wear. G.K. Hall Large Print Mystery Collection. 9.5"x6.25", 352 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Dick Francis (Richard Stanley Francis) 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.. Large Print. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good