FRANCIS, DICK — Trial Run

New york: Harper & Row Publishers, 1978. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 071811714X. First American Edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright, though the endpapers have some beginning generalized toning and a couple of spots of dirt. The price clipped dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing. "The story opens with Randall Drew, an expert steeplechase rider (as Francis was) , unable to continue his competition riding because such riders are no longer permitted to wear glasses, and Drew cannot tolerate contact lenses, and without glasses of some sort he can't see a thing." "Richard Stanley "Dick" 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 when it fell, for unexplained reasons, while close to winning the Grand National. He then retired from the turf and became a professional journalist and novelist.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .