FRANCIS, DICK — Risk

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977. 1st US Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0718116364. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in , mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light toning and foxing to the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket is clean and bright. "All 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 is always facing great obstacles, often including physical injury, from which he must fight back with determination. More than forty of these novels became international best-sellers. " (From Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .