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Eaves Dropper
by James Macgregor and John Francome
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London & Sydney: Macdonald & Co., 1986. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 9.5" by 6". None. A signed first edition of Francome and Macgregor's Eavesdropper. First edition. Signed by John Francome. John Francome (born 1952) is a former National Hunt Champion Jockey. After retiring Francome was awarded the MBE in 1986 for services to racing. He was a trainer for 18 months before becoming a TV presenter for Channel 4's horse racing broadcasts. Francome has taken to writing works of fiction. His books have featured on the bestseller lists. "A trainer loses his licence; a jockey is warned off: all in a day's work for the senior steward of the Jockey Club. But when the blackmailing starts, when a most influential corpse is found in a horse box at Newbury races, a cloud of corruption, suspicion and violence threatens to overwhelm the National Hunt season. James Thackeray, racing journalist, erratic tipster, amateur jockey, had every reason to turn detective. He'd found the body. But it was only a matter of time before the villains found him. Saddling up for the Grand National might just be the last thing he ever did..." Bound in paper covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dust wrapper. There is very slight wear to the extremities, including some slight bumping and fading. The dust wrapper has almost no wear. Internally the pages are clean and bright. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD2-I-8
- Title
- Eaves Dropper
- Author
- James Macgregor and John Francome
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London & Sydney
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 9.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- John Francome James MAcgregor Signed James MAcgregor
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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