MURDER AT THE RACES

London: Artus Books, 1995. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xviii) 487 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Protection Racket by Dick Francis; Nobbling the Favourite by Nat Gould; Under Starters Orders by John Masefield; A Racing Swindle by Thomas Gaspey; Won By a Neck by Leslie Charteris; The American Invasion by Frank Johnson; A Derby Horse by Michael Innes; The Horse that Died for Shame by Peter Tremayne (Peter Berresford Ellis); Murder on the Race Course by Julian Symons; The Body in the Horsebox by John Francome; Calling the Tune by Steve Donoghue; To Win a Race by Alfred Watson; Dead Cert by Leon Breaker; Nat Wedgewood Trapped by Jack Fairfax-Blakeborough; The Phantom Jockey by Bat Masters; Thoroughbred by Max Brand; Saratoga in August by Hugh Pentecost; The Photographer and the Jockey by James Holding; Ellen Keegan's Revenge by Mary Ryan; Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Edgar Wallace; A Story Goes With It by Damon Runyon; Had a Horse by John Galsworthy; Morning in the High Street by Barre Lyndon; The Crackler by Agatha Christie; Something Short of Murder by Henry Slesar; Born Gambler by Thomas Walsh; The Later Edition by Victor Bridges;Two and a Half Per Cent by Mark Daniel; En Famille by Ed Gorman; Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle; and My Old Man by Ernest Hemingway..