Dick Francis — Blood Sport

New York; Evanston, Harper and Row, 1967. First edition. Hardback. A first US edition of celebrated jockey and author Dick Francis' novel. This first US edition of celebrated author Dick Francis' novel 'Blood Sport' was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1967. The novel follows Gene Hawkins, a government security agent, as he attempts to track down a hi-jacked thoroughbred stallion, discovering a good deal about himself as he journeys from the Thames to Las Vegas. Dick Francis was a RAF pilot during WW2, a successful steeplechase jockey, and crime writer, whose works deal with crimes in the horse-racing world, producing more than 40 best-sellers. First US edition, in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Blood Sport' is brilliantly exciting in Francis' classic style, exploring the adventures of a new hero in able, tough, and intelligent Gene Hawkins. In the publisher's original hardback binding, with stamped decoration to the front board, and unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally very smart, with only some handling marks to the boards and minor shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The dustwrapper is generally very smart, with some age-toning, and some shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, with some minor age-toning. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.