Dick Francis — Reflex

London, Michael Joseph, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this exciting crime novel by Dick Francis. Dick Francis (1920-2010) was a British crime writer and former jockey whose works mostly handle crime in the horse-racing world. Over forty of his novels were international bestsellers, having been published in twenty-two languages; he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999. A number of his works, which include 'Dead Cert', 'Bloodsport', 'Whip Hand' and 'High Stakes', have been adapted to film, radio and television. 'Reflex' follows Philip Nore, a steeplechase jockey as he faces unexpected hardships and challenges.This is a first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with a clipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper has minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine but is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.