"For Kicks" 1965 FRANCIS, Dick Postcards

"For Kicks" 1965 FRANCIS, Dick PostcardsFRANCIS, Dick [214] pp. Harper & Row Publishers 1965 Book Club Edition 8 1 2" x 5 3 4" VG VG A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Daniel Roke owns a stud farm in Australia. He's young, smart, hard working and desperate for some excitement all of which makes him the ideal candidate for the Earl of October, who has come visiting. The Earl is concerned about a horse doping scandal that is destroying English racing.

Famous as one of the most successful ivory hunters of his time

owned and raced a horse she named Be My Guest who was a conditions race winner in England and Ireland as well as the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1982

also makes references to The Pursuit of Love and characters from The Blessing later appear in Don't Tell Alfred

and settings

Since its inception in 1978

Chest (pit-pit): 19"W

The Studio of Man Ray is published in a first edition of 1

and he traveled to Kansas to write about the crime

Sleeve Seam 25"L

Katherine Hepburn

The authors have handled many of these dazzling modern jewels

best known by his nickname Alastair