Twice Shy by Dick Francis [U.S. FIRST EDITION / 1982]

Twice Shy by Dick Francis 

U.S. FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1982] G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS

Hardcover with dust jacket. 

DJ has visible shelf wear, a bit of wear & tear to to corners and fading to spine. 

Book reads nicely with clean, bright pages inside, however cover has some staining; water stains to cloth portion of back cover. 

When physics teacher Jonathan Derry is unwittingly given some computer tapes containing a bookie-breaking betting system, his sharp-shooting abilities come in extremely handy against the thug who comes looking for them. Fourteen years later, Jonathan's brother William is about to fall victim to the same thug. But this time, William is determined to play a cautious and crafty game. After all, once bitten . . .