Forfeit by Dick Francis, signed and dedicated by the author,1968, first edition. A hard-cover with a dust-wrapper published by Michael Joseph, London. dust-wrapper some light chips and small tears and non-visible stain to top inside of wrapper and evidence odf previous loable to inside of dust-wrapper fly-leaf at the front.. Top of text-block has a brown circular stain about 1cm diameter. Book shows some light browning. What makes this copy unique is the signed dedication to Pauline Hantos in 1975. She was an Australian race-horse owner and Dick Francis makes a reference to her winning the Melbourne Cup in 1976, one assumes with her horse. A good copy.