Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. First edition [first printing] with the earliest printing/state/issue of both the book and the Dust Wrapper. The book [which weighs more than 1 pound 13 ounces] has uniformly colored red cloth, silver spine lettering, submarine and Hammer and Sickle in blind on the front, ISBN 0-87021-285-0 in silver on the rear, 18 lines of text [and no statement of printing] on the copyright page. The Dust Wrapper does not have a price printed on the front flap, the rear panel has ISBN 0-87021-285-0 and six blurbs by [in order top to bottom] Jack Higgins, Joseph Wambaugh, Clive Cussler, Edward L. Beach, John Moore, and Stansfield Turner. 387 pages Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. The ffep shows large area of sun fading. Dust jacket is not priced with minor edge tears on crown of dj and small 1/4 inch edge piece missing on bottom front spine area of dj. This highly collectible, " VERY GOOD" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover.Very nice collectible copy of a very scarce title. GIFT QUALITY

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Published in 1984, The Hunt for Red October follows a Soviet submarine captain who defies orders and charts a course for the United States. Unclear of his motives and fearing a nuclear launch, the protagonist Jack Ryan attempts to track the nearly untraceable vessel as it nears the east coast. The basis for a blockbuster hollywood film of the same title, The Hunt for the Red October catapulted Tom Clancy from insurance salesman to one of the most popular writers of his generation. After being rejected by several mainstream publishers, Clancy submitted the book to the Naval Institute Press and was reportedly surprised at it's acceptance. The publisher, which had never published a work of fiction before printed only 5000 copies in the first run, making the first printing rather scarce.

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Title: The Hunt for Red October
Author: Clancy, Tom
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0870212850
ISBN 13: 9780870212857
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Place of Publication: Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1984
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾

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