The Hunt for Red October [true first printing, in first issue jacket] by Clancy, Tom - 1984

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984. SEE PHOTOS. First Printing of the True First Edition in First issue dust jacket. With all points: no price on dust jacket; no number line on copyright page; 6 [not 8] blurbs on dust jacket's rear panel (Higgins, Wambaugh, Cussler, Beach, Moore, Turner); no bar code; ISBN on dust jacket's rear panel and on the rear cover; 18 [not 16] lines on copyright page; no numbers printed at gutter, near spine, of the last signature; full size: 6.25" wide by 9.25" tall [i.e. NOT the Military Book Club edition which also lacks a jacket price, but measures slightly smaller]. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Near Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Small stain, about ¼ inch wide, at top edge near spine. NO fading. SEE PHOTOS. Previous owner's name blacked out on front free endpaper. 1984. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in shiny silver on the spine. Complete with dust jacket.. First Printing of the First True Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 387pp. + acknowledgments. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.