Patriot Games by Clancy, Tom - 1987

New York: Putnam Adult, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. First edition/first printing/first state as indicated by the following points: (1) Copyright page has full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10". (2) Boards are light gray with off-white cloth spine and gold lettering. (3) Back of dust jacket has seven reviews, and ISBN 0-399-13241-4 on the bottom corner. (4) The book is 9.25 inches tall, and approximately 6.5 inches across. (5) This first state copy has the following errors that were corrected at some point within the first printing: The last line on page 227 is repeated on the first line of page 228. The bottom of page 228 is missing the line "Information—it's all a battle for information. You have to know". The last line on page 230 is repeated on the first line of page 231. The bottom of page 232 is missing the line "I can't say." (6) Price ($19.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The book club edition is smaller, it lacks a price on the jacket flap, and does not have the proper ISBN on the back of the dust jacket; Book has some very light soiling on the top and front fore-edges; dust jacket shows some edge wear along the top and bottom of the spine and in the top flap and back flap upper corners.