The Hunt for Red October by Clancy, Tom - 1984

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing with 18 lines of text on the copyright page with no numberline; six blurbs on the rear dust jacket panel; no price on the dust jacket flap. Signed by Tom Clancy on the half title page, inscribed to a previous owner. Very Good with rubbing to cloth at corners, spine ends and bottom edge, small patch of discoloration to front cover. Heavy foxing to edge of page block. Previous owner name in ink, some soiling and creasing wear to front free end paper. In a Very Good dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed, with many small, light indents to the surface, as well as several streaks of abrasion to top of the front panel that look as if someone rubbed an erasure over the surface, and two small areas of bleeding to the blank verso. First printing, signed by the author.