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WHIRLWIND; By James Clavell
by Clavell, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688066631
- ISBN 13
- 9780688066635
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. map endpapers. SIGNED boldly by the Author in green ink on the verso of the front map endpaper that faces the half-title, thick & tall 8vo / small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 2 5/8"), black half cloth with silver lettering on spine over matching black boards with facsimile signature "James C--" on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $22.95) depicting an AK-47 wrapped in flowing light green cloth, publisher's yellow topstain, map endpapers focussed on Iran in the Middle East, 1147 pages. Weight; 3 lbs 9.4 oz. James Clavell (1921 - 1994) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, World War II hero and POW. Whirlwind is the fifth novel published (by internal chronology) of the author's bestselling Asian Saga: Shogun, Tai-Pan, King Rat, Noble House, and Whirlwind. <br /> <br /> Whirlwind is Clavell's major historical novel about three weeks of fanatacism, geopolitics, and radical Islamic warfare in Iran during February, 1979, just after the Shah's forced departure.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR SIGNED COPY! Very tight, bright, & clean. No previous owner or remainder marks. Hefty & more than 3 lbs! Will be shipped well-wrapped in a sturdy box.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9877
- Title
- WHIRLWIND; By James Clavell
- Author
- Clavell, James
- Illustrator
- map endpapers
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688066631
- ISBN 13
- 9780688066635
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Iran, oil, maps, Ayatollah, religion, Russia, CIA, kuwait, iraq, kgb, politics, war, United States, terrorism, Islam, Shiism, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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