The Hunt for Red October. by CLANCY, Tom - 1984

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First edition, first impression. The author's first novel and the book which introduced to literature the character of Jack Ryan. The novel was famously described as "the perfect yarn" by Ronald Reagan.
The first impression issue points are as follows: 18 lines of text to the imprint page with no statement of edition or printing number; no price on the dust jacket front flap (although the present example has been clipped); and six reviews on the rear panel (with that by Clive Cussler being the third) together an ISBN, but no barcode.
A film adaptation, directed by John McTiernan was released in 1990 and starred Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin. The book and film also led to two video games. Octavo. Original red cloth, lettering to spine in silver, decoration to front cover in blind, grey endpapers. With dust jacket. Embossed ownership stamp to title page and rear free endpaper. Extremities rubbed; a very good copy. Dust jacket lightly soiled with extremities slightly frayed, corner of front flap clipped, tears and loss to rear flap; a good and unfaded example.