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Tom Clancy THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER 1st Ed SECOND Printing 1984 Jack Ryan HCDJ

by Tom Clancy

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } First Edition, Second Printing of The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy Naval Institute Press, 1984. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket in archival mylar wrapper. Tight binding, solid spine, light rubbing to edges. Octavo, 387pp. Red cloth, title stamped in silver on spine. Stated “second printing” on the copyright page, Front cover is blind stamped with a submarine and a Russian hammer and sickle. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $14.95 on front flap. Before *The Hunt for Red October*, Tom Clancy was an unknown insurance agent with a passion for naval history. Then came this electrifying debut—a novel so meticulously researched that Reagan himself quipped, "It’s the perfect yarn." The story of Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius’s defection, pursued by both the Kremlin and CIA analyst Jack Ryan (making his iconic first appearance), didn’t just launch Clancy’s career—it redefined the techno-thriller. Rarely does a first novel become a cultural phenomenon, but Clancy’s blend of cutting-edge military detail and white-knuckle suspense made this 1984 release an instant classic. The Naval Institute Press, better known for academic texts, took a gamble on an unpublished author—and struck gold. This second printing, issued mere months after the explosive first, retains all the hallmarks of the original: the stark submarine schematic endpapers, the taut Cold War tension, and the birth of a franchis

  • Publisher: Naval Institute Press
  • Year: 1984
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Very Good

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