The Hunt For Red October.

CLANCY, Tom.

Item Number: 136102

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984.

First edition of the author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ruth and Lou Maples Best Wishes Tom Clancy 4/12/85.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

Lauded by the Washington Post as "breathlessly exciting," The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world’s most popular authors. "Remarkableintricate and nerve tingling" (Clive Cussler). It is the basis for the 1990 film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, that stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill.