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Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984 The scarce first issue of the first edition. All points of issue. 18 lines of text and no statement of printing on copyright page. Red cloth stamped in silver on spine and blindstamped on front cover. ISBN in silver on back board. Weight approx. 1lb. 13 oz. Rear panel of dust jacket has 6 review blurbs in order: Jack Higgins, Joseph Wambaugh, Clive Cussler, Edward L. Beach, John Moore, and Stansfield Turner. No price on jacket. 8vo. 387 pages. Faint blindstamp on half-title page. Clean bright and sharp - one cover corner has a tiny bump. Dust jacket. Very nice clean, bright, sharp dust jacket has just a 1/2" closed tear on back near spine. Fine/ about fine. .

The Hunt for Red October is a technothriller by Tom Clancy. The story follows a Soviet submarine captain who wishes to defect to the United States along with his officers and the Soviet Navy's newest ballistic missile submarine, Red October. A CIA analyst named Jack Ryan is tasked with interpreting the defector's moves and intentions.