The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy - True First Edition, 1st Printing, 1984

True first edition, first printing of "The Hunt for Red October" by Tom Clancy with original 1st state dust jacket.

Meets all first printing criteria: Published in 1984 by the Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. The copyright page contains exactly 18 lines of text, including a Library of Congress statement, without stating "First Edition" or any number line.

The book is bound in red cloth with silver lettering on the spine and an embossed Russian hammer and sickle on the front.

The dust jacket lacks a printed price and features six review blurbs by notable authors such as Jack Higgins and Clive Cussler.

The ISBN is found on the back cover of both the book and the dust jacket, with a page total of 387.

Dust jacket is unclipped with no tears or chipping and minimal edge wear. There is light creasing running vertically across all four panels of the dust jacket, however it is barely perceptible when in Mylar. Interior is clean with no markings, inscriptions, or paste-ins. Binding is strong and plates are clean. Foxing present on top text block.