Original early hardcover edition of “The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy, published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland in 1984 — the first publisher to release this iconic novel.

📌 Edition Details

• Hardcover cloth binding, no dust jacket

• ISBN: 0-87021-285-0 (printed on rear board)

• Fifth printing

• Printed in the USA

📌 Condition as in photos

• Cover: Good

• General edge and corner wear

• Spine intact and readable

• Pages:

• Clean and unmarked

• No moisture damage

• Solid binding, clean endpapers

• No musty or mold odor

📌 Notes

• NOT a first printing

• NOT a Putnam edition

• NOT an ex-library copy

📌 Collectibility

This is Tom Clancy’s debut novel, originally issued by Naval Institute Press before later commercial editions. A desirable copy for Cold War, military fiction, and Tom Clancy collectors.