1ST / 1ST Alistair MacLean / Ice Station Zebra VG/VG RARE

Description: First edition/ first printing of Alistair MacLean's epic adventure, Ice Station Zebra. VG/VG (Doubleday, 1963). Stated first edition on copyright page without number line as required. Proper E32 code on last page. Not an ex-library nor a remainder. Bright, clean blue cloth boards with silver gilt to spine. Text block tight, binding square. No internal markings, save for a label residue on the FFEP above diagram of submarine 276 pp. Jacket is bright and clean; illustration still pops. No fading, chips or tears. Only a trace of rubbing on this notoriously fragile jacket. The jacket is clipped (sliver of price is visible). Now protected in mylar (see photos). Very nice copy of MacLean's wildly popular Cold War adventure and basis for the hit movie starring Rock Hudson and Jim Brown. A nuclear submarine is dispatched on a rescue mission to Ice Station Zebra on the polar ice cap. But deep under the Arctic flow a sinister plot is about to unfold, one that will pit waring superpowers against each other in a game of lethal brinkmanship. This wildly inventive thriller was one in a string of movies adapted from MacLean's novels, including Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, Force 10 From Navarone, Fear is the Key, The Secret Ways, Breakheart Pass, Puppet on a Chain, Bear Island, River of Death and The Satan Bug. MacLean was the undisputed master of adventure and decades after his death, his books continue to influence modern writers, including Lee Child. His books, particularly movie tie-ins, remain highly collectable. Tattered copies of this book sell for $80 or more Here is your chance to own a hard-to-find copy at a reasonable price.

Price: 40 USD

Location: San Tan Valley, Arizona

End Time: 2024-08-23T07:17:16.000Z

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