Tom Clancy — Clear and Present Danger
London, Collins, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Tom Clancy's thrilling Jack Ryan novel, signed by Clancy to a bookplate. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed to a bookplate tenderly adhered to the front free endpaper.In this political thriller, Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence in the CIA, and discovers that he is being deceived by his colleagues, who are conducting a covert war against a drug cartel based in Colombia. In the publisher's original cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Signed bookplate tenderly affixed to front free endpaper, with offsetting from adhesive to verso of leaf. Dust wrapper excellent, with minor rubbing to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.
