Frederick Forsyth — The Fourth Protocol

London, Hutchinson, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Forsyth's The Fourth Protocol, signed by the author. The first edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the half title page. Frederick McCarthy Forsyth is an English novelist and journalist, best known for thriller novels, which are frequently best-sellers. The title of this novel refers to the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which (at least in the world of the novel) contained four secret protocols. The fourth of these was meant to prohibit non-conventional deliveries of nuclear weapons, i.e. by means other than being dropped from aircraft or carried on ballistic missiles. This book was adapted into a popular film starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan in 1987. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition, with only very small faint marks to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, except for a couple of staple holes to the front free end paper and the half title page. A little shelf wear to the upper extremities of the dust wrapper, and a small hole to the front of the wrap; otherwise in lovely condition. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.