James Bond First Editions

Ice Station Zebra.

MACLEAN, Alistair (1922-1987).

London: Collins, 1963. [Espionage Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255; [1]. Dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Heseltine. Contents clean, no inscriptions, light spotting/toning to edges and endpapers, p/c jacket gently used only with minor rubs, a couple of discreet gummed paper strips to reverse side. Shows well; a popular read, the majority of copies seem to be heavily worn. Classic 60s Cold War era submarine adventure, filmed by MGM in 1968 starring Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine and Patrick McGoohan. Contemporary reviewers spoke of Maclean's outstanding thrillers 'in the Ian Fleming tradition' (Anthony Price, Oxford Mail). Influenced by the heightened atmosphere of the Cold War, current fascination with ice-bound nuclear-powered submarines, the imminent launch of HMS Dreadnought, Britain's first nuclear submarine, the accelerating Space Race between the US and USSR, and the recent loss of an experimental Corona satellite believed to have been intercepted by Russian agents, Ice Station Zebra has been described as 'a quintessentially 'Sixties thriller' (Ripley. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, p.188). Item #74788

Price: £95.00