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First Edition, first printing, signed by Author (no inscription). Hard cover 8vo, in black cloth with gold titles to front board and spine, with map endpapers, 1-1147 [5]. CONDITION: Near Fine in a Near Fine Dust jacket. This is the fifth published, yet sixth in chronological order of Clavell's epic Asian Saga about the Hong Kong based Noble House trading company. Set against the background of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the story concerns the evacuation of the Noble House helicopter pilots from the war zone. An exciting page-turner. Australian Author James Clavell (1921-1994) became a British national and fought in the Dutch East Indies campaign of World War II, bringing him into contact with the Japanese, of whom he would write a hugely successful set of historical novels. Weight: 3.6 lb
Ref: FICT20 9230
$150.00