Bear Island, Alistair MacLean — 1st Edition

£28.80

Bear Island, Alistair MacLean — 1st Edition

Name: Bear Island, Alistair MacLean — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6958
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Publication: London, William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1971

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 286.

Condition Report: Very Good. The binding remains tight and structurally sound, featuring crisp, dark green boards that show minimal shelf-wear or bumping. The page block edges exhibit mild, even toning consistent with the standard paper stock of the period, though the interior pages remain notably bright, clean, and free of foxing. The original photographic dust jacket presents excellently; it remains unclipped and retains vibrant colour, with only faint rubbing to the extremities and no significant chipping, tearing, or creasing.

Catalogue Note: First edition. A highly presentable example of MacLean's fourteenth adventure novel, set aboard a chartered ship journeying to the high Arctic. This copy retains its original, unclipped dust jacket featuring the striking photographic front panel and the author portrait by Godfrey Argent to the rear.

While not an uncommon title on the secondary market due to its large initial print run, finding copies with the dust jacket in such well-preserved, vibrant condition, and entirely free of price-clipping, is becoming increasingly difficult for collectors.

A supposedly routine film shoot bound for the desolate Arctic outpost of Bear Island quickly devolves into a desperate and claustrophobic struggle for survival. As severe sea-sickness and punishing weather plague the passenger vessel Morning Rose, the ship's doctor, Christopher Marlowe, discovers that the escalating series of 'accidents' on board are the work of a calculated, ruthless killer. Trapped in the frozen wastes with a murderer moving freely among the crew, Marlowe must untangle a complex web of blackmail, stolen gold, and sabotage before the death toll rises further.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Alistair MacLean

Book Publisher: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Thriller & Suspense

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 286

Book Publication Year: 1971

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Glasgow, United Kingdom

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