Clancy, Tom; [Ball, John]

Clear and Present Danger [SIGNED]; [Last Plane Out]

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. First Editions. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing in a Virtually Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY TOM CLANCY on the half-title. The book itself is sharp, unfaded, with bright gilt lettering and is without the concavity to the spine that plagues most copies. The dust jacket has only a tiny bit of loss to the laminate (another matter that we frequently have seen on this dust jacket) and some wear to the extremities at the spine ends and to the edges where the spine turns to each flap. [In spite of such small flaws, this is easily the nicest example of the dust jacket that we ever have seen. The book's first edition was published both in a silver jacket and in a bronze jacket, and, to us, the bronze jacket is measurably the more attractive of the two.] Clancy dedicated the book to his fellow-author and friend John Ball. John Dudley Ball (July 8, 1911 — October 15, 1988), writing as John Ball, was an American writer best known for mystery novels involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. He was introduced in the 1965 In the Heat of the Night where he solves a murder in a racist Southern small town. It won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was made into an Oscar-winning film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier; the film had two sequels, and spawned a television series several decades later, none of which were based on Ball's later Tibbs stories. Ball's "Last Plane Out" provided the basis for a 1983 film, directed by David Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet. It was based on journalist Jack Cox's (who co-produced the film) experience in Nicaragua when it was ruled by Anastasio Somoza Debayle and his battle against insurgents during the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution. Clancy's dedication to Ball of "Clear and Present Danger" is based in part on Ball's "Last Plane Out" and states: "To the memory of John Ball, Friend and teacher, The Professional who too the last plane out." A Fine copy of this Tom Clancy novel in a Virtually Fine dust jacket.

NOTES RELATED TO MOVIES:

Per Wikipedia: "Clear and Present Danger" provided the basis for a 1994 American action thriller film of the same name directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's 1989 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Patriot Games (1992). All three movies featured Clancy's character Jack Ryan, though Ford only played the role in the last two. It is the last film version of Clancy's novels to feature Harrison Ford as Ryan and James Earl Jones as Vice Admiral James Greer, as well as the final installment directed by Noyce.

"Last Plane Out" provided the basis for a 1983 film, directed by David Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet. It was based on journalist Jack Cox's (who co-produced the film) experience in Nicaragua when it was ruled by Anastasio Somoza Debayle and his battle against insurgents during the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution. Fine / near fine. Item #3593

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