Robert Ludlum. THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Marek, 1980. 1st HC/DJ. 1st "Bourne" Novel!

Description: Ludlum, Robert. THE BOURNE IDENTITY. NY: Richard Marek, 1980. 1st edition. With no mention of edition or printing on the copyright page, both of which indicate that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing for Marek books of that period. This is NOT a book club book. This is NOT an ex-library book. Buyer beware: there were a number of later printings of THE BOURNE IDENTITY that were published in this exact hardcover format, as well as in similar hardcover formats. This is the real deal: the true 1st edition, 1st printing. SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK AND THIS DUST JACKET. Robert Ludlum was born in 1927 and died in 2001. He was the author of 23 thriller novels. It is estimated that between 300 million and 500 million copies of his books are in print [!]. He was the author of such great and famous books as THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, THE MATLOCK PAPER, THE CRY OF THE HALIDON (written under the pseudonym Jonathan Ryder), THE ROAD OF GANDOLFO (written under the pseudonym Michael Shepard), THE CHANCELLOR MANUSCRIPT, THE MATARESE CIRCLE, THE BOURNE IDENTITY (offered here), THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC, THE BOURNES SUPREMACY (the sequel to THE BOURNE IDENTITY), THE ICARUS AGENDA, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (the 3rd book in the “Bourne” series), THE ROAD TO OMAHA, THE APOCALYPSE WATCH, THE MATARESE COUNTDOWN, and a number of others. All of the “Jason Bourne” novels have been made into major motion pictures starring Matt Damon as Bourne in “The Bourne Identity.” All were critically and commercially successful. For example, “The Bourne Ultimatum” won three Academy Awards in 2008. From the dust jacket: “ . . . THE BOURNE IDENTITY . . . ROBERT LUDLUM . . . The man had been dragged from the sea -- more corpse than man. He opened his eyes in the filthy room on the small island of Port Noir, in the Northern Mediterranean. The bullet wounds about his head had been cleansed white by the violent waters . . . There was one other man in the room; he had waited for the moment when his extraordinary patient would come out of coma. And the stranger was extraordinary. The words he had screamed, the languages he had spoken; he had the body of an athlete, a mind of immense intelligence . . . Who’s in this room? asked the patient. I’m a doctor, said the emaciated man. Your doctor. What’s your name? What? I asked you what your name was? The stranger stared helplessly at the walls. I don’t know. Oh, my God. So begins the harrowing story of a man with no memory. He is given a name: Jason Bourne. He is a man unknown men recognize and lash out in fear and fury to kill . . . In Zurich, a woman comes into his life -- first as a hostage, then as an ally, finally as the only person on earth who believes in him. You cannot be what you are not! Her credo, an act of faith, sustains him . . . In Paris, his origins are given substance. Jason Bourne sprang out of Southeast Asia; and words from that past hit him like lightning: Delta, Cain, Medusa, Treadstone . . . Carlos. He is an international assassin hunted by unseen armies. You cannot be what you are not! Or can he? Is he? . . . The final journey takes Jason Bourne to a quiet, tree-lined street in Manhattan. In an eruption of violence, an elegant brownstone residence becomes a jungle where he had been executed . . . long ago . . . In this, his deepest and finest novel, Robert Ludlum has created a man in conflict with forces beyond his understanding, a man in a terrible labyrinth all of us who have ever said I can’t remember will recognize. And a woman whose commitments to truth, to instinct born of understanding as well as love, raise her above fiction, for she, too, is everywhere . . . “ From the rear flap of the dust jacket: “ . . . Robert Ludlum’s last book, THE MATARESE CIRCLE, was for sixteen weeks the number 1 best-seller in American. His other books, all best-sellers too, are THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, THE MATLOCK PAPER, THE RHINEMANN EXCHANGE, THE GEMINI CONTENDERS, THE CHANCELLOR MANUSCRIPT, and THE HOLCROFT COVENANT . . . “ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I grade books and dust jackets: fine, near fine, very good, good, fair, and poor. I describe all faults. If you sell books on EBAY (or anywhere else), it is de rigueur not to list 1st printings of book club books as 1st editions (unless they ARE the 1st edition, which occurs only occasionally); also, a 1st edition, 7th printing, is not a 1st edition. Ex-library books must be noted as such since generally they are of little value to the collector of 1st editions. Condition is also very important to those collectors. Books and dust jackets must be described in detail. In other words, it is incumbent upon the SELLER to know what is and is not a 1st edition. Mistakes can be made (and corrected), of course, but if you DON'T KNOW, don't try to sell a book as a 1st edition. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONDITION: An ABOUT FINE book in a NEAR FINE (or better) dust jacket. The book is tight and square in it’s black full-cloth binding with bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book and with an embossed “RL” into the cloth on the front of the book. This may actually be an unread copy of this book (although I can’t, of course, guarantee that). I can say that this is one of the nicest copies of THE BOURNE IDENTITY (in terms of the book itself) that I have come across in several years. There is no writing in the book; no bookplates; no remainder marks. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and shows the correct 1st issue price of $12.95. There are no chips or tears to the dust jacket. There are also a couple of tiny wrinkles on the spine panel of the dust jacket; unobtrusive, especially when one considers that usually the dust jackets found on 1st editions of THE BOURNE IDENTITY show up in worn, torn, wrinkled, and rubbed condition. The great and iconic and famous dust jacket artwork is by Ron Sauber. There is large and excellent contemporary photo of Robert Ludlum on the rear panel of the dust jacket. This is clearly a much nicer 1st edition copy of THE BOURNE IDENTITY than is usually encountered. I use the EBAY shipping system to send out the majority of the books that I sell. Insurance is included in the shipping charges for this book that the buyer will be paying. One would assume that the buyer would want to insure this book for its correct value. A MUST FOR THE COLLECTOR OF IMPORTANT MODERN THRILLER FICTION1stt EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF ROBERT LUDLUM 1st EDITIONS! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additional photographs are available upon request. I am continuing to list some of my best books (especially science fiction, fantasy, and horror 1st editions) on EBAY not so much as auctions (due to the fact that EBAY charges quite a bit to list items for reserve auctions), but more along the lines of listing my "catalogue" of books that I have for sale. I'm not going to "give" these books away, but my opening bids and Buy-It-Now prices are usually a fair amount below market value. Furthermore, however, for certain scarce books in great condition, I do expect to get close to what they're worth. 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