WHIRLWIND; By James Clavell de Clavell, James - 1986

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. map endpapers. SIGNED boldly by the Author in green ink on the verso of the front map endpaper that faces the half-title, thick & tall 8vo / small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 2 5/8"), black half cloth with silver lettering on spine over matching black boards with facsimile signature "James C--" on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $22.95) depicting an AK-47 wrapped in flowing light green cloth, publisher's yellow topstain, map endpapers focussed on Iran in the Middle East, 1147 pages. Weight; 3 lbs 9.4 oz. James Clavell (1921 - 1994) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, World War II hero and POW. Whirlwind is the fifth novel published (by internal chronology) of the author's bestselling Asian Saga: Shogun, Tai-Pan, King Rat, Noble House, and Whirlwind. <br /> <br /> Whirlwind is Clavell's major historical novel about three weeks of fanatacism, geopolitics, and radical Islamic warfare in Iran during February, 1979, just after the Shah's forced departure.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR SIGNED COPY! Very tight, bright, & clean. No previous owner or remainder marks. Hefty & more than 3 lbs! Will be shipped well-wrapped in a sturdy box.