ROBERT LUDLUM “The Bourne Identity” [Richard Marek Publishers, 1980] 1st Edition

LUDLUM, Robert. The Bourne Identity.

New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1980. First edition. Octavo. 523 pp. Publisher’s black cloth. In the original dust jacket. Book in excellent condition with sharp boards and clean interior. Jacket shows mild rubbing and light wear along the top edge. Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket.

The debut novel introducing Jason Bourne, Ludlum’s amnesiac assassin whose search for his identity unfolds across Europe in one of the defining espionage thrillers of the late twentieth century. The novel launched what became one of the most commercially successful spy franchises of the modern era.