Fail Safe by Burdick, First Edition (43 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. First NEW Edition By publisher!. 285 pgs. (10/69; 1st NEW Dell edition) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. >> Front cover is crunched, but still great as a cheap reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Front and back hinge well connected. Ex-library stamp on inside cover. Interior Text body has no inscription in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. first edition. 2459 almost near fine, rear crease paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. >> Nice Copy, but with minor fraying to bottom 1" of spine, minor Name written on first page, thus VG. Still nice! Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. >> Nice VG+ Copy, but with minor fraying to bottom 1" of spine, Name written inside front cover, thus VG. Still nice! Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Dell Printing (August, 1963) in orange wraps with large black titles printed on concentric circles. Good condition. The covers show some edge wear and tear. The binding is tight. The interior pages are unmarked. Free 1st class upgrade.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. 6th Edition By Publisher. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. >> Name in Pen on 1st page. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. >> Minor name written on inside front cover. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. >> Nice VG to FN copy, but has 1" writing on cover. Still nice! Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First NEW Edition By publisher!. 285 pgs. (10/1978; Second New Upgraded Edition! First Printing! This one features a wraparound bottom half cover illustration of the WAR room) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. >> Name stamped on right edge of book. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First NEW Edition By publisher!. 285 pgs. (10/69; 1st NEW Dell edition) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, Second Printing. Hard cover 8vo. Very Good/No DJ. Ex-lib w/usual faults, heavy wear to spine tips. 286pp. Filmed in 1964, directed by Sidney Lumet. Ex-Library.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 285 pgs. (August/1963; 1st Paperback Printing) >> Nail-biting Suspense novel of Nuclear Nightmare! US planes sent to bomb USSR, with no way to recall them. One of the best & most unusual thrillers ever written. Basis for the CLASSIC Sidney Lumet Film / movie, which starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, & Larry Hagman. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: N-Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read copy. Issue #2459. Eye for an eye tale of Biblical proportions set in the cold war 60's. Dated now but was a real thriller back in the day. This book and one other were kind of cannibalized by Stanly Kubrik for his movie Dr. Stranglove. Remainder.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. sound, tight, clean text.

First Printing. Very Good condition.

Condition: Good. 1963. First edition thus. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.

Paperback. Condition: Good Used Condition. Later Printing.

Condition: Very Good-. 1st. No jacket. Grey boards with black cloth spine. Shades of red lettering on spine with publisher in blue. Corners bumped, rubbing to edges of spine and bottom edge. Deckled long edge. The interior is clean and clear. Pages:286 Dimensions:8â x 6â x 1¼.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA, 1962. Seventh (7th) Printing (stated) of First Edition, but number code on rear board indicates possible book club edition. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket. Text Block is clean, soft white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind other than a prior owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Binding is quarter black cloth to olive drab boards, with red and white title, etc., to spine, which shows some wear at top and bottom, and with only slightly bumped corners. No Dust Jacket. See photos. 286 pages. 6" x 8 1/2". A best-selling cold war era novel about accidental nuclear war when bombers on a routine mission pass the fail-safe point. Basis for the 1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, and Walter Matthau.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and torn. tanning. light foxing, soiling and marks. well bound. fairly good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit marked and torn. minor stains. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. the boards are edge worn and shelf rubbed. sunned. marked. stained. some foxing. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.N.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are rubbed.Some foxing.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit marked and worn. One bookplate. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: VG++/VG++/VG++. y 1st. Edn. Thus, HARDBACK, "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st. Date of Publication: 1964* Publisher: The Companion Book Club in association with Hutchinson and Co.* Binding and cover condition: Orange cloth, gilt title to maroon spine label. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine, very slight spine lean. VG++* Jacket condition: Red & white design to dust wrapper, white titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of 5/3d. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges particularly to top of flap folds. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edge coloured (black). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight spotting to fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 224 pp. text. ii pp., blank pages at rear.* Description: Set in the late sixties 'Fail Safe' delivers a tale of computer error and misplaced human faith in machines to control our desires for war and peace. A tiny error in a non-descript machine, buried in a mountain leads to 'Group Six', a collection of US Air Force Vindicator bombers, progressing beyond their fail safe position and into Soviet territory to deliver 20 megaton bombs to Moscow. Desperate attempts by the US military and the President (heavily based on Kennedy but never directly implied) to counteract the aircraft leads to intense communications with Khrushchev and the Soviet military and, ultimately, to a decision being made which challenges the very sanity of all involved.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st/1st thus, with some minor faults in a VG++ dust jacket.* 1964-01-01. n.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Probable 1st.

First English edition. Very Good to Near Fine condition. No dustjacket. Owner's signature.