The Devil's Alternative by Forsyth Frederick: First Edition (90 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Shelf wear. Tanning along fore edges and pages. Spine creases. Some rubbing and fading to boards. Bumping along edges of boards.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. spine edge creases.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First US paperback edition, nineteenth printing of the fifth book by Forsyth. A stand-alone. Slight age toning to the cover and pages. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pocket paper back. Light edge/shelf wear. Corner bumped, lightly. Pages toned with age. 1st printing [per number line]. Cover art [Bantam Books]. Sticker residue upper wrap at head corner.

Trade paperback. Bantam edition, first printing. 404 p.; 18 cm. When a Ukrainian revolutionary is rescued from the Black Sea, he endangers a fragile pact between the Soviet Union and the United States and starts the world on a countdown to nuclear destruction. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips.…

Condition: VG unmarked. 1st printing. Internsational blockbuster thriller, by author of The Odessa File and Day of the Jackal. Clean tight bright PB 1st. 404 pp. MM paperback in glossy color illus wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any book priced at $10 or more, please just ask! Canadian first edition, first printing. Published by Hutchinson/Nelson Foster & Scott in 1979. Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Minor wear to spine ends and edges of jacket. Jacket has a few 1/16 wear spots. Jacket is neatly price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. The book itself is in Near Fine condition with no scratches. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition/2nd printing [per number line]. DJ: minimal edge wear. Quarter black/red boards with gold gilt spine text. Light dust/spotting. Damp stain at head of FFEP. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. SPIES/ESPIONAGE/THRILLER.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Copy has name of previous owner on front end paper.Hardcover first edition with intact dust jacket and firm straight spine. Dust jacket is protected by a Mylar wrap.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. Jacket is lightly tanning. Boards have only minor edgewear. Prior owner name on fep. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. Book and jacket are in good condition, moderate shelfwear, soiling throughout- especially to DJ, few nicks and tears to cover, binding is square and tight, no markings. sun darkening to spine.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on slip, laid in. Covers slanted. In protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1St Edition Full Number Row, No Names Or Marks, Tight Square And Clean, Collectible, Light Shelf Rubs To Unclipped Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. CLEAN COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Previous owner's inscription. Price clipped.; First published stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Item may have minor to moderate cosmetic defects (marks, wears, cuts, bends, crushes) on the cover, spine, pages or dust cover. Item may contain remainder marks on outside edges. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. Good reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED BOOK STATES FIRST PUBLISHED 1979 NO OTHER PRINTINGS MENTIONED THE AUTHOR'S FOURTH NOVEL VERY WELL PRESERVED A THRILLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DAY OF THE JACKAL A WHIRLWIND STORY THAT TAKES US AROUND THE WORLD DURING THE COLD WAR JACKET IS REALLY NICE , BRIGHT AND UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL PRICE L 5.95. N/A (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the fifth novel by Forsyth. Light rubbing to the dustjacket. Light sun fading to the spine. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book is AS NEW in a very fine priced (12.95) dust jacket.Book is unmarked and probably unread. Quarter bound in black cloth over red boards. In 1971, when TAhe Day of the jackal (1971), Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War (1974) there was silence, until TAhe Devil's Alternative. Readers the world over can only be grateful for this broken vow. This is the multi-award winning author's fourth novel. A rare FIRST PRINTING. Pristine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, later printing of this hardcover book. Black cloth on red paper boards with gold foil lettering on spine. Boards are rigid and warp-free. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. No previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. Pages are clean, crisp and bright. DUST JACKET complete, NOT price-clipped [$12.95]. Shows light rub on corners, very faint shelf wear, a small closed tear on rear jacket and an even tinier closed tear on rear jacket flap . Light tanning to jacket. Overall bright, clean, glossy, attractive. Will be protected with an archival book jacket cover. Photos coming! In the meantime, contact us now to request pictures of the ACTUAL book you will receive. All of our books are in-stock and ready to be shipped immediately. Synopsis of The Devil's Alternative In 1982, a chain of failures at a Soviet fungicide plant poisons the USSR's wheat crop, creating a looming famine that threatens national collapse. Hardliners in the Politburo push for a desperate solution: invade Western Europe and seize food by force, insisting the West will not risk nuclear retaliation. Chairman Maxim Rudin, secretly dying of cancer, knows this plan will ignite World War III, but he is running out of time to stop them. Meanwhile, Ukrainian nationalists — including Miroslav Kaminsky, Lev Mishkin, and David Lazareff — attempt to strike at the Soviet regime through assassination and hijacking, escalating tensions and undermining Rudin's fragile control. Their actions intersect with Western intelligence when British agent Adam Munro receives inside information from his former lover Valentina, who works in the Kremlin and reveals the Politburo's war plans. As the Soviets negotiate with the U.S. for emergency grain, a hijacked supertanker and nationalist uprisings create a second crisis: any concession to one threat worsens the other. World leaders face an impossible dilemma — avert famine, prevent war, and contain terrorism — with every option leading to catastrophic consequences. This convergence of crises embodies the novel's title: there is no good choice, only the devil's alternative. Forsyth's trademark procedural detail, geopolitical realism, and multi‑layered plotting drive the story from Politburo intrigue to commando operations, creating a tense, meticulously researched thriller about brinkmanship, nationalism, and the fragility of global stability.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. First Edition. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 479 pages; very gently used, hardly a trace of shelf wear, faded (barely noticeable) ink gift inscription on free front endpaper, otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ gently bumped, one immeasurably tiny tear. See also our other Forsyth titles (buy two or more and save on postage!).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped, with multiple tears and soiling in fair condition.This collectible, " GOOD" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Reading copy on good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …