Marco Polo, If You Can William F. Buckley Jr. 1982 Hardcover Blackford Oakes Spy Novel

Marco Polo, If You Can by William F. Buckley Jr. is a 1982 Doubleday hardcover spy novel featuring CIA operative Blackford Oakes, presented here with its original dust jacket.

Set against Cold War tensions surrounding the U-2 incident, the story follows Oakes back into the intelligence world for an assignment involving the Soviet Union, making this a good reading copy for fans of political thrillers and classic espionage fiction. 

Details

• Item: Fictional Hardcover Book
• Title: Marco Polo, If You Can
• Author: William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York
• Publication Year: 1982
• Edition and Printing: Printing not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: Hardcover with black cloth spine and red boards
• Dust Jacket: Present, yellow jacket with black lettering and red airplane design
• Pages: 233 pages
• Genre: Fiction, espionage, political thriller
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0-385-15232-9
• Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 6 x 1 inches

Condition Grade: Very Good

Positives

• Graded Very Good: This is a sound, attractive copy with light signs of handling and age.
• Pages are clean, crisp, firmly held, and easy to read.
• Dust jacket is present and remains bright and clean overall.
• Red boards and black cloth spine show well beneath the jacket.

Issues / Wear

• Dust jacket shows light age toning and minor edge and corner wear visible in the photos.
• Small closed tear and crease are visible along the lower front edge of the dust jacket.
• Minor surface wear is visible on the red front board.

Collector's Notes

Marco Polo, If You Can belongs to William F. Buckley Jr.'s Blackford Oakes series of Cold War espionage novels. The novel uses the 1960 U-2 incident and American Soviet tensions as the setting for its fictional intelligence story. This copy keeps the bold yellow, black, and red dust jacket that gives the 1982 hardcover its recognizable shelf appearance.