Near fine in very good dust jacket (some overall edgewear to dj) Hardcover first edition - New Morrow,, 1974.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some overall edgewear to dj) . First US printing. The authors' first novel, a political thriller involving the kidnapping of five girls - four of them the daughters of powerful men - who were last seen aboard the yacht 'Rosebud' found in the Mediterranean with its crew slain. Originally published in France in 1973 and translated from the French for this English language edition by Joan Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest. 277 pp.