1969 Press Photo Author W.S. Kuniczak of "The Sempinski Affair." - nop53046

The search for the Pontic Tribunals--the official records of the trial and death of Jesus--takes a quiet, scholarly antiquities expert into Soviet territory where he finds he is the bag man in a plot to assassinate The Chairman in W.S. Kuniczak's new novel, "The Sempinski Affair" (Doubleday, $5.95), jacket above. W.S. Kuniczak (above) is also the author of "The Thousand Hour Day, a Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.