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BEESLY, Patrick Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1945
London Hamilton 1977 0241896061 / 9780241896068 First Edition, Second Impression Cloth VG+ Good VG Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The book describes in detail the Operational Intelligence Centre of the Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty (British) in World War II. 271pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Overall a very bright, clean copy. Faint `glue``residue bto front endpaper otherwise an unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket is very similar- bright, clean and withount wear. Weight, 486g.
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11.00 USD
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BEEVOR, Antony The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova: Was Hitler's Favorite Actress A Russian Spy?
New York, New York, U.S.A. Viking Press 2004 0670033405 / 9780670033409 First American Printing Cloth Fine Fine Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Looks at the life and career of Olga Chekhova, the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov, who fled Russia for Berlin in 1920, achieved fame as an actress and a position in Germany's Nazi party, and may have been an agent for the Soviet NKVD. xvi, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. About 'as new'. Weight, 467g.
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9.95 USD
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BLAKE, George No Other Choice: An Autobiography
London Jonathan Cape 1990 0-224-03067-1 / 9780224030670 First Edition Cloth, Gilt Titles About Fine About Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Autobiography of the British SIS agent who defected to the KGB. 288pp, photo illustrated. Bright copy with tight binding. Dustjacket is clean and bright with one 1/2" tear at bottom corner on back. Weight, 626g.
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8.00 USD
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BLAKE, George No Other Choice: An Autobiography
London Jonathan Cape 1990 0-224-03067-1 / 9780224030670 First Edition Cloth, Gilt Titles Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Autobiography of the KGB spy who worked for British Intelligence. 288pp, photo illustrated. Near new copy, bright and tight. Weight, 626g.
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9.00 USD
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BOURKE, Sean The Springing of George Blake
New York Viking Press 1970 670-66542-8 First American Edition Cloth Fine Good VG 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A daring Irishman's remarkable account of how he single handedly engineered the escape of a 'superspy' from Wormwood Scrubs Prison and spirited him to Moscow. 364pp, photo illustrated. Dustjacket is clean and bright with a single 1" closed tear at head of front.
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13.00 USD
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BOURKE, Sean The Springing of George Blake
New York Viking Press 1970 670-66542-8 First Edition Cloth, Gilt Titles Near Fine About VG 9.5" Tall
A daring Irishman's account of how he singlehandedly engineered the escape of superspy George Blake fron an English Prison and spirited him to Moscow. 364pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding and no wear to cloth. Minor edge wear to dustjacket. Weight, 710g.
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7.50 USD
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BREUER, William B. Deceptions of World War II
New York John Wiley & Sons 2001 0-471-09590-7 / 9780471095903 First Edition, First Printing Cloth, Gilt Titles Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Eighty little known tales of illusions, masquerades, and fakery during the Second World War. 242pp, photo illustrated. Mint copy, 'as new'. Weight, 550g.
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12.50 USD
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BRISSAUD, Andre Canaris; the Biography of Admiral Canaris, Chief of German Military Intelligence in the Second World War
New York, New York, U.S.A. Grosset & Dunlap 1974 0448116219 / 9780448116211 First American Edition Cloth About Fine VG+ Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The biography of Admiral Canaris, chief of German Military Intelligence in the Second World War. Translated and edited by Ian Colvin. xvii, 347 p. 22 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding with no wear to the black cloth. The price-clipped dustjacket is similar with only minute top-edge wear. Weight, 630g.
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12.00 USD
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BUDIANSKY, Stephen Her Majesty's spymaster : Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the birth of modern Espionage
New York, New York, U.S.A. Plume 2006 0452287472 / 9780452287471 First Plume Printing Printed Card Wrappers As New Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The story of the first modern spymaster, England's Sir Francis Walsingham. xvii, 235 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. About 'as new'. Weight, 230g.
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7.50 USD
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COLE, J. A. Prince of Spies, Henri Le Caron
London Faber and Faber Limited 1984 0571132332 / 9780571132331 First Edition Cloth About Fine About Fine Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Henri Le Caron, born Thomas Miller Beach, was a Civil War veteran recruited by the British in 1867 to spy on the Fenian movement in the United States. 221 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes index. Bright, clean, unmarked copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 410g.
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15.00 USD
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COOKRIDGE, E. H. Sisters of Delilah: Stories of Famous Women Spies
London Oldbourne 1959 First Edition Cloth Near Fine Good VG Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
True account of women spies in recent times. OCLC Number: 5878613. 224pp, not illustrated. 23 cm. Bright, clean copy. Pencil signature to ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to naroon cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket shows minor wear & short tears at corners, but is otherwise clean and unmarked. Weight,
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25.00 USD
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COOKRIDGE, E. H. Spy Trade
Walker & Co, New York (1972) 1972 0802703860 / 9780802703866 First Edition Cloth VG+ About VG Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Book documents spy exchanges between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. 1st U.S. edition. 8vo, 288pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in black cloth, with price-clipped dustjacket. Weight, 534g.
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8.00 USD
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DAN, Ben The Secret War
New York Sabra Books 1970 0876310439 / 9780876310434 First American Edition Cloth Fine About Very Good Espionage 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Subtitled, 'The Spy Game in the Middle East'. Includes the story of Soviet spy, Israel Beer, who rose to become an adviser to Ben Gurion in Israel. 243pp. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. No wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket shows spme edge wear and minor rubbing. Weight, 460g.
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15.00 USD
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ENEVER, Ted Britain's Best Kept Secret: Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park
United Kingdom Sutton Pub Ltd 1999 0750923555 / 9780750923552 3rd Edition, Revised & Expanded Printed Card Wrappers About 'As New' Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Story of Britain's Bletchley Park, home of the Code and Cypher School made famous by its accomplishments during WWII, and, the modern-day efforts to save the location as a historic site. vi, 106 p. : ill., facsims., 1 map, ports. ; 25 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, still about 'as new'. Weight, 258pp.
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8.00 USD
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FILLMORE, Charles L. In Darkest Ottawa
Vancouver, BC Rose, Cowan & Latta 1954 First Edition Stiff Card Wrappers Fine Softcover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Story of Igor Gouzenko, a cypher clerk in the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, who betrayed Soviet secrets to the Canadians in 1946. 49pp. Bright, fresh copy, virtually 'as new'. Weight, 100g.
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20.00 USD
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GEHLEN, Reinhard The Service: The Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen
Des Plaines, U.S.A. World Publishing Co 1972 0529044552 / 9780529044556 First Printing in the USA Cloth About F VG+ Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen [1902-1979], head of German military intelligence during WWII. Translated from the German by David Irving. Introd. by George Bailey. xxvii, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to the boards. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar. Weight, 850g.
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GIMPEL, Erich: BERTHOLD, Will Spion Fur Deutschland
Germany Bertelsmann 1960 Later Edition Cloth VG+ Good to VG Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
German language text. Autobiography of a German spy - Agent 146 - in WWII. 318pp. Clean, unmarked copy escept for minor foxing to fore-edge. Dustjacket is complete but with some wear, stains to inside, not showing externally. Weight, 374g.
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12.00 USD
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HINSLEY, F. H.; STRIPP, Alan - Editors Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 1994 019285304X / 9780192853042 Third Printing Printed Card Wrappers About Fine Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First authentic account of daily life at Government Communications Headquarters, Bletchley Park - the most successful intelligence agency in history. 321pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creases - about 'as new'. Weight, 245g.
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8.00 USD
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