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I was Cicero

By: BAZNA, Elyesa; NOGLY, Hans

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1962

Seller ID: 052061

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good to VG

Autobiographical account by the elusive World War II spy. Written by Elyesa Bazna in collaboration with Hans Nogly and translated from the German by Eric Mosbacher. 192 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Black cloth with gilt titles to the spine shows only a little wear. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 302g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight a...
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The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova: Was Hitler's Favorite Actress A Russian Spy?

By: BEEVOR, Antony

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Viking Press: 2004

Seller ID: 044452

ISBN: 0670033405

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

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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The Great Betrayal: The Untold Story of Kim Philby's Biggest Coup

By: BETHELL, Nicholas William

Price: $14.00

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton: 1984

Seller ID: 10269

ISBN: 0340357010

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About 'As New'

An account of the Anglo-American paramilitary campaign in Albania in 1949 under the control of Kim Philby, later revealed as a Soviet agent and traitor. 213 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked, quite fresh. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Virtually 'as new'. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 430g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS...
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No Other Choice: An Autobiography

By: BLAKE, George

Price: $7.75

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1990

Seller ID: 08822

ISBN: 0-224-03067-1

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

Autobiography of the notorious 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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The Springing of George Blake

By: BOURKE, Sean

Price: $13.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1970

Seller ID: 07158

ISBN: 670-66542-8

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

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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The Springing of George Blake

By: BOURKE, Sean

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1970

Seller ID: 15317

ISBN: 670-66542-8

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Near Fine

A daring Irishman's account of how he singlehandedly engineered the escape of superspy George Blake from 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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Deceptions of World War II

By: BREUER, William B.

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons: 2001

Seller ID: 14234

ISBN: 0-471-09590-7

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

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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Her Majesty's spymaster : Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the birth of modern Espionage

By: BUDIANSKY, Stephen

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Plume: 2006

Seller ID: 044004

ISBN: 0452287472

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

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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Anthony Blunt: His Lives

By: CARTER, Miranda

Price: $15.95

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 2001

Seller ID: 540

ISBN: 0374105316

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About 'As New'

Biography of British Spy, Traitor, Art Historian and Homosexual. xviii, 590 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.An almost 'as new' colpy - bright, fresh and unmarked in a similar, uncl;ipped dustjacket. Only noted defect - a previous owner's bookplate to the ffep. Thick heavy book weighing 1.018kg. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rat...
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Sisters of Delilah: Stories of Famous Women Spies

By: COOKRIDGE, E. H.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: London, Oldbourne: 1959

Seller ID: 037542

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

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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Max Corvo, OSS Italy, 1943-1945 : a personal Memoir

By: CORVO, Max

Price: $8.90

Publisher: U.S.A., Enigma Books: 2005

Seller ID: 12886

ISBN: 1929631456

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Previous ed.: published as The O.S.S. in Italy, 1942-1945. New York: Praeger, 1989. xxii, 365 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, inside and outside. Tight, square binding, no wear to the boards. Unclipped dustjacket is similar. Weight, 678g.
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Mask of Treachery: The First Documented Dossier on Blunt, MI5, and Soviet Subversion

By: COSTELLO, John

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, Collins: 1988

Seller ID: 038850

ISBN: 0002175363

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

The true history of Soviet subversion in Britain exposing 'an extraordinary trail of perfidy'. 1st printing, 8vo, 761pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in black cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Near mint copy, bright, tight and clean. Fine/Fine. Thick and heavy weighing 1.45kg.
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The Secret War

By: DAN, Ben

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Sabra Books: 1970

Seller ID: 27729

ISBN: 0876310439

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

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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The Greatest Treason: The Bizarre Story of Hollis, Liddell and Mountbatten

By: DEACON, Richard

Price: $7.95

Publisher: London, Century: 1990

Seller ID: 041518

ISBN: 0712646833

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Reveals the true identity of the Fifth Man and provides new material on the Soviet sympathies and homosexuality of Mountbatten. 'Dramatic new evidence!'. 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Book and dustjacket appear 'as new' except for a previopus owner's bookplate to the ffep. Unpacked weight, 504g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on s...
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Slow Burn: The Rise and Fall of American Intelligence in Vietnam

By: DeFOREST, Orrin and CHANOFF, David

Price: $8.95

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1990

Seller ID: 10554

ISBN: 0-671-69258-5

Binding: Cloth Spine, Paper Boards

Condition: Fine

An account of the work of DeForest in turning around the CIA's efforts at counterinsurgency in Vietnam in the late 1960's. 294pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket is similar with a little wear to bottom edge.
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The Man Who Went Back

By: DUMAIS, Lucien: POPHAM, Hugh

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Leo Cooper: 1975

Seller ID: 049627

ISBN: 0850521696

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

A personal account by a French-Canadian soldier in WWII, captured at Dieppe - escaped from enemy territory back to Britain - who became a very successful secret agent in France. Signed on the ffep by a former owner - Brigadier-General Carew of the B. C. Dragoons. 213 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked except for the old owner's signature to the ffep. The binding is tight and square anmd there is no wear to the blue cloth. RThe unclipped dustjacket is bright and clean with some quite minor top edge wear. Weight, 426g.
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Britain's Best Kept Secret: Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park

By: ENEVER, Ted

Price: $8.00

Publisher: United Kingdom, Sutton Pub Ltd: 1999

Seller ID: 045693

ISBN: 0750923555

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About 'As New'

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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Inside the Fourth Reich [The Real Story of the Boys from Brazil]

By: ERDSTEIN, Erich; BEAN Barbara

Price: $12.00

Publisher: U.S.A., St Martins Press: 1977

Seller ID: 25642

ISBN: 031241885X

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

The author was a 'real-life' James Bond. Working from his base in Brazil, he assisted the Allied War Effort and tracked down Nazis in South America after the war. 220 pages ; 22 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. A little creasing to the blank front free endpaper, otherwise the book is Fine. Similar, but price-clipped dustjacket. Weight, 377g.
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Operation Kronstadt: The True Story of Honor, Espionage, and the Rescue of Britain's Greatest Spy, the Man with a Hundred Faces

By: FERGUSON, Harry

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, The Overlook Press: 2009

Seller ID: 052485

ISBN: 1590202295

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About 'As New'

A former MI6 officer and undercover agent describes the true story of a daring naval rescue attempt in 1919 to save a British agent [Paul Dukes, 1889-1967], trapped in Russia during the power struggle between the former Tsarists and Bolsheviks. Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2008. xiv, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. An 'as new' copy in most respects except for a small remainder mark to the bottom edge. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. Unpacked weight 68...
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In Darkest Ottawa

By: FILLMORE, Charles L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Rose, Cowan & Latta: 1954

Seller ID: 32218

Binding: Stiff Card Wrappers

Condition: Fine

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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Category: Espionage