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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 Springing of George Blake

By: BOURKE, Sean

Price: $12.00

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. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Cana...
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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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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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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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Mata Hari: The True Story

By: HOWE, Russell Warren

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead: 1986

Seller ID: 21846

ISBN: 0396087175

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Provides a portrait of the famous Dutch courtesan, Mata Hari [M'greet Zelle - 1876-1917] who launched striptease dancing and was executed by the French as a spy. xi, 292 pages, [10] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, square binding, sound hinges, no wear to the cloth. The price-clipped dustjacket shows some minor lower edge wear but is otherwise clean and bright. Unpacked weight, 622g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overchargin...
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Philby: The Life and Views of the K.G.B. Masterspy

By: KNIGHTLEY, Phillip and KENNEDY, Caroline

Price: $11.00

Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1988

Seller ID: 09036

ISBN: 0-233-78360-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: About Fine

First, full story of the life of Kim Philby, the Briton who spied on and betrayed his own country to the Soviet Union. 291pp, photo illustrated. Bright and fresh copy with solid , tight binding. Small name on ffep. Price clip to dustjacket.
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The Wilson Plot: How the Spycatchers and Their American Allies Tried to Overthrow the British Government

By: LEIGH, David

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1988

Seller ID: 08398

ISBN: 0-394-57241-6

Binding: Cloth Spine, Paper Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Story of the little known 'plot' to overturn the democratically elected Labour Government of Sir Harold Wilson initiated by British, and then American, Intelligence Services. 271pp, photo illustrated. Clean, tight copy. Dustjacket has two small, closed margin tears.
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Canada's Enemies: Spies and Spying in the Peaceable Kingdom

By: MOUNT, Graeme S.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 1993

Seller ID: 27659

ISBN: 1550021907

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

From German conspiracies along Ontarios borders to monitoring mail between Canadian communists and Moscow an exploration of newly declassified documents. Foreword; The Huis and Where They Came From; The Formation of the Hui Zu; The Fate of the Hui During and After the Qing Dynasty; Further Assimilation of Minorities and its effects of Muslims; How the Hui Zu Lives in China; Influential Muslim Personalities; Admiral Zheng He and His Achievements; Contributions of the Chinese Muslims; The Staunchness of the Chinese Muslims. 158pp, illustrated. Bright, fresh and unmarked copy. Appears unused and ...
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Eye of Dawn: The Rise and Fall of Mata Hari

By: OSTROVSKY, Erika

Price: $8.50

Publisher: New York, Macmillan Pub Co: 1978

Seller ID: 1063

ISBN: 0025940309

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Life of Margaretha Zelle Mac Leod - known as Mata Hari - a middle-class Dutch girl turned stage dancer and courtesan - later a spy during WWI. viii, 273 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked., interior still quite fresh. Binding is tight and square and there is no wear tp the boards. Price-clipped dustjacket is very nearly similar. Weight, 634g.
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Espionage: Fascinating Stories of Spies and Spying

By: OWEN, David

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Readers Digest: 2006

Seller ID: 041221

ISBN: 0762108126

Binding: Pictorial Boards, Laminated

Condition: As New

The book serves as a guide to the espionage world, this title looks at the challenges and priorities facing spies of our century. It includes insights into technology and tradecraft essential to espionage. 176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacekt. 'As New'. Weight, 709g.
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Spionage Contra Spionage

By: PINTO, Luitenant-Kolonel Oreste

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay:

Seller ID: 18866

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

Dutch edition of 'The Spycatcher Omnibus'. Dutch language edition. Undated. 399pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Slight browning to page edges. Owner's inscription to ffep. 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 570g. 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 specific destination and weight.
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Torpedoed: An American Buinessman's True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Imprisonment in Russia, and the Battle to Set Him Free

By: POPE, Edmond D.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 2001

Seller ID: 14189

ISBN: 0-316-34873-2

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Story of an American in Russia charged with spying and imprisoned for 253 days. 263pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh copy - 'as new'. Weight, 490g.
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Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring

By: PRANGE, Gordon W.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1984

Seller ID: 08923

ISBN: 0-07-050677-9

Binding: Cloth Spine, Paper Boards

Condition: Fine

Story of the Sorge Spy Ring that transmitted secret information from Japan to Russia during World War II. 595pp, photo illustrated. Book is clean and bright with firm binding. Dustjacket is bright but has a little edge wear.
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Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community

By: Raviv, Dan; Melman, Yossi

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 1991

Seller ID: 036640

ISBN: 0395581206

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About 'As New'

Best book published in Israel's intelligence community. 473pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unbmarked copy. Tight, square bindinhg, no creasing to spine. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 582g.
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Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community

By: RAVIV, Dan; MELMAN, Yossi

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin (T): 1990

Seller ID: 30976

ISBN: 0395471028

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

The first comprehensive and balanced account of the most controversial and well-known espionage organization in the world, taking readers through the complex web of politics and personal ambition that led to such disasters as the brutal violence on the West Bank. 8 pages of photographs. "A Marc Jaffe book." xii, 473 pages, [9] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, white pages. Tight, square binding, no wear to the boards. Unclipped dustjacket is very nearly similar. Weight, 911g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal ...
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The Spy Who Wasn't Caught: The Story of Julius Silber

By: SETH, Ronald

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, Robert Hale: 1966

Seller ID: 21207

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Story of the German Spy who worked for British Postal Censorship during the First World War. 189pp Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. No appreciable wear to cloth. Dustjacket is also quite bright and clean but with a little edge wear and a tear to fore-edge fold on back panel. Weight, 400g.
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The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography

By: SINGH, Simon

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Doubleday: 1999

Seller ID: 29685

ISBN: 0385495315

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About 'As New'

A look at the world of codes includes a history of how they have affected the world, from the World Wars to the death of Mary, Queen of Scots, and also looks at what the future holds for the field of cryptography. 402pp, illustrated. Bright, clean and unmarked, about 'as new' in a similar,. unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 685g.
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Category: Espionage