Between Silk and Cyanide, A Codemaker's War 1941-1945
by Marks, Leo
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684864223
- ISBN 13
- 9780684864228
- Seller
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Francestown, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Free Press, 1998. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Two-tone boards. Pp. (x), 614. Illustrated: (8) pp. of plates. Appendices. Index. The author was the son of Benjamin Marks, the founder of the famous London bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road. He was perhaps the most gifted cryptographer who worked for the Special Operations Executive during the War. Later he became a screenwriter and is remembered for Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell in 1960.
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- Bookseller
- The Typographeum Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000580
- Title
- Between Silk and Cyanide, A Codemaker's War 1941-1945
- Author
- Marks, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684864223
- ISBN 13
- 9780684864228
- Publisher
- The Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Special Operations Executive. Espionage. World War II.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Espionage;
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The Typographeum Bookshop
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Francestown, New Hampshire
About The Typographeum Bookshop
The Typographeum Bookshop was founded in 1976 and offers a small stock of books with a special emphasis on British and European literature, as well as fine foreign films. In addition, I was a private press printer who published a variety of books using the technique of letterpress developed by Gutenberg in the 15th Century. Please visit my website, https://typographeum.us, for much more information, as well as pictures of my shop, both inside and out.
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