Secret and Urgent The Story of Codes & Ciphers
by Pratt, Fletcher
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Rober Hale Limited, 1939. Dust jacket edgeworn and rubbed in places, corners and spine ends chipped with small loss, several chips to head of both covers, some with small loss, spine and rear cover browned, closed edges browned, d-j price clipped, pink cloth covered boards lightly edgeworn, light foxing to endpapers, previous owner's pencil inscription to title page, pages clean, text clear to read, binding sound.. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Good/Poor. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74904
- Title
- Secret and Urgent The Story of Codes & Ciphers
- Author
- Pratt, Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rober Hale Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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