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VEIL : The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981 - 1987 (INSCRIBED copy)
by Woodward, Bob
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671601172
- ISBN 13
- 9780671601171
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ in VG unclipped dw. 8vo, 544pp (plus plates), grey boards with black cloth spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. Warmly INSCRIBED by Bob Woodward in the year of publication on the first interior page. Stated first printing of this important book of political history. Unmarked copy, two leaves have dog-ear fold lines, a little soil to page edges, jacket spine has some sunning.
Synopsis
Based on hundreds of inside sources and secret documents, the author reveals the inner operations of the C.I.A., the world's largest and most sophisticated espionage apparatus, its players, and its clandestine relationships throughout the world.
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- Bookseller
- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3655
- Title
- VEIL : The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981 - 1987 (INSCRIBED copy)
- Author
- Woodward, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671601172
- ISBN 13
- 9780671601171
- Publisher
- New York: Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Bob Woodward VEIL : The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981 - 1987 INSCRIBED copy signed inscribed American Politics Central Intelligence Agency Ronald Reagan Eighties hardcover first edition printing espionage twentieth century 0671601172
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