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On the Wrong Side; My Life in the KGB
by Levchenko, Stanislav
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 008034478X
- ISBN 13
- 9780080344782
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Pergamon - Brassey's International Defense Publishers, Washington -- London, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. preface by author. Pale grey coloured boards with red coloured titles to the back strip. Bumping to the corners of the book and their remarks on the front and back panel. On the endpapers there are the marks the of where ? glue has been used and there is the remains of the sticker on the free front endpaper, top right-hand corner. Illustrated dustwrapper, with white, yellow and red coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and white coloured titles to the back strip. The front corners of the dustwrapper are chipped and there is chipping to the top and bottom edges, predominantly around the spine region. On the verso of the dustwrapper there is tape (still in situ -- brown packing tape) which is repairing a small hole in the spine, noticeable on the right side. The memoirs of a Soviet spy during the height of the Cold War. second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 230 pages, last 6 blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Espionage; Cold War; ISBN: 008034478X. ISBN/EAN: 9780080344782. Inventory No: 0101692. . 9780080344782
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0101692
- Title
- On the Wrong Side; My Life in the KGB
- Author
- Levchenko, Stanislav
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 008034478X
- ISBN 13
- 9780080344782
- Publisher
- Pergamon - Brassey's International Defense Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Washington -- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Soviet Union -- Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti [KGB] -- Officials and Employees -- Biographies, Memoirs, Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography, Defectors -- Soviet Union -- Biography, Espionage, Russian History -- 20th Century Biography & Au
- Bookseller catalogs
- Espionage; Cold War;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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