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The Book Of Honor
by Ted Gup
In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this...
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The Code Book
by Simon Singh
Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University. A former BBC producer, he directed and co-produced an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that aired on PBS's Nova series and formed the basis of his bestselling book, Fermat's Enigma. He lives in London.
Bodyguard Of Lies
by Anthony Cave Brown
"A Comet book."
First paperback ed. published 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 894-904) and index.
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First paperback ed. published 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 894-904) and index.
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Cassidy's Run
by David Wise
David Wise is America's leading writer on intelligence and espionage. He is the coauthor of The Invisible Government, a number one bestseller about the CIA. He is also the author of Nightmover, Molehunt, The Spy Who Got Away, The American Police State, and The Politics of Lying, and the coauthor, with Thomas B. Ross, of The Espionage Establishment and The U-2 Affair. A native New Yorker and graduate of Columbia College, he is the former chief of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald Tribune and...
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War Report Of the Oss
by Kermit; History Project, Strategic Services Unit, Office Of the Assistant Secretary Of War, War Department Roosevelt
Espionage Books & Ephemera
Territory of Lies: The Rise, Fall, and Betrayal of Jonathan Jay Pollard
by Wolf Blitzer
Harper & Row, 1990. Soft cover. Good. 342 pages, illustrated with photographs on four double-sided plates. Mass-market paperback (Harper Paperbacks), rubbing along spine and especially to front wrap, which has two eroded patches (largest one 2" long), faint foxing to edges, edges and page margins age-toned, small singes to inside front cover and ffep. No markings observed to text.
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£6.48
Great Court Scandal, The
by Queux, William le
John Leng & Co., Ltd; Dundee & London., 1907. Presumed first thus. Undated, circa 1907. . Hard. Good. 16mo. 6 1/2".. B/w frontispiece. Beautiful art nouveau border to title page.. Good. Publishers pictorially blocked tan cloth darkened and a little worn. Chips from the corner of first 3 leaves. A well thumbed, sound copy.
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£8.40
Hitler's Spies
by David Kahn
Fascinating detail of the extraordinary men, the missions, the conflicts and double-crosses behind one of the most pervasive, powerful yet fatally flawed intelligence systems the world has ever seen. 525 pages with 24 pages of illustrations. Book in good+ condition with general fading and some wear to cover.
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£9.52
THE CHINKS IN THE CURTAIN: The Story of a Most Unlikely Spy
by Porter, Joyce
N.Y.: Scribners, 1968. 1st American edition, so stated. light wear at extremities, else near fine in dust jacket, unclipped, $3.95 price intact, has some minor rubbing and soiling, a few small nicks along edges. "The Chinks in the Curtain" features the return of that most reluctant spy Edmund Brown, first met in SOUR CREAM WITH EVERYTHING. Returning ignominiously from Russia to England, he is dispatched to Paris to discover why a source of information has dried up. He infiltrates the...
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£15.54
World War II: War Crimes & Espionage
by Karen Farrington
Abbeydale Press, Great Britain, 2003. Softcover. As New. World War II lasted 2000 days and affected the lives of millions. This book details the events that surrounded the lives of heroic and courageous men and women as well as the inhuman, evil and corrupt people who affected the course and purpose of WW II. 240 pages. Fully Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Espionage; Military & Warfare; War::World War II. ISBN: 1861471149. ISBN/EAN: 9781861471147....
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£10.58
Widows
by Corson, William R.; Trento, Susan B.; & Trento, Joseph J
London: Macdonald. 1989. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 575 pages. Four American Spies, the Wives They Left Behind and the KGB's Crippling of Western Intelligence. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.58
The Case of Morton Sobell
by PRITT, D.N
[New York: National Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell in the Rosenberg Case, n.d. but ca. 1953]. First Edition. 12mo (16cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 31pp.; illus. throughout. Stock tanned due to inferior quality, else Very Good to Near Fine. Fundraising pamphlet issued by the Committee on behalf of Morton Sobell, convicted in 1951 of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union toward the end of World War II while working for General Electric. Sentenced to 30 years in prison,...
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£20.24
LEE : A Portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald by His Brother
by Oswald , Robert L
Coward-McCann, 1967 Ex Library copy. Good overall. Has library label and old pocket card in rear inside. Spine lettering faint with call letter sticker at bottom. Minor cloth fray at spine. Good account of his last moments surrounding the JFK assassination. Rare. Written by LHO brother.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair.
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£238.80
Intrigue: Espionage and Culture
by [RADICAL & SOCIAL LITERATURE] HEPBURN, Allan
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 327pp; includes bibliography. Clean, tight and unmarked copy in crisp, unworn jacket; Near Fine.
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£20.24
Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison
by BOYD, Belle
[Martinsburg]: Jefferson County Historical Society, [1992]. Reprint. Octavo. Green cloth hardcover; [8],284pp; ilus. Three photographic illustrations before text. Fine, apprently unread copy. Photo facsimile from the original text (published 1865). Special edition issued by the Jefferson County Historical Society to commemorate the purchase of the Belle Boyd House in Martinsburg, WV in 1992.
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£40.48
Memoirs of a Bourgeois Falsifier
by Rigby, T. H. Edited by Kevin Windle
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2019. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Foreword and Epilogue by Kate Rigby. Includes Index. 363 pages. T. H. Rigby, 'Harry' Rigby to many colleagues and friends, was a leading pioneer in Soviet Studies during the Cold War. In this memoir he recounts his career as researcher, teacher, public intellectual and sometime adviser to MI6. He includes fascinating accounts of his time in the British Embassy in Moscow in...
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£26.43
M. MI5's First Spymaster
by Cook, Andrew
Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing Limited. 2004. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 287 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.58
THE COLD COASTS A Cold War Caper in the High Arctic
by Burns, Jim
Pietas Publications/Memini. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author on endpaper: "With best regards Jim Burns 4/18/13". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 155 pages; Signed by Author .
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£11.33
Nothing Sacred: Nazi Espionage Against the Vatican, 1939-1945
by David Alvarez and Robert A. Graham, SJ
London: Frank Cass, 1997. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 185pp+ index. Very good in publisher's wraps.
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£12.14
THE PLUMBER'S KITCHEN : THE SECRET STORY OF AMERICAN SPY WEAPONS
by McLean, Donald B
Wickenburg, AZ: Normount Technical Publications, 1975. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Wickenburg, AZ: Normount Technical Publications, 1975. Presumed first edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. vi, 282. Black and red lettering, design,photographs of weapons on white covers. Illustrated with 128 figures. With glossary and appendices. Lightly cover wear, creasing with some foxing, toning. Upper corners bumped. A few small spots on head, foot and fore edge. Clean, unmarked, bright, solidly bound. "This volume explores...
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£36.43
The Carlos contract: A novel of international terrorism
by Phillips, David Atlee
Macmillan, 1978 Stated first edition 1978. Inscribed/SIGNED and dated by author. David Atlee Phillips is widely considered to be one of the main players in the JFK assassination. He is also thought to be the elusive "Maurice Bishop" cover agent that was Lee Harvey Oswald's handler seen conferring with Oswald in Dallas in early November 1963. He was also heavily involved in the 1973 Allende coup and the Bay of Pigs leading the pre-invasion training in Guatemala. Phillips was recruited to the CIA in the...
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£3,233.95
The Diary of General Grow as exposed by Major Richard Squires. With photographs of the original diary
by [GROW, Robert W.] SQUIRES, Richard (Maj.); Albert E. Kahn, introd
New York: The Hour Publishers, 1952. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial card wrappers; 16pp. Mild external soil; Very Good or better. Exposé of one of the major intelligence leaks of the early Cold War, which resulted when Major General Robert W. Grow, at this time the Military Attaché to the U.S. Embassy at Moscow, allowed his private diary - filled with classified and private confidential information, including passages that suggested the United States was planning an imminent...
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£48.57
The HAUNTED WOOD
by WEINSTEIN, ALLEN; Alexander Vassiliev
The edges of a few pages turned over, some by accident. Largely Unread. 16 pp b&w photog plates. Please ask for our other books on espionage.
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£8.48
The Detonators The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice
by Millman, Chad
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316734969 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a black marker remainder mark on the bottom spine end of the book cover. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In 1916, while the Allied and Central forces waged war in Europe,...
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£16.19
The Butcher's Embrace. the Philby Conspirators in Washington.
by Newton, Verne W. :
London. MacDonald. 1991.. 0356197050 . Near fine bright red boards with gold lettering to spine, minor edge chips, very good coloured pictorial dust jacket, some edge creasing, not price clipped, no inscriptions, 448 pages, no inscriptions, black and white illustrations. .
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£12.00
Daniella by Night (Four original photographs from the 1961 film)
by Elke Sommer, Ivan Desny, Danik Patisson, René Dary (starring); Max Pécas (director); Grisha Dabat (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1961. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 film, showing actress Elke Sommer. An international fashion model travels to Rome, where she becomes embroiled in an illegal smuggling operation. The first of several spy-themed exploitation films starring Sommer. Approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine.
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£344.04
Spy!
by Deacon, Richard with Nigel West
London: BBC Books. 1980. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 190pages. Six stories of modern espionage. Additional research by Bernard Adamczewski and Linda McCarthy. Contents: Sorge The Tokyo Ring; The Venlo Incident; Cynthia; Double-Cross Camp 020; Stashinsky The Murder...
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£8.47
Secret Warfare The Battle of Codes and Ciphers
by Norman, Bruce
New York: Dorset Press. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. DJ a trifle age-toned. Black & white illustrations. 187 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.58
The Griffin
by Arnold Kramish
The greatest untold espionage story of World War 2. Paul Rosebaud, The Griffin, was Churchill's most valuable spy throughout the Second World War. 294 pages with 33 black and white illustrations. Book in good condition ex library with number on first page and stamp on last page, some foxing, light tanning, blue lines on pages 8, 13 and 16 and general reader wear. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper and two stickers on back.
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£6.35
Plots and Paranoia A History of Political Espionage in Britain 1790-1988
by Porter, Bernard
London: Unwin Hyman. 1989. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. 276 pages. Presents the history of Britain's covert counter-subversive agencies from earliest times to Spycatcher. It disentangles the secret state from the web of myth which has surrounded it in the past. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£11.64
