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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English Edition. Prior edition was published in Paris in Russian text. Near fine copy. Cloth boards. Top page edges gilded blue. Jacket in very good condition with one small tear to top of spine.

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1882. Hardcover. Good. Full morocco blind-stamped, leather label, marbled end papers. Inscribed "With the best wishes of your affectionate brother", signed and dated Dec 16th, 1881. Writing of price in pencil on opposite page of signature. In good condition, binding tight, Front few pages with small amount of foxing.

Amaryllis Fox's riveting memoir tells the story of her ten years in the most elite clandestine ops unit of the CIA, hunting the world's most dangerous terrorists in sixteen countries while falling in love and giving birth to a daughter.Amaryllis Fox was in her last year as an undergraduate at Oxford studying ancient languages and theoretical physics when her writing mentor, Daniel Pearl, was captured and beheaded. Galvanized by this brutality, she applied to a Master's program in conflict and terrorism at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, where she created an algorithm that predicted, with uncanny certainty, the likelihood of a terrorist cell arising in any village around the world.At 21, she was recruited by the CIA. Her first assignment was reading and analyzing hundreds of classified cables a day from foreign governments and synthesizing them into daily briefs for the President. Her next assignment was at the Iraq desk in the Counterterrorism center. At 22, she was fast-tracked into advanced… Read More

The Franklin Library, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. First and Limited Edition. Beautiful book, full leather with hubbed spines and gilt accents, 22kt gold plate edges, moire end papers, acid-neutral paper, and silk ribbon page marker. Near fine condition. Tiny scuff the bottom edge, otherwise fine condition. Publisher insert included.

TAN Books, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. Presumed first edition and first printing. Copyright page states, "Further volumes in preparation." Book is in good condition. There is wear to the cover and creases in the spine. Tiny partial tear at top of spine. No markings except price written in pencil on front page.