From Major Jordan's Diaries *Signed and Inscribed By Author to Radio Personality Mary Margaret McBride*
by Jordan, George Racey (Signed); Stokes, Richard L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 284 pages. Index. Photo illustrated endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. "This startling story, never revealed in its entiretly before, is told with full documentation by Major Jordan, who served as liaison officer with the Russians at Great Falls, Montana - the staging base for Russian Lend-Lease supplies... Documents the two known shipments of uranium; explains how engraving plates from the U.S. Treasury were made available to Russia with the help of Harry Dexter White... This book could well be titled 'How We Helped Russia and How the Russians Helped Themselves'." - from dust jacket. Unmarked book bears moderate wear and sound binding. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Quality copy of this important record..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134a7856
- Title
- From Major Jordan's Diaries *Signed and Inscribed By Author to Radio Personality Mary Margaret McBride*
- Author
- Jordan, George Racey (Signed); Stokes, Richard L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- From Major Jordan's Diaries *Signed and Inscribed By Author to Mary Margaret McBride* Lend-Lease World War II 2 Communists Nuclear Air Lift Great Falls Montana Usa Supplies Soviet Union Russia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Conspiracy; Covert Operations;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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