The storm petrels: The flight of the first Soviet defectors by Brook-Shepherd, Gordon - 1978

Ballantine Books, December 1981. Paper Back . Good. Good Softcover. Moderate shelfwear to covers, including bent corners. Spine mildly rubbed. Textblock lightly soiled. A few pages creased and/or lightly soiled. Otherwise, pages yellowed, but clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Ballantine, 1982. red and black pictorial cover with raised white ltrs, yellow printers ink on edges, cvorners/edges/and head-heel of spine are nicked & chipped, store stamp on ffep, scruff marks on covers. Part of the ESPIONAGE/INTELLIGENCE LIBRARY. Five senior Soviet officials--including Joseph Stalin's personal secretary--whose defections in the 1930's and 40's signaled the first cracks in the iron Curtain.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. G++.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1978. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Collins, London, 1977, Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, 257 pages, 6" x 9.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight.

Ballantine Books, 1981-12-12. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Good book. Some wear to cover edges and corners. Pages are yellowed. Stamp on top outer page edges.

Hardback. Very Good.

Collins, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 700 g.; (10), 11-257, (1) pages, foreword by author, and index. Red coloured boards with black insert to the backstrip, and within insert gilt titles. Bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Dust marks to the top text block edge. Very light age toning of the text. Gift inscription to the free-front end paper. Illustrated dustwrapper with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. On the rear dustwrapper panels are three black-and-white photographs of early Soviet defectors. Creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Sunning has also occurred to the dustwrapper panels. A few spots to the verso of the dustwrapper. In this book the author has detailed five instances of defection of Russian officials/military personnel to the West. All the more remarkable is the fact that this is in the years between 1928 to1938. The author spoke to the defectors that were still alive and their… Read More

London, Collins, 1977.. First Edition; 8vo; pp. 257; index, original cloth, dustjacket, spine a little bumped, price clipped, otherwise a very good copy.