Top Secret Mission by Madelaine Duke - 1957

The Popular Book Club, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 216 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black & white illustrations and plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing.

Evans Brothers Limited, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. Reprinted. 208 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Splits to joints. Tape to spine. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

London: Evans Brothers, 1954. 1st. ed. HBK + D/W price clipped, slightly chipped head/foot spine, small tears top tape repaired. O/w VG/G+. 208 pp.

London: Evans Brothers, 1954. 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, chipped and torn at spine, o/w bright. Slight page browning, o/w good copy. Signed by author. 208 pp. + 12 pp. photographic plates.

Pan, 1957. Paperback. Acceptable. 1957. first published. 190 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

London: Pan, 1957. First Pan printing. Slight wear to the edges. Foxing to the inside of the cover.. Paperback. Good.

British: Pan 401, 1957. Square tight copy with a crease down center of front cover and a couple of small corner creases on covers. Otherwise covers are bright and show light wear. "35" in pencil on top corner of back cover. "The true story of a post war Secret Service assignment.". 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good- Very Good.

Criterion Books, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Criterion Books, 1955. The hunt for German atomic scientists in Europe after World War II. 208 pages. Nice Firm copy ! Previous owner name. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Military History::Cold War Military History::WWII 7606 7606

Evans. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (World War II, Personal Narratives, Duke, Madelaine.) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: Criterion Books. Hardcover. 1955. 1st Edition. 8vo 208pp . Very Good in Good DJ. Light shelf wear, DJ chipped Madelaine Duke (a pseudonym) was an English atomic scientist who was asked by American Intelligence to track down Hans Hassler, famed German physicist and fanatical ex-S. S. Officer, together with two of his colleagues. These men had vanished after the collapse of the Third Reich, and it was vital to the West that they be found before Soviet Intelligence Agents could seize them, for their knowledge would be of incalculable value to the Russians. All names in this book, including that of the author, have been changed for security reasons .