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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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Secret War In Shanghai
by Wasserstein Bernard
Shanghai during World War II was a killing field of brutal competition, ideological struggle, and murderous political intrigue. China's largest and most cosmopolitan city, the intelligence capital of the Far East, was a magnet for a corrupt and bizarrely colorful group of men and women drawn to the "Paris of the East" for its seductive promise of high living and easy money. Political and sexual loyalties were for sale to the highest bidder. Allied and Axis agents, criminal gangs, and paramilitary units...
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Espionage Books & Ephemera
Agent Zigzag, A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
by Macintyre, Ben
New York: Harmony Books, 2007. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Two-tone boards. Pp. xiv, 366. Illustrated: (16) pp. of plates. Selected Bibliography. Index. Eddie Chapman was a minor criminal who fatefully fell into the hands of the Nazis. They trained him to return to Britain and spy for them. However, things did not work out quite as expected. This is a terrific story, beautifully written by Ben Macintyre.
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€35.92
The Man from St. Petersburg
by Follett, Ken
Signet, 1983-05-01. Paperback. Good. 0 Paperback
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€6.57
The Kiwi Contract
by Atlee, Philip
Fawcett, 1972-01-01. Paperback. Fine. Joe Gall Mystery Series 0 Paperback - Some page darkening
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€12.24
The Philby Files, The Secret Life of Master Spy Kim Philby
by [Philby, Kim]. Genrikh Borovik
Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. xxii, 384. Illustrated: (8) pp. plates. Index. Edited and with an Introduction by Phillip Knightley. Translated by Antonia W. Bouis.
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€18.90
The Spy Went Dancing
by Aline, Countess of Romanones
In 1966 an ace operative, code name Tiger, is called out of semi-retirement by the CIA for a crucial mission: to uncover a highly placed NATO mole. Tiger is the author who discovers that the assignment is linked to the most frustrating mission of her OSS career during World War 2. 319 pages with 8 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear.
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€11.12
THE ART OF SPYING
by Altavilla, Enrico
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1967). first American edition, as stated. hardcover. fine/good +. Octavo, gray tweed cloth covers, 199 pages. Dust jacket has some creasing, wear at edges, and a couple of closed tears.. The author was a journalist who here describes " the truth behind the international espionage network... where James Bond is considered an amateur who wouldn't last five minutes, but whose 'wayout gadgets' are considered standard equipment" among spies. Cold-war era. 040414C
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€14.18
An Agent in Place The Wennerstrom Affair
by Thomas Whiteside
London: Heinemann. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound. Internally the book is generally clean, free of markings and foxing. The dust jacket is lightly worn to the extremities, unclipped. ; 150 pages .
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€9.46
The History of Espionage
by Volkman, Ernest
Victoria: Hinkler Books. 2007.. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Black & white illustrations. 224 pages. The clandestine world of surveillance, spying and intelligence, from ancient times to the post-9/11 world. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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€11.12
Inside the KGB
by Myagkov, Aleksei
Ballantine, 1981-10-12. Paperback. Good. 0 Paperback - Vertical crease front cover reinforced - Binding OK, reading & corner creases, edge & corner wear, no marks, no stickers - 7 x 4.1 x .5 inches 3.8 oz
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€6.57
Betrayal, The Story of Aldrich Ames, An American Spy
by [Ames, Aldrich]. Tim Weiner, David Johnston, Neil A. Lewis
New York: Random House, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. viiii, 312. Illustrated: (16) pp. of plates. List of Sources. Index.
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€11.34
The Second Oldest Profession, Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century
by Knightley, Phillip
New York: W. W. Norton, 1987. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. xii, 430. Illustrated: (16) pp. of plates. Source notes. Checklist. Index. This is an entertaining story. Modern spying began with the English novelist, William Le Queux, and his obsessions about an insidious German spy network in the years just before the First World War. The author remarks, "It is clear that he [Le Queux] rapidly ceases to distinguish fact from fantasy." Have...
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€24.58
In Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage
by Klehr, Harvey & John Haynes
San Francisco: Encounter Books. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. (2003). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1893554724 . Book and DJ as new. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages .
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€14.18
Cloak And Dagger
by Bill Pronzini & Martin Greenberg (Ed.)
A treasury of 35 great espionage stories. Slight edge wear to jacket..
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€7.56
BATTLEGROUND BERLIN CIA Vs. KGB in the Cold War
by Murphy, David E. & Mr. Sergei A. Kondrashev & Mr. George Bailey
Yale University Press. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by David E. Murphy on half title page. Scattered notations in the margins. Autograph label on front of DJ. ; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 556 pages; Signed by One Author .
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€14.18
The Tulips Are Red
by Rose, Leesha
South Brunswick/New York: A. S. Barnes & Thomas Yoseloff, 1978. Memoir of a Dutch Jewish young woman, just graduated from high school when the Nazis invaded her country, who finds work in various hospitals and becomes active in the Dutch Underground, resisting the invaders. Hardcover. Light wear to book, spine ends bumped; price-clipped jacket rubbed with light edgewear. Text clean; 275 pages, a few b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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€23.63
Istanbul
by Carter, Nick
Award, 1965-10-01. Paperback. Good. Killmaster Adventure Series 10 Paperback - Price marker front cover - Binding square & tight, reading & corner creases, edge & corner wear, no marks, no stickers - 7 x 4.1 x .5 inches 3.2 oz
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€7.51
Hitler's Savage Canary, A History of the Danish Resistance in World War II
by Lampe, David
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. xviii, 238. Illustrated: (8) pp. of plates. Index. Foreword by Birger Riis-Jorgensen. Also includes the 1957 Foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir Basil Embrey. This book was originally published by Cassell & Company, London, in 1957.
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€20.79
The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives
by Nigel West and Oleg Tsarev
London: Harper Collins, 1998. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 356pp+ index. Pages tanned, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
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€23.63
The Wilson Plot, How the Spycatchers and Their American Allies Tried to Overthrow the British Government
by Leigh, David
New York: Pantheon Books, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. xvi, 272. (8) pp. plates. Checklist. Index. There had always been a great deal of paranoia within the British security services, but by the 1960s it was rampant. Some officials even believed the Prime Minister of the time, Harold Wilson, was a Soviet agent. The author suggests a plot was hatched to overthrow the Government. Inevitably the Americans entered the story for their own purposes.
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€14.18
On The Front Line. Real life stories of spying, escaping and surviving war
by Hambrook, Michael
London: New Holland. 2012. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 378 pages. All of the people in this book survived to tell their story to Michael Hambrook; who has meticuously brought each one to life; accompanied by photographs and documents of the time. . 1st Edition....
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€15.44
Spy Trader, Germany's Devil's Advocate and the Darkest Secrets of the Cold War
by [Vogel, Wolfgang]. Whitney, Craig R
New York: Random House, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. xl, 376. Illustrated: (8) pp. of plates. Checklist. Index This is a biography of Wolfgang Vogel, a suave East German lawyer who moved between East and West brokering deals between the two Cold War sides.
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€9.45
I Lie For a Living: Greatest Spies of All Time
by Shugaar, Antony w/foreword by Peter Earnest w/illus. by Steven Guarnaccia
Washington: National Geographic, 2006. 189pp. illus. paperback: Fine. Short biographical sketches of over 60 notorious spies and famous spymasters ranging the gamut from Nathan Hale to Kim Philby.
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€9.40
The Secrets of the Service, A Story of Soviet Subversion of Western Intelligence
by Glees, Anthony
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. xvi, 448. Illustrated: (8) pp. plates. Notes. Checklist. Index. A study of the Soviet penetration of British Intelligence which began in the 1930s and continued for decades.
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€18.90
The Ultimate Spy Book
by H Keith Melton
The insiders guide to the secret world of espionage. Famous spies through history, stories from the secret world, and spy equipment. 176 pages with over 600 illustrations including specially commissioned colour photographs of the mysterious and ingenious paraphernalia of the spy. Book in very good+ condition ex library with two stickers on last page and minor wear to top and bottom cover. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear.
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€12.36
MASTER OF SPIES. The Memoirs of General Frantisek Moravec
by Moravec, Frantisek
Garden City: Doubleday & Co. , 1975. first U.S.edition. hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, black cloth spine over white boards, xx [2] 240 pages. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. "As the chief of the Czechoslovak Military Intelligence he assembled one of the most intricate and effective spy networks of World War II. -- one that penetrated the German High Command all the way to Hitler himself. -- in a valiant struggle to keep a country and people alive." -- from the dust jacket. Espionage, Wordl War...
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€33.08
