The Agency: The Rise and Decline of the CIA
Place_Pub: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. 847, illus., footnotes, source notes, select bibliography, index, some wear to DJ edges. More
Place_Pub: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. 847, illus., footnotes, source notes, select bibliography, index, some wear to DJ edges. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990. Sixth Printing. 466, illus., notes, bibliography, index, front board warped, small tear to front flyleaf, DJ slightly soiled and creased. More
Place_Pub: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. First Paperbk Edition. First Printing. 473, wraps, illus., notes, bibliography, index, small creases to cover edges, corners of a few pages bent. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Book Club Edition. 522, illus., notes, bibliography, index, some soiling to fore-edge & inside front flyleaf, DJ edges worn, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Fourth Printing. 522, illus., notes, bibliography, index, slight wear to DJCaptain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was one of the first Europeans to seek the source of the Nile in Central Africa. He also did the 17-volume translation of the classic Arabian Nights. More
Place_Pub: Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1865. 512, illus., foxing to text, fr bd quite weak, bds worn & scuffed, tears at spine, sm pcs missing at spine, rear bd creased. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, 375, [1] pages. Glossary, notes, sources, chronology, appendix, index, DJ in plastic sleeve. Signed by the author. Xerox copy of book review, and brochure from a National Archives presentation by Richelson on this book laid in. Traces the development of the U.S. spy satellite program, describes the types of information it gathers, and explains how spy satellites have helped shape foreign policy. Jeffrey Talbot Richelson (31 December 1949 – 11 November 2017) was an American author and academic researcher who studied the process of intelligence gathering and national security. He authored at least thirteen books and many articles about intelligence, and directed the publication of several of the National Security Archive's collections of source documents. Richelson was notable for his relentless Freedom of Information requests in order to further scholarship in intelligence and espionage. According to Bruce D. Berkowitz, Richelson was once avoided by the intelligence community as an outsider and a security risk, but gradually became trusted to the extent that he was invited to CIA sponsored conferences. Richelson grew up in the Bronx and earned his BA from the City University of New York. He completed a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Rochester in 1975 and went on to teach at the University of Texas, Austin and American University. Richelson was a senior fellow with the National Security Archive. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, 375, [1] pages. Illustrations. Glossary, notes, sources, chronology, appendix, index, DJ in plastic sleeve. Some ink notations observed. Traces the development of the U.S. spy satellite program, describes the types of information it gathers, and explains how spy satellites have helped shape foreign policy. Jeffrey Talbot Richelson (31 December 1949 – 11 November 2017) was an American author and academic researcher who studied the process of intelligence gathering and national security. He authored at least thirteen books and many articles about intelligence, and directed the publication of several of the National Security Archive's collections of source documents. Richelson was notable for his relentless Freedom of Information requests in order to further scholarship in intelligence and espionage. According to Bruce D. Berkowitz, Richelson was once avoided by the intelligence community as an outsider and a security risk, but gradually became trusted to the extent that he was invited to CIA sponsored conferences. Richelson grew up in the Bronx and earned his BA from the City University of New York. He completed a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Rochester in 1975 and went on to teach at the University of Texas, Austin and American University. Richelson was a senior fellow with the National Security Archive. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1985. First U.S. Edition. 212, index, some wear and small tears to top and bottom edges of DJ. More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. 212, index, some wear to top and bottom edges of DJ, some foxing to fore-edge. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. 323, sources, bibliography, index, some soiling and small tear to rear DJ, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Avon Books, 1985. First Avon Printing. Pocket paperbk, 328, wraps, sources, bibliography, index, text somewhat darkened, spine creased, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 500 pages. Maps, index, some soiling and small tears to DJ. Presentation copy inscribed by the author's widow. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1988. First Edition. Third Printing. Hardcover. 500 pages., illus., index, sticker residue to fr flylf, DJ somewhat soiled, some wear and small tears/chips to DJ edges. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 500 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Index . Small tears and chips to DJ edges. Some soiling to DJ. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author. Includes ephemera about a book signing by Archie Roosevelt. More
New York: Literary Guild of America, 1937. 732, illus., notes, discoloration inside bds, pages have darkened, bookplate, DJ worn: faded, small tears, small pieces missing. More
London: John Miles Ltd., 1938. First U.K. Edition. 773, illus., notes, pages have darkened, weakness to front board, binding cracked at p. 256, boards discolored. More
Place_Pub: London: HMSO, c. 1946. First? Edition. First? Printing. 5, wraps, usual library markings, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some edge discoloration This is a product of the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee: report of BIOS Trip No. 2538, B.I.O.S. Final Report No. 775, Item No. 31. This publication cannot be held to give any protection against action for infringement [of patents]. More
Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 28 cm. xvi, 360, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Appendix. Dr. Ruffner is a member of the CIA History Staff. These newly declassified documents and imagery from the CORONA satellite program are published as the fourth volume in the CIA Cold War Records Series. The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force. The Corona satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union (USSR), the People's Republic of China, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972. The name of this program is sometimes seen as "CORONA", but its actual name "Corona" was a codeword, not an acronym. More
Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 360, wraps, illus., maps, covers somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, [1923]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 316, illus., boards very worn and soiled, front hinge cracked and reglued, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: BasicBooks, c1993. First Printing. 24 cm, 416, illus. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 333 pages. Illus., notes and sources, index. Inscribed by the author. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Proof Edition. 5.5" x 9.25", 301, wraps, covers somewhat soiled, front cover creased, "Advance Uncorrected Proof" bookplate inside front cover. More