The Many Sides of George Blake, Esq.: The Complete Dossier
Princeton, NJ: Vertex, 1970. First Printing. 22 cm, 254, illus., facsims., footnotes, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Princeton, NJ: Vertex, 1970. First Printing. 22 cm, 254, illus., facsims., footnotes, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1977. First Edition. 534, slight wear to top edge of DJ. More
New York: Pegasus Books, 2012. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 481, [7] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Gordon Corera (born 1974) is a British author and journalist. He is the BBC's Security Correspondent and specializes in computer technology. Corera was educated at University College School, an independent school for boys in Hampstead in northwest London, followed by St Peter's College at the University of Oxford, where he studied Modern History, followed by graduate studies in US foreign policy at Harvard University. Corera worked on the re-election campaign of President Bill Clinton. He joined the BBC in 1997 as a researcher and later became a reporter. He has worked on Radio 4's The World Tonight, BBC2's Newsnight, and worked in the US as the BBC's State Department correspondent and as an analyst for the BBC's coverage of the 2000 US presidential election. In 2001 he became the foreign reporter for Radio 4's Today programme. He was appointed BBC News' security correspondent in 2004. Corera presented the 2009 Radio 4 programme MI6: A Century in the Shadows, a three-part history of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. Corera wrote The Art of Betrayal: Life and Death in the British Secret Service about MI6, and Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network about Abdul Qadeer Khan and Pakistan's nuclear programme. He wrote Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies, also Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage. More
New York: American Historical Publications, Inc., 1994. Hardcover. 112 p. Includes: illustrations (many in color), maps. More
Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. [2], ix, [1], 217, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Introduction. Recruitment and the Volunteer. Clandestine Communications. Patterns and Trends. Case Summaries. Appendix 1, Hostile Intelligence Threat. Appendix 2, Espionage Arrests and Prosecutions. Appendix 3, DOD Personnel Arrested for Espionage. Appendix 4, Motivation of DOD Personnel Arrested for Espionage. Endnotes. Bibliography. The author was a Captain in the U. S. Air Force. This report was developed from the author's classified Master's thesis which earned the Defense Intelligence Research Award. Among the names in the report are: Herbert Boeckenhaupt, Raymond DeChamplain, Christopher Cooke, Guisseppe Cascio, Gustav Mueller, George French, Patrick Kauffman, Bruce Ott, Walter Perkins, James Woods, Robert Thompson, Malinin, Chernyestev, Gunter Maennel, Izmaylov. More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [c1917]. 21 cm, 337, frontis illus. More
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1977. Second Edition. 306, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, slight soiling to DJ. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. [4], 294, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Glossary. Index. DJ in plastic sleeve with sticker over barcode. Orrin DeForest was by far the United States' most successful spymaster in the Vietnam war, inflicting massive damage to the Vietcong's political and military structure. David Chanoff is a noted author of non-fiction work. His work has typically involved collaborations with the principal protagonist of the work concerned. His collaborators have included; Orrin deForest, Augustus A. White, Joycelyn Elders, oàn V n To i, William J. Crowe, Ariel Sharon and Kenneth Good. He has also written about a wide range of subjects including literary history, education and foreign for The Washington Post, and The New Republic and the New York Times Magazine. He has more than twelve books. More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004. Trade paperback. xviii, 302 p. Notes. Index. More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004. First Carroll & Graf Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xviii, 302 pages. Notes. Index. Signed by the author, Rosemary Dew, on the half title page. Signature reads: Best wishes, Rosemary Dew. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front dust jacket. This is a memoir of a female special agent's 13 years with the FBI, an exposé of the Bureau's sexist practices, and a warning about how failings that affect our nation's security are passed from generation to generation of FBI agents. Special Agent Dew views the FBI as a dysfunctional family where those who don’t fit the Hoover mold are not welcome. More
n.p. Xlibris Corporation, 2002. First? Edition. First? Printing. 407, some library markings. More
London: Derek Verschoyle, 1953. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 207, [1] pages. Endpaper maps. Some discoloration inside boards and on flyleaves. Cover worn and slightly cocked. These are the espionage memoirs of an American who worked first for British and then for American Intelligence from 1940 until 1945. Mr. Downes’s work took him to every continent except Australasia. He trained agents and sent them through the enemy lines; stole secret military and diplomatic codes from neutral embassies in Washington; made clandestine contacts with Balkan terrorists; and was party to innumerable schemes and plots to discomfort the Axis Powers, ranging from counterfeiting to infiltrating German sabotage and espionage schools. The subjects covered include Spain’s open cooperation with Axis intelligence; the Darlan-Giraud affair in North Africa and the Vichy concentration camps there; the gamble of the Salerno beachhead; the Italian insurrection in Milan, and many more. Mr. Downes is outspoken in his criticism of aspects of Allied policy and behavior. He feels strongly about the action of his Government in failing to honor promises made to people who risked their lives to bring about victory. He is also critical of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, about which he makes some astonishing and, most readers will feel, deeply shocking revelations. This book was first accepted, and then turned down, by no less than three American publishers, and that one admitted to the author that he was afraid of ‘political reprisals’. Besides his work as a Secret Service agent, he has been history student,schoolmaster, political writer and foreign correspondent. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. Third Printing. 222, illus., sources, usual library markings, DJ pasted to boards, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears/chips. More
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiii, 398 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. 398, index, two small rough spots and 2" piece of tape inside front flyleaf, slight soiling to DJ and slight edge wear. More
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1988. Second Printing. 234, notes, selected bibliography, index, minor wear and soiling to DJ, minor stain on bottom edge. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [12], 340 p. Illustrations. A Comment about Sources. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 364 pages, illustrations, sources, bibliography. The first complete story of the "spy of the century," based on the author's interviews with Aldrich Ames. This book is a portrait of a complex, diabolical man and an account of the damage he wreaked that is far worse than has even been chronicled. Pete Earley (born September 5, 1951) is an American journalist and writer of nonfiction books and novels. A former Washington Post reporter, he is the author of books about the Aldrich Ames and John Walker espionage cases. His book Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime Book in 1996. His book about the John Walker spy ring, Family of Spies, was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a CBS miniseries starring Powers Boothe and Lesley Ann Warren. In 2007, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for his book Crazy. His 2008 book, Comrade J, is about Russian SVR defector Sergei Tretyakov. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm, 364 pages. Includes Prologue, 21 black and white illustrations, sources, and bibliography. This copy was inscribed by the author, Pete Early. The insription reads: To Anya Guilsher, With my best wishes, Pete Earley. Four other names are written on the page facing the title page. The first complete story of the "spy of the century," based on the author's interviews with Aldrich Ames. This book is a portrait of a complex, diabolical man and an account of the damage he wreaked that is far worse than has even been chronicled.Pete Earley (born September 5, 1951) is an American journalist and writer of non-fiction books and novels. A former Washington Post reporter, he is the author of books about the Aldrich Ames and John Walker espionage cases. His book Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime Book in 1996. His book about the John Walker spy ring, Family of Spies, was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a CBS miniseries starring Powers Boothe and Lesley Ann Warren. In 2007, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for his book Crazy. His 2008 book, Comrade J, is about Russian SVR defector Sergei Tretyakov. More
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988. First Printing. 385, index, DJ slightly soiled, small tear to bottom edge of rear DJ. More
New York, N.Y. The Review of Reviews Company, 1918. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [8], [32 color maps and plates] 352 pages. Ex-Library copy with some of the usual markings. Ink notation on fep (not from author). Some cover wear and soiling. Illustrated frontis. Includes Introduction by George Creel. Includes 50 chapters, as well as 4 illustrations, 17 maps in color, and a two page United States Army Map. Contains chapters on the Mainsprings of the War, The Balkan Powder Magazine; Austria and the Slave; American Army in France; Man in the Air; Our Navy; Our Army; Identification of Fighting Men; The Prisoner of War; Casualties of War; Battles of the Great War; Sea Fights of the Great War; Cost of War; The Selective Draft; Ship Destruction; World Trade; Spies, Traitors and Alien Enemies; Record of Events in the Great War; and Index. Mr. Creel states that this war will not be won until it becomes part and parcel of every individual life, until it dominates every thought and activity. This burning consciousness can be gained only through an exact knowledge of the facts in the case, for it is in the simplicities of the truth that America and the great liberal nations find fullest justification. More
Hartford, CT: W. S. Williams & Co., 1865. Presumed First printing thus. Hardcover. [2], 384, [2] pages. Frontis. Illustrations. Boards worn, top and bottom edges of spine threadbare, foxing to text. Sarah Emma Edmonds (December 1841 – September 5, 1898), was a Canadian-born woman who is known for serving as a man with the Union Army during the American Civil War. A purported master of disguise, Edmonds exploits were described in the bestselling Nurse, Soldier, and Spy. In 1992, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. During the Civil War, on May 25, 1861, she enlisted in Company F of the 2nd Michigan Infantry, also known as the Flint Union Greys. On her second try, she disguised herself as a man named "Franklin Flint Thompson," the middle name possibly after the city she volunteered in, Flint, Michigan. She felt that it was her duty to serve her country and was truly patriotic towards her new country. Extensive physical examinations were not required for enlistment at the time, and she was not discovered. She at first served as a male field nurse, participating in several campaigns under General McClellan, including the First and Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the Peninsula Campaign, Vicksburg, Fredericksburg, and others. More
New York: Signet, 2005. First Signet Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [8], 375, [1] pages. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Minor tear to second stiff cover page. Barry Mark Eisler (born 1964) is a best-selling American novelist. He is the author of two thriller series, the first featuring anti-hero John Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former soldier turned freelance assassin, and a second featuring black operations soldier Ben Treven. Eisler also writes about politics and language on his blog Heart of the Matter, and at CHUD, Firedoglake, Huffington Post, Smirking Chimp, and Truthout. Eisler joined the CIA, where he held a covert position with the Directorate of Operations. In 1992, he resigned after becoming disillusioned. In 1994, he moved to the San Francisco area to work for a law firm's technology licensing division, then left to work in Japan for Matsushita. In 2003 he sold the rights to his debut novel, Rain Fall, the first of his series featuring John Rain. In March 2011, he walked away from a reported half million dollar advance from St. Martin's Press to go the self-publishing route pioneered by Joe Konrath and others. He then agreed to publish the seventh John Rain novel, The Detachment, under Amazon Publishing's Thomas & Mercer imprint. After terminating his previous publishing contracts and regaining his rights, Eisler changed the titles and covers on all the Rain books. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1972. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 696 pages, bibliography, index, small tear at top of DJ spine, DJ somewhat worn, ink notation from former owner inside front flyleaf. More