Secret Services/Espionage
TRACKING THE AXIS ENEMY.
The Triumph of Anglo-American Naval Intelligence. Pp. xii+308, notes, selected bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, 1998. First edition. More
VERY SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1945. Introduction by W. J. R. Gardner. Afterword by Ralph Erskine. Pp. xxiv+296, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower board very slightly marked; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly browned; Greenhill Publications, London, 2000. *First published by..... More
THE FINISH.
The Killing of Osama bin Laden. Pp. xviii+266, acknowledgements and notes; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Grove Press, London, 2012. Australian printing. More
THE STORM PETRELS.
The first Soviet defectors, 1928-1938. Pp. 258(last blank), text map, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Collins, London, 1977. First edition. *The story of early Soviet defectors who changed sides for various reasons and accounts of their escapes from Russia. More
THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL.
Pp. 270, 12 plates; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lightly soiled and worn, upper fore-corners a trifle bruised, small snag in bottom edge of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn, slightly browned and soiled, edges a little split with a few small chips and closed tears; endpapers offset, leaves browned; Oldbourne..... More
MRS ZIGZAG.
The Extraordinary Life of a Secret Agent's Wife. Foreword by Nigel West. Pp. 192, 8 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; white cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The History Press, Stroud, 2013. First edition. More
THE VALKYRIE OPERATION.
Pp. xvi+290(last blank), 16 plates, text map, text illustration; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Blake Publishing, London, 1998. First edition. *A denied operation which allegedly uncovered a plan to deliver arms kits to Iraq that would convert civilian helicopters into gunships. More
WIDOWS.
Pp. 576(last blank), notes, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; lower edges of leaves lightly soiled; Macdonald, London, 1989. First U.K. edition. *First published by Crown Publishers, New York, 1989. The story of the 25 year intelligence war between the Soviet Union and the USA..... More
Op. JB.
Pp. xiv+256(last blank), 8 plates, 2 maps, endpaper maps, appendix, index; med. 8vo; black boards , spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; leaves browned; Simon & Schuster, London, 1996. First edition.*Operation James Bond was ordered by Major Desmond Morton, head of the ultra-secret M Section of naval intelligence. The aim..... More
DECEPTION IN WORLD WAR II.
Pp. xiv+248, 16 plates, primary sources, notes, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly worn, with a small closed tear in the bottom edge of front panel, the flaps and verso foxed; endpapers and edges of leaves quite foxed; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979..... More
THE FOURTH ARM.
Psychological Warfare 1938-1945. Pp. 200, appendix, select bibliography, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed and a little foxed; endpapers a trifle offset and very lightly foxed, edges of leaves a trifle browned and foxed; Davis-Poynter, London, 1977. First edition. *From the library of..... More
CHURCHILL'S SECRET WAR.
Diplomatic Decrypts, The Foreign Office and Turkey 1942-44. Pp. xvi+208, 8 plates, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; Chancellor Press, London, 2000. *First published by Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1997. More
SECRET CLASSROOMS.
An untold story of the Cold War. Introduction by D. M. Thomas. Pp. x+246, 19 plates (3 coloured), select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lower fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges worn and lightly split, small closed tear in head of backstrip; edges of leaves..... More
LA PISCINE.
The French Secret Service since 1944. Translated by W. D. Halls. Pp. xiv+344, glossary, notes, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Blackwell, London, 1989. First edition in English. *First published in French as La Piscine: les services secrets francais 1944-1984 by Editions du Seuil, Paris..... More
THE GEHLEN MEMOIRS.
The first full edition of the Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen 1942-1971. Translated by David Irving. Pp. 382(last blank), 12 plates, appendix, glossary, biographical data, index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver, edges of boards slightly browned; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned; Collins, London, 1972. First U.K. edition. *First..... More
SEARCHING FOR EVERARDO.
Pp. [vi]+330; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; small tape mark on upper free endpaper; Macmillan, London, 1997. First U.K. edition. *Terrorism, disappearance, official cover-ups, the CIA and Guatemala. More
PHOENIX.
Policing the Shadows. Pp. xviii+286(last blank), frontispiece portrait, 16 plates, appendices, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; leaves browned, small split in fore-edge of the title page; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1996. First edition. *The secret war against terrorism in Northern Ireland. More
SECRET INTELLIGENCE AGENT.
Foreword by William Stephenson. Pp. xviii+282(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, appendix, sources and notes, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; top edges of leaves red; dust wrapper, edges a trifle browned, verso slightly foxed; endpapers offset, leaves browned; Constable, London, 1982. First edition. *From the library..... More
SHADOW KNIGHTS.
The Secret War against Hitler. With original illustrations by Jeffrey Smith. Pp. 174(last blank), coloured and black & white text illustrations (some full page), bibliography; med. 8vo; pictorial laminated boards, upper fore-corners bumped; Simon & Schuster , New York, 2010. First edition. *Pulp history. More
A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A WAR.
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA. Pp. x+326(last blank), notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black papered boards; dust wrapper; Simon & Schuster, New York, 2017. Fourth impression. More
THE RICE PADDY NAVY.
U.S. sailors undercover in China. Pp. viii+294, 8 plates, selected bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2012. First edition. *Espionage and sabotage behind Japanese lines in China during World War II. More
STALIN'S MAN IN CANADA.
Fred Rose and Soviet espionage. Pp. xii+266(last blank), 16 plates, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Enigma Books, New York, 2011. First edition. *The Soviet agent who was elected to the Canadian Parliament. More
THE OTHER ULTRA.
Pp. xx+332, 16 plates, text illustrations and maps, note on sources, notes, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, edges a little browned and foxed; endpapers slightly offset and foxed, leaves a trifle browned, edges lightly foxed; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper..... More