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
PLUNGING POINT: intelligence failures, cover-ups and consequences.
Foreword by Phillip Knightley. Pp. xiv+384(last blank)+[2](blank), occasional text illustrations, appendices, endnotes, bibliography; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle worn, security sticker on recto of the lower wrapper; margins of leaves a little browned; Harper Collins Publishers, Sydney, 2005. First edition. 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
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
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
FISHERS OF MEN.
Pp. xx+248(last blank), 16 plates, glossary; stiff paper wrappers, slightly scuffed; edges of leaves slightly soiled; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999. First paperback edition. *Also published in hardback in 1999. The story of an undercover soldier in Northern Ireland and his activities in recruiting and running informants. More
SPIES AND SPYMASTERS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Pp. xx+284, text illustrations, 7 plates, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, fore-corners slightly bruised; Hippocrene Books, New York, 2006. Revised & expanded edition. Second printing. More