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The First Respectable Spy. The Life and Times of Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's Head of Intelligence. [Second Impression]. J H OWEN'S COPY

8vo., Second Impression , with portrait frontispiece, 16 plates, 7 illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers, top lightly dust-soiled; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published six months after the first edition. With remnants of dustwrapper loosely inserted. This copy was formerly in the library of the eminent naval historian J.H. Owen with his initials on front free endpaper. VERY SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB329,83 €

Francis Gerard [Francis Edward Marie Gerard] (1906-1966), English thriller and science fiction writer who settled in South AfricBiblio.com

Francis Gerard thriller and science fiction writer. Two Typed Letters Signed to Eileen Cond discussing his plans for writing and work for the ‘delightful old boy’ Sir Ernest Oppenheimer and his Anglo American Corporation of South Africa.

2496312 March 1950; ‘P.O. Box 143 Westville Natal South Africa.’ 19 August 1955; Caroline Cottage 1st Avenue Inanda Johannesburg. Good letters the second with biographical content about a prolific yet elusive author. The recipient Eileen Margaret Cond 1911-1984 was an enthusiastic collector of autographs with the ability to draw a more than perfunctory response from her targets. Both letters in good condition on lightly aged paper folded for postage. Each bearing large stylized signature ‘Francis Gerard’ and addressed to ‘Dear Miss Cond’. ONE 12 March 1950. 1p 4to. He reports that he is ‘busy on a new thriller which I have given the provisional title of HORNED HAVEN’ the title does not show up among Gerard’s published works. ‘The General Election in England was followed by us out here with an almost unbearable feeling of tension and for my part I realised that though I am now officially a citizen of this country that I will never make a good South African.’ He reports ‘a tremendous flap about the Seretse Khama business which seems to have been handled just about as stupidly as it could have been’. He is returning her bookplates ‘with Gérard his mark upon them though I still don’t know when you’ll be able to stick the second one into TRANSPARENT TRAITOR. I gather the whole printing and publishing trade is in a parlous condition in England thanks to machinery being worn out and not replaced owing to Cripps’ insistence on all such new tackle being for export only.’ He ends with a warning regarding ‘the temperature in Durban’ for her father. TWO: 2pp foolscap 8vo. A long letter. He has been ‘wandering around Central Africa with a bunch of geologists and mining engineers’ and finding her letter is ‘touched by the continuance of your long-range friendship’. There is ‘little chance’ of his producing another book for some time. ‘When I do it will be a very different kind of book from what I have written in the past.’ The next two paragraphs describe his employment with the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa. ‘My job is a peculiar one half industrial relations and man management half public relations. The AAC is the biggest mining group in the world. It is also an enormously powerful finance house. At the head of it sits Sir Ernest Oppenheimer who despite his fantastic wealth is a most charming and delightful old boy.’ He describes how in his first year with AAC he ‘travelled nearly 30000 miles about Southern and Central Africa by aircraft car jeep horse or on my own flat feet. I went underground in diamonds gold coal copper and base metals. I stayed in palatial guest-houses or at lonely Jesuit missions in the bush. I went through malaria tsetse-fly country where you shot for the pot and kept a wary eye open for crocodile leopard or buffalo and once was fortunate to have my pygmy friends drive a gorilla for me. You do not shoot these. They are Royal Game and if you kill one it costs you a £600 fine.’ He continues for a while before describing his family. A paragraph follows in which he claims not to have ‘sold myself to Mammon’. He praises the ‘Ernest Oppenheimer hospital for Africans at Welkom’ as ‘the finest thing of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere’. He winds up with a paragraph on his ‘financial benefits’ and another on his children’s school results the former beginning ‘Well there it is. This is why Francis Gerard has not appeared on the back of a book for some time.’ 12 March 1950; ‘P.O. Box 143, Westville, Natal [South Africa].’ 19 August 1955; Caroline Cottage, 1st Avenue, Inanda, Johann unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni250,00 £GB≈ 285,45 €

Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

Newsweek - The Magazine of News Significance, April 8, 1946: Spring is Circus Time

96 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Lockheed Constellation features illustration of cabin scene in-flight; Attractive color Ford ad features Green car being loaded with luggage; photo of Robert Moses of Chicago wins bubble-blowing contest; Ku Klux Klan article with photo of burning cross and shrouded members; Russian Spy - Nicolai Gregorovich Redin; New Gropings with the Atom; Cordell Hull prepares memoirs; Nice color-photo Camel cigarette ad says "More Doctors Smoke Camels"; Very nice color one-page Coke ad features spring cleaning scene; Gromyko walks out of UNO; Ad for the Town House Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles; Very cute color Schlitz beer ad features bear in nighshirt raiding fridge at night; Guns over Trieste; The Austrian Larder; Arthur Axmann - article with photo; Famine news from Europe; Possible trouble in India - with photo of Gandhi; Trouble for Jewish sports team in Vienna; Shanghai - inflation and theft; Kendo photo from Japan - it has been outlawed by the Allies; Very nice color centerfold ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Nice one-page color-portrait of Mr. Mervyn Le Roy in Calvert Whiskey ad; Ontario liberalizes liquor laws; Five more persons accused of Russian spying in Canada; The Capitolio Diamond Mystery; Argentina fears Yankee 'Nazi' threat; Brief obituaries for Noah Beery Sr., Charles F. Hurley, Martin L. Davey, George Washington, Field Marshal Viscount Gort; Shirley Jane Vetter regains sight after her baby is born; Oil - the big three tangle in the middle east; Color Union Pacific ad features Utah's Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks; Yellow Bole Pipe ad; Mr. Baruch on the Extension of OPA; Billiard article and photo on Willie Mosconi; Attractive one-page color ad for the Martin 2-0-2 aircraft; Gerald Kersh lifts veil on sordid side of London; Color-photo Studebaker ad shows Don Wyman and his father grinding metal while J.F. Rogers and son Peter perform heat-treating; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA249,95 €

Bothwell, Robert; Granatstein, J.L: EditorsMareMagnum

The Gouzenko Transcripts - The Evidence Presented to the Kellock-Taschereau Royal Commission of 1946

346 pages. Circa 1980s. "The editors sifted through 6,000 pages of the original Royal Commission report to produce this fascinating insight into the nature of espionage and the motives that led respected Canadians to betray their country's oath of secrecy. Reveals the full extent of Igor Gouzenko's testimony, and radically alters the existing information and opinions about the trial and about Gouzenko from previous books." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Half-title page removed. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA199,95 €

Various ContributorsMareMagnum

The Illustrated London News - January 21, 1961

Features/Photos: JFK and his wife; The British Frigate Urchin - accused by Russia of spying; The Queen prepares for her tour of India and Pakistan; a pipelaying helicopter in Kent; The Finsteraarhorn - the highest and most elegant peak in the Bernese Alps - centrefold; Royal tour map; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA169,95 €

Laurence W Meynell, Born in 1899 holds reputation as one of Most Distinguished Thriller Novelists of Day, Inner Flap DJ OriginaBiblio.com

CAMOUFLAGE a Novel The in RARE Blue White & Yellow Color DustJacket Period Artwork of Night Scene of man Standing outsidedoor Holding Lantern & Man & Woman exiting Car

193026306W.P Nimmo Hay & Mitchell 1930 HBDJ 1930 STATED 1st published in Great Britain First edition VG/GOOD AS-IS Small Orange Hardcover Titled in Black on Spine Cvr light rub wear. Book Condition: VG Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD with unclipped dust jacket. Some shelf wear chips and tears to edges of dust jacket. Text itself in good condition clean pages and firm binding light Fox. 244 pgs NO ADS in Back Small Octavo 7 1/2" x 5" Tiny chips tears extremities & Spine DJ Ends. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. W.P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, hardcover

BLUFF PARK RARE BOOKS · États-Unis195,00 $US≈ 164,99 €

[FELIPE V, Rey de España].MareMagnum

Copia de una carta, que el Rey escrivió de su propia mano, y que el Principe de Cellamare, su Embaxador en Paris, tenía orden de presentar al Rey Christianissimo. Traducida aora del Francés en Español. [Seguido de:] Copia de una Carta circular del Rey que el Príncipe de Cellamare, su Embaxador en Paris, tenía orden de embiar á todos los Parlamentos de Francia. [Seguido de:] Manifiesto de Su Magestad Catholica, dirigido á los Tres Estados de la Francia. [Seguido de:] Súplica presentada al Rey en nombre de los Tres Estados de la Francia.

Sin datos de lugar de impresión, impresor ni año, pero: Madrid, 1718. Un pliego en 4to. de 8 pp. Encuadernación moderna en media tela. La llamada "Conspiración de Cellamare" fue un complot urdido por España en 1718 para retirar de la Regencia de Francia a Felipe de Orleans. Tomó tal nombre del Príncipe de Cellamare, Antonio del Giudice (1657-1733) Embajador en Francia del Rey de España Felipe V, segundo hijo de Luis, el Gran Delfín y nieto de Luis XIV, que era quien tenía que heredar la Corona de Francia, en caso de fallecimiento de Luis XV, pese a la renuncia a la misma del Rey de España en el Tratado de Utrecht. Los personajes clave del mismo fueron el Cardenal Giulio Alberoni, Primer Ministro de Felipe V, y el Abate Dubois, Secretario de Estado de Asuntos Exteriores del Regente en Francia quien contrarrestó las pretensiones de Felipe V con la formación de la Cuádruple Alianza con Inglaterra, Holanda y el Emperador, así como haciendo arrestar a los integrantes de la "Conspiración". El 9 de Enero de 1719 Francia declaraba la Guerra a España. Inglaterra ya lo había hecho el 27 de Diciembre de 1718.

Librerías Hesperia Libros · Zaragoza, ES120,00 €

[LITTERATURE] - LABOURIEU (Théodore)MareMagnum

Mémoires d'un espion : les Mystères de l'Empire dévoilés par un espion politique et militaire.

Paris, Arthème Fayard, Éditeur, 1874; in-4 (199 x 287 mm), 4-798-2, relié demi-cuir, coloris vert, dos orné de frises, tranches jaspées. Ouvrage édité par parution périodique, texte sur deux colonnes. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc.

Librairie Alphabets · Nancy, FR110,00 €

Barton, Clare Bishop; Axthelm, Pete; Greenfield, Meg; et alMareMagnum

Newsweek Magazine, August (Aug.) 10, 1981 - Japan's High-Tech Challenge

72 pages. Features: Two-page color-photo ad for the Ford Series 10 tractor, "The World Tractor"; The Tuskegee Airmen Keep on Flying - the 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bomber Group were the only all-black flying units organized by the US Air Force in WWII; Justice Rose Bird of the California Supreme Court; Reagan's War on Drugs - major article with photos, including George Bush Sr. leaning on bales of marijuana; Tax Bill politics in D.C.; A New Look at Child Labor; Jimmy Hoffa Legally Dead; Killenworth Mansion on Long Island - Soviet nest spying on local defense industries?; Bedford, IN - limestone capital of the world - Merle Edington and his Great Pyramid replica; Reagan's middle east peacemaker Philip Habib; Volkswagen Scirocco ad; Yassir Arafat - skilled in P.R.; Indira Gadhi's New Beginning; Vintage ad for Mattel Electronics' Intellivision "Starstrike" (Star Strike) video game; Peace shattered in Zimbabwe; Report from Tajikistan and the impact of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Color photo of tennis player Hu Na; Elvis Costello - No More Mr. Bad Guy; The University of San Francisco drops its basketball program - The High Price of Cheating; William P. Tavoulareas and his libel suit against the Washington Post; Beware of Child Molesters - one of 10 youngsters is sexually abused each year; Japan's High-Tech Challenge - the Asian powerhouse launches an all-out push into computers, robots and other 'knowledge intensive' industries; How Computers Change Lives; Building a Superbrain; Japan's New Risk Takers; Here Come the Robots; From Tennessee to Tokyo - Americans prepare for Nissan's new truck plant in Smyrna, TN; Electronic Gadgets of the Future; Controversial use of animals in scientific research; The Disappearing Drive-In Movie Theater; Lloyd DeGrane and a flock of pink flamingos; Passing of: Harold R. Foster, Harold T. Sakata, Dan Seymour, Tatyana Grosman, Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, Jucille Parker Markey; Olympus camera ad with inset photo of model (Cheryl Tiegs?); Filming of "That Championship Season" in Scranton, PA; Back cover Barclay cigarette ad features photo of James Bond-style man in white tux; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA99,95 €

BEATON, Cyril - Couverture de M. GourdonMareMagnum

Opération Pyramides

PARIS, Editions Fleuve noir, Collection espionnage - N° 9 - 1951 - In-12In-12 Carré - Broché - Edition originale - Couverturedéfraichie de M. Gourdon - 218 pages - Etat satisfaisant

Librairies PORCHEROT - SP.Rance · BREST, FR95,00 €

CRAU, JeanMareMagnum

Secret Mortel

PARIS, Editions Fleuve noir, Collection espionnage - N° 24 - 1952 - In-8 - Broché - Edition originale - Couverture de M. Gourdon - 219 pages - bon exemplaire

Librairies PORCHEROT - SP.Rance · BREST, FR95,00 €

Stanihurst, WilhelmAntiquariat.de

Dei Immortalis in Corpore Mortali Patientis Historia. Moralis Doctrinae Placitis & commentationibus illustrata, auctore R. P. Guilielmo Stanihorsto, Societatis Jesu. Mit einem Titelkupfer, zwei Kupfertafeln und einigen Kupfervignetten. Einleitungsworte von Jacobus Rassler und Guill. Bolognino.

170637199ABColoniae agrippinae, Subtibus Johannis Eberhardt Fromard., 1706. 8°. 11 Blätter, 408 Seiten. Mit einem index rerum. Lederband der Zeit auf 4 Bünden. (Deckel leicht gebogen, 3 Ecken aufgerieben. Wenige Anfangs-/Endblätter mit Wurmspuen am Blattrand/keine Textberührung. Vorsatz knittrig und gering fleckig. Handschriftl. Vermerke auf Votitelblatt und Titelblatt). - Ansonsten ein gut erhaltenes Exemplar ohne Eintragungen.

Antiquariat Tarter, Einzelunternehmen · DE - Thannhausen93,50 €

D'Agraives JeanMareMagnum

Il Virus "34". Traduzione di Secondo Gerevini.

<p>23 cm, brossura editoriale rimontata su cartoncino rigido, piatto illustrato il nero con titolo in rosso, p. 111. Testo diviso su 2 colonne. Rarissima ed unica edizione italiana. Alcuni aloni alle risguardie, per il resto ottimo esemplare.</p>

Studio bibliografico Orfeo (ALAI-ILAB) · Bologna, IT90,00 €

TRENCK, Friedrich, Freiherr von der (1726-1794).MareMagnum

Vida y y persecuciones de Federico, Baron de Trenck,, escrita por él mismo. Traducida del alemán por el señor baron de B***; y puesta al castellano por Baltasar Driguet.

Madrid, Imprenta de Villalpando, 1799. Dos volúmenes en 4to. menor; XXVIII pp., 226 pp. y 235 pp. Con un total de 9 láminas grabadas. Encuadernación de época en piel, con tejuelos.

Librerías Hesperia Libros · Zaragoza, ES90,00 €

O'Malley, Brendan; Craig, IanMareMagnum

The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion

268 pages including index. Claims Kissinger was disingenuous when he claimed America could not prevent Turkey from seizing a third of Cyprus in 1974. Provides crucial evidence that this action was, in fact, the realization of a longstanding plan. Reveals the explosive strategic reasons why the island was divided, saving its top-secret defence and spying facilities from communist take-over or British defence spending cuts. Makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of great power politics and the strategic importance of intelligence gathering and the role these played in triggering one of the world's most intractable international conflicts. Includes black and white photographs and a 1999 personal interview conducted with Kissinger for this book. Appears unread. Book clean and unmarked with no wear. Light signs of handling to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA89,95 €

Ahmad Hassan Al-Bakr, secrétaire Régional du Parti pour l'IRAQ - Sadam HUSSEIN, sous-secrétaire Régional du Parti pour l'IraqMareMagnum

L'Iraq Révolutionnaire 1968-1973 - rapport politique adopté par le huitième congrès Régional du parti Ba'th arabe socialiste; Iraq On JOINT: Rapport sur la guerre d'Octobre 1973, approuvé par le 8 è congrès Régional diu Parti arabe "Baas", janvier 1974 Le racisme sioniste face à sa destinée fatale par le Président Hasan al-BAKR, République Iraquienne, Ministère de l' Information - direction générale de l'information Une révolution en marche, discours du Président Hasan al-BAKR, prononcé à l'occasion du 9 è anniversaire de la révolution du 17 juillet 1968

BAGDAD, 1974 - In-8 - Reliurepleine toile verte avec jaquette rouge - - Photographies-Frontispice NB PP des 2 auteurs - 229 pages - Neuf On joint : Rapport sur la guerre d'Octobre 1973, approuvé par le 8 è congrès Régional diu Parti arabe "Baas", janvier 1974 - Plaquette In-8 carré de 39 pages Le racisme sioniste face à sa destinée fatale par le Président Hasan al-BAKR, République Iraquienne, Ministère de l' Information - direction générale de l'information 1976, plaquette 17 pages.. Une révolution en marche, discours du Président Hasan al-BAKR, prononcé à l'occasion du 9 è anniversaire de la révolution du 17 juillet 1968, 24 pages. Mulla Mostafha BARZANI agent de la C.I.A., 1976 - 21 pages

Librairies PORCHEROT - SP.Rance · BREST, FR85,00 €

Meißner, August GottliebAntiquariat.de

Skizzen. : Siebente und Achte Samlung sowie Neunte und Zehnte (Sammlung)). A. G. Meißners

178635784Carlsruhe, bei Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1786 + 1789 1786. 234 Seiten 278 Seiten Gebundene Ausgabe, Halbleder, schöner Band, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand

Wiesbadener Antiquariat Christmann · DE - Wiesbaden85,00 €

[HISTOIRE] - CABANÈSMareMagnum

Le cabinet secret de l’histoire.

Paris, Maloine, 1900; in-12, préface + 219 pp. + 332 pp. + 317 pp. + 321 pp. + XIII pp., relié demi-toile verte, dos lisse, pièces de titre cuir brun, couverture conservée. Bon état.

Librairie Alphabets · Nancy, FR80,00 €

Jackson, MichaelMareMagnum

The Michael Jackson Collection: Sheet Music for Vocal and Piano with Guitar Chords

204 pages. Songs include: Bad; Beat It; Billie Jean; Black or White; Blood on the Dance Floor; Childhood; Dirty Diana; Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough; Earth Song; Ghosts; The Girl is Mine; Heal the World; History; Human Nature; I Just Can't Stop Loving You; In the Closet; Man in the Mirror; Remember the Time; Rock With You; Say Say Say; Scream; She's Out of My Life; Smooth Criminal; They Don't Care About Us; Thriller; 2 Bad; Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; The Way You Make Me Feel; Will You Be There; You Are Not Alone. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A worthy working copy of this magical compilation of the magical works of the King of Pop. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA79,95 €

Peter Conway - VERY RARE WW2 THRILLERBiblio.com

Tapestry Odyssey - First printing in jacket

1944ABE-2582076135Staples Westminster London 1944 Very rare book in very good condition. This wartime thriller has an Austrian theme. Fast action thrills aplenty and a grip on the reader that is undeniable. This book is a typical War Economy standard job so it is a delicate production. The boards are not in bad shape; the corners are not bent; the red titling on the soine has been looked after by the jacket; the text block is firm and square; there are no turned over corners; there are no names written inside; the endpapers are not split; the binding is secure; the jacket has some small losses but it is now protected; the jacket spine has one hole; nothing 'live' on the jacket is lost; it is not price clipped. So in summary here is a first rate thriller writer at the top of his form delivering an excellent story in an extremely rare first printing. I have never seen another copy of this novel. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Staples Westminster London hardcover

the booksniffer · Royaume-Uni70,00 £GB≈ 79,93 €

[BRUXELLES - EXPO 58] - FURNES, F.MareMagnum

Meurtres à l'Expo 58.

in-16 broché, couverture illustrée.- RARE. Bel exemplaire. [MB-3]

Pique-Puces · BELFORT, FR75,00 €

Filmprogrammsammlung - Kriminalfilme / Polizeifilme. 1089 Stück Neues Filmprogramm.

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Filmprogrammsammlung - Kriminalfilme / Polizeifilme. 1089 Stück Neues Filmprogramm.

The First Respectable Spy. The Life and Times of Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's Head of Intelligence. [Second Impression]. J H OWEN'S COPY

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Francis Gerard thriller and science fiction writer. Two Typed Letters Signed to Eileen Cond discussing his plans for writing and work for the ‘delightful old boy’ Sir Ernest Oppenheimer and his Anglo American Corporation of South Africa.

Newsweek - The Magazine of News Significance, April 8, 1946: Spring is Circus Time

The Gouzenko Transcripts - The Evidence Presented to the Kellock-Taschereau Royal Commission of 1946

The Illustrated London News - January 21, 1961

CAMOUFLAGE a Novel The in RARE Blue White & Yellow Color DustJacket Period Artwork of Night Scene of man Standing outsidedoor Holding Lantern & Man & Woman exiting Car

Mémoires d'un espion : les Mystères de l'Empire dévoilés par un espion politique et militaire.

Newsweek Magazine, August (Aug.) 10, 1981 - Japan's High-Tech Challenge

Opération Pyramides

Secret Mortel

Dei Immortalis in Corpore Mortali Patientis Historia. Moralis Doctrinae Placitis & commentationibus illustrata, auctore R. P. Guilielmo Stanihorsto, Societatis Jesu. Mit einem Titelkupfer, zwei Kupfertafeln und einigen Kupfervignetten. Einleitungsworte von Jacobus Rassler und Guill. Bolognino.

Il Virus "34". Traduzione di Secondo Gerevini.

Vida y y persecuciones de Federico, Baron de Trenck,, escrita por él mismo. Traducida del alemán por el señor baron de B***; y puesta al castellano por Baltasar Driguet.

The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion

Skizzen. : Siebente und Achte Samlung sowie Neunte und Zehnte (Sammlung)). A. G. Meißners

True Story and Secret Record November 1962 <Japanese Version>

Le cabinet secret de l’histoire.

The Michael Jackson Collection: Sheet Music for Vocal and Piano with Guitar Chords

Tapestry Odyssey - First printing in jacket

Uomini che odiano le donne-La ragazza che giocava con il fuoco-La regina dei castelli di carta

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