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197786176Keene NH: TSU Press 1977. No statement of printing or edition. Inscribed illegibly on title page signed by the author undated. Quarto 28cm. Side-stapled sheets; printed from typescript; 110pp. Fine. <br /> <br /> An attempt to reconstruct the history and chronology of the tactical use of "Ultra" - the top-secret decryption technique pionered at Bletchley Park in England - by American forces in WW2. At the time this work was assembled all government documents on Ultra remained classified; Bell through a mult-year effort was able to obtain three pertinent reports Freedom of Information Act; they are reproduced with redactions here: George C. Marshall's Order of March 15 1944; "Synthesis of Experiences in the Use of Ultra Intelligence by U.S. Army Field Commands" 1944; and "Use of CX/MSS Ultra by the United States War Department" 1945. Self-published and uncommon. TSU Press unknown
grand in-8°, 297 pp, cartonnage ed. avec jaquette illustree. Leger accroc a la jaquette sinon bel exemplaire. [NV-4]
8vo., First Edition, with 23 plates on 16 and 5 maps (one double-page) in the text, page edges tanned as usual; original black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip. The story of Reginald Hall's famous Room 40, the Admiralty's codebreaking organisation during the Great War. Like its WWII successor at Bletchley, it was successful in breaking and manipulating German naval and diplomatic codes, and its achievements had a profound effect on the outcome of the conflict. ALREADY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
8vo., First Edition, with 19 coloured plates on 8 and 42 monochrome plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lord Briggs worked for five years in Hut Six alongside Turing and Welchman. A particularly well-illustrated memoir.
19343833K<p>Boston: W. A. Wilde Company 1934. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as issued. Near VG. 8vo 112pp eggshell blue cloth stamped in dark blue no dustwrapper. Rare puzzle book from 1934. Approximately one quarter of the poems have lightly penciled solutions. Otherwise a clean copy with a bit of sunning to cover.</p> Boston: W. A. Wilde Company hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.
Un volume di 171 pagine, brossura editoriale. Dimensioni: 15x21 cm. Ottime condizioni. Illustrazioni in b/n nel testo, VIII tavole a colori fuori testo.
xvi + 99pp., 25cm., dans la série "Université de Louvain. Recueil de travaux publiés par les membres des conférences d'histoire et de philologie" 4e série fasc.36, br.orig., non coupé, bel état, T74354
in-8°, 319 pages, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Bel exemplaire. [CA30-5] Ce roman met en scène le Capitaine Hornblower.
5 vols. in 6., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the UK government's official series 'The History of the Second World War'. The complete set comprises Vol. I (1979), Vol. 2 (1981), Vol. 3 Part 1 (1984), Vol. 3 Part 2 (1988), Vol. 4: Security and Counter-Intelligence (1990) and Vol. 5: Strategic Deception (1990). Contributors include E E Thomas, CFG Ransom, RC Knight, CAG Simkins and Michael Howard, INCREASINGLY SCARCE AS SET, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
(Codice CW/7790) In 8º (21,5 cm) 275 pp. Con numerose illustrazioni. Ampio indice analitico. Cartone editoriale, sovraccoperta. COME NUOVO. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
in-8°, 212 pages, broche, couverture illustree plast.- 9782845630390 Bel exemplaire [CA31] Coupable d’avoir percé le secret de la carte bancaire.
français In-8 de 157 pp.; broché à rabats de l'éditeur. Illustré de 12 pages hors texte.
In 8°, brossura editoriale, pp. (6), XII, 366, II, bruniture alla brossura, ma buon esemplare. (ZB7) (ZB7)
grand in-8°, 318 pp., fig. et tabl. in-t., biblio, index, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee à rabats. Bel exemplaire. [SC-2]
199010370Chichester, New York u.a., John Wiley, 1990. XIX, 479 S. (25,5 cm) Leinen mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe
8vo., Third Impression, with 19 plates on 8 and numerous figures in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Classic and long-awaited account of SOE cryptography by a legendary wartime expert. Marks wrote the famous poem 'The Life that I have' which he subsequently gave to Violette Szabo as her code key, and discloses here for the first time the story of the code war between SOE and the enemy in Holland. After WWII, Marks went on to become a prize-winning scriptwriter (he wrote Michael Powell's cult classic feature film 'Peeping Tom').
8vo., First Edition, with plates and a double-page map in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. ALREADY VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
JCS001Oxford England: Oxford University Press ca. 2002 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Near Fine in Near Fine dw. 8vo xiv272pp indigo cloth with spine stamped in gold printed dustwrapper. A nice copy of this Oxford reprint of an important 1951 work on board games by the famed chess historian. Includes Ancient African Asian European and other games. Unmarked copy light foxing to top edge. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press hardcover
in-8, 285 pp., ill. h.t. n., broché. Bon état. [BL-10] Pendant dix ans, l’allemand Hans Thilo Schmidt a livré à la France et aux alliés les secrets de la machine Enigma et de la stratégie hitlérienne.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 741; Ex - Library. Previous owner's sticker on the front cover. Ink stamp on half - title page. Library catalogue sticker inside front cover. Faintly bumped spine head and rubbed corners. Foot of page block slightly grubby and marked due to age. Sound, clean book with tight binding. ADG. Ex - Library
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The success of American codebreakers in reading the messages of the Japanese armed forces and diplomatic service.