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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
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
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