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C": The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill
by Brown, Anthony Cave
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- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Signed by the author, inscribed to the son of OSS and CIA chief William "Wild Bill" Donovan, "For David Donovan, a good friend over many years for the biography of your father's colleague! All the best, [signed] Tony Brown, January 1988." Brown wrote a bio of Donovan. [xiv], 830 pp. with photos. Publisher's boards with black cloth backstrip, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in a Near Fine lightly worn dust jacket. A bio of a British spymaster in WWII and the early Cold War.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940618
- Title
- C": The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill
- Author
- Brown, Anthony Cave
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- signed, CIA, OSS, MI5, MI6, WWII, world war 2, intelligence, espionage, Winston Churchill, history, bio
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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