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Cassidy's Run: The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas
by Wise, David
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375501533
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501531
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Very Fine. Large book, blue spine, darker blue boards, shiny orange lettering on spine, 228 pages. A light water stain with very slight damage to final pages 201-228, neat blue highlighting throughout, includes a glossy photo section. On half title page, signed with a note from the spy in book: "To my good friend Tom Waters with warm regards, Joseph E. Cassidy. 30 June 2000, aka Wallflower." And nearby in different handwriting, "To Tom Waters, Best wishes, Jack O'Flaherty. 6/30/00." DJ glossy light blue beneath mylar with image of manuscripts and chemical formulas in background, praise on back with the hammer and sickle in background from Seymour M. Hersh, Daniel Schorr and others. Very Fine DJ/Poor book.
Synopsis
David Wise is America's leading writer on intelligence and espionage. He is the coauthor of The Invisible Government, a number one bestseller about the CIA. He is also the author of Nightmover, Molehunt, The Spy Who Got Away, The American Police State, and The Politics of Lying, and the coauthor, with Thomas B. Ross, of The Espionage Establishment and The U-2 Affair. A native New Yorker and graduate of Columbia College, he is the former chief of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald Tribune and has contributed articles on government and politics to many national magazines. He lives in Washington, D.C. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49928
- Title
- Cassidy's Run: The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas
- Author
- Wise, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375501533
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501531
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Signed War Cold War Nerve Gas Gas Warfare Spying
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autographed; War-Combat;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
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