THE PLUMBER'S KITCHEN : THE SECRET STORY OF AMERICAN SPY WEAPONS
by McLean, Donald B
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- VERY GOOD
- ISBN 10
- 0879472030
- ISBN 13
- 9780879472030
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Wickenburg, AZ: Normount Technical Publications, 1975. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Wickenburg, AZ: Normount Technical Publications, 1975. Presumed first edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. vi, 282. Black and red lettering, design,photographs of weapons on white covers. Illustrated with 128 figures. With glossary and appendices.
Lightly cover wear, creasing with some foxing, toning. Upper corners bumped. A few small spots on head, foot and fore edge. Clean, unmarked, bright, solidly bound. "This volume explores the most fascinating but least known aspect of the modern spy. It boldly rummages through his legendary black bag of secret tricks. For the first time, it examines the development of the unique weapons and devices which are as essential to this profession as other specialized hardware is to any sophisticated craft, (rear cover).
Lightly cover wear, creasing with some foxing, toning. Upper corners bumped. A few small spots on head, foot and fore edge. Clean, unmarked, bright, solidly bound. "This volume explores the most fascinating but least known aspect of the modern spy. It boldly rummages through his legendary black bag of secret tricks. For the first time, it examines the development of the unique weapons and devices which are as essential to this profession as other specialized hardware is to any sophisticated craft, (rear cover).
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 514
- Title
- THE PLUMBER'S KITCHEN : THE SECRET STORY OF AMERICAN SPY WEAPONS
- Author
- McLean, Donald B
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0879472030
- ISBN 13
- 9780879472030
- Publisher
- Normount Technical Publications
- Place of Publication
- Wickenburg, AZ
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- covert operations, weapons of espionage, spy technology
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Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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