Secret Missions: The Story of an Intelligence Officer
by Zacharias, Ellis M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
NZ$78.30NZ$62.64
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. About Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing Hard cover 8vo in tan cloth w/red spine titles. About Fine book in Very Good unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. Bookplate rear of front endpaper, else book Fine and unmarked; jacket edgeworn w/tear at scuffed heel, light chipping. 433pp inc. Appendix, Index. Uncommon in 1st Printing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040324
- Title
- Secret Missions: The Story of an Intelligence Officer
- Author
- Zacharias, Ellis M
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ESPIONAGE SPIES WORLD WAR II JAPAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction; Military; History;
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About the Seller
Basement Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Basement Books
BASEMENT BOOKS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in hard-to-find non-fiction, Western Americana, History, and First Edition mysteries and literature.
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- Cloth
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- G
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- Fine
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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