The Story of Secret Service by Rowan, Richard Wilmer - 1938

Literary Guild of America, January 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable.

New York: Garden City, 1939. The library markings are cossed out in black sharpie on the top side edges and front inside cover and first page. The book has the library sticker on the lower spine. . Not Stated. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Garden City, N. Y. , the Literary Guild of America, Inc., 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardcover – 1938 by Richard Wilmer (1894-) Rowan (Author) Literary Guild of America, 1937-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Very Good. No dust jacket..

New York: Literary Guild of America, Inc., 1938 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, xii, 752 pp, 29 ill., notes, index. Spine soiled and worn, boards soiled, fep soiled, 1 cm tear to last leaf at top near gutter, paper browned. A compendium of stories of spies, secret police, and their role in history over the last 33 centuries. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). BCE. . G-/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: The Literary Guild of America, Inc, 1957. First edition. Hardcover book complete in its original dust jacket. 22 cm. 732 pages. Contains a few black-and-white illustrations. In very good plus condition. Horst K. Joost's bookplate (designed by Rockwell Kent) affixed to the front fixed end page. No other ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Moderate edge wear/tear, rubbing, soiling to the spine-faded dust jacket.

New York: Literary Guild of America, 1937. fair to good, fair. 732, illus., notes, discoloration inside bds, pages have darkened, bookplate, DJ worn: faded, small tears, small pieces missing.

London: John Miles Ltd, 1938. First U.K. Edition. fair. 773, illus., notes, pages have darkened, weakness to front board, binding cracked at p. 256, boards discolored.

The Literary Guild of America, 1937. First Ed.. Hardcover. Political; (184 Pgs.) Thirty-three centuries of secret service. line cut illustrations. Red cloth boards. Slight soiling to boards from ordinary handling. Owner's label on cover page. Some yellowing to leaves. NO DJ/BOOK VG.

An unmarked copy- moderate wear to the edges -" Few works attempt to be as ambitious as Richard Wilmer Rowan's The Story of Secret Service. Rowan packs in thirty-three centuries of world history in this volume, tracing a long history of espionage and its impact. The history of espionage is a particularly difficult history to uncover because of its clandestine nature. Many thrilling stories are lost to time. However, due in part to Rowan's research and extensive, worldwide ties to sources, he can craft a chronological narrative full of anecdotes and recovered histories. Readers gain a new understanding not only of how espionage played a significant, but well hidden, role in shaping history but also of unique developments in architecture, weaponry, and communications, that allowed spies to succeed."-Binding secure with one gutter gone-corners lightly bumped.