The Story Of Secret Service

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.

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

John Miles, London, 1938. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 773 pages; Description: xii, 773 p. Illus. , maps. 22 cm. Subjects: Secret service. Spies. Notes: Bibliographical references in ""Notes"" (p. 671-732) .

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… Read more about this item

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.