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Between Silk and Cyanide

Between Silk and Cyanide

Between Silk and Cyanide
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Between Silk and Cyanide

by Marks, Leo

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Very Good/Good
ISBN 10
0684864223
ISBN 13
9780684864228
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New York: New York: Free Press, 1998, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 614 pp. Vg in a torn Dw. Account of British Code-breaking by a participant. Leo Marks is the son of the founder of the famous London Bookshop, Marks & Co at 84 Charing Cross Road.

Synopsis

Between Silk and Cyanide is a book by former SOE cryptographer Leo Marks, describing his work during the Second World War. The title is derived from an incident related in the book, when he is asked why spies in occupied Europe should have their cryptographic material written on silk (which was in very short supply). Marks said that he replied that it was "between silk and cyanide," meaning that it was a choice between a spy surviving, and having to take a suicide pill.

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Bookseller
Ross & Haines US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
1702
Title
Between Silk and Cyanide
Author
Marks, Leo
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0684864223
ISBN 13
9780684864228
Publisher
New York: Free Press, 1998
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1998
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, CRYPTOGRAPHY, INTELLIGENCE WORLD WAR II
Bookseller catalogs
World War II;
Product_type
2

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