Between Silk and Cyanide
by Marks, Leo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684864223
- ISBN 13
- 9780684864228
- Seller
-
Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines (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
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
All books returnable within 7 days if not as described. Media Rate shipping is $ 3.50 for the first volume and $1 for each additional volume. Priority shipping is $ 7.50 for an average sized octavo and $33.00 for Global Priority.
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