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C": The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill [inscribed]
by Brown, Anthony Cave
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0025173901
- ISBN 13
- 9780025173903
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Thick Octavo; G+/G; dark blue spine with gilt and ivory text; first edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows modest handling wear; one or two chips to edges; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; mild age toning to flaps; slight offsetting from staple inside dj to front head edge; cloth exterior has light sunning to edges; mildly bowed spine; straight boards; text block edges have slight toning; inscribed by author to ffep; interior good; illustrated; pp 830. 1361121. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1361121
- Title
- C": The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill [inscribed]
- Author
- Brown, Anthony Cave
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0025173901
- ISBN 13
- 9780025173903
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Menzies, Stewart Graham, Sir, 1890-1968; World War, 1939-1945, Secret Service, Great Britain; Intelligence officers, Great Britain, biography; Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Gilt
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