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Clever Girl Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era
by Kessler, Lauren
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060185198
- ISBN 13
- 9780060185190
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harpercollins, 2003. Hardcover in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 372pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing. A very clean, square, tight copy, near as new, in a fine dust-jacket. The story of a KGB asset turned government witness, and the ensuing political and social costs associated with the expanding investigation into Cold War espionage. Very fine in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005892
- Title
- Clever Girl Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era
- Author
- Kessler, Lauren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060185198
- ISBN 13
- 9780060185190
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- McCarhyism, Espionage, American History, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Great Expectations Rare Books
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.