Danger from Moscow
by Hutton, J. Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Neville Spearman, London, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. introduction by author and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with red, white and black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. "Here told for the first time in full and authenticated detail, is the complete story of history's most cunning undercover system: the net of Communist agents, informers, fellow-travellers, unwitting tools, that covers every nation of the world  the largest powers to the smallest principalities. Based on secret, confidential and never-before hype and published Cominform Instructions To Communist Party HQs and intended only for communist circles  here are the facts of how Moscow orders its Communist Fifth Columns to penetrate into trade unions, the Conservative Party, the Church, and other organisations, how to launch lightning strikes in disturbances, how to 'discredit the class-enemy and hit him where it hurts most', and how to apply the Kremlin's 'new revolutionised' methods."  from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the back strip edges and bumping of the lower book corners. Light browning to the text block edges and pages with scattered foxing to the text block edges. Offset tanning and scattered foxing to the endpapers and the free front endpaper has previous bookshop's rubber stamp to the top left-hand corner of the same page. Chipping to the front panel corners and to the top back strip edge. Small close tears to the top dustwrapper edge with creasing. Rubbing of the dustwrapper panels and sunning also present. Light browning to the verso of the dustwrapper with foxing to the creases. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 261, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Espionage; 1950s; Inventory No: 0121899. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0121899
- Title
- Danger from Moscow
- Author
- Hutton, J. Bernard
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Neville Spearman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Cold War, espionage, spies, politics, soviet union, Kremlin, spy rings Politics & Government; Espionage; 1950s; Photographic Unbranded Hutton, J. Bernard Danger from Moscow
- Bookseller catalogs
- Espionage;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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