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The First Book of Codes and Ciphers
by Sam Epstein, Beryl Epstein
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$22.84A$15.99
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About This Item
New York, NY: Franklin Watts, 1956 Franklin Watts, New York. 1956. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Retired rebound public school copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a control number on the last page. Book Condition: Good; checkout pocket on rear pastedown; shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; fabric tear at head; soiling to boards and to some pages. No DJ. Gray buckram boards and spine with black lettering in white shadowboxes on spine and front board. 62 pp 8vo. If you have a secret that you want only one or two special friends to know, and no one else, you will probably be very cautious about writing it down. But if you write your secret in code, or in a special language, or in invisible ink, you can be sure it will be safe. This is an adolescent book on the various methods one can use to make secret codes including those used by Julius Caesar, Morse code used by telegraphers, Navaho Indians, Pig Latin, the Rosetta Stone, semaphore (flags), Hobo signs, and more. Also covers codes used in business settings, detective stories, and how to make invisible ink.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016561
- Title
- The First Book of Codes and Ciphers
- Author
- Sam Epstein, Beryl Epstein
- Illustrator
- Laszlo Roth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Watts
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- codes, ciphers, Morse Code, secret codes, secret messages, semaphore, Rosetta Stone, invisible ink, Hobo Signs, Ultra, Magic, cipher machines, military codes, cryptography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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