A History of the Chinese Secret Service by Richard Deacon - 1974

Hardback. Good.

London, UK: Frederick Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo. [8], 524 pp. Bound in orange boards, in light brown price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs. Richard Deacon, a pseudonym of Donald McCormick, was a former Foreign Manager of the London Sunday Times after World War II. Deacon describes the complex history of the many and often competing secret services within the Chinese government. As part of his investigation into the subject, he sets up his own intelligence service- Operation Jackdaw- and describes how his field operatives and ham radio operatives managed to intercept and interpret Chinese secret service messages. Very Good+ minor wear and rubbing to extremities of binding otherwise clean and square, in Good, price-clipped dust jacket with 3" tear to upper edge of back cover.

London: Frederick Muller LTD, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with penicl marking to inner board, trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with owner's pasted stamp to front cover, trace edge wear noted else bright, intact and whole. JEX 1/21

London: Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. 523 pages, supplementary notes, bibliography, index, black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name crossed out on flyleaf. Some light creasing to top edge of dustjacket. Deakin created a mini intelligence service of his own to pry into the operations of Chinese intelligence agencies - the exclusive nature of much of the information uncovered and indeed the intricacies of the Chinese mind make this a fascinating and unique read. A very sound, clean and tight copy.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.