I WAS CICERO by Bazna, Elyesa; Nogly, Hans; Mosbacher, Eric (translator) - 1962

London: Andre Deutsch, 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First translated Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 192 Pages Illus..

Pan Books Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. This book came to be written. Between pages 88 and 89 there are eight pages of black-and-white photography. Illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Cicero was a spy who frustrated the Allied High Command, as he was leaking vital information to the Germans. Who was he? In this book Cicero tells of his own story " ... the chronicles of the money-madman who lived on a knife-edge of fear in the British Embassy in Ankara as the ambassador's valet from April 1943 to April 1944. where he conducted a love affair with an Embassy family's hard-drinking nanny and continually photographed Allied secret documents for Germans, who crowning irony, paid him in worthless forged bank-notes." -- from rear panel blurb. Pan X 307. The previous owner has covered the book in a clear contact plastic – which… Read More

London: Andre Deutsch, 1962 Ownership name in front, pen stripe to bottom edges. Dust jacket is intact and bright, in a clear film protective sleeve.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1962 Book. Near Fine. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Near Fine/VG+. 1st UK Edition. Confession of a Turkish businessman to having been the WW2 spy codenamed "Cicero", who sold British secrets to the Germans. The purported confession is still a matter of controversy in some circles, and is not universally believed. Jacket by William Belcher. Book has slight spine head/heel crush, and one edge-bump. There is a pencil erasure "ghost" on the FFEP. Jacke t has edgewear, chips and tears. Scan available on request..

London: Andre Deutsch. 1962. pp. 192, b/w plates, prev. owner's inscr., or. bds., good in rubbed d.j., torn at cnrs.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1962. Translated by Eric Mosbacher. 192 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner`s bookplate on front paste-down endpaper and top corner of ffep clipped. Green cloth with gilt titles. One corner bumped, faded spine. VG+. First Edition.

Translated by Eric Mosbacher. 1st English Translation, published by Andre Deutsch Limited in London, 1962. Hardback. In fair condition. The dust jacket is worn slightly around the edges, mainly along the spine, but is protected from further damage by a clear plastic cover. There is a small inscription penned by a previous owner on the flyleaf. Some foxing and tanning visible on the inside pages.