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CHILDREN OF TENDER YEARS.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. (some rubbing to the dj, minor wear to the edges)
Book ID: 85031More details Price: $19.50 -
GENESIS FIVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, 1968. Hardcover first edition - Better known as a prolific writer of westerns under the pseudonymns of Will Henry and Clay Fisher, Allen also authored several science fiction works, including this novel set "early in the next century where an armed and hostile truce still prevails between East and West.Yuri Suntar is whisked away from the Moscow Political Academy and spirited aboard a train for Siberia to the headquarters of the top secret Genesis District Five. He knows only that the journey involves a duty to the state and is somehow related to the fact that his twin brother Yang shepherds a a pack of myterious wolves" 256 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, missing front endpaper, spine slant in a good and unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 68743More details Price: $15.00 -
MULTIPLE EXPOSURE: An American Ambassador's Unique Perspective on East-West Issues.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The author was at or near the center of diplomatic events during the post-World War II years as the superpowers swung from cold war to their cautious approach to co-existence or detente" - he was the charge at the US embassy in Moscow at the time of Stalin's death, involved in granting asylum to Cardinal Mindszenty in Budapest, and witnessed the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Bibliography, index. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-393075192.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 73301More details Price: $18.50 -
NIGHT OF THE HAWK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald Fine / Putnam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain. Clive Cussler called Brown "the best military adventure writer in the country today." 462 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-139311.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47473More details Price: $16.50 -
CHAINS OF COMMAND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The seventh techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain. Clive Cussler called Brown "the best military adventure writer in the country today." 479 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-138226.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47474More details Price: $15.00 -
NIGHT OF THE HAWK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald Fine / Putnam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain. Clive Cussler called Brown "the best military adventure writer in the country today." 462 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-139311.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47480More details Price: $14.50 -
REPORT ON DIRECTIVES OF THE SIXTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE USSR, 1956-1960 TO THE 20TH CONGRESS OF THE 20TH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U. FOR THE SIXTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U.S.S.R. 1956-1960.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1956. First edition - A booklet of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on their economic progress and plans for the future. Photograph of Bulganin. Faint stamp on title page noting that the material in this had been filed with the Department of Justice. 82 pp.
Condition: Fair condition in cream stapled wrappers with red lettering (tidemarks to edges of covers, prev owners' name inside front cover. Uncommon.
Book ID: 88263More details Price: $15.00 -
SECRET FATHER.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in 1961 by this National Book Award winning author , set in a divided Germany against the backdrop of the Cold War - 'From a 'novelist-historian' of our time, a tragedy of momentous conflict - between East and West, man and woman, parent and child - in a world on the edge of destruction.' SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-618-152849.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 28435More details Price: $25.00 -
SECRET FATHER.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in 1961 by this National Book Award winning author , set in a divided Germany against the backdrop of the Cold War - 'From a 'novelist-historian' of our time, a tragedy of momentous conflict - between East and West, man and woman, parent and child - in a world on the edge of destruction.' INSCRIBED on the title page 'For ... peace' and dated in the year of publication. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-618-152849.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 28436More details Price: $25.00 -
PHYLLIS.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1962. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of suspense, set at the height of the Cold War, and with a serious theme: two physicists, one Russian and one American, have simultaneously sent a message threatening to destroy Moscow and New York unless their respective leaders can agree on a nuclear ban. 214 pp. Dust jacket by Irene Murray.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (stamps on endpaper of a Hollywood literary agency, and discoloration from tape on the dj flaps, rubbing and wear to the dj, especially along the folds) A somewhat flawed - if interesting - copy of a title surprisingly uncommon in the first edition.
Book ID: 64993More details Price: $35.00 -
FUNERAL IN BERLIN.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Putnam, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Deighton's third spy novel featuring his unnamed secret agent, but the second to be published in the US and the second to be made into one of the Harry Palmer films featuring Michael Caine. Nominated for the Edgar award. 312 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name on front endpaper dated Christmas 1964, light toning to the pages, minor rubbing and wear to the dj, original price of 4.95 still present.)
Book ID: 78019More details Price: $25.00 -
IN THE RED.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Spy thriller by this master of the genre, set in the late 1940's at the beginning of the Cold War. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312-046774.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (minor edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 43482More details Price: $16.00 -
P. D. KIMERAKOV.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a "manic farce" set against the backdrop of the Cold War. When Soviet cosmonauts return from space mysteriously aged, scientist P. D. Kimerakov is sent to gather information at a gerontologists' convention in the US. Glossary of Russian names. 277 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-316-245682.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 85553More details Price: $16.50 -
P. D. KIMERAKOV.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a "manic farce" set against the backdrop of the Cold War. When Soviet cosmonauts return from space mysteriously aged, scientist P. D. Kimerakov is sent to gather information at a gerontologists' convention in the US. Glossary of Russian names. 277 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-316-245682.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good minus dustjacket (chip and tear at bottom edge of front cover, short tear at top of spine).
Book ID: 71177More details Price: $17.50 -
THE DOUBLE GAME.
Edition: Book club edition.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78313More details Price: $20.00 -
WAY OUT THERE IN THE BLUE:Reagan, Star Wars, and the End of the Cold War.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another book by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Fire in the Lake." Author uses Star Wars to show a new perspective on Ronald Reagan both as a president and as a man. 592 pp. with glossary, notes, bibliography, and index. ISBN: 0-684-844168.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 26565More details Price: $18.00 -
THE TIMES OF MY LIFE and My Life with The Times.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Random House, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - Memoir of the noted journalist told in tandem with the "big news stories" of the time, starting with his boyhood in Nazi Germany and his wartime escape with his mother to New York. During the next half century he worked at the NY Times, he held just about every important position on the paper-- foreign correspondent (winner of Pulitzer Prize), Washington Bureau chief, executive editior, etc. Photographs. Index. 546 pp. ISBN: 0-679448241.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34748More details Price: $12.50 -
BREACH.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ace Books, (2018). SIGNED first edition - A Cold War Magic novel, the author's first novel and the first in a new Cold War fantasy series, "where the Berlin Wall is made entirely of magic. When a breach unexpectedly appears in the wall, spies from both sides swarm to the city as World War III threatens to spark." SIGNED by the author on the half title page and dated 8/18/18 (that is, before the official publication date) at Worldcon 76. 357 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75294More details Price: $25.00 -
THE JUPITER CRISIS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: David McKay, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set at the peak of the Cold War, this is a novel of international intrigue which begins when a US spy satellite is captured by the Russians. 345 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (a tidemark on the front endpaper, not affecting the rest of the book, overall rubbing and edgewear to the dj, original price of 6.95 still present.)
Book ID: 83497More details Price: $16.50 -
CHINA LAKE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First edition - An international thriller - a story of Cold War espionage and drama. China Lake is the name of a top-secret naval weapons base near the Mohave Desert.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 30857More details Price: $10.00 -
DEFECTORS.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 88847More details Price: $20.00 -
SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM: Selected Passages 1956 -1963.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1963. First edition - Excerpts from speeches, reports and public statements. Photograph of Khrushchev on front cover. 176 pages.
Condition: Very good- (some rubbing to covers, a rather fragile publication). Uncommon.
Book ID: 22743More details Price: $25.00 -
A LITTLE WHITE DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, a thriller featuring Inspector Troy and set in London in 1963, the year of the Profumo scandal, Kim Philby's defection and Harold Macmillan's resignation. Fighting ill-health (the white death" of tuberculosis), Troy finds his past catching up with him. Historical note. 440 pp. ISBN: 0-297841238.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79228More details Price: $25.00 -
SWEET TOOTH.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (2012). First edition - Suspenseful novel by this award-winning writer: "The year is 1972. The Cold War is far from over. . . Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, is the perfect candidate to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer named Tom Haley. At first, she loves his stories. Then she begins to love the man. How long can she conceal her undercover life? To answer that question, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage: trust no one." 321 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed blue wrappers.
Book ID: 67069More details Price: $21.00 -
SWEET TOOTH.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Suspenseful novel by this award-winning writer: "The year is 1972. The Cold War is far from over. . . Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, is the perfect candidate to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer named Tom Haley. At first, she loves his stories. Then she begins to love the man. How long can she conceal her undercover life? To answer that question, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage: trust no one." 301 pp. ISBN: 978-0385536820.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66865More details Price: $18.00 -
ETHEL: The Fictional Autobiography.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of Ethel Roseberg the woman convicted and put to death in 1953 on charges of being a spy for Russia. ISBN: 0-385-301685.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.(Bottom of spine damaged from water and a little worn)
Book ID: 27381More details Price: $12.50 -
AT SWORDS' POINTS.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1954). Hardcover - A young adult spy thrillers, the third (and last) of her "Sword" novels set in the post-WW2 / early cold war era. Set mostly in the Netherlands, this features Quin Anders who is in a search both to discover lost artifacts and solve the mystery behind his brother's death. 279 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall good condition in a good dust jacket (no statement of edition, but an early printing based on $3.00 price on dj flap)
Book ID: 83695More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BIG H.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather uncommon novel of international espionage, which starts with a Russian agent being interrogated by the CIA. The author is best known for his book "Red Alert" published under a different pseudonym (Peter Bryant) which became the basis for Kubrick's film Dr Strangelove. 189 pp.
Condition: Near fine in fair only dust jacket with tears, rubbing to the folds, tidemark on front flap, etc. .
Book ID: 67351More details Price: $17.50 -
THE BLUE GATE OF BABYLON.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this writer who was selected as one of the 10 best young British novelists by bookseller W H Smith. Set in Berlin in 1960 at the height of the Cold War, this is a satirical spy comedy in the tradition of Evelyn Waugh. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-394-576373.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 65061More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BEDFORD INCIDENT.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Atheneum, 1963. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second - and best known - book. A Cold War thriller set in the Arctic Ocean with a cat-and-mouse game between a Russian sub and an American destroyer. Drawings by the author. Basis for the 1965 film starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. Map endpapers. 337 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in black boards with a blue cloth spine in a very good dustjacket (some toning to top of textblock, tear to dj at base of spine, price-clipped).
Book ID: 87385More details Price: $25.00
