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  • CHILDREN OF TENDER YEARS. by Allbeury, Ted (1917 -2005)
    Allbeury, Ted (1917 -2005)
    CHILDREN OF TENDER YEARS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Beaufort Books, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of the most prolific and respected modern writers of espionage novels, Allbeury based his novels on his own experiences as an undercover agent during World War II and after (Len Deighton commented that he believed "he was the only British secret agent to have parachuted into Nazi Germany" and during the Cold War, he was captured - and tortured - by the Russians, who left him alive to take his story back to his fellow agents) This book, which features an Auschwitz survivor who is sent back to Germany to investigate rumors of neo-Nazis and anti-Semitism, is one which also depicts "enemy agents as human beings, thus exposing…

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    New York: Beaufort Books, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of the most prolific and respected modern writers of espionage novels, Allbeury based his novels on his own experiences as an undercover agent during World War II and after (Len Deighton commented that he believed "he was the only British secret agent to have parachuted into Nazi Germany" and during the Cold War, he was captured - and tortured - by the Russians, who left him alive to take his story back to his fellow agents) This book, which features an Auschwitz survivor who is sent back to Germany to investigate rumors of neo-Nazis and anti-Semitism, is one which also depicts "enemy agents as human beings, thus exposing the power relations on both sides as his real target. The human cost for agents of the state on both sides of the iron curtain was his theme." 232 pp. ISBN: 0-825313060.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. (some rubbing to the dj, minor wear to the edges)

    Book ID: 85031
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  • GENESIS FIVE. by Allen, Henry Wilson (1912-1991)
    Allen, Henry Wilson (1912-1991)
    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: 68743
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  • MULTIPLE EXPOSURE: An American Ambassador's Unique Perspective on East-West Issues. by Beam, Jacob D.
    Beam, Jacob D.
    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: 73301
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  • NIGHT OF THE HAWK. by Brown, Dale.
    Brown, Dale.
    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: 47473
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  • NIGHT OF THE HAWK. by Brown, Dale.
    Brown, Dale.
    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: 47480
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  • CHAINS OF COMMAND. by Brown, Dale.
    Brown, Dale.
    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: 47474
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  • 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. by Bulganin, N. A. (Nikolay Aleksandrovich, 1895-1975)
    Bulganin, N. A. (Nikolay Aleksandrovich, 1895-1975)
    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: 88263
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  • SECRET FATHER. by Carroll, James.
    Carroll, James.
    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: 28436
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  • SECRET FATHER. by Carroll, James.
    Carroll, James.
    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: 28435
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  • THE RINGS OF DESTINY. by Connolly, Olga (1932-2024).
    Connolly, Olga (1932-2024).
    THE RINGS OF DESTINY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: David McKay Company, (1968) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of a storybook Cold War romance - just weeks after the Russians brutally suppressed the Hungarian Revolution with tanks, Olga Fikotova was at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where she won Czechoslovakia's only gold medal as a discus thrower in track and field. While there she met US hammer thrower Harold Connolly and watched him win a gold the next day. Just 4 months later, in March 1957, they were married despite all the obstacles thrown up by their countries, in what was intended to be a small ceremony in Prague, but wound up with tens of thousands celebrating with them in the old town square.…

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    New York: David McKay Company, (1968) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of a storybook Cold War romance - just weeks after the Russians brutally suppressed the Hungarian Revolution with tanks, Olga Fikotova was at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where she won Czechoslovakia's only gold medal as a discus thrower in track and field. While there she met US hammer thrower Harold Connolly and watched him win a gold the next day. Just 4 months later, in March 1957, they were married despite all the obstacles thrown up by their countries, in what was intended to be a small ceremony in Prague, but wound up with tens of thousands celebrating with them in the old town square. Olga competed in four more Olympics for the USA, and held several American records; Harold competed in three more. INSCRIBED by Connolly on the front endpaper "with fond personal regards to Vern Davis" and dated in 1969, Illustrated with photographs. 311 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a red cloth with black lettering in a near fine dustjacket with a bit of rubbing to the black background, minor edgewear. Original price of 6.50 still present.

    Book ID: 89836
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  • PHYLLIS. by Cunningham, E. V. (pseudonym of Howard Fast).
    Cunningham, E. V. (pseudonym of Howard Fast).
    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: 64993
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  • Deighton, Len.
    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: 78019
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  • IN THE RED. by Egleton, Clive.
    Egleton, Clive.
    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: 43482
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  • P. D. KIMERAKOV. by Epstein, Leslie
    Epstein, Leslie
    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: 71177
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  • Epstein, Leslie
    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: 85553
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  • THE DOUBLE GAME. by Fesperman, Dan.
    Fesperman, Dan.
    THE DOUBLE GAME.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel which draws upon the espionage classics of the Cold War. "A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he'd once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career in journalism. More than two decades later, Cage receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper into Lemasters pronouncement. Spiked with cryptic references to some of Cage's favorite spy novels, the note is the first of many literary bread crumbs that lead him back to Vienna,…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel which draws upon the espionage classics of the Cold War. "A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he'd once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career in journalism. More than two decades later, Cage receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper into Lemasters pronouncement. Spiked with cryptic references to some of Cage's favorite spy novels, the note is the first of many literary bread crumbs that lead him back to Vienna, Prague, and Budapest, each instruction drawing him closer to the complex truth." SIGNED on the title page. Includes an appendix listing 222 espionage novels in Cage's library, both by title and by year of publication. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-0307700131.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78313
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  • Fitzgerald, Frances.
    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: 26565
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  • Frankel, Max.
    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: 34748
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  • BREACH. by Goodwater, W. L.
    Goodwater, W. L.
    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: 75294
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  • RETURN FROM LUNA. by Halacy, D.S., Jr.
    Halacy, D.S., Jr.
    RETURN FROM LUNA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - A coming of age story for young adults and set in what was then the near future of space exploration. "Rob Stevens is wildly excited over being chosen as Professor Munson's assistant at the American moon base. But he's a bit disappointed to discover that the base is really a parasite depending on regular shuttle supply runs from earth for the necessary hydrogen, oxygen and food. Then, abruptly, the base is cut off as nuclear war breaks out on earth and this becomes the story of day-to-day survival as the colonists try to tap energy from the sun to convert rocks into air and water." (Kirkus) 181 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some crinkling from dampness to upper corner of textblock, a bit of rubbing to the dj, but overall a straight and tight copy )

    Book ID: 89540
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  • WAR IN A TIME OF PEACE: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals. by Halberstam, David.
    Halberstam, David.
    WAR IN A TIME OF PEACE: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribners (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which exploes the dynamics of foreign policy in post-Cold War America. "Sweeping in its scope and impressive in its depth, [this] provides fascinating portraits of Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Kissinger, James Baker, Dick Cheney, Madeleine Albright, and others, to reveal a stunning view of modern political America." Notes, Index, 543 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-02120.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 90843
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  • THE JUPITER CRISIS. by Harrington, William.
    Harrington, William.
    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: 83497
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  • Hyde, Anthony
    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: 30857
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  • DEFECTORS. by Kanon, Joseph.
    Kanon, Joseph.
    DEFECTORS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this Edgar award winning writer set in the early 1960s at the height of the Cold War. "In 1949, Frank Weeks was exposed as a Communist spy and fled the country to vanish behind the Iron Curtain. Now, 12 years later, he has written his memoirs, a KGB-approved project, and has asked his brother Simon, a publisher, to come to Moscow to edit the manuscript. . .And at first Frank is still Frank, the same bond of affection that transcends ideology. Then Simon begins to glimpse another Frank, still capable of treachery, still actively working for 'the service.' . . The gripping story of one…

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    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this Edgar award winning writer set in the early 1960s at the height of the Cold War. "In 1949, Frank Weeks was exposed as a Communist spy and fled the country to vanish behind the Iron Curtain. Now, 12 years later, he has written his memoirs, a KGB-approved project, and has asked his brother Simon, a publisher, to come to Moscow to edit the manuscript. . .And at first Frank is still Frank, the same bond of affection that transcends ideology. Then Simon begins to glimpse another Frank, still capable of treachery, still actively working for 'the service.' . . The gripping story of one family torn apart by the divided loyalties of the Cold War, but it's also a revealing look at the wider community of defectors, American and British, living a twilit Moscow existence, granted privileges but never trusted, spies who have escaped one prison only to find themselves trapped in another that is even more sinister, a world of secrets, where no one can be trusted and murder is just collateral damage." 290 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1501121395.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 88847
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  • Khrushchov, N. S. (Nikita Khrushchev)
    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: 22743
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  • A LITTLE WHITE DEATH. by Lawton, John.
    Lawton, John.
    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: 79228
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  • SWEET TOOTH. by McEwan, Ian.
    McEwan, Ian.
    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: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 89382
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  • SWEET TOOTH. by McEwan, Ian.
    McEwan, Ian.
    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: 67069
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  • SWEET TOOTH. by McEwan, Ian.
    McEwan, Ian.
    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: 66865
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  • Nason, Tema.
    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: 27381
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