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New York, NY: Random House, 1956 Random House, New York. 1956. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Black paper over boards with gray cloth overlay on the spine with gilt and black lettering on the spine in a black shadowbox; FBI seal embossed on the front board. Gold endpapers. Clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. 368 pp 8vo.This is the story of the FBI and its chief, J. Edgar Hoover, as Mr. Hoover would like to have it told. After a foreword by J. Edgar Hoover, the book begins by illustrating the FBI in action in the apprehension of the despicable criminal Jack Gilbert Graham who planted a time-bomb in a United Air Lines plane in order to kill his own mother on whose life he had placed high insurance. Then Mr. Whitehead reverts to the FBI’s beginning. That was in the original Federal Bureau of Investigation of 1908, which was mostly the… Leer más

NY: Random House. VG in VG DJ. (1956). Owner name fep. Written with the cooperation of the FBI, takes you behind the scenes. .

New York: Random House, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. Fourth edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Book has bumped edges, top of text block discolored lightly. Dustwrapper is rubbed, tiny tears at edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Ishi Press, 2011-03-23. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Random House, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Third printing. 368pp. Faint damp spots on top page edges, a signature loose and laid in, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped, very good in a good to very good dustwrapper with extremities worn, creased tears on edges, small dampstain on spine ends. Inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover to a veteran FBI Special Agent. An interesting association copy.

US: Random House, 1956. Random House 1956 1st Printing Fine/ NO DUST JACKET. Grey cloth with charcoal boards and black lettering. HEAVY ITEM 1.75 Pounds. 368 pages.. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. No Exp.

New York: Random House, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/near fine. First edition of The FBI Story: A Report to the People by Don Whitehead, inscribed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to the founder of the AFL-CIO, George Meany.. Octavo, xiv, 368pp. Gray cloth over black hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Top edge dyed pink. Remnant of dampstain to rear endpaper, solid text block. Light rubbing to cloth, wear along bottom edge of front board. In publisher's near fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, bright colors and illustrations. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To George Meany, With cordial regards, J. Edgar Hoover. 11.16.56." George Meany was an American labor leader for most of his life. He was a key figure in the creation of the AFL-CIO, serving as its first president from 1955-1979. Meany was an ardent anti-Communist. His address to the FBI Graduating Class of 1956 is featured in this book, where he says "any… Leer más