The Book of Spies; 4000 Years of Cloak & Dagger

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Michael Whittlesea (10 original color illustration. 31 cm. 95,(1) pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (many in color). Front DJ flap price clipped, red dot at top edge. DJ has some wear, tears, soiling, and chips. Pencil erasure residue on half-title page. Minor cover wear and soiling. Red dot at top edge. Brian Innes trained as a scientist and worked as a biochemical researcher before turning to writing. He published a large number of articles and books on forensic science. He died in 2014. Born in London on 6 June 1938, Michael Whittlesea was educated at Harrow School of art. Whittlesea was a regular book cover artist in the 1960s and 1970s working for Heinemann, Newnes, Young World, Macdonald and Oxford University Press amongst others. He was a regular contributor to World of Wonder and Speed and Power in the 1970s, for the latter producing a series of stunning paintings based on the science fiction stories of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov in 1974-75. Profusely illustrated with rare prints, paintings, photographs, and drawings in full color. History's greatest masters of espionage, from the twelve spies of Moses to the secret agents of the Cold War.