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The Second Oldest Profession: The Spy as Patriot, Bureaucrat, Fantasist And Whore
de Knightley, Phillip
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0233979689
- ISBN 13
- 9780233979687
- Librería
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Andre Deutsch, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements, list of abbreviations, introduction by author source notes, select bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. "In this book Phillip Knightley has set out to discover how and why the spy, previously had no more than a walk-on part in history, suddenly came to dominate the twentieth-century stage. He shows how, once it had gained a toehold in a single government bureaucracy, the espionage industry expanded remorselessly and firmly established itself at the very heart of the modern state." -- from front fault of a panel blurb. Softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing of the lower book edges. Age toning of the text block edges. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Sun into the backstrip. There is a full-length crease to the front fold over flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - XI, [3], 3 - 436 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Politics & Government; Espionage; History. ISBN: 0233979689. ISBN/EAN: 9780233979687. Inventory No: 0119555. . 9780233979687
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- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0119555
- Título
- The Second Oldest Profession: The Spy as Patriot, Bureaucrat, Fantasist And Whore
- Autor
- Knightley, Phillip
- Ilustrador
- Photographic
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0233979689
- ISBN 13
- 9780233979687
- Editorial
- Andre Deutsch
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1986
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 espionage, history, 20th-century, spy, bureaucracy Politics & Government; Espionage; History. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0233979689 EAN: 9780233979687 Knightley, Phillip The Second Oldest Profession: The Spy as Patriot, Bureaucrat, Fantasist
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Espionage;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
Sobre Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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