Shadow Trade de Furst, Alan - 1984

1983. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Quartet Crime, 1983. Fine/Very Good. Black cloth covers with Black illustrated Dj in Brodart cover. Bump at top spine tip and light wrinkle at top front corner. First title in the non-series spy novels set in Europe. 8.75 x 5.5 with 214 pp.

Quartet Crime, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Quartet Crime, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Quartet Books, 1984. First UK edition of his 4th book. Fine in Fine dust jacket .. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London, UK Quartet Books, 1984. Hardcover First Ed UK, so stated. First Ed UK, so stated. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows barely discernible spine lean; the binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 214pp. Hardback with DJ. This is the last installment, the fourth, of Alan Furst's first phase. Soon he would be immersed in the shadows and espionage of pre-WWII Europe. These works are, nevertheless, the works of a masterful craftsman. Shadow Trade is a damn fine read. Suspenseful, with splendid charactor development and wit. If this book were to be rewritten w/today's technological advancements, it'd be a best-seller. Alan Furst (born February 20, 1941) is an American author of historical spy novels. Furst has been called "an heir to the tradition of Eric… Leer más

Quartet, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. . SIGNED by the author. Flat signature. Minimal wear and creases to the jacket. Pages are clean.

Appears as new in like DJ with no visible wear, as shown.
The author's scarce fourth book. "In June of 1977 the CIA dismissed 820 Clandestine Service officers in a single day -- this is the factual basis for "Shadow Trade", one of the most sophisticated and detailed treatments of that covert community ever realized in American fiction. It is a novel about the reality of contemporary intelligence: computers, mail drops, anonymous fund transfers, honey traps, and, first and foremost, duplicity -- the ability to falsify endlessly, allowing operatives to move so far into the shadows that they disappear." A complex, but tightly knit and wholly absorbing novel which takes Alan Furst high into the ranks of serious thriller writers – from jacket .
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