New York: Ballantine Books, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Communist agent arrives in the U.S. to persuade a scientist to defect to the Soviet Union. He also gets involved with some American women who suspect he's up to no good. As far as Cold War fiction goes, it's not bad... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1979. First U.K. Edition, Third Printing. The book that led to the unmasking of Anthony Blunt as the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge spy ring. Octavo, 504 pages. Corners bumped, especially at top of both front and rear, leading to some creasing of pages... More
No place of publication stated: [Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services], 1974. No edition stated. Small 4to (10 1/2 inches / 267 mm), [12 pages] in stapled wrappers. Governmental department stamp and log-in number on front wrapper, two horizontal folds for mailing. A Very Good copy. Transcript of a speech... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First American Edition, 1st Printing. INSCRIBED by Len Deighton to the half title: "With best wishes / to Steve / from Len / London 1st Jan 1965." Octavo, 312 pages. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Some wear to the tips of... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 inches / 213 mm), 207, [1] pages in publisher's original blue cloth. Bright gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's name to front end paper, a few nicks and bumps to the rear board, bit of soiling to top and bottom... More
New York: Random House, Inc., 1954. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm), 248 pages, in quarter cloth over paper boards, titles to upper board and to spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good dust jacket. Some light toning to... More
Salisbury, U.K. Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd., 1989. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (9 1/2 inches / 240 mm), viii, 407 pages, in publisher's original blue cloth. Foxing and a bit of soiling to top and fore edges. The dust jacket has some minor edge wear. A Very Good copy. The author... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 155 mm), 455, [1] pages, in red and black boards, title to spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Boards rubbed, dust jacket shows light edge wear. Two friends... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First American Edition, 1st Printing. British spy Magnus Pym has disappeared. Arguably, one of Le Carré's best thrillers. 8vo., 475 pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 462 pages, quarter cloth over paper boards. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A couple instances of marginalia, otherwise clean and bright. The dust jacket has... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Ian McEwan on the title page. His fourth novel, a spy thriller set in 1955 Berlin. 8vo, 231 pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Hollywood movie producer spies for the "Reds." And then the FBI turns him into a double agent. Octavo, 248 pages. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Fading to spine lettering and to edges of boards. The price-clipped dust jacket has... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. An insider's account of the espionage battle in Berlin between the CIA and the KGB from the end of World War II to the building of the Wall in 1961. Octavo, pp. xxv, 530 pages. Near Fine in... More
New York: Capitol Hill Press, 1972. Revised Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front end paper: "Many thanks - / to / Tom Moran / Herbert A. Philbrick / 1972." Philbrick's account of his nine years in the Communist Party working as a spy for the FBI. Originally published... More
New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1973. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), 244 pages, in light gray boards, titles in black to spine, silhouette of a spy to upper board, pink topstain. Tiny ink mark near top of fore... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2002. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Lawrence Schiller on the title page (under which the word "and" has been written and then marked through). Based on research and interviews by Lawrence Schiller and Norman Mailer, the book presents a psychological portrait of FBI agent... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Walter Schneir on the front end paper: "To John J. Macbride / With best wishes / Martin Schneir." Dated August 1965 (the year of publication). A review of the trial and conviction of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. A high-level Soviet diplomat working at the United Nations seeks asylum in the U.S. This is his story, along with vivid portraits of Soviet leaders and a look at what takes place in the Politburo and in the world of espionage. Octavo... More
Washington, D.C. Brassey's (US), 1993. Second Revised Edition. How spies do what they do. This is Gary J. Schmitt's revision of the original 1991 book by Abram N. Shulsky. The book was revised to reflect the breakup of the Soviet Union and is part of the publisher's series of books... More
New York: Random House, 1988. Book club edition. A riveting look at the case of Edward Lee Howard, who worked for the CIA and defected to the Soviet Union in 1985. Two years later, Howard secretly met in Budapest with the author, David Wise, to tell his version of events... More
