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Tan Cloth. Condizione: Very Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reprint; (c) 1990, Great Britain. Tan Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Reprint; (c) 1990, Great Britain. Hardback. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ISBN:0-671-72576-9. 160 pages; 350 color photos; 7 p. Directory of sources; From the dj rear panel: "From doorbells and mailboxes to porches and trim, "Exterilor Details" is the first complete guide to transforming the outside of your home or apartment." Book was produced in Britain, and most of the color photos were taken there. A visually stunning book, full of new ideas. …

black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. remainder copy in very fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. black ink mark on bottom, other edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (FPu1996 & nap). endpaper maps. xiii+256p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. appendix. index. world war ii. nazi germany. biography. martin bormann. third reich. covert operations. conspiracy theory. ~"The following account is one of the most extraordinary stories The emerge to emerge from the Second World War. Simon & Schuster issues this book under the assurances by the author, Christopher Creighton, that the story is true. The Publisher has not been able to verify his account by independent research. Indeed, the documentary trail is often at odds with the author's narrative. In secret intelligence work it is very difficult to come up with absolute proof and in May 1945 Berlin was the end of the world. According to Creighton, evidence went missing and in the fog of war, files were adjusted by those with a hidden motive. Creighton further describes how the records were compromised in order to create a legend that served a darker purpose. In the end, readers will have to make their own judgements about what they believe. What is not in doubt is that this book is a thrilling story from a remarkable man. ~ London, July 1996". Millions of words have been written about the fate of Martin Bormann, Hitler's indispensable private secretary, and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, who vanished at the end of the Second World War. In October 1946 the most~wanted Nazi war criminal was condemned to death in absentia at Nuremberg, but he was never found or brought to justice. Some historians claim he died near the Weidendamm Bridge, in the ruins of Berlin, on the night of 1~2 May 1945. Others believe he escaped from Germany to South America, where he lived and died. In 1973 a court in Frankfurt pronounced him officially dead. The truth is far more extraordinary. Christopher Creighton now reveals that in the final night and day of the war, as the Soviet armies closed in on the capital of the Third Reich, Bormann was lifted from Berlin by a Commando raiding party, led by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, and himself. The team spirited their captive down the waterways to meet the Allies on the River Elbe, and by mid~May 1945 Bormann was safe in England, where he assumed a new identity. Operation James Bond was ordered by Major Desmond Morton, head of the ultra~secret M Section of naval intelligence. Its ulterior purpose was to recover the immense fortune appropriated by the Nazis and salted away in numbered Swiss bank accounts, to which Bormann alone had access. It was approved not only by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, but also by both King George VI and President Roosevelt; yet it was so highly classified that even other government intelligence and security organisations knew nothing of it. After the war, thanks to the British capture of Bormann, 95 per cent of Nazi funds were recovered and restored to their former owners. In a most secret letter dated October 1954, Churchill gave the author permission to produce a full account of his wartime operations. 'When I die,' he wrote, 'then, if your conscience so allows, tell your story for you have given and suffered so much for England. Do not seek to protect me for I am content to be judged by history. But do, I pray you, seek to protect those who did their duty honestly in the hope of a future world with freedom and justice for all.' This is the last and greatest revelation from the Second World War: an astonishing story which will cause history to be recast.…

Print-decorated Boards. Condizione: Very Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First. Print-decorated Boards. Very Fine/Fine. First. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-684-86998-5. 192 pages; 10 p. index; From the authors' Introduction: "This is a book about clever people finding ingenious ways to communicate. From card cheats to battlefield commanders to turncoat spies; from authors to engineers to weathermen in Washington, D.C.--they all had one thing in common. With unparalleled cunning, they used words, letters, colors, symbols, actions, phraseology, positions, objects--even smoke, light, and chiseled stone--to send or receive messages that they and their confederates alone understood.".…

Quarter Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Quarter blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, no previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a EXCELLENT set in a EXCELLENT dust jackets. A good gift. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 15 April 1888) was an English poet, and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has also been characterized as a sage writer, a type of writer who speaks from a presumed position of moral authority, chastising and instructing the reader about contemporary social issues. UncleAndy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. …

Condizione: Good.

Condizione: Good. Original white boards, dust jacket, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Paperback, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.; Name and year on title page.

Condizione: Good. Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w and some in colour, small 4to.

Condizione: Good. Paperback, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w and some in colour, small 4to.; Spine dust jacket slightly discoloured.

Condizione: Good. Paperback, 8vo. Selected and introduced by Anita Brookner.; Spine slightly discolourd.

Condizione: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w and some in colour, small 4to.; Top spine slightly foxed.

Condizione: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w and some in colour, small 4to.; Top spine slightly foxed.

Condizione: Good.

Condizione: Good. Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w and some in colour, small 4to.

Condizione: Good. Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w and some in colour, small 4to.

Condizione: Good. Paperback, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original silver lettered black boards, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour, 4to.

Condizione: Good. Original brown boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in colour, 8vo.; Edges cover discoloured.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.; Small tears on edge cover.

Condizione: Good. Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.; Black permanent market line on bottom.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Paperback, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original glazed black boards, dust jacket, coloured endpapers, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.

Condizione: Good. Paperback, small maps in b/w, family gtrees, 8vo.; Name and year on title page.

Condizione: Good. Original boards, dust jacket, some illustrations (mostly photographs) in b/w, 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.