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Operation Cicero
by Moyzisch, L. C. / Postscript By Franz Von Papen // Inscription By Louis St. Laurent
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and New York: Wingate, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interest in this book lies mainly in the handwritten gift inscription from Louis St. Laurent on the half title page: "For the edification of Jack Pickersgill, London, January 4th, 1951." It was a very personal gift from the St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, to Jack Pickersgill, one of his close associates who had a personal interest in German intelligence during WW II. Frank Pickersgill, his brother, had been parachuted into France by the SOE,where he was arrested by the Germans, interrogated, tortured, and finally executed at Buchenwald. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with slightly darkened pages, but no wear or damage. The orange cloth covers are fresh, with light edgewear. The dust jacket is also in very good condition, with light edgewear and a bit of chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007136
- Title
- Operation Cicero
- Author
- Moyzisch, L. C. / Postscript By Franz Von Papen // Inscription By Louis St. Laurent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wingate
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War II; Espionage;
Terms of Sale
Granny Goose Books
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About the Seller
Granny Goose Books
Biblio member since 2008
Ottawa, Ontario
About Granny Goose Books
Used and collectable children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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