Very Special Intelligence (Espionage/Intelligence Library) by Beesly, Patrick - 1981

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1981. Book. Illus. by Chris Barbieri (Maps). Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ; Wraps; 281 pages with index; Black & white map; Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Textblock is tight with unmarked pages; Crease at bottom right of some back pages; Light red pictorial cover with shelf and edge wear including some light rubbing, a one-inch close slit at bottom left of front cover, and bump to the back cover bottom left; . (This book describes the work of the British Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre from 1939 to 1945, and gives an account of the maritime war against Germany as seen through the eyes of the staff of O.I.C.).