Search Results: A History Of the Chinese Secret Service by Richard Deacon

HarperCollins Publishers, 1989. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1989-07-13. paperback. Good. 7x5x1. Book as pictured. Actual ISBN on book is 0345249011225. Wear to cover edges. Pages are discolored. Spine is faded.

London, UK: Frederick Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo. [8], 524 pp. Bound in orange boards, in light brown price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs. Richard Deacon, a pseudonym of Donald McCormick, was a former Foreign Manager of the London Sunday Times after World War II. Deacon describes the complex history of the many and often competing secret services within the Chinese government. As part of his investigation into the subject, he sets up his own intelligence service- Operation Jackdaw- and describes how his field operatives and ham radio operatives managed to intercept and interpret Chinese secret service messages. Very Good+ minor wear and rubbing to extremities of binding otherwise clean and square, in Good, price-clipped dust jacket with 3" tear to upper edge of back cover.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 523 pages, hardcover. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Heavily researched history of espionage in China, from the past to modern times. Fading, soiling, and bumping to spine. Age-soiling and rubbing to text block. Edgewear, light soiling, and rubbing to boards. Mild warp to front panel. Binding slightly precarious. Unmarked. A nice reading copy. Record # 951412

Frederick Muller, 1974. 1st. Hardback. Good/Poor. First edition hardback, 1974, with unclipped jacket. In overall good condition, dj is complete but poor, creased and chipped to edges with rough unclosed tear to front flap fold; original cloth boards faded and a little rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owners' names to ffep and front pastedown; slight tanning to page-ends, text and plates clean and clear throughout. Private copy, not an old library book. Photographs available.

London: Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. 523 pages, supplementary notes, bibliography, index, black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name crossed out on flyleaf. Some light creasing to top edge of dustjacket. Deakin created a mini intelligence service of his own to pry into the operations of Chinese intelligence agencies - the exclusive nature of much of the information uncovered and indeed the intricacies of the Chinese mind make this a fascinating and unique read. A very sound, clean and tight copy.

London: Frederick Muller LTD, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with penicl marking to inner board, trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with owner's pasted stamp to front cover, trace edge wear noted else bright, intact and whole. JEX 1/21

London: Muller, 1974. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. dust jacket 523pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index, The Standard History of the WorldÕs oldest Intelligence service

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

London: Muller, 1974. 1st edition. New Book. octavo. dust jacket 523pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index, The Standard History of the WorldÕs oldest Intelligence service

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

HarperCollins Publishers, 1989-07-13. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London [1974], Muller. Orange cloth, 523p. very good, index, bibliography, notes, 8 illustrations, 20 b.w. photos, 3 maps dj. FIRST EDITION S C A R C E Copious work on an unusual subject. Historical perspective from early beginnings through the present era. Covers the crucial period of 1920's-30's, Communist takeover, Chiang Kai-Shek, Sun Yat-Sen, Mao and other leaders, China Lobby, nuclear secrets, Chinese intelligence throughout the world, Hong Kong, spy center of the Far East, brainwashing, methods etc. With a fascinating chapter on "Two Gun Cohen", or Gen- eral Ma, & his Jewish-Canadian connection with Sun Yat-Sen. An obscure and important monograph on the subject. .