The Springing of George Blake
Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, 1970
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Berthoff Books, Harpers Ferry, WV, U.S.A.Berthoff Books
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Condition: Used - Good
US$ 6.00
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364 pages. From dust jacket: "A daring Irishman's remarkable account of how he singlehandedly engineered the escape of a superspy from Wormwood Scrubs Prison and spirited him to Moscow". Illustrated with b&w photos on four double-sided plates, a diagram and a map elsewhere. 8vo, black paper over boards with brick red cloth quarter, red/orange/yellow lettering on spine, red end papers, dust soil to edges, corners sharp but erosion to cloth at crown and along rear hinge. Price-clipped dust jacket has losses to back panel along spine at top (repaired with clear tape), shelf wear, rubbing. Old price written on front free end paper, interior pages unmarked.
Seller Inventory # ALD-371
- Title
- The Springing of George Blake
- Author
- Sean Bourke
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Publication year
- 1970
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670665428
- ISBN 13
- 9780670665426
- Item weight
- 2 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- English History, Espionage, Irish writers
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Berthoff Books
Harpers Ferry, WV, U.S.A.
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