Operator 1384 (14 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. No stated date c1950s. Reprint (the first edition was in 1936). 255pp. We believe that 'Operator 1384' was John Henry Harvey, an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion who, along with Bennett Doty (an American) and two Germans, deserted the Legion in Syria in 1926. He was captured but eventually allowed to leave the Foreign Legion after enough diplomatic and political pressure was made to bear on the French Army. He writes in his preface to this story of L'Espionage Central, the Secret Service of the French Foreign Legion, that the names in the book are pseudonyms; but he has adhered strictly to facts, and has related no incident which did not actually occur and in which he did not personally take part. The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and slight fading along the top 1/2" of the front board. The spine is more noticeably faded and the spine ends are lightly bumped. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the free endpapers. There is no inscription.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Covers and contents crisp and clean with no inscriptions. Not dated but appears to be 1950s. Size: 5" x 7.5". Hard Co.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Faded spine. Bumping. Content has toning to page ends. Missing ffep. No DJ.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Boards have been covered with a non removable laminate. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Creased spine cloth. Sunning to spine and board edges. Boards are warped. Boards have minor damp and dust stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. NO DUST JACKET, COVER STAINED AND SCUFFED TO EDGES & CORNERS. FFEP LOOSE, PREVIOUS OWNERS SIGNATURES INSIDE FRONT COVER AND PENCIL WRITING ON FFEP. SPLIT TO JOINT AND SPINE SLIGHTLY COCKED. SOME DUST & STAINING TO PAGE EDGES HOWEVER TEXT APPEARS CLEAN AND PAGES CREASE FREE.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. No dustjacket. No date but looks 1940s/509s. Preliminary page removed? Marked red hardback binding- spine colour-faded to lighterr red., Wear to spine-ends & boards' corners. Page-edges and prelims lightly browned & foxed, ink name to flyleaf o/w pages clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 18.5 x 12 cm. 255pp. Bound into red cloth. Spine lettering is a but faded and rubbed. A man of many names, Operator 1384 was a pseudonym of David Harvey John Jones who also wrote under the names of John Henry Harvey, Ex-legionnaire 1384 and John Barrington. Harvey (or whatever he real name was) was an Englishman who joined and then deserted the French Foreign Legion in Syria in 1926. He wrote several books about his time serving with some being more fictionalized than others. For more information on Harvey see the articles "Escape from the Legion" part 1 and 2 on the site Bear Alley.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. 286pp + 24pp ads dated 1935. Bound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Frontispiece photo. No date on title or copyright page. Some soiling ot the covers. A man of many names,Operator 1384 was a pseudonym of David Harvey John Jones who also wrote under the names of John Henry Harvey, Ex-Legionnaire 1384 and John Barrington. Harvey (or whatever he real name was) was an Englishman who joined and then deserted the French Foreign Legion in Syria in 1926. He wrote several books about his time serving with some being more fictionalized than others. For more information on Harvey see the articles "Escape from the Legion" part 1 and 2 on the site Bear Alley.

Condition: Fair. London: Rich & Cowan, Ltd., n.d. ca. 1937. 12mo hardcover. 256pp. Fair book. No dust jacket. Spine slanted. Cloth torn, backstrip nearly detached. Slightly dampstained. Short gifter's inscription on front pastedown. Rear endpage missing. (Literature, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 22 x 14 cm. 306pp. Bound into grey cloth. Frontispiece plate. Soiling to front and back cover. Spine is sun toned. Previous owner's small stamp on front endpapers. Nice internally. Binding feels firm. Uncommon. A man of many names, Operator 1384 was a pseudonym of David Harvey John Jones who also wrote under the names of John Henry Harvey, Ex-Legionnaire 1384 and John Barrington. Harvey (or whatever he real name was) was an Englishman who joined and then deserted the French Foreign Legion in Syria in 1926. He wrote several books about his time serving with some being more fictionalized than others. For more information on Harvey see the articles "Escape from the Legion" part 1 and 2 on the site Bear Alley. First edition with First published February 1936 on copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, no dust wrapper. Inscription signed by author on title page. First edition, with Publisher's catalogue dated Spring 1936. Red cloth, black titles. Cloth a little grubby and splits to hinges at bottom of spine. Some handling marks throughout. Generally a good copy of an unusual signed title by this author. More details on request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED and inscribed first edition hardback, 1935, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - red cloth boards rubbed to spine head. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation - signed by the author (Operator 1384, aka J. H. Harvey, amongst other pseudonyms) with brief note of thanks to A. Santor (?); toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 262 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine black with tan lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price cut. Soiling, scuffing, and chipping to covers. Fraying to cloth on head and tail of spine. Toning to interior pages. Inscribed by James H.R. Cromwell on title page. Inscription reads, "Merry Christmas and hoping you have a lovely sleigh ride with Santa Claus on the sands of Palm Beach / December, 3rd 1936 / (Xmas to you)." Shelved in Case 8 1/2. James H.R. Cromwell (1896-1990) was an American diplomat and United States Ambassador to Canada under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1396809. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.