Peter Wright with Paul Greengrass (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 11th Printing. Dj Has Very Light Edgewear. Light Wear. Page Edges Are Tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 7th Printing. The memoir of the former Assistant Director of MI5, who was Britain's primary liaison with United States Intelligence agencies during the 1960's and 1970's, and who many believe to be the model for John Le Carre's George Smiley. In Brodart protective cover.

Condition: acceptable. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Some illustrations. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, (1987). Near fine.

vg/vg. Illustrated by photos, b/w. 10th prt edition. Binding is hc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Neil Stuart (Jacket Design); Russell Farrell (Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). 10th Printing, Sept. 1987. 392 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Some foxing on page edges, and minimal shelfwear to the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good with very good dust jacket. Very minor binding slant. Dust jacket is lightly bumped at bottom of spine and at top back edge. 392 pages with index plus eight photographs.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. (1987), 392pp, illus. w/ b&w photos, some soiling to cover, some edgewear to dj.

Mass market paperback. Condition: Good. Stuart Alan Becker (Author photograph) (illustrator). First Printing [Stated]. xv, [1], 496 pages. Glossary. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. The former assistant director of MI5 offers an account of British Intelligence, including his work on the Ring of Five and exposing Soviet espionage and the conspiracy to oust Harold Wilson from the office of Prime Minister in the 1970s. Peter Maurice Wright CBE (9 August 1916 - 26 April 1995) was a principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. . Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé detailing what Wright claimed were serious institutional failures he investigated within MI5. Wright is said to have been influenced in his counterespionage activity by James Jesus Angleton, counter-intelligence chief of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1954 to 1975. Wright worked as the first chairman of the new Radio Operations Committee (ROC) when it was formed in 1960. The technical staffs from the earlier separate and competitive British intelligence organizations finally began to combine their efforts, thus allowing the methods used in ENGULF and RAFTER to be expanded into domestic and foreign intelligence operations that would last into the late 1960s. According to Wright, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ had not functioned together or shared information as effectively since the war. In 1964, Wright became chairman of a joint MI5/MI6 committee, codenamed FLUENCY Working Party, appointed to find Soviet agents and moles in Britain. He regularly interviewed Anthony Blunt, a member of the Cambridge Five, trying to glean information from him about other Soviet agents. Peter Wright, former MI5 officer and Assistant Director drew on his own experiences and research into the history of the British intelligence community. Published first in Australia, the book was banned in England (but not Scotland) due to its allegations about government policy and incidents. These efforts ensured the book's notoriety, and it earned considerable profit for Wright. In 2021, the Cabinet Office was still blocking freedom of information requests for files on the Spycatcher affair despite the rule that documents should be released after 30 years. In Spycatcher, Wright says that one of his assignments was to unmask a Soviet mole in MI5, who he says was Roger Hollis, a former MI5 Director General. His book also discusses other candidates who may have or may not have been the mole. He explores the history of MI5 by chronicling its principal officers, from the 1930s to his time in service. Wright also tells of the MI6 plot to assassinate President Nasser during the Suez Crisis; of joint MI5-CIA plotting against Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson (who had been secretly accused by Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn of being a KGB agent); and of MI5's eavesdropping on high-level Commonwealth conferences. Wright examines the techniques of intelligence services, exposes their ethics, notably their "eleventh commandment", "Thou shalt not get caught." He described many MI5 electronic technologies (some of which he developed), for instance, allowing clever spying into rooms, and identifying the frequency to which a superhet receiver is tuned. In the afterword, he said that he wrote the book chiefly to work to regain compensation for losses of significant pension income when the British government ruled his pension for earlier work in GCHQ was not transferable. Wright wrote Spycatcher in Tasmania, after his retirement from MI5. He first attempted publication of his memoirs in 1985. The British government immediately obtained a court order banning publication in the UK, but the order applied only in the United Kingdom, and the book continued to be available elsewhere. In September 1987, the UK government applied for similar orders to prevent publication in Australia, but lawyer Malcolm Turnbull representing the publisher, successfully resisted the application, as he did on appeal in June 1988. English newspapers attempting proper reporting about Spycatcher's principal allegations w.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Later printing. 392pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pages age-toned with edges foxed, very good in a near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Unillustrated in maroon cloth boards with silver titling. Printed by Future Print in Dublin with the 'At Last! The Spy Book Of The Century' dustwrapper. Priced at IRL£14.95. Some light bumping at spine ends. Rubbing to edges of d/j and small crease across front. No markings or inscriptions. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good + Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. Very good book in clean, red cloth covers with bright silver gilt titles to spine. Internally very good and free of inscriptions but an oblong cut from lower front corner of flyleaf. The dust jacket is very good++ and not price clipped. This is a true first edition first printing by Future Print Ltd, Dublin from which the b/w photographs were omitted. The dust jacket bears the price of IR£14.95 and the red banner to the front says 'AT LAST! The Spy Book of the Century'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black covers with silver gilt titles to spine; clean & tight; no marks or inscriptions; slight forward lean; photographs available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over quarter-bound black on black boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp 392; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Glossary; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #202756 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1987. Viking. First Edition sixth impression. A Hardback in Very Good condition in a Dust Wrapper also in Very Good condition. Original black boards with lettering in silver to spine. Slight softening and reading crease to spine, but spine and page block remain firm and tight. Toning to page block and mildly to page edges. Otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Slight light markings to page block. A nice clean book. The wrapper is not price clipped. One small closed nick to wrapper and small sticker from previous bookseller. Some creasing to back of wrapper and a very thin strip of toning and wear to top edge.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with general traces of storage. 392pp. The genuine scarce first edition of this - the spy book of the century - published by William Heinemann Australia (states on title page) and printed in Dublin as it was illegal to publish/print it in the UK. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Australian edition prior to UK edition; black d/j with scuffs; last three pages and paste-down have been scribbled on; page edges tanned; shelfwear; silver title to spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE GENUINE AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION OF PETER WRIGHT'S BOOK "SPYCATCHER" PUBLISHED IN 1987 AND IN VG/VG CONDITION. RED CLOTH HARDCOVERS WITH SILVER TITLES TO SPINE, AND PRINTED IN DUBLIN. 392pp WITH PROLOGUE, 22 CHAPTERS, AND INDEX. LATE OWNER'S SIGNATURE ON FFEP, (DAVID MALER.) CONDITION VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. Published in Australia and printed in Ireland. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket with very slight chipping and creasing to top of spine and front cover and faint scratch marks to back cover. Price IR£14.95 with red banner ' AT LAST! The Spy Book of the Century'. A very handsome tight clean copy which appears to be unread, presented in a clear removable sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - the scarce original Australian/Irish printing, with 'William Heinemann: Australia' printed on the title-page and with 'Printed by Future Print Ltd., Dublin' on the printer's page. This is the true first edition, printed in Ireland for Heinemann, Australia in order to circumvent the United Kingdom's legal injunction. The front panel of the dustwrapper also has the correct publisher's advert banner in red with the words: "At Last! The Spy Book Of The Century". The book was banned by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher because of the court case against Peter Wright. This rare first impression of the true first edition was on sale in England only, for one day, on the Sunday, the day prior to the injunction taking effect. Consequently, there are no photographs printed in this first impression, as called for, as the printing was extremely rushed. Later impressions of the first edition include the photographs at the rear of the book, and later printings still have the photographs printed in the middle of the book. Interestingly, this rare first printing also had variant bindings, this being two-tone grey-green - others being red or burgundy-brown, presumably as printers did not have enough stock of one colour of boards for the rushed print-run to beat the injunction and used whatever stock they had to hand. ***Near fine in dark grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. ***In a near fine dustwrapper, which has been neatly price-clipped. Head ans tail of spine and edges of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. No creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***240mm x 156mm. 392 pages including Index at the back of the book. ***'No book this century has attracted more attention before publication than "Spycatcher". It made front page headlines around the world as the British government tried desperately to suppress Peter Wright's explosive revelations. ***'Every page of this remarkable book startles with its frankness. Here for the first time is the full, insider's story of how Peter Wright and is MI5 colleagues bugged and burgled their way through friendly and unfriendly embassies across London; of the MI5 plot to destabilize Harold Wilson's government; of the suspicion that the head of MI5 himself was a Soviet agent. "Spycatcher" tells with extraordinary honesty and detail the devastating story of a government agency which operated outside property and the law, where the only rule was the 11th commandment - "Thou shalt not get caught." It is written with the full authority of a man who rose to be an assistant Director of MI5 and was acknowledged to be its most brilliant and innovative technical officer.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. All issue-points of the true first edition are present, as called for (except for the original Irish price on front dustwrapper flap which has been price-clipped); no photographs; printed in Ireland; published in Australia; and the red banner: "At Last! The Spy Book of the Century" on front panel of dustwrapper. A variant first impression of the true first edition with grey-green boards. Of interest to the collector of espionage first editions. A landmark book. Scarce in this first state. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - the scarce original Australian/Irish printing, with 'William Heinemann: Australia' printed on the title-page and with 'Printed by Future Print Ltd., Dublin' on the printer's page. This is the true first edition, printed in Ireland for Heinemann, Australia in order to circumvent the United Kingdom's legal injunction. The front panel of the dustwrapper also has the correct publisher's advert banner in red with the words: "At Last! The Spy Book Of The Century". The book was banned by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher because of the court case against Peter Wright. This rare first impression of the true first edition was on sale in England only, for one day, on the Sunday, the day prior to the injunction taking effect. Consequently, there are no photographs printed in this first impression, as called for, as the printing was extremely rushed. Later impressions of the first edition include the photographs at the rear of the book, and later printings still have the photographs printed in the middle of the book. Interestingly, this rare first printing also had variant bindings, this being red - others being grey-green or burgundy-brown, presumably as printers did not have enough stock of one colour of boards for the rushed print-run to beat the injunction and used whatever stock they had to hand. ***Near fine in red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. ***In a near fine dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of IR£14.95 net. Head ans tail of spine and edges of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. No creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***240mm x 156mm. 392 pages including Index at the back of the book. ***'No book this century has attracted more attention before publication than "Spycatcher". It made front page headlines around the world as the British government tried desperately to suppress Peter Wright's explosive revelations. ***'Every page of this remarkable book startles with its frankness. Here for the first time is the full, insider's story of how Peter Wright and is MI5 colleagues bugged and burgled their way through friendly and unfriendly embassies across London; of the MI5 plot to destabilize Harold Wilson's government; of the suspicion that the head of MI5 himself was a Soviet agent. "Spycatcher" tells with extraordinary honesty and detail the devastating story of a government agency which operated outside property and the law, where the only rule was the 11th commandment - "Thou shalt not get caught." It is written with the full authority of a man who rose to be an assistant Director of MI5 and was acknowledged to be its most brilliant and innovative technical officer.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. All issue-points of the true first edition are present, as called for (except for the original Irish price on front dustwrapper flap which has been price-clipped); no photographs; printed in Ireland; published in Australia; and the red banner: "At Last! The Spy Book of the Century" on front panel of dustwrapper. A variant first impression of the true first edition with red boards. Of interest to the collector of espionage first editions. A landmark book. Scarce in this first state. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - the scarce original Australian/Irish printing, with 'William Heinemann: Australia' printed on the title-page and with 'Printed by Future Print Ltd., Dublin' on the printer's page. This is the true first edition, printed in Ireland for Heinemann, Australia in order to circumvent the United Kingdom's legal injunction. The front panel of the dustwrapper also has the correct publisher's advert banner in red with the words: "At Last! The Spy Book Of The Century". The book was banned by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher because of the court case against Peter Wright. This rare first impression of the true first edition was on sale in England only, for one day, on the Sunday, the day prior to the injunction taking effect. Consequently, there are no photographs printed in this first impression, as called for, as the printing was extremely rushed. Later impressions of the first edition include the photographs at the rear of the book, and later printings still have the photographs printed in the middle of the book. Interestingly, this rare first printing of the first impression also had variant bindings, this being dark burgundy-brown - others being two-tone grey-green or orange-red, presumably as printers did not have enough stock of one colour of boards for the rushed print-run to beat the injunction and used whatever stock they had to hand. ***Near fine in dark burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. ***In a near fine dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of IR£14.95 net. Head ans tail of spine and edges of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. No creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***240mm x 156mm. 392 pages including Index at the back of the book. ***'No book this century has attracted more attention before publication than "Spycatcher". It made front page headlines around the world as the British government tried desperately to suppress Peter Wright's explosive revelations. ***'Every page of this remarkable book startles with its frankness. Here for the first time is the full, insider's story of how Peter Wright and is MI5 colleagues bugged and burgled their way through friendly and unfriendly embassies across London; of the MI5 plot to destabilize Harold Wilson's government; of the suspicion that the head of MI5 himself was a Soviet agent. "Spycatcher" tells with extraordinary honesty and detail the devastating story of a government agency which operated outside property and the law, where the only rule was the 11th commandment - "Thou shalt not get caught." It is written with the full authority of a man who rose to be an assistant Director of MI5 and was acknowledged to be its most brilliant and innovative technical officer.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. All issue-points of the true first edition are present, as called for (except for the original Irish price on front dustwrapper flap which has been price-clipped); no photographs; printed in Ireland; published in Australia; and the red banner: "At Last! The Spy Book of the Century" on front panel of dustwrapper. A variant first impression of the true first edition with dark burgundy boards. Of interest to the collector of espionage first editions. A landmark book. Scarce in this first state. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards with black linen spine and silver lettering. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Published first in Australia, the book was banned in England (but not Scotland) due to its allegations about government policy and incidents. These efforts ensured the book's notoriety, it sold nearly two million copies and made Wright a millionaire. Contains (iv), 392 pp with monochrome photographs to the central pages. Light rubbing to the spine ends. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. ESPIONAGE (Clandestine).

paperback. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Australian1st edition 1st impression, no inscriptions not price clipped , printed and sold in Ireland.