Codebreakers by Kahn David (94 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Previous owner's name sticker on ffep. Previous owner's nameplate stamping press on the title page. Slight discoloration to pages. Multiple small open/close tears along the DJ edges. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers. Minor wear along the edges of the book itself. Tips are slightly bent. No markings on text and/or images.

Condition: Good. 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. 4th print . NOT an ex library book. 1164 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1" tear bottom front of spine, no chips.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large, thick octavo, xviii + 1,164 pp., b/w photos & illus., tables, notes bib., index. Cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. cond. as is the d/w (not price clipped, $14.95). Stated first printing. This is the classic work on the subject.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small jacket tears else VG.

Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Half-Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Revised Edition. Large, thick quarto, xviii + 1,181 pp., b/w photos & Illus., notes, bib., index. The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet. Rev. edn. originally pub. at $65. Book & d/w both in fine cond. No markings not ex-lib. The classic work on the subject.

Copy is intact and pages unmarked but discoloured. Some signs of wear to cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. former owner's name on front free end paper, otherwise a nice, clean, gently used copy, octavo, 1164 pages, stated first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. upper fore corners boards gently bumped, former owner's name otherwise a clean, sound copy, minimal usage, octavo, 1181 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Revised and Updated. This study takes the measure of what codes and codebreaking have meant in human history in a single comprehensive account, astonishing in its scope and enthrallingexecution. This edition includes a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret. B&W illus. 1,181p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Big brick of a book. Binding is solid, text is clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good hardcover in good, little edge-torn dust jacket. Third Printing. Clean pages. Bookplate, front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Charles A. Scribners, New York. 1996. 1200 pgs. Illustrated with black and white photo plates. Revised Edition. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in 1/2 cloth boards with titles present to the spine. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphershow they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage. Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the Pharaohs. For 4,000 years, fierce battles have been waged between codemakers and codebreakers, and the story of these battles is civilization's secret history, the hidden account of how wars were won and lost, diplomatic intrigues foiled, business secrets stolen, governments ruined, computers hacked. From the XYZ Affair to the Dreyfus Affair, from the Gallic War to the Persian Gulf, from Druidic runes and the kaballah to outer space, from the Zimmermann telegram to Enigma to the Manhattan Project, codebreaking has shaped the course of human events to an extent beyond any easy reckoning. Once a government monopoly, cryptology today touches everybody. It secures the Internet, keeps e-mail private, maintains the integrity of cash machine transactions, and scrambles TV signals on unpaid-for channels. David Kahn's The Codebreakers takes the measure of what codes and codebreaking have meant in human history in a single comprehensive account, astonishing in its scope and enthralling in its execution. Hailed upon first publication as a book likely to become the definitive work of its kind, The Codebreakers has more than lived up to that prediction: it remains unsurpassed. The Codebreakers is the skeleton key to a thousand thrilling true stories of intrigue, mystery, and adventure. It is a masterpiece of the historian's art. ; 6.125 X 2.4 X 9.25 inches; 1200 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Good. 476 pages. Dust jacket chipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 1181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Kahn traces history of codes and ciphers from the dawn of civilization and details their influence on war, commerce, diplomacy, and espionage. From the library of Captain Robert McCabe III, USN. McCabe was a professor at the Naval War College.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The codebreakers This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. 1164pp. Very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound without a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. dust jacket in myla, worn spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Revised and Updated Edition. Black cloth and light gray boards. There is a name to the upper front free endpaper, otherwise nearly fine. Very tight. The dust jacket is also very clean. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1181 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Revised Edition; Thirteenth Printing. Owner's name/address stamped on endpaper. ; Thick Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1181 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings. Dust jacket in a protective cover.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The jacket is shelf rubbed with light creasing around the edges. The boards have little edge wear. The binding is secure. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Thick and heavy book, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.