The First Respectable Spy: The Life and Times of Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's Head of Intelligence [First Edition copy]

Haswell, Jock

ISBN 10: 0241016304 / ISBN 13: 9780241016305

Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1969

About this Item

Hamish Hamilton, 1969. Extremely rare 1st edition hardback, no dustjacket. 284pp, with black & white frontispiece and numerous illustrations. Minor bumping to spine & corners, slight spotting & tanning to pages. Good 1st edition copy of a rare military biography, sadly lacking jacket.

Seller Inventory # 13619309

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Respectable Spy: The Life and Times of Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's Head of Intelligence [First Edition copy]
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241016304
• ISBN 13: 9780241016305
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: good
• Dust Jacket Condition: no Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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Synopsis

Hardcover; Very Good; Dust Jacket - Very Good; Book is clean and sound with minor foxing on edges. Dust Jacket is rubbed and price clipped. The extraordinary historical spy story of this brave, resourceful Highlander is set against the background of Britain's long wars against the French. Illustrated with black & white drawings and maps.