In The Secret Service. The Lighting of the Torch. Translated by George Slowikowski
Published by London: Windrush Press, 1988
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Condition: Used
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[Intelligence/espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.285; [1], blank. With black & white plates. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced £16.95. A lovely fine copy. 'Rygor-S owikowski' was a Polish Army officer whose intelligence work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 Operation Torch landings. Described as "the only allied agent with a network in North Africa", he was awarded the American Legion of Merit and Poland's Gold Cross of Merit with Swords. Following demobilisation in 1947, he settled in London. Gilbert, p.639-40.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- In The Secret Service. The Lighting of the Torch. Translated by George Slowikowski
- Author
- SLOWIKOWSKI, Maj-Gen. Rygor, O.B.E. (1896-1989), FOOT, M.R.D. (foreword)
- Publisher
- London: Windrush Press, 1988
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
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Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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