Secret Warfare - The Battle of Codes and Ciphers, [One picture worth a thousand words, this book has diagrams showing how codes were invented (and broken). One amusing chapter is on the use of codes by the criminal underworld: at the beginning of the 20th century the German criminologist, Professor Hans Gross, noticed five little drawings on the wall of a church (the beginning of graffiti) and warned the Austrian police that robbers planned on breaking in on Boxing Day. If my good friend and colleague ever proof-read my proofs, he would say the reason Parcelforce vans leave at such speed when they have turned at the end of my cul-de-sac is that somewhere on my premises are signs that if drivers dump parcels on books on my doorsteps an old c
Language: English
Published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973,, 1973
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Crouch Rare Books, Godalming, United KingdomCrouch Rare Books
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first edition, 187pp, a number of line maps, showing German cables to America, fleet routes, intercept points and the like, numerous sketches, of equipment and so on, tables and other figures, publisher's boards, title silver on spine, dw, signature on front free endpaper otherwise almost as new.
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- Title
- Secret Warfare - The Battle of Codes and Ciphers, [One picture worth a thousand words, this book has diagrams showing how codes were invented (and broken). One amusing chapter is on the use of codes by the criminal underworld: at the beginning of the 20th century the German criminologist, Professor Hans Gross, noticed five little drawings on the wall of a church (the beginning of graffiti) and warned the Austrian police that robbers planned on breaking in on Boxing Day. If my good friend and colleague ever proof-read my proofs, he would say the reason Parcelforce vans leave at such speed when they have turned at the end of my cul-de-sac is that somewhere on my premises are signs that if drivers dump parcels on books on my doorsteps an old c
- Author
- Norman, Bruce,
- Publisher
- David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973,
- Publication year
- 1973
- Condition
- see description
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0715362232
- ISBN 13
- 9780715362235
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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Crouch Rare Books
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