Cloak without Dagger. With a Foreword by The Rt.Hon. Clement Attlee
Published by London: Cassell, 1955
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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[Espionage] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with associated material. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 206. Illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 15s. With SIGNED inscription to title page, two spy-related newsclippings tucked in, loose invitation to the Sir Percy Sillitoe exhibition, Sillotoe's change-of-address card addressed in his hand to Colonel E.L. Spencer, DSO, OBE, stamped addressed envelope to same. Light wear, engraved bookplate to pastedown; near fine. Memoirs of spymaster Sir Percy Sillitoe, the former head of MI5 who collaborated with Ian Fleming on 'The Diamond Smugglers' (1957). The highly-decorated, recipient Edward Leslie 'Joe' Spencer (1902-1976) was an SOE agent, rising to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 (British), and Chief of Counterintelligence HQ Berlin. Post-war he joined Sillitoe at MI5. From the comprehensive Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencilled ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.648.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Cloak without Dagger. With a Foreword by The Rt.Hon. Clement Attlee
- Author
- [IAN FLEMING / BONDIANA] SILLITOE, Sir Percy, K.B.E. (1888-1962)
- Publisher
- London: Cassell, 1955
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- James Bond 007
Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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Adrian Harrington Ltd occupies the rare book room on the first floor of the iconic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells which was established in 1898. We are a large high street bookshop with a stock of tens of thousands of books, prints, maps and ephemeral items. Adrian Harrington specialise in Literature, modern first editions, Ian Fleming, children's books, history, travel, and general antiquarian books. Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm. Visit our website at www.harringtonbooks.co.uk…
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