Alias Ronald Sinclair (6 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Spy Who Disappeared: Diary of a Secret Mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918, Teague-Jones, Reginald; (Alias Ronald Sinclair). Published by Victor Gollancz, 1990. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 224pp., frontispiece, black and white photos, introduction and epilogue by Peter Hopkirk. In fine condition with the lightest of shelf wear to jacket. An autobiographical account of a secret mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918. The author, who took the name Ronald Sinclair, was in fact the "missing" British political agent Reginald Teague-Jones, who before his death made available for publication his secret diaries telling of his mission to Baku, a practically unknown theatre of war in World War I. The author, acting alone and aged only 29, was responsible for organizing and maintaining the resistance to Turkish and Bolshevik takeover of the crucial railway linking Turkey and Russia to Afghanistan. After the collapse of the White Russian Armies, Teague-Jones withdrew to Constantinople and was forced to change his name to Sinclair, which he retained for the rest of his life, in fear of Russian retribution. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 216 pages. Fine condition very good+ dust jacket. (O3).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black buckram covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. An autobiographical account of a secret mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918. The author, who took the name Ronald Sinclair, was in fact the "missing" British political agent Reginald Teague-Jones, who before his death made available for publication his secret diaries telling of his mission to Baku, a practically unknown theatre of war in World War I. The author, acting alone and aged only 29, was responsible for organizing and maintaining the resistance to Turkish and Bolshevik takeover of the crucial railway linking Turkey and Russia to Afghanistan. After the collapse of the White Russian Armies, Teague-Jones withdrew to Constantinople and was forced to change his name to Sinclair, which he retained for the rest of his life, in fear of Russian retribution. Ref *SS 5.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. Title Page Missing; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Diary of a Secret Mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918. INTRODUCTION AND EPILOGUE BY: Peter Hopkirk. CONTENTS: Introduction by Peter Hopkirk; The Land that Allah Forgot; The Holy City; Trans-Caspian Trader; Cotton Conspiracy; The Malleson Mission; Battle for Baku; From the Frying Pan into the Fire; The Committee and the Commissars; H.M. Representative in Askhabad; The Turkman Frankenstein; Predlozheniya and Izlozheniya; Alarms and Excursions; Scraping the Barrel; Turbulent Turkmans; Debacle; Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk. SYNOPSIS: Seventy years ago, to escape the vengeance of the Bolshevik death squads, a British intelligence officer, Captain Reginald Teague-Jones, was forced to change his name and disappear. For, having been sent on a secret mission to Transcaucasia, h found himself accused of one of the most notorious incidents of the war between Bolsheviks, "White Russians" and Turks--the murder of the 26 Baku Commissars. Bolshevik heroes, they included one of Lenin's closest friends. Until recently, it was assumed that Teague-Jones was long dead, but after the death in 1988 of a man named Ronald Sinclair, the truth emerged at last: Ronald Sinclair was Teague-Jones; he had lived into his hundredth year and not even his closest friends had had an inkling of who he really was. The Spy Who Disappeared is the story of his extraordinary mission and its tragic climax. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Veronica Bailey (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Introduction & Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk. Extraordinary narrative compiled from the journal and papers of Teague Jones discovered after his death. 216 pages, 480g, 9 1/4" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped.