David Atlee Phillips (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. David Atlee Phillips foray into true crime writing about T. Cullen Davis murdering his wife in Ft Worth. Ex-library copy with usual marking. DJ in a mylar cover. Phillips aka Maurice Bishop was up to his neck in the JFK assassination and Oswald babysitting and many other spooky things.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: G. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Printing. DJ has edge tears, marks on the back. Book is clean. ; About a Texas conglomerateur who has the bizarre distinction of being the richest man in America (at that time) ever to be tried for murder. 270 pgs with photos.

Hardcover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st Edition. 270 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. ; rec cloth-backed sand boards ; dj in mylar. A story of the one-time richest man in America from Texas being tried for murder.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG/G with DJ. Unmarked. Crisp interior. True Texas murder Crime and trial by David Atlee Phillips of CIA and JFK fame 11-22-63.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth boards lightly rubbed. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback book in very good to near fine condition,unclipped dust jacket is near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Cream bds., red backstr. with yellow lettering, dots. Illus. with photo plates. 270pp. STATED FIRST PRINTING. AS NEW.

hardcover. Illus. 8vo, cloth- backed boards, d.w. New York, (1979). Dup. no d.w.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Oversized book, measuring 8-1/2 inches by 11-1/3 inches. 256 pages. Includes Foreword by Richard M. Helms, Former Director, Central Intelligence. Also includes Publisher's Note, Preface, and Introduction by Thomas Polgar. Contains Illustrations (some in color), Glossary, Acronyms, and Index. Also includes a listings of Directors of the CIA, Medals of the CIA, Who's Who of CIA Literature; President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Topics covered in this photographic history include: The Craft of Intelligence; American Intelligence; "Wild Bill" Donovan; The OSS; Establishing the CIA; Organization of the CIA; Definition and Mission of the CIA; Operations of the CIA; The Intelligence Community; CIA Watchdogs; The CIA and Modern Technology; and The Clandestine Service Today. Documents the history and organization of America's intelligence agency and describes its methods of collecting and analyzing information. David Atlee Phillips (October 31, 1922 - July 7, 1988) was a Central Intelligence Agency officer of 25 years and a recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal. Phillips rose to become the CIA's chief of operations for the Western hemisphere. In 1975 he founded the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), an alumni association comprising intelligence officers from all services. Ray Steiner Cline (June 4, 1918 - March 16, 1996) was an official at the United States Central Intelligence Agency best known for being the chief CIA analyst during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Walter L. Pforzheimer, worked with the OSS in World War II and eventually became a lawyer for the CIA.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. A few tiny chips to jacket edges else a clean tight bright copy in unclipped dust jacket in mylar cover; first printing with no later statements.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

[0-89568-500-0] 1986. (4to) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 256pp. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations, maps, diagrams, appendices. "The Central Intelligence Agency shows the importance of the agency and its various methods of gathering information. The history of intelligence and William Donovan's mysterious travels before World War II introduce the book and place the CIA in a historical context. Using hundreds of photographs, maps, charts, and interviews. The history of America's preeminent intelligence agency and its methods of collecting intelligence are chronicles and detailed". Time Period 20th Century. Locale: United States. (Military, CIA, Information).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Covers and protected jacket in fine shape, price intact, binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. first edtion, first printing. One of the best CIA memoirs, rare and collectible.

NOT an ex-library book. Book and dustjacket are in very good condition with no noted writing or highlighting and only minor reading/handling wear. There is minor sun-fading to the spine of the dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Prior owner signature on ffep. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, spine slightly sunned.

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paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Peskin, David; Skor, Walter; Spring, Bob and Ira; Forsberg,Howard; Floherty, John Jr.; Kling, Wendell; Lee, Robert J.; Fleischmann,Glen; Conner, Mac; Berenstain, Stanley & Janice (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: Jacob M. (Jack) Arvey of Illinois - New-Style Political Boss; Our Shameful Record in Veterans' Housing; Voyage of the Pagan - One Man's Struggle with the Sea (part 1 of 3) - John Caldwell's harrowing sailing trip from Panama to Australia; After Pensions - the Bonus? - the battle for veterans' cash benefits; Johnny's Our Boy - Actor Johnny Lund; The Navy's Uncle Louie - Admiral Louis Denfeld; Autopsy; Dick Cooliey's Comeback; Mousetrap Tycoon - Chester M. Woolworth, of Lancaster, PA; Aid and Comfort to the Ku Klux Klan - opinion piece on back page - Arthur W. Terminiello. Fiction: Just Like I Hate Money; (part 1 of 2); Sister Act; The feast of Saint Restituta; The Eyes of Mr. Lovides; The Iron Butterfly (conclusion); Ethel's Magic Doggerel. Nice ads include: Trailways bus lines; Studebaker cars - nice color photos; Pontiac; Pepsi; Firestone (centerfold); New Hudson cars; FTD; Blatz beer - colour photo ad featuring sculptor Dick Wiken; Lucky Strike ad on back cover features tobacco buyer B.C. Conner. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, 16 July, 1949 Chicago Politics Politicians Jacob M. (Jack) Arvey of Illinois - New-Style Political Boss; Our Shameful Record in Veterans' Housing; Voyage of the Pagan - One Man's Struggle with the Sea (part 1 of 3).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by D'Arazien, Art (cover photos); Mawicke, Tran; Mullin,Willard; Sawyers, Martha; Karger, George; Bugg, Robert; D'Alessio,Gregory; Wiggins, Katherine; Ross, Alex; Keller, Roswell; Leason, Percy; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles:Rescue Below Zero ( part 1 of the story of Bernt Balchen's Arctic Airmen); A Protest Against the Bowls - President of the University of Delaware, William S. Carlson, thinks educators must act to curb exaggerated emphais on postseason football games; That Wonderful Guy - Ezio Pinza - article with great photos; Happy Land of Teen-Agers - George Junior Republic; Look Here, My Good Man; The Unification Row - Famous Plane Designer Ray Holland Jr. Speaks His Piece; Beefsteak Party - great color photos with brief article; The Collier Trophy - For Notable Contribution to Safety in The Air; Mad Hatter - Victor Hoeflich is a pioneer in making party favors - article with color photos; Intrusion into the Past - ace cameraman Leon Shamroy at work on film "Prince of Foxes"; Hell-Bent (part 1 of 3); The Moulmein Star; Woods Full of Parsons; A Little Like Shirley Temple; First Date; Cinderella Rides Again (conclusion); Liberty Hound. Includes these nostalgic ads: Good Year; Puritan Sportswear; Schlitz beer; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features nice color photo of Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, December 31, 1949 B-29 Clobbered Turkey Crash Nome Alaska Rescue Below Zero ( part 1 of the story of Bernt Balchen's Arctic Airmen); A Protest Against the Bowls - President of the University of Delaware, William.