Leona Schecter and Jerrold Schecter (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Softcover Edition, Second Printing. Softcover book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG to Fine. 1st Ed., 1st Printing. 402 pages. Illustrated. Explosive new information on well publicized spy cases in the 1940s and 1950s; new names of spies uncovered; some individuals suspected of espionage confirmed as spies. Soviet Espionage in America.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing. Memoir of the man who directed the secretive Administration for Special Tasks, the department responsible for kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare during World War II. It also set up illegal networks in the United States and Western Europe, and, most crucially, carried out atomic espionage in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Sudoplatov served the KGB for over fifty years, at one point controlling more than twenty thousand guerrillas, moles, and spies. 527pp. Size: Large Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. Remainder mark on the book's bottom edge. ; Forword by Storbe Talbot. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price-clipped. Not an ex-library copy. Most books shipped in 24 hours. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo.; 403 pages.

Condition: good, ex-lib. First Paperbk Printing. 527, wraps, illus., footnotes, appendices, index, library stickers, sticker residue on front cover. Foreword by Robert Conquest. Pavel Sudoplatov served the KGB for over 50 years, at one point controlling more than 20, 000 guerrillas, moles, and spies. But his involvement with the most nefarious Soviet activities made Sudoplatov an unwanted witness, and he was arrested in 1953. Despite torture and solitary confinement he refused to "confess, " disavowing any criminal actions. He spent 15 years in prison, and 20 more in rehabilitation. This is an astonishing memoir and a singular historical document of a man who knew and did too much for the Soviet empire.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Historic photos throughout. 8vo. 402 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Scribner's, 1988. First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED ON HALF-TITLE by Ari Roth, one of the authors, with signed letter inserted to William Craver, Tony Award-winning producer/agent. 8vo. hard cover binding, 468 pp. Chip to dust jacket at rear. Book appears new/unread. New in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Signed/Association Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Nice clean edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. First Printing. xxiii, [1], 509, [1] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendices. Index. Foreword by Robert Conquest. Lieutenant General Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov (July 7, 1907 - September 26, 1996) was a member of the intelligence services of the Soviet Union who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He became involved in several famous episodes, including the assassination of Leon Trotsky in 1940, the Soviet espionage program which obtained information about the atomic bomb from the Manhattan Project, and Operation Scherhorn, a Soviet deception operation against the Germans in 1944. His autobiography, Special Tasks, published in 1994, made him well known outside the USSR, and provided a detailed look at Soviet intelligence and Soviet internal politics during his years at the top. According to KGB archives, Pavel Sudoplatov directed the secretive Administration for Special Tasks. This department was responsible for kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare during World War II, it also set up illegal networks in the United States and Western Europe, and, most crucially, carried out atomic espionage in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Pavel Sudoplatov served the KGB for over 50 years, at one point controlling more than 20, 000 guerrillas, moles, and spies. But his involvement with the most nefarious Soviet activities made Sudoplatov an unwanted witness, and he was arrested in 1953. Despite torture and solitary confinement he refused to "confess, " disavowing any criminal actions. He spent 15 years in prison, and 20 more in rehabilitation. This is an astonishing memoir and a singular historical document of a man who knew and did too much for the Soviet empire.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 527p. A glossy softcover book in very good condition. Light wear to edges and corners; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Foreword by Robert Conquest.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Printing. 24 cm, 468 pages. Illus., endpaper maps, index. Presentation copy signed by both authors.Jerry Schecter headed the Time-Life Bureau in Moscow.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Printing. 24 cm, 468 pages. Illus., endpaper maps, index. Presentation copy signed by both authors and one of their children. Jerry Schecter headed the Time-Life Bureau in Moscow.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 410pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Foxing on the page edges and bumped corners thus very good in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips, creasing, and toning.