Whitehead Don 1908 (9 results)

Third Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Description: 279 p. ; 17 cm. Subjects: Criminals -- Biography. Series: cardinal editions ; GC.110. 1 Kg.

Third Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Description: 279 p. ; 17 cm. Subjects: Criminals -- Biography. Series: cardinal editions ; GC.110. 1 Kg.

1956 Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, two-tone binding. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 368 pages; Description: 368 p. 24 cm. Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original silver gilt-blocked cloth. Lacks front free endpaper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 274 pages; Description: vii, 274 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Criminals--Biography. 1 Kg.

1956 Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, two-tone binding. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 368 pages; Description: 368 p. 24 cm. Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original silver gilt-blocked cloth. Lacks front free endpaper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 274 pages; Description: vii, 274 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Criminals--Biography. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 274 pages; Description: 274 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: United States --Bureau of Customs --Treasury Dept. Division of Customs --Customs administration --Smuggling. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 274 pages; Description: 274 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: United States --Bureau of Customs --Treasury Dept. Division of Customs --Customs administration --Smuggling. 1 Kg.…

[Espionage/Intelligence/Security] Ninth printing. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 368; [2]. Publisher's cloth hardcovers, top edge red, in typographic dust-wrapper. Gift inscription in ink, jacket clipped with minor wear. Shows well. Don Whitehead was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and war correspondent, covering the Eighth Army in North Africa, the Allied invasion of Sicily, D-Day landings and the Liberation of Paris. He also covered the Korean War in 1950. His book, The FBI Story was adapted into a 1959 film, starring James Stewart. In 1956, the book was reviewed by novelist Ian Fleming for The Sunday Times, under the title 'The Great Policeman'; 'Easter Egg' hunters will notice a carefully-placed copy of the book in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No. 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 C58, D7, p.536, 545.…