Codebreakers Story Secret Writing by Kahn David (47 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large, thick octavo, xviii + 1,164 pp., b/w photos & illus., tables, notes bib., index. Cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. cond. as is the d/w (not price clipped, $14.95). Stated first printing. This is the classic work on the subject.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small jacket tears else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Half-Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Revised Edition. Large, thick quarto, xviii + 1,181 pp., b/w photos & Illus., notes, bib., index. The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet. Rev. edn. originally pub. at $65. Book & d/w both in fine cond. No markings not ex-lib. The classic work on the subject.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. former owner's name on front free end paper, otherwise a nice, clean, gently used copy, octavo, 1164 pages, stated first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing. Kahn, David. Published by Macmillan Pub Co, 1967. 1164p. hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket bumped\/scuffed\/tears\/chipping, boards moderately bumped\/scuffed, binding solid, text clean\/unmarked, NOT xlib, dj fair condition\/book very good condition. 19.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardback. Heavy wear and soiling to jacket. Light wear to boards. Text is unmarked. No owners' names/labels. Stated first printing. (Shelf: H6) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof poly and boxed to prevent damage during transit.

Hardcover. 1164pp. Very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound without a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. dust jacket in myla, worn spine ends.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 4th printing. Jacket in Fair condition in mylar cover. Former library copy with stamps on flyleaf. No markings on text. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Used-Very Good/Used-Good. Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator). First Edition. London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Used-Very Good/Used-Good. (1967). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. First Printing . Sm 4to., 1164 pp, DJ rubbed, frayed .

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. 10th Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. xvi, 1164 pp. 24.5 x 17 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with maroon cloth over boards; lettering to spine in black and gilt, in an illustrated dustjacket with black and blue lettering. Fourth printing. Some light toning and light soil to spine of jacket, with some bumping, creasing, and a 15 mm closed tear to spine ends. Small 10 x 12 mm chip to head of rear panel of dustjacket, which is price-clipped and protected in a mylar cover. Light rubbing to tail of spine of book. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, and personal library stamp (embossed in blind) on title page. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Due to the wight of this book, additional shipping may be required for international orders. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Condition: New.

Original Halbleinen . 1181 Seiten 16x24x5 Gut, fast ungelesen. Ca. 5 Seiten am Rand etwas geknittert. ISBN: 0684831309. 2000 Gramm Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Seventh printing. Very good in a very good (age toning) dust jacket. ; 1164 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book club edition. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.; 1164 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard Cover/Boards. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good(-). Book contains 1164 with b&w illustrations, charts, etc. DJ has a few small 1/2" tears/chips along top edge. Gift inscription penned in front endpaper. DJ price clipped. The author tells of the secret activities of cryptanalysts and how they determined the outcome of battles and diplomatic coups. He recounts the crptology, portrays the outstanding personalities of the science and outlines the techniques - some electronic - used to break the most advanced machine ciphers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xvi, 1164 p., 24 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Dark blue 1/4 buckram, burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt and black. Stated 4th ptg. but with BOMC slug at bottom rear corner and unpriced DJ. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover, otherwise about as issued. Dust jacket slightly tanned, with 1/8" closed tear along bottom front edge, now in mylar. xvi,1164 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 9th Prtg.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. NY, MacMillan (1968). gr.8°. Many figs. 24 plates. XVIII, 1164 p. OHCloth. with dust jacket. (dust jacket slightly browned, otherwise in very good condition).- The first comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to threshold of outer spaces. History of codes and ciphers - and how they have chandestinely controlled the lives of men.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Third Printing. 1164 Pages Indexed. Maroon cloth with a blue cloth quarter spine with gold lettering. Top page edges are red. There are three stamps with the appearance of coded letters that may be part of the original print on the front endpaper. This tight square book is in incredibly good condition with interior text pages that are near flawless. Codebreaking is the most important form of secret intelligence in the world today (1968) and in this book the author relates its story fully and accurately. Mr. Kahn takes the reader behind the closed doors of history's "black chambers" and describes their workings. He tells how the secret activities of cryptanalysts have often determined the outcome of battles and diplomatic coups. He recounts the impact of the events that have molded modern cryptology, portrays the outstanding personalities of the science, and outlines the techniques - some electronic - used to break the most advanced machine ciphers. His story stretches from the proto-cryptography of Khnumhotep II to the speculations of scientists on how to solve messages from outer space. But the best part of the book consists of its stories about codes and ciphers. The first chapter is a vivid, suspenseful description of U.S. cryptanalytic operations in late 1941. In some respects, nothing has changed. The Japanese military strategy in the days leading up to Pearl Harbor - total radio silence on the part of Yamamoto's strike force - was brilliant enough. It is forever impossible to extract intelligence from silence. Kahn also gives the reader step-by-step accounts of the thought processes of brilliant cryptanalysts such as the Frenchman Georges Painvin as he single-handedly solves the diabolical German ADFGX system in the First World War. His efforts arguably shortened the war on the Western Front as by the same token the Russian Army lost the crucial Battle of Tannenberg in the East through poor communications security. Kahn's book is an indispensable account of the role cryptanalysis has played and still plays in world history. Contents in 26 Chapters: One Day of Magic, The First 3,000 Years, The Rise of the West, On the Origin of a Species, The Era of the Black Chambers, The Contribution of the Dilettantes, Crises of the Union, The Professor the Soldier and the Man on Devil's Island, Room 40, A War of Intercepts I, A War of Intercepts II, Two Americans, Secrecy for Sale, Duel in the Ether The Axis, Duel in the Ether Neutrals and Allies, Censors Scramblers and Spies, The Scrutable Orientals, PYCCKAR KPIITlTOJI1, N.S.A., The Anatomy of Cryptology, Heterogeneous Impulses, Rumrunners Businessmen and Makers of Non- secret Codes, Ciphers in the Past Tense, The Pathology of Cryptology, Ancestral Voices, and Messages from Outer Space. A large heavy book that may incur additional shipping charges to some locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 1164 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on blue cloth spine. Binding lightly soiled. Previous owner's name stamp on rear paste-down. DJ moderately soiled w/ approx. 1/2" closed tear to top edge of spine. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents very nice.

Condition: Near Fine. NY 1967 first edition , first printing (stated) Macmillan. Thick sm4to hardcover . 1164pp., index. Near Fine in VG DJ, dj is browned with a fold line doen backstrip. Owner bookplate.

Condition: New.