Silk Cyanide Codemakers 1941 1945 by Marks Leo (149 results)

Condition: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition book with a firm cover and clean, readable pages. Shows normal use, including some light wear or limited notes highlighting, yet remains a dependable copy overall. Supplemental items like CDs or access codes may not be included.

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Condition: Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by The Free Press, 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with black publisher mark on bottom page ends. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Previous owner's name under dust jacket flap. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo; 612 pages with index. .[a] spellbinding real-life thriller. Marks is a natural storyteller who brilliantly links the highly technical issue of codes and ciphers to the fates of individual agents. [The New York Times Book Review, David Stafford.] Very Good Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. first edition, first printing. Octavo (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 9 1/2" tall, black spine over black boards, 614 pages. Includes black and white illustrations, index. Remainder mark on bottom edge of book block. Marks was "recognized as a cryptographer of genius. he became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies, and trained some of the most famed agents dropped into occupied Europe." Cryptography, Spies, World War II. 061507C.

ISBN 0-684-86422-3. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book in aVery Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Black pen remainder slash to bottom of book otherwise a Tight, sound, unmarked copy.

Condition: FINE. First US printing. A memoir by the son of the bookseller at 84 Charing Cross Road. In 1942, at 22 years old, Leo Marks left his father's famous London bookshop and went off to fight the war. He became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies and trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe, including "the White Rabbit" and Violette Szabo. Although this book displays Marks's keen sense of the absurd and his wry wit, it is even more a book which celebrates individual courage and endeavor, as it never loses sight of the human cost and horror of war. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 614 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. 614pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Spine ends bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. With the '1' in a full number line. A groundbreaking work on codebreaking in World War II by a noted cryptographer. Pristine, clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Apart from being a little tanned on the outer edges, this is perfect. 331.

2nd printing stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo viii + 614pp., b/w pls., index, The Story of S.O.E.s Code War by a leading Cryptanalysis.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Very Good octavo viii + 614pp., b/w plates, index, The Story of S.O.E.s Code War by a leading Cryptanalysis. Publisher's mark on bottom edge o/w nice copy.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo viii + 614pp., b/w plates, appends., index, The Story of S.O.E.s Code War by a leading Cryptanalysis.

reprint dust jacket Nice Copy 8vo. viii + 614pp., b/w plates, index, The Story of S.O.E.'s Code War by a leading Cryptanalysis. Paper starting to tone o/w a nice copy of the uncommon hardcover edition.

reprint dust jacket As New 8vo. viii + 614pp., b/w plates, index, The Story of S.O.E.'s Code War by a leading Cryptanalysis. Paper starting to tone o/w a nice copy of the uncommon hardcover edition.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A fascinating and engaging account by the SOE's chief cryptographer for agent communications. A very good copy, without dust jacket. 8vo (614 pages, 16 illustrations, appendices, index.) Esp.

reprint dust jacket As New 8vo. viii + 614pp., b/w plates, appendix, index, The Story of S.O.E.'s Code War by a leading Cryptanalysis.