Spycatcher by Peter Wright: First Edition (45 results)
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
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black 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, un…derlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. fourth printing. 392p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. index. memoirs. autobiography. cold war. espionage. covert operations. secret societies. conspiracy theory. ~ "Mr. Wright's testimony can only be described as convincing. His first~hand description of illegality and incompetence within the Security Service is deeply shocking." ~from Tlie Independent, a British newspaper, after having read a stolen copy of the manuscript of this book. Peter Wright was a key figure in British intelligence for nearly a quarter of a century. This book, which the British government has gone to great lengths to keep from being published, is a memoir that recounts his extraordinary career in that wilderness of mirrors, the world of espionage. It is uncensored, remarkably candid, and enormously revealing about the real spy business that most of us know principally from fiction. Peter Wright initially joined Britain's Secret Service, known as MI5, in 1955 in the capacity of the organization's principal scientist and devoted himself in the early years to the invention of various gadgets for use in the espionage trade. Along the way, he demonstrated a brilliant flair for the art of counterintelligence. He went on to become, for nearly two decades, the central figure in Britain's relentless and sometimes humiliating efforts to detect and expose Soviet espionage. From that vantage point, the reader is treated to a unique perspective on the likes of Philby, Maclean, Burgess, Blunt, and a host of other exposed spies and alleged defectors. The identity of the so~called Fifth Man Soviet spy has puzzled and fascinated many for decades. In Spycatcher, Peter Wright shares his conviction that the Fifth Man was none other than Sir Roger Hollis, long the head of MI5 itself! The story of how he and many of his MI5 colleagues came to this conclusion makes for some of the best reading found anywhere in the vast literature on espionage. As a result of a great many trips Peter Wright made tothe United States in his capacity as Britain's principal liaison with American intelligence officials, his book is replete with sharply etched and sometimes humorous anecdotes about such notables as J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Helms, Bill Sullivan, William Harvey, and, above all, James Jesus Angleton. Wright's insights about the CIA and the FBI, their relationships with each other, with the rest of the U.S. government, and with America's allies is riveting stuff. American interest ought to be especially aroused by Peter Wright's charge that there was a conspiracy within MI5 to overthrow then Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the mid~1970s, and that it was instigated from within the CIA. Wright's memoir is also of interest because it is a firsthand account of the bugging of embassies (of friend and foe alike), as well as other aspects of electronic eavesdropping, codebreaking, and "wet" affairs (assassinations). But the most important aspect of this book is that it offers a rare inside glimpse of the real day~by~day goings~on within the intelligence world over a long period of time from a very high~level, authoritative voice.
Published by Viking, 1987
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; Eighth Printing. All dust jackets are in Mylar acid-free protectors.Dust jacket condition is not reliable -- pleas inquire if your would like a detailed description of the jacket condition.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 12th Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Viking, 1987. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with toning, stain to pastedown and flyleaf and spotting. Dust jacket is very good with some stains on front and back and shelf/edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day m…oney 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.
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Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 5th Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Viking, 1987. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with toning. Dust jacket is very good with toning and shelf/edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. P…lease 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.
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Mass market paperback. Condition: Good. First Printing [Stated]. xv, [1], 496 pages. Glossary. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. The former assistant director of MI5 offers an account of British Intelligence, including his work on the Ring of Five and exposing Soviet espionage and the conspiracy to oust Harold Wilson from…the office of Prime Minister in the 1970s. Peter Maurice Wright CBE (9 August 1916 - 26 April 1995) was a principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. . Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé detailing what Wright claimed were serious institutional failures he investigated within MI5. Wright is said to have been influenced in his counterespionage activity by James Jesus Angleton, counter-intelligence chief of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1954 to 1975. Wright worked as the first chairman of the new Radio Operations Committee (ROC) when it was formed in 1960. The technical staffs from the earlier separate and competitive British intelligence organizations finally began to combine their efforts, thus allowing the methods used in ENGULF and RAFTER to be expanded into domestic and foreign intelligence operations that would last into the late 1960s. According to Wright, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ had not functioned together or shared information as effectively since the war. In 1964, Wright became chairman of a joint MI5/MI6 committee, codenamed FLUENCY Working Party, appointed to find Soviet agents and moles in Britain. He regularly interviewed Anthony Blunt, a member of the Cambridge Five, trying to glean information from him about other Soviet agents. Peter Wright, former MI5 officer and Assistant Director drew on his own experiences and research into the history of the British intelligence community. Published first in Australia, the book was banned in England (but not Scotland) due to its allegations about government policy and incidents. These efforts ensured the book's notoriety, and it earned considerable profit for Wright. In 2021, the Cabinet Office was still blocking freedom of information requests for files on the Spycatcher affair despite the rule that documents should be released after 30 years. In Spycatcher, Wright says that one of his assignments was to unmask a Soviet mole in MI5, who he says was Roger Hollis, a former MI5 Director General. His book also discusses other candidates who may have or may not have been the mole. He explores the history of MI5 by chronicling its principal officers, from the 1930s to his time in service. Wright also tells of the MI6 plot to assassinate President Nasser during the Suez Crisis; of joint MI5-CIA plotting against Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson (who had been secretly accused by Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn of being a KGB agent); and of MI5's eavesdropping on high-level Commonwealth conferences. Wright examines the techniques of intelligence services, exposes their ethics, notably their "eleventh commandment", "Thou shalt not get caught." He described many MI5 electronic technologies (some of which he developed), for instance, allowing clever spying into rooms, and identifying the frequency to which a superhet receiver is tuned. In the afterword, he said that he wrote the book chiefly to work to regain compensation for losses of significant pension income when the British government ruled his pension for earlier work in GCHQ was not transferable. Wright wrote Spycatcher in Tasmania, after his retirement from MI5. He first attempted publication of his memoirs in 1985. The British government immediately obtained a court order banning publication in the UK, but the order applied only in the United Kingdom, and the book continued to be available elsewhere. In September 1987, the UK government applied for similar orders to prevent publication in Australia, but lawyer Malcolm Turnbull representing the publisher, successfully resisted the application, as he did on appeal in June 1988. English newspapers attempting proper reporting about Spycatcher's principal allegations w. Stuart Alan Becker (Author photograph) (illustrator).
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Very good cloth copy (stained) in a near fine, if slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Written jointly with Paul Greengrass. S…ubjects; Wright, Peter (19161995). Great Britain. MI5 History 20th century. Intelligence officers Great Britain Biography. Espionage Great Britain History 20th century. Cold War Secret service Great Britain Biography. 1 Kg.
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First Edition. Very good cloth copy (stained) in a near fine, if slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Written jointly with Paul Greengrass. S…ubjects; Wright, Peter (19161995). Great Britain. MI5 History 20th century. Intelligence officers Great Britain Biography. Espionage Great Britain History 20th century. Cold War Secret service Great Britain Biography. 1 Kg.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1987, 1st edition, 1st impression - true first edition published in Australia when the book was stll banned in the UK. No inscriptions or other markings. Binding is slightly loosened at both front and rear joints - no evidence why.
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Seller: The Deva Bookshop, Holt, United KingdomThe Deva Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition, 10th impression, 1987. Very Good cloth copy in a Very Good, dust jacket. Book has small neat owner's gift inscription on FFEP, DJ is not price clipped ($19.99).Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical des…cription; 392 pp., 8 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations, 24 cm.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Unillustrated in maroon cloth boards with silver titling. Printed by Future Print in Dublin with the 'At Last! The Spy Book Of The Century' dustwrapper. Priced at IRL£14.95. Some light bumping at spine ends. Rubbing to edges of d/j and small crease across… front. No markings or inscriptions. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging.
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Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United KingdomThe Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good tight copy, owners signature inside, light marks to page edges, a little light wear to wrapper edges.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition-first impression. VGC.Heinemann,1987.First edition-first impression. Printed by Future Print, Dublin. Brown/Orange hardback (silver lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(large scratches on the Dj cover, small nicks an…d creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with small marks on the outer edges, small nicks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. Price un-clipped. 392pp including Glossary, index.
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Seller: Forster Books, Chelwood Gate, SUSSE, United KingdomForster Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very clean 1st edition copy.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition-first impression. VGC.Heinemann,1987.First edition-first impression. Printed by Future Print, Dublin. Brown/Orange hardback (silver lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(large scratches on the Dj cover, small nicks an…d creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with small marks on the outer edges, small nicks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. Price un-clipped. 392pp including Glossary, index.
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Published by William Heinemann Australia, Victoria, Australia, 1987
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Seller: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, United KingdomCURIO
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Australian Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in quarter black cloth, black boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 392pp. Not library copy, name/date in ink to ffep. (60/6).
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Published by Wiliam Heinemann, Australia, Australia, 1987
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Seller: Cheerleader Productions Ltd, Gloucester, United KingdomCheerleader Productions Ltd
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition, Special Edition. A piece of publishing and censorship history! Like new hardback, the scarce Australian 1st edition, 1st printing, which was the only way the book could be published whilst it was banned in the UK. Since the work was freely available outsid…e the UK, the ban was eventually dropped and a UK edition released. Hardcover. An as-new copy in an as-new dustjacket. William Heinemann, Australia, 1987. No inscription, unclipped jacket, appears unopened and unread. Illustrated. 391 pages. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK, using recycled materials where we can.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black covers with silver gilt titles to spine; clean & tight; no marks or inscriptions; slight forward lean; photographs available on request.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. VGC.Heinemann,1987.First Australian edition-first impression. Dark grey hardback with black borders(silver lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small crease, nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated…with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages but slightly yellow on the outer edges, small ink mark and slightly yellow on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.229pp including Glossary, index. First Australian edition-first impression.
Published by New York: Viking, 1987
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Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United KingdomBookLovers of Bath
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over quarter-bound black on black boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp 392; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Glossary; || The…book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #202756 ||.
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Seller: Mrs Middlebrow's Bookshop P.B.F.A. and the Rabbit Hole Tearoom, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, United KingdomMrs Middlebrow's Bookshop P.B.F.A. and the Rabbit Hole Tearoom
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1987. Viking. First Edition sixth impression. A Hardback in Very Good condition in a Dust Wrapper also in Very Good condition. Original black boards with lettering in silver to spine. Slight softening and reading crease to spine, but spine and page b…lock remain firm and tight. Toning to page block and mildly to page edges. Otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Slight light markings to page block. A nice clean book. The wrapper is not price clipped. One small closed nick to wrapper and small sticker from previous bookseller. Some creasing to back of wrapper and a very thin strip of toning and wear to top edge.
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Seller: Alpha 2 Omega Books BA, Southampton, HANTS, United KingdomAlpha 2 Omega Books BA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. VGC.Heinemann,1987.First Australian edition-first impression. Dark grey hardback with black borders(silver lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small crease, nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated…with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages but slightly yellow on the outer edges, small ink mark and slightly yellow on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.229pp including Glossary, index. First Australian edition-first impression.
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Published by William Heinemann Ltd., 85 Abinger Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia, 1987
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Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - the scarce original Australian/Irish printing, with 'William Heinemann: Australia' printed on the title-page and with 'Printed by Future Print Ltd., Dublin' on the printer's page. This is the true first…edition, printed in Ireland for Heinemann, Australia in order to circumvent the United Kingdom's legal injunction. The front panel of the dustwrapper also has the correct publisher's advert banner in red with the words: "At Last! The Spy Book Of The Century". The book was banned by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher because of the court case against Peter Wright. This rare true first edition was on sale in England only, for one day, on the Sunday - the day prior to the injunction taking effect. As the printing was extremely rushed, there are no photographs printed in this first state, as called for. Later impressions of the first edition include the photographs at the back of the book, and later printings still have the photographs printed in the middle of the book. Interestingly, this rare first printing also had variant bindings, and this copy has a burgundy-brown cloth binding - presumably as printers did not have enough stock of one colour of cloth for the rushed print-run to beat the injunction and used whatever stock they had to hand. ***Very good in dark burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges foxed. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Thin paper used - uncreased. ***In a very good dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of IR£14.95 net. Head and tail of spine and edges of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed, with some small marks on the spine edges. No creases, chips or tears. Slight yellowing to the white titles, and some light foxing to the top edges of the inner flaps. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***240mm x 156mm. 392 pages including Index at the back of the book. ***'No book this century has attracted more attention before publication than "Spycatcher". It made front page headlines around the world as the British government tried desperately to suppress Peter Wright's explosive revelations. ***'Every page of this remarkable book startles with its frankness. Here for the first time is the full, insider's story of how Peter Wright and is MI5 colleagues bugged and burgled their way through friendly and unfriendly embassies across London; of the MI5 plot to destabilize Harold Wilson's government; of the suspicion that the head of MI5 himself was a Soviet agent. "Spycatcher" tells with extraordinary honesty and detail the devastating story of a government agency which operated outside property and the law, where the only rule was the 11th commandment - "Thou shalt not get caught." It is written with the full authority of a man who rose to be an assistant Director of MI5 and was acknowledged to be its most brilliant and innovative technical officer.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. All issue-points of the true first edition are present, as called for; no photographs; printed in Ireland; published in Australia; and the red banner: "At Last! The Spy Book of the Century" on front panel of dustwrapper. A variant first impression of the true first edition with dark burgundy boards. Of interest to the collector of espionage first editions. A landmark book. Scarce in this first state. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***.
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Published by William Heinemann Ltd., 85 Abinger Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia, 1987
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Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - the scarce original Australian/Irish printing, with 'William Heinemann: Australia' printed on the title-page and with 'Printed by Future Print Ltd., Dublin' on the printer's page. This is the true first…edition, printed in Ireland for Heinemann, Australia in order to circumvent the United Kingdom's legal injunction. The front panel of the dustwrapper also has the correct publisher's advert banner in red with the words: "At Last! The Spy Book Of The Century". The book was banned by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher because of the court case against Peter Wright. This rare true first edition was on sale in England only, for one day, on the Sunday - the day prior to the injunction taking effect. As the printing was extremely rushed, there are no photographs printed in this first state, as called for. Later impressions of the first edition include the photographs at the back of the book, and later printings still have the photographs printed in the middle of the book. Interestingly, this rare first printing also had variant bindings, and this copy has a red cloth binding - presumably as printers did not have enough stock of one colour of cloth for the rushed print-run to beat the injunction and used whatever stock they had to hand. ***Very good in red cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Thin paper used - no creases or tears. ***In a very good dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of IR£14.95 net. Head and tail of spine and edges of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. No creases, chips or tears. No fading - just some light foxing to the top edges of the inner flaps. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***240mm x 156mm. 392 pages including Index at the back of the book. ***'No book this century has attracted more attention before publication than "Spycatcher". It made front page headlines around the world as the British government tried desperately to suppress Peter Wright's explosive revelations. ***'Every page of this remarkable book startles with its frankness. Here for the first time is the full, insider's story of how Peter Wright and is MI5 colleagues bugged and burgled their way through friendly and unfriendly embassies across London; of the MI5 plot to destabilize Harold Wilson's government; of the suspicion that the head of MI5 himself was a Soviet agent. "Spycatcher" tells with extraordinary honesty and detail the devastating story of a government agency which operated outside property and the law, where the only rule was the 11th commandment - "Thou shalt not get caught." It is written with the full authority of a man who rose to be an assistant Director of MI5 and was acknowledged to be its most brilliant and innovative technical officer.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper. All issue-points of the true first edition are present, as called for; no photographs; printed in Ireland; published in Australia; and the red banner: "At Last! The Spy Book of the Century" on front panel of dustwrapper. A variant first impression of the true first edition with red boards. Of interest to the collector of espionage first editions. A landmark book. Scarce in this first state. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***.
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Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United KingdomCamilla's Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE GENUINE AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION OF PETER WRIGHT'S BOOK "SPYCATCHER" PUBLISHED IN 1987 AND IN VG/VG CONDITION. RED CLOTH HARDCOVERS WITH SILVER TITLES TO SPINE, AND PRINTED IN DUBLIN. 392pp WITH PROLOGUE, 22 CHAPTERS, AND INDEX. LATE OWNER'S SIGN…ATURE ON FFEP, (DAVID MALER.) CONDITION VG/VG.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. Published in Australia and printed in Ireland. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket with very slight chipping and creasing to top of spine and front cover and faint scratch marks to back cover. Price IR£14.95 with red banne…r ' AT LAST! The Spy Book of the Century'. A very handsome tight clean copy which appears to be unread, presented in a clear removable sleeve.
