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ASPIN, Leslie (with Trevor Aspinall). I, Kovaks. Everest, 1975. 239pp. VG in complete Dw (spine faded). £8
** Ostensibly, a first-hand account of murky and dangerous world of post-war secret service.

AVNI, Z. False Flag: the inside story of the spy who worked for Moscow & the Israelis. St Ermin's Press, 1999. xxiii, 225, 8pp photos; index. Dw. F. £9

BOURKE, S. The Springing of George Blake. Literary Guild, 1970. 220 x 140. x, 357, 8pp photos, fldg map. VG in complete Dw (worn at edges). £10
** Bourke organised the escape from Wormwood Scrubs of fellow prisoner, Blake, then serving 42 years imprisonment for spying for the Soviet Union. However, after both had got to Moscow, Blake revealed his true nature and 'repaid Bourke with treachery'. Bourke returned to Dublin, and could not be extradited.

BOYLE, Andrew. The Climate of Treason: five who spied for Russia. Hutchinson, 1979 reprint. 504, 8pp photos; index. VG in sl faded Dw.
** Burgess, Philby, Maclean . . . £4

BROOK-SHEPHERD, Gordon. The Storm Birds: Soviet post-war defectors. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. xiv, 303, 8pp photos; biblio, index. Dw. VG. £9

BROWN, Anthony Cave. Bodyguard of Lies. Allen, 1976, FIRST EDN. xi, 947, 16pp photos; refs, index, map endppr. Ppr sl browned o/w VG. £26
** First edn of elusive and voluminous attempt at a history of WW2 Intelligence in Europe.

BROWN, Anthony Cave. Bodyguard of Lies. Star pprbk, 1977. xi, 947, 8pp photos; index. Near VG. £9

DEACON, Richard & WEST, Nigel. Spy! [six stories of modern espionage]. BBC, 1980. 190; many illns, index. Clipped Dw. VG. £6
** Sorge, Venlo, Cynthia (reputedly involved with Enigma), Double-Cross, Stashinsky, Vassall.

FARAGO, Ladislas. The Game of the Foxes: British and German Intelligence operations and personalities which changed the course of the Second World War. H&S, 1972, 1st UK edn. xxi, 810. VG in repaired Dw. £16
** Extensive and detailed account, much assisted by author's discovery of 800 boxes of microfilm copies of Abwehr papers, previously overlooked.

FREEMAN, Peter. How GCHQ Came to Cheltenham. [GCHQ, 2002]. 295 x 210. 34; 14 illns (some col). Card covers. VG. £3
** To mark the 50th anniversary of GCHQ's arrival in Cheltenham. 'No evidence has been found to support a GCHQ legend that the choice of Cheltenham was influenced by an official with a keen interest in horse-racing.'

FRENAY, Henri. The Night Will End. Abelard-Schuman, 1976. xvi, 469; 24pp photos, index. Orig 2-tone cloth. Damp-marking to lower edge of many leaves, not affecting printed area. Near VG in complete Dw, worn and sl chipped. £12

** Memoirs of teh esistance by founder and leader of the French Resistance.

GUDGIN, Peter. Military Intelligence: the British story. Arms & Armour, 1989. 156, 16pp photos; index. Dw. VG. £7
** From the 16th century to the 1980s.

HENDERSON, Paul. The Unlikely Spy: an autobiography. BCA, 1993. x, 294, 16pp photos; 27pp facs documents, index. Dw. Near F. £10
** Despite having worked with MI6 for nearly 20 years, Henderson (then MD of Matrix Churchill) was charged with illegal dealings with Iraq

HOHNE, Heinz & ZOLLING, Hermann. Network: the truth about General Gehlen and his spy ring. Secker & Warburg, 1972. xxxxiv, 345, 43 photos; index. Dw. G+/VG. £10
** Biography of Hitler's head of military espionage in Russia, who worked for the USA after the war.

HOOPER, David. Official Secrets: the use and abuse of the Act. Secker & Warburg, 1987. ix, 349; biblio, index. Dw. VG. £12
** Excellent review of application of the Act, including much relevant to the unfolding of wartime military secrets by Winterbotham, Masterman, Jones et al.

HYDE, H Montgomery. The Atom Bomb Spies. Hamilton, 1980. xii, 236, 16pp photos; refs, index. Dw. VG. £10
** Exposé of the Soviet spy network in USA, revealed in 1945. The investigations resulted in the execution of the Rosenbergs in 1953.

HYDE, H Montgomery. The Quiet Canadian: the Secret Service of Sir William Stephenson. Hamilton, 1962, 5th imp. xii, 255, 11pp photos; map, index. Tape marks on endppr, o/w VG. £2.50

JOHNSON, John. The Evolution of British Sigint: 1653-1939. HMSO, 1997. 58-page booklet, printed in 2 colours throughout, stapled into card covers. F. £3

JONES, R V. Most Secret War. Hamish Hamilton, 1978, FIRST EDN. xx, 556, 32pp photos; index. VG in worn Dw. £22

KAHN, David. Hitler's Spies. Arrow pprbk, 1980. xii, 525, 24pp photos. Sound, but sl wear. £5.50

KNIGHTLEY, Phillip. Philby: the life and views of the KGB masterspy. Guild, 1988. xi, 291, [16] pp photos; index. VG in complete Dw. £9

LEPOTIER, Rear-Admiral. RAIDERS FROM THE SEA. Kimber, 1954, 2nd end. 200 pages, 9 pp photos. Orig mid-blue cloth. VG in complete (sl frayed) Dw. £17

** WW2 commando-style seaborne raids - Guernsey, Dieppe, St Nazaire, etc.

MASTERS, Anthony. The Man Who Was M: the life of Maxwell Knight. Blackwell, 1985, 2nd imp. x, 212, [12]pp photos; index. Dw. F. £12.50
** Biog of MI5's curiously flawed, but often highly succesful, counter-subversion expert (and minder of Joan Miller - see below).

MELMAN, Y, & RAVIV, D. The Imperfect Spies: the history of Israeli Intelligence. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989. ix, 469; index. Ppr browning, o/w VG in complete Dw. £6.50

MILLER, Joan. One Girl's War: personal exploits in MI5's most secret station. Dingle: Brandon, 1986. 156. Paper sl browned o/w VG in VG Dw. £18
** Author was personal assistant to the bizarre Maxwell Knight (see MASTERS above), and infiltrated hostile groups in London during WW2. Secrecy made publication in UK impossible - hence Dingle.

MILLER, Joan. One Girl's War: personal exploits in MI5's most secret station. Dingle: Brandon, 1987, new edition.. 160. Paper sl browned o/w VG. £12
** This new edition includes a 4-page 'Afterword'.

MORAVEC, F. Master of Spies: memoirs of General . . . Bodley Head, 1975. 252; map. Dw. VG. £7
** FM was head of Czechoslovak Military Intelligence.

MOSLEY Leonard. The Druid. Eyre Methuen, 1982. vii, 240. Page edges browning, o/w VG in repaired Dw. £12
** 'The Nazi spy who double-crossed the double-cross system'.

NEWMAN, Bernard. The World of Espionage. London: Souvenir Press, 1962 reprint. 220 x 140. 254 pages + 8pp photos. Orig hard binding, no dustwrapper. Trace of label on endppr, otherwise near VG. £5

** 2oth century, up to Gary Powers and U2.

PAGE, B, LEITCH, D and KNIGHTLEY, P. Philby: the spy who betrayed a generation. Bk of the Month Club/ Deutsch, 1969. 296, 16pp photos; index. Dw. VG. £8

PHILBY, Kim. My Silent War. McGibbon & Kee, 1968, 3rd imp. xxv, 164; index. Plae tea [?] steain to one leaf o/w VG in complete Dw. £6

PINCHER, Chapman. Their Trade is Treachery. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981, 3rd imp. xi, 240, 8pp photos; index. VG in complete Dw. £6
** Postwar penetration of British security establishment by Russians.

REITLINGER. Gerald. The SS: alibi of a nation 1922-1945. Arms & Armour/BCA, 1981. xv, 502, 16pp photos: biblio, index. VG in sl worn Dw. £11
** New edn of Reitlinger's important book, first pub 1956.

RINTELEN, Capt. von. The Dark Invader: wartime reminiscences of a German Naval Intelligence Officer.
London: Peter Davies, 1941 reprint. Orig red cloth somewhat marked but sound. Contents VG. £7.50
** German officer recalls his work and capture in WWI, and imprisonment in England and USA.

RUSHTON, William. Spy Thatcher: the collected ravings of a senior MI5 officer. Pavilion, 1987, FIRST EDN. 128; drgs. VG in Dw (sl faded on spine). £8
** Our world is full of fiction masquerading as fact, but rarely do we find such a masterly work of satirical parody.

SEAMAN, Mark (intro by). Secret Agent's Handbook of Special Devices. PRO, 2000. 280 x 220. vi, 258; many illns, index. Dw. F. £17
** Lavishly illustrated facsimile of WW2 catalogue of secret devices, such as the Welford gun, wireless sets, secret ink, exploding rat, limpet mines, etc. with useful introduction.

SEAMAN, Mark (intro by). Garbo: the spy who saved D-Day. Public Record Office, 2000. 410; photos, index. Dw. F. £20
** This is an (almost) complete transcription of the case notes of Tomas Harris, the MI5 officer who controlled 'Garbo' , a double-agent, whose reports to Germany assisted in the D-Day deception plans.

SILLITOE, Sir Percy. Cloak Without Dagger. Cassell. 1955, FIRST EDN. xvii, 206, 9pp photos; index. Orig red cloth, gilt. VG in repaired, clipped, Dw. £11
** Autobiography of former DG of MI5 (1946-53) who had a distinguished police career, including breaking the Glasgow razor gangs in the 1930s. On 'retirement' he went to S. Africa to report on diamond smuggling. Unprecedented!

STEVENSON, William. A Man Called Intrepid: the secret war. Macmillan, 1976, FIRST UK EDN. xxvi, 486, 16pp photos; maps, index. VG in sl worn clipped Dw. £9
** 'Intrepid' was the code-name of Canadian William Stephenson who headed Churchill's British Security Co-ordination. He provided the secret link with Roosevelt before the USA became directly involved in the war. BSC was also responsible for espionage, deception, resistance, etc.

WEST, Nigel. The Friends: Britain's post-war secret intelligence operations. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. xvi, 189, 8pp photos; refs, biblio, index. VG in complete VG Dw. £37

WEST, Nigel. MI5: British Security Service Operations, 1909-1945. London: Bodley Head, 1981. 366, 16pp photos; index. VG in complete Dw. £15

WHITWELL, John [ie Leslie Nicholson]. British Agent (inro by Malcolm Muggeridge). Kimber, 1966, 2nd imp. 224; 3 dble-page maps, index. Worn/rubbed Dw. £8
** One of the first books in which a British agent describes his work.

WINTERBOTHAM, F[rederick] W. The Nazi Connection. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978, FIRST EDN. [vii], 222; index. VG in frayed Dw. £11
** Following the success of 'The Ultra Secret' (1974), this describes author's life pre-WW2, particularly his intelligence-gathering in Germany in the 1930s.