smyth howard mcgraw (1 Ergebnisse)

First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's heavy grain grey cloth titled and decorated in gilt and dark brown to spine. Dustjacket. [xxi]; 305pp. Very light edgewear and scuffing to the cloth, tight and strong, a little dulling of the cheap gilt; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown; in a strong, clean dustjacket with some shallow creasing and wear to the upper edge, and some shelfwear to the predominantly black front panel. A very good copy. An engrossing and informed account of how the US obtained secret documentary evidence of Italian fascist activity, written by a former OSS officer involved in their retrieval. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and anthropologist, bearing his bookplate.