‎Espionaje‎

‎Francis Gerard [Francis Edward Marie Gerard] (1906-1966), English thriller and science fiction writer who settled in South Afric‎

‎Francis Gerard thriller and science fiction writer. Two Typed Letters Signed to Eileen Cond discussing his plans for writing and work for the ‘delightful old boy’ Sir Ernest Oppenheimer and his Anglo American Corporation of South Africa.‎

‎12 March 1950; ‘P.O. Box 143 Westville Natal South Africa.’ 19 August 1955; Caroline Cottage 1st Avenue Inanda Johannesburg. Good letters the second with biographical content about a prolific yet elusive author. The recipient Eileen Margaret Cond 1911-1984 was an enthusiastic collector of autographs with the ability to draw a more than perfunctory response from her targets. Both letters in good condition on lightly aged paper folded for postage. Each bearing large stylized signature ‘Francis Gerard’ and addressed to ‘Dear Miss Cond’. ONE 12 March 1950. 1p 4to. He reports that he is ‘busy on a new thriller which I have given the provisional title of HORNED HAVEN’ the title does not show up among Gerard’s published works. ‘The General Election in England was followed by us out here with an almost unbearable feeling of tension and for my part I realised that though I am now officially a citizen of this country that I will never make a good South African.’ He reports ‘a tremendous flap about the Seretse Khama business which seems to have been handled just about as stupidly as it could have been’. He is returning her bookplates ‘with Gérard his mark upon them though I still don’t know when you’ll be able to stick the second one into TRANSPARENT TRAITOR. I gather the whole printing and publishing trade is in a parlous condition in England thanks to machinery being worn out and not replaced owing to Cripps’ insistence on all such new tackle being for export only.’ He ends with a warning regarding ‘the temperature in Durban’ for her father. TWO: 2pp foolscap 8vo. A long letter. He has been ‘wandering around Central Africa with a bunch of geologists and mining engineers’ and finding her letter is ‘touched by the continuance of your long-range friendship’. There is ‘little chance’ of his producing another book for some time. ‘When I do it will be a very different kind of book from what I have written in the past.’ The next two paragraphs describe his employment with the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa. ‘My job is a peculiar one half industrial relations and man management half public relations. The AAC is the biggest mining group in the world. It is also an enormously powerful finance house. At the head of it sits Sir Ernest Oppenheimer who despite his fantastic wealth is a most charming and delightful old boy.’ He describes how in his first year with AAC he ‘travelled nearly 30000 miles about Southern and Central Africa by aircraft car jeep horse or on my own flat feet. I went underground in diamonds gold coal copper and base metals. I stayed in palatial guest-houses or at lonely Jesuit missions in the bush. I went through malaria tsetse-fly country where you shot for the pot and kept a wary eye open for crocodile leopard or buffalo and once was fortunate to have my pygmy friends drive a gorilla for me. You do not shoot these. They are Royal Game and if you kill one it costs you a £600 fine.’ He continues for a while before describing his family. A paragraph follows in which he claims not to have ‘sold myself to Mammon’. He praises the ‘Ernest Oppenheimer hospital for Africans at Welkom’ as ‘the finest thing of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere’. He winds up with a paragraph on his ‘financial benefits’ and another on his children’s school results the former beginning ‘Well there it is. This is why Francis Gerard has not appeared on the back of a book for some time.’ 12 March 1950; ‘P.O. Box 143, Westville, Natal [South Africa].’ 19 August 1955; Caroline Cottage, 1st Avenue, Inanda, Johann unknown‎

Referencia librero : 24963

‎Francis, Dick‎

‎Unbestechlich : Roman / aus d. Engl. von Jobst-Christian Rojahn.‎

‎Zürich : Diogenes, 1992. 407 S. 8°. OKt. (Tb). (Diogenes-Taschenbuch : detebe ; 22483)‎

‎Zustand: Rücken stark gerundet; sonst akzeptabel erhalten.‎

Referencia librero : 20745

‎Francome, John & James MacGregor‎

‎Eavesdropper‎

‎eng‎

‎Frank Schatzing‎

‎Il diavolo nella cattedrale+‎

‎ISBN-13: 9788842914631‎

‎Frank Schatzing‎

‎Limit+‎

‎ISBN-13: 9788842916789‎

‎Frank, Leo‎

‎Der programmierte Agent : Roman Leo Frank‎

‎München, Berlin Herbig, 1979. 258 S. 22 cm, Leinen ,mit Schutzumschlag‎

‎altersgemäß gut ,SU begriffen, Einband sauber und unbestoßen, Seiten in sauberen Zustand, im Fußschnitt leicht bestoßen‎

Referencia librero : 22432

‎FRANZEN, Jonathan.‎

‎La 27e Ville.‎

‎in-8°, 341 pages, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bon exemplaire. [AZ-5]‎

‎Fraser, Brendan, Mos Def und Scott Glenn‎

‎Sao Paulo - Nacht der Gewalt [Blu-ray]‎

‎3L Vertriebs, 07.11.2011. 1 Blu-ray Blu-ray‎

‎neuwertiger Zustand, original eingeschweißt‎

Referencia librero : 19800

‎Fratarcangeli Pierluigi‎

‎La maledizione di Runik‎

‎br. Una serie di inspiegabili casi di follia omicida sconvolge un piccolo paese ciociaro. In uno scenario tetro e pieno di colpi di scena, il professor Dimitri e il suo assistente dovranno far luce su un mistero che affonda le radici in un passato di oltre 25 secoli. Alcuni indizi, una leggenda e un'antica maledizione: a opporsi a essa una lotta corale di persone, unite in una sfida forsennata contro una forza diabolica oscura e distruttiva.‎

‎FREEMANTLE (Brian).‎

‎La CIA. Les secrets de l'honorable compagnie.‎

‎Plon, 1986, in-8°, 233 pp, biblio‎

‎S'adressant aux responsables de la CIA, le président Kennedy pouvait dire : "Si l'on proclame bruyamment vos échecs, vos succès restent dans l'ombre." Il en est toujours ainsi des services secrets mais il est vrai qu'avec la CIA les choses prennent une dimension exceptionnelle. Régulièrement, l'opinion américaine et internationale s'indigne en apprenant jusqu’à quelles extrémités la CIA peut aller pour accomplir ce qu'elle considère comme son devoir pour la défense des États-Unis. N'a-t-elle pas fomenté des troubles et des complots dans les pays qu'elle considère comme hostiles ? N'a-t-elle pas tenté d'assassiner Nasser et Fidel Castro ? N'a-t-elle pas réussi à liquider Lumumba ? N'a-t-elle pas testé des drogues qui entraînèrent la mort au cours d'expériences de contrôle mental ? Et quelle est sa part de responsabilité dans l'échec américain au Vietnam comme dans le scandale du Watergate ? Pourtant, l'un des chefs de la CIA déclare : "Le pays doit nous croire sur parole quand nous disons que nous sommes, nous aussi, des hommes honorables dévoués à son service." En ouvrant les dossiers souvent explosifs de la CIA, Brian Freemantle explique en détail comment l'Agence a pu être amenée à interpréter et, parfois, à fausser son rôle dans les années 70. Mais, au-delà de ces révélations, il montre que les succès demeurés discrets de la CIA surpassent largement ses échecs retentissants. Comme le dit un officier des services secrets : "Pensez à la CIA comme vous auriez pensé à un vaccin qui vous protège d'une maladie mortelle. La vaccination vous fera probablement mal et vous rendra malade pendant quelques jours, mais le fait est qu'elle vous est indispensable pour survivre. C'est pourquoi l'Amérique a besoin de la CIA." Désormais les frais d'envoi sont de 6 € seulement pour les livres jusqu'à 1 kg (colissimo suivi), pour la France métropolitaine.‎

Referencia librero : 7387

‎Frederic Dard / Robert Hossein / M. Gourdon‎

‎Le sang plus epais que l'eau‎

‎Fleuve Noir, espionnage n°330. Format Poche. Couverture de M. Gourdon. Micro-rousseurs en 4eme de couverture sinon tres bon etatBon etat.‎

Referencia librero : 29676

‎Frederic Dard‎

‎Le Mystère du cube blanc‎

‎Fayard 2005 In8 - broché - 145 pages - 1 pli au 1er plat‎

‎Satisfaisant‎

Referencia librero : 107Ak

‎Fred Nord‎

‎Le Cirque aux espions‎

‎Fleuve Noir Sans date. Le Cirque aux espions est un roman d'espionnage de Fred Noro publié en 1966 dans la collection "Espionnage" des éditions Fleuve Noir (numéro 563). Il met en scène le personnage récurrent de l'auteur le Vicomte (Vincent de Vrain) un agent secret français‎

‎Bon état‎

Referencia librero : 500328170

‎Freustié Jean‎

‎Ne délivrer que sur ordonnance‎

‎livre de poche 1971 318 pages poche. 1971. Broché. 318 pages.‎

‎Bon Etat‎

Referencia librero : 78509

‎Fred Vargas‎

‎Pars vite et reviens tard‎

‎Sans date.‎

‎Très bon état‎

Referencia librero : 500390606

‎Fred Noro‎

‎S'il le faut vicomte‎

‎Fleuve Noir 1970 234 pages in8. 1970. broché. 234 pages.‎

‎Bon état‎

Referencia librero : 7544

‎Fred Nord - Gourdon‎

‎Un agent a ete pris‎

‎Fleuve Noir, Espionnage, n° 536, 1966. Format poche, couverture de M. Gourdon.Tres bon etat.‎

Referencia librero : 33434

‎Fred Noro‎

‎Lutto al casinò‎

‎Segni di lettura ma copia ben conservata, Simpatica pubblicità sul retro del Bitter Campari‎

‎Fred Vargas‎

‎L'uomo a rovescio=‎

‎ISBN-13: 9788806156879‎

‎Fred Vargas‎

‎La cavalcata dei morti=‎

‎ISBN-13: 9788806209759‎

‎Fred Vargas‎

‎Nei boschi eterni=‎

‎ISBN-13: 9788806186647‎

‎Fred Vargas‎

‎Scorre la Senna=‎

‎ISBN-13: 9788806200060‎

‎Frederick Forsyth‎

‎Der Fuchs. Thriller.‎

‎München, C.Bertelsmann Verlag, 2019. Origi.Pappband mit Schutzumschlag, 8°, 314 Seiten. 1.Auflg.‎

‎Guter Zustand.‎

Referencia librero : 69453

‎Frediani Andrea‎

‎La spia dei Borgia‎

‎ril. Il papa Alessandro VI Borgia si sta accingendo a perfezionare i suoi progetti per il controllo dell'Italia, quando un atroce delitto lo priva degli affetti più cari e sconvolge i suoi piani. Tutta Roma viene mobilitata per scoprire l'autore del crimine ma, per una strana serie di coincidenze, in prima linea nelle indagini si viene a trovare il pittore di corte, il celebre Pinturicchio. Per far luce su un omicidio che ha ferito il cuore del papato, Pinturicchio si servirà dell'aiuto dei più affermati artisti in città, da Michelangelo Buonarroti a Filippino Lippi, da Piermatteo d'Amelia al Perugino. L'elenco dei nemici dei Borgia è così lungo che la lista dei sospettati si alimenta di giorno in giorno. E mentre tutti a un certo punto cercano un uomo mascherato che potrebbe essere il testimone chiave dell'accaduto, una donna deturpata si aggira per Roma in cerca di vendetta... Di chi si tratta? In una Roma rinascimentale dove la ricchezza delle espressioni artistiche va di pari passo con le lotte per il potere, la penna di Andrea Frediani rievoca uno dei più celebri cold case della storia.‎

‎Fredric Brown‎

‎Il delitto che diverte‎

‎Fredric Brown Il delitto che diverte. , Longanesi and C. 1954, Copertina: in cartoncino uso tela. Legatura: a filo refe. Taglio: con fioriture, ingiallito. Sguardi: ingialliti lievemente. Frontespizio: ingiallito lievemente. Pagine testo: ingiallite lievemente Buono (Good) . <br> <br> <br> <br>‎