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20198vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in bronze, black endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1960ref. 204719Los Angeles: Committee Against Anti-Semitism and Renazification of West Germany 1960. Neat pencil notation; fine. Mimeograph leaflet printed on two sides of a single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 14 inches. Leaflet calling for peace and opposition to German reunification. The map in question which serves as a cover image was reproduced from a placard then circulating in West Germany. It shows the divided condition for Germany - including portions of Poland and Russia that had been part of Hitler's conquest - under German-language slogan calling for reunification. Committee Against Anti-Semitism and Renazification of West Germany unknown
1950(Codice AV/6380) In 4° (cm 33) 122 fogli sciolti in cartellina (corso completo). Edizione ciclostilata. Qualche sottolineatura. Strappetti e mancanze alla copertina. Lievi segni del tempo, ma testo ottimo stato. Raro studio. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
1958(Codice MD/1460) In 8° 14 pp. Brossura editoriale, buono stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
1963ref. 96669FBLondon:, Chatto & Windus for the Institute for Strategic Studies, 1963. x, 236 Seiten, (1) Bl. (vakat), tanngrüner OLnbd. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, farbig illustrierter OU., 21,5 x 14 cm.
1977(Codice MD/1279) In 8º (22 cm) 366 pp. Prima edizione. Con alcune figure e tabelle. Firma cancellata, minime tracce d'uso. Cartone editoriale, titolo oro, sovraccoperta. Buono stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
1990A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. A study of high and low art in the Soviet Union and the West in the Cold War years, 1945-62. Black and white illustrations.
19928vo., Best Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs, ilustrations, maps and charts in the text, small institutional stamp on front paste-down [only]; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip and lightly chafed at extremities. Much-needed reissue of the original Macdonald & Jane's edition of 1976. Includes substantial corrigenda to the original edition. VERY SCARCE.
20178vo., with coloured and monochrome photographs, and numerous diagrams throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
1954ref. 204355NP: NP 1954. Complete intact with some separation at perforation and in fine condition. Single sheet of eight stickers separated by perforations each measuring about 2 X 3-3/4 inches. A series of protest stickers issued in the wake of the fatal H-Bomb test in the Pacific amid growing fear of nuclear war. There are four designs each printed twice in two different color combinations: "Ban the H-Bomb!" "Let Kids Grow Up!" "Talking Is Better Than Dying!" and "Truce! No Troops to Indo-China." each sticker also urges people to write President Eisenhower or your congressman. A rare survival from the Cold War. NP unknown
ref. awd-1124Photographie originale en noir et blanc, tirage gélatine-argentique d'époque, 1982. Tampon et informations au dos (17,6/24cm).
ref. awd-1123Photographie originale en noir et blanc, tirage gélatine-argentique d'époque, 1982. Tampon et informations au dos (17,6/24cm).
ref. awd-1122Photographie originale en noir et blanc, tirage gélatine-argentique d'époque, 1982. Tampon et informations au dos (17,6/24cm).
1983No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 304pp. Spy novel set around Berlin during the Cold War.
19738vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1962ref. ABE-982647687532 PAGES FORMAT 30X43-EN UNE:"LA FRANCE ABANDONNE L'ALGERIE",TITRE DU "DAILY MAIL"-APRES LE DISCOURS DU 29 DECEMBRE CLIMAT TOUJOURS PLUS ALOURDI EN ALGERIE-FIN D'UN REGIME,1P PAR GEORGES BIDAULT-HOLD UP,ATTENTATS,CAMBRIOLAGES BATTENT TOUS LES RECORDS:PARIS DEVIENT CHICAGO,2P-BILAN D'UNE ANNEE-1962 LE MONDE ENTRE DANS L'ERE DE LA GUERRE CHAUDE-L'URSS CHERCHE A TOUT PRIX A S'ASSURER DES BASES EN MEDITERRANEE,2P PAR JEAN SONKIN-VOUS POUVEZ DEVENIR MILLIARDAIRE EN ACHETANT DE LA PEINTURE,2P PAR FRANK ELGAR-DECOUVRONS UN DECOUVREUR:CHRISTOPHE COLOMB,1P PAR GILLES ROCHE-LES TRESORS,1P PAR JEAN BARIAL,CLAUDE CHAVIN,PAUL JOUTEAU-CINEMA: "JUGEMENT A NUREMBERG" DE STANLEY KRAMER-PHOTO LEGENDEE DE JEAN RICHARD ET GEORGES GUETARY-PHOTO LEGENDEE DE FERNAND RAYNAUD-EMPORTES PAR LE VENT DE L'HISTOIRE:LES MARECHAUX FERRANTS DE NOS VILLAGES,1P PAR M.J.LELOUP,PHOTO-VACCINATION ANTIPOLIO OBLIGATOIRE EN FRANCE,1P PAR PIERRE ALEXANDRE,PHOTO-UNE DANSEUSE ETOILE ET QUATRE FILLETTES VICTIMES DU FEU,1P,PHOTO JANINE CHARRAT-LA PETITE HISTOIRE DES PARFUMS-EN DERNIERE PAGE: PHOTO PLEINE PAGE DE BRIGITTE BARDOT ET ROGER VADIM,"LA COURAGEUSE PETITE ACTRICE QUI A DIT NON A L'OAS ECOUTE LES CONSEILS DE SON CREATEUR,VADIM"
1947ref. 122446P., Morgan, 1947, fort in-12, 619 pp, traduit de l'américain, 4 photos, une carte, un fac-similé, broché, couv. lég. salie, papier lég. jauni, état correct
1982ref. 202062Couverture souple. Broché. 384 pages. Papier légèrement bruni.
2013ref. 1158003New York: Basic Books, 2013. 554 p. Hardcover with dust jacket.
ref. ANAIS-078062386XTurner Home Ent. other. Good. 1.8x09x2.1. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Turner Home Ent unknown
1959ref. 223101959. United States Army Intelligence School. Intelligence training archive. 1959-1963. This archive documents the institutional training system used by the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Fort Holabird during the Cold War outlining how personnel were instructed in reconnaissance mapping foreign intelligence analysis and counterintelligence operations. The material establishes a formal curriculum designed to prepare officers for intelligence work in the context of U.S.-Soviet conflict combining doctrinal interpretation of adversary systems with technical instruction in observation terrain analysis and operational planning. It provides primary evidence of how intelligence training integrated ideological framing with practical field methods. Archive of 13 instructional documents totaling approximately 459 pages issued between 1959 and 1963 including manuals technical booklets and training schedules. Titles include 1 Soviet Intelligence Systems Nov 1962 2 Observation and Description Jan 1961 3-5 Military Map Reading booklets 1959-1961 6 Interpretation of Highways Bridges and Transportation Facilities Oct 1961 7 USAINTS Library Guide Jan 1962 8 Operational Data on South Korea I Sep 1962 9 Nuclear Warfare II Jun 1963 10 Benelux Jul 1961 11 Solution of Dispersion Problems undated and 12-13 weekly training schedules June and July 1963. The manuals include diagrams and exercises on map reading identifying "recognition distance and direction" as core elements with annotated examples of azimuth calculation and grid use. Instructional material in Observation and Description includes facial and morphological diagrams distinguishing features such as "Vertical Forehead" and "Bushy" eyebrows for identification purposes. Soviet Intelligence Systems presents ideological analysis stating that Soviet security organs are "extensions of the Party's designs" and describing intelligence as "a pervasive force which envelops every sector of society." Infrastructure manuals include photographic examples of roads and bridges for field identification while the Library Guide outlines access systems and spatial organization of intelligence resources. Weekly schedules list training components such as report writing practical exercises and seminars alongside technical instruction in photography. Produced during a period of sustained Cold War tension these materials show how the U.S. Army formalized intelligence education by combining political interpretation of adversaries with standardized technical training. The emphasis on mapping surveillance and infrastructure analysis reflects preparation for both conventional and nuclear-era operations while the inclusion of regional studies such as South Korea and Benelux indicates geographic scope within global strategic planning. Minor rust to staples light edge toning and scattered manuscript annotations; occasional corner creases and small marginal tears not affecting text; overall very good. A cohesive archive of Cold War intelligence training preserving the instructional methods and analytical frameworks used by the U.S. Army in the early 1960s. unknown
ref. DADAX1408719770Little Brown Book Group. New. 11.70x0.52x8.19. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Little, Brown Book Group unknown
2016Signed and inscribed by author upon title page, other wise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. x, 271 pages. Several black and white reproductions of photos. "Lawrence Fox was born in Midland, Ontario, enlisted in the RCAF in 1952, and recruited by MI-6 in 1956. He performed five highly dangerous Cold War-era missions in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia. This work was top secret and resulted in long term PTSD. Nothing is left out of this non-fiction espionage thriller." - back cover. Book
1950ref. 223721950. A rare instructional archive from the height of the Cold War arms and space races documenting the teaching strategies technical priorities and ideological frameworks used by the U.S. military to train service members in missile technology physics and emerging space policy. These materials reflect the growing importance of scientific education within the armed forces during the period of intense technological competition between the United States and the Soviet Union following the launch of Sputnik and the acceleration of missile and space programs. This archive includes three distinct publications produced by branches of the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force: a heavily illustrated USAF Preflight School "Math and Physics" Student Study Guide ca. late 1950s 244 pages; the DOD Fact Sheet 3-F on "Guided Missiles and Rockets" 29 April 1960 59 pages; and a striking early federal statement titled "Introduction to Outer Space" ca. late 1950s 11 pages intended to justify a national space program. Together these works reflect the militarized scientific culture of early Cold War America where soldiers were expected to master STEM fundamentals understand atomic missile classifications and absorb the ideological stakes of U.S. supremacy in space. The Preflight School Study Guide opens with a cartoon image of a smiling cadet pointing to a "Table of Contents" listing 20 core lessons including: "Velocity and Acceleration" "Vectors" "Electricity and Magnetism" and "Jet Engine Principles." Designed to bring young recruits up to speed on mathematical and physical foundations this booklet illustrates how the military systematized the transmission of civilian STEM knowledge through instructional cartooning step-by-step reviews and mechanical principles tied directly to aeronautics. The document also reflects broader efforts to professionalize enlisted men into a new technocratic class of Cold War airmen. The DOD Fact Sheet 3-F dated 29 April 1960 is a mimeographed technical manual that lists every operational missile and rocket then used by the Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps. Each entry is meticulously typed and includes missile name type e.g. "surface-to-surface" speed launch weight prime contractor warhead type and guidance system. Key entries include the NIKE AJAX NIKE HERCULES REDSTONE PERSHING and POLARIS missiles. The NIKE AJAX is described as "the nation's first supersonic anti-aircraft guided missile. designed to intercept and destroy bomber aircraft regardless of evasive action." The HERCULES system is called "a major advance. capable of operation in an electronic countermeasures environment." These materials also serve as a record of U.S. procurement partnerships with Bell Labs Western Electric and Douglas Aircraft-illustrating the military-industrial complex in full effect. The third item titled "Introduction to Outer Space" is a pedagogical and ideological primer explaining the rationale behind federal investment in space exploration. Structured around four key justifications-scientific curiosity military defense national prestige and technological advancement-it declares: "The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore. Most of the surface of the earth has now been explored and men now turn to the exploration of outer space as their next objective." This philosophical argument for militarized space policy also hints at early satellite surveillance goals: "The launching of satellites. can be done with the aid of new things: 1 it can look down at the earth and map out the terrain. 2 it can look out into space. and 3 it can look at the sun." Notably this text served as the basis for a widely distributed 1958 White House document under the Eisenhower Administration laying ideological groundwork for what would soon become NASA and the National Defense Education Act NDEA of 1958. Pages toned with some rusting to staples especially visible on "Introduction to Outer Space." Light wear to edges of math booklet. Overall very good condition. An outstanding and uncommon pedagogical archive documenting how the U.S. military trained its enlisted men to master missile and rocket technologies at the dawn of the space age while also advancing an explicitly ideological case for Cold War space supremacy. unknown
1959(Codice FS/2223) In 16° 94 pp. Prima edizione. Macchiette alle sguardie bianche. Cartone editoriale, sovraccoperta. Ottimo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
