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The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence
by Marchetti, Victor ; John D. Marks
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0394482395
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482392
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. xxvi, 398, xxii pp. Bound in full black cloth, title blind stamped on cover and in gilt on spine, deckle edge, in white dust jacket printed in red and black. Very Good+, minor soiling to top edge of text block, internally bright and clean, light shelf wear to extremities of binding, in Very Good dust jacket with short tears to head of spine and top edge of rear cover, light age-toning. Great, solid copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003748
- Title
- The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence
- Author
- Marchetti, Victor ; John D. Marks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394482395
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482392
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Espionage Intelligence;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Garnet Books
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About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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