A History of the Chinese Secret Service by Deacon, Richard - 1974-11-11

Hardback. Good.

London: Frederick Muller LTD, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with penicl marking to inner board, trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with owner's pasted stamp to front cover, trace edge wear noted else bright, intact and whole. JEX 1/21

Frederick Muller, 1974. 1st. Hardback. Good/Poor. First edition hardback, 1974, with unclipped jacket. In overall good condition, dj is complete but poor, creased and chipped to edges with rough unclosed tear to front flap fold; original cloth boards faded and a little rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owners' names to ffep and front pastedown; slight tanning to page-ends, text and plates clean and clear throughout. Private copy, not an old library book. Photographs available.

London: Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. 523 pages, supplementary notes, bibliography, index, black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name crossed out on flyleaf. Some light creasing to top edge of dustjacket. Deakin created a mini intelligence service of his own to pry into the operations of Chinese intelligence agencies - the exclusive nature of much of the information uncovered and indeed the intricacies of the Chinese mind make this a fascinating and unique read. A very sound, clean and tight copy.