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Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. First Edition Thus. 324 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Marking to front board.
This Was My Choice - [Igor] Gouzenko's Story by Gouzenko, Igor; O'Brien, A.W - 1948
by Gouzenko, Igor; O'Brien, A.W
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This Was My Choice - [Igor] Gouzenko's Story
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Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited. Good. 1948. Second Printing. Hardcover. 1948 second printing. ix, 324 pages. Gouzenko was a cypher clerk in the Soviet Union's Canadian embassy. Uncomfortable with the malevolent actions of his home nation, he daringly switched sides and exposed all to Canadian authorities. "He deliberately risked his life to espouse what we [Canadians] so casually accept as our birthright. By this very act he helped to safeguard our great heritage of freedom." - Introduction. Per bottom of backstrip, this copy was a special 'Red Reel' edition, apparently printed for employee H.H. Hales of the Canada Wire and Cable Company, as this name is stamped in gilt upon red cloth-covered front board. Small address label upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Includes replica dust jacket. A sound copy of this historic Cold War account. Amtmann 825, Constantinides p.215.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Igor Gouzenko Soviet Union Cypher Clerk Ottawa Cold War Stalin Espionage Subversion .
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J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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This Was My Choice: Gouzenko's Story
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London: J.M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Limited, 1948. 2nd Impression . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Dust jacket: Slight edge wear. Light foxing to rear cover. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Second impression, issued the month after the first printing. Grey buckram binding. A little, very light foxing to covers. Light browning to page edges, internally in excellent condition throughout. Gouzenko defected to Canada immediately after the end of WWII. His actions are considered one of the key triggering events of the Cold War and awakened the West to the magnitude of Soviet espionage. A scarce title, and in excellent condition. . Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: ix, 324
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London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. First British Edition. Hardcover. Third printing of the 1948 first edition. The dramatic autobiography of the man whose work led to the exposure of the atom bomb plot in Canada. "Igor Gouzenko (1919-1982) was a cypher clerk in the Soviet Union's Canadian embassy, and a lieutenant of the GRU. He defected in 1945 with 109 documents describing the USSR's espionage activities in the West. He exposed Soviet intelligence's efforts to steal nuclear secrets as well as the technique of planting sleeper agents. The 'Gouzenko Affair' is often credited as a triggering event of the Cold War." - Wikipedia. "Of all those who have emerged from behind the Iron Curtain with frightening messages for the Western World, Igor Gouzenko is the most impressive witness. Readers of this book will be in a position now to comprehend the reasons for the stiffening attitude of the Western Powers towards tthe Soviet…
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