OSS THE SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY by Smith, R. Harris - 1972

Berkeley, CA: University of California. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520020235 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear, light staining on front and back cover. ; B&W Photographs; 458 pages .

University of California Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520020235 . A tight cpy with remain of a bookplate on ffep. Jacket is sunfaded at spine and shows moderate edge and corner wear. .

BERKELEY, LA, LONDON: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 1972. VG+/VG. JACKET IS SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN, SPINE & EXTREMITIES FADED. .

BERKELEY, LA, LONDON: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 1972. VG+/VG. JACKET IS SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN, SPINE & EXTREMITIES FADED. .

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520020235 . Berkeley, LA, and London: University of California Press, 1972. First Edition. 8vo.xii, 458 pages, Index, Notes, Bibliography. 23 illustrations from photographs including full page portrait of General William "Wild Bill" Donovan. Green cloth, gilt spine letters. Book near fine, no owner's name. Dustjacket slightly worn, few short tears, light splash stain on front cover panel, price intact. From dj: "Conceived in the military crisis of World War II, the U. S. Office of Strategic Services was America's first central intelligence agency." Founded and directed by General Donovan. ISBN 0520020235; 23 illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 458 pages .

California. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1972. Hard Cover. (D425) .

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1972. 1st Ed. Back cover stained. Orig book owner wrote note 'Back cover defective' inside front cover. Hardbound. 8vo. 14 Pgs.. Fine. OSS, The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency by R Harris Smith. Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardbound. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine. Back cover stained. Orig book owner wrote note 'Back cover defective' inside front cover. 458 Pgs. ISBN 0520020235. LCCN 73-153553. Political history of the CIA's organizational forebear, the wartime Office of Strategic Services. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 2256.

Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good, with a Very Good dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket, including a few bumps, chips, and short tears. Two half inch tears to jacket at crown of rear panel, small piece of jacket missing. Light smudging and scuffing to dust jacket. Edgewear to boards, including a few bumps and light rubbing. Very light toning to front and rear pastedowns and end pages. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Berkeley: California U. P., 1972. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. dust jacket xii + 458pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index, Well-researched account of the British-inspired , Canadian-led, US intelligence organisation. Inc. some interesting material on the OSS in China