Out of Bondage: The Story of Elizabeth Bentley by Bentley, Elizabeth

New York: Ivy Books/Ballantine Books, 1988. 338 pages. Bends on two corners of the front cover; wear on the spine and cover edges; tear along the bottom edge of the back cover; stains along page ends. One inch red mark on page 166. The author, Elizabeth Bentley, joined the Communist Party in 1934 and rose to become a key Soviet agent in New York and Washington. She reveals the organization, tactics, and strategies of the party, and names her espionage contacts: an assistant secretary of the Treasury, the President's executive assistant, Julius Rosenberg, higher officers in military intelligence, and Communist spies in the media.. 1st Ballantine Books Edition . Soft Cover. Fair. 4.25 x 7. Soviet Espionage Networks .

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

The Devin-Adair Company 1951. FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING, SOME HIGHLIGHTING TO TEXT, octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 311pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutter of title page, 4cm closed tear to half title page, occasional highlighting to text) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing)

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. orig. cloth 256pp., Account of a refugee from Fascism, helped by American Communists, and who turned traitor to the cause

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [moderate wear to spine end and book's corners, discoloration to ffep, one-time owner's signature on front and rear pastedowns; jacket heavily edgeworn, a few nicks and tiny chips, a bit of paper loss at spine extremities and several corners]. Hoo-boy, how to even begin to summarize the convoluted saga of Elizabeth Bentley, who spied for the Soviets from roughly 1935 to 1945, then turned on them and began spilling her guts to the FBI, ratting out dozens of her former comrades. The Soviets got onto her game pretty quickly, though, and when it became apparent that her prospects of becoming an effective double agent were tainted (in part at least because details of her cooperation with the Feds began leaking to the press), she did a very media-savvy thing by attempting to seize control of her own narrative by feeding her story to a couple of reporters for the New York… Read More

Hardback. New.

Ballantine Books, 1988. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Devin-Adair. DJ in archival cover, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1951.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Good in Good dust jacket. 1952. First British Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. "Author returned to America in 1934 after a year of studies in Italy, haunted by the possibility of a Fascist regime rising in her homeland. Befriended by a communist, she became one herself. Later, her horrified realisation of the true nature of her Russian masters led her to contact the F.B.I. and spy for them, while still working for the Soviets." - dust jacket. Bentley's story was serialized in McCall's magazine in 1951. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise book unmarked with moderate external wear and soiling. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. SEIDMAN B170, HAZLITT p.43, CONSTANTINIDES p.79.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Biography Communist Party Conversion Elizabeth Bentley Communism NKVD N.K.V.D. Double-Agent FBI Red Scare Russia Soviet Union .