Search Results: Fiction. Spy Espionage from The Parnassus BookShop

U.S.A: Fawcett Crest Book/Ballantine Books, 1983. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. . Clean, bright cover with wear all around edges. Tight glued binding. Lean to spine. Interior clean and unmarked, pages toned. Faced with the most audacious crime of the century, the world's politicians can only trust The United Nations Anti-Crime Organization-UNACO- and its team. 184 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. Fawcett Crest Book/Ballantine Books, New York, 1983.

USA: Doubleday, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Three circus aerialists, refugees from the Iron Curtain, have an assignment to penetrate a fortified castle and find a top-secret scientific formula--action, espionage and the excitement of a circus atmosphere. Clean gold cloth binding, tight and solid, with slight rubbing to some corners. Inner hinge cracked at pp 22-23, otherwise interior is very clean, no markings, no creases. 192 pages.8.5 x 5.75 inches. Doubleday, New York, 1975.

USA: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Very Good Jacket. A story of adventure and espionage, set amidst the turmoil of World War II in Egypt as Rommel's forces advance across the Sahara. Binding of black cloth with red titles, black boards. Faint whitish spots on front and whitish line on top edge.The inner hinge is cracked. Slight lean to spine. Light wear to extremities. Binding is tight and solid. Interior is clean, unmarked, no writing, no tears, no creases. Glossy, bright jacket is gold with red lettering, light edgewear, is not price-clipped. . 375 pasges. HarperCollins Publisher, NY 1992.

Avenel Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Avenel Books, 1988 First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Black boards lettered in silver on spine, endbands, slight wear to spine head and heel. Tight, solid and square volume. Very clean and completely unmarked. 35 Great spy stories by Isaac Asimov, Brian Garfield, Edward D. Hoch, John Jakes, Michael Gilbert, W. Somerset Maugham, Erle Stanley Gardner, Bruce Cassidy, and many more. These stories span ore than a half-century of espionage writing in the U.S. and the U.K., featuring secret agents, double agents, counterspies, saboteurs, in many different countries. 580 pages. 8vo. 1988 Avenel Books. ISBN10: 0517653516, ISBN13: 9780517653517

Tallahassee, Florida: Naiad Press, 1990. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked purple/gray/black wraps, ligfht wear to corners, edges lightly rubbed, spine heel scuffed. Glued binding tight and solid, hinges intact. Pages in Fine Condition. Espionage in 1978, with Madison McGuire, deep cover agent for the National Operations Intelligence Service and a legend within the intelligence community called in from the field when a bullet meant for her kills her lover instead. She returns to the field to identify a group of terrorists known as Club Twelve, traveling through the capitals of Europe. Exciting adventure. 267 pp. 8.5" x 5.5". 1990, Naiad Press, Tallahassee, Florida

USA: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Very clean, tight and solid book bound in blue half cloth with silver titles, light gray boards. small indentation on lower edge of front board, upper corners gently bumped. Sunned strip along top edge. Internals spotless, free from any markings, no creases. Bright and clean Jacket illustrated by Paul Bacon, not price-clipped, faint wear to extremities. Higgins has written a masterly novel of cross and double-cross, with complex and deadly deception, in a World War II setting. 318 pages. 9.6 x 6.25 inches. New York. Simon and Schuster, 1990.

New York: Hyperion Books, 2008. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book, clean and unmarked, whisper of wear to cover, solidly bound. Cammie Morgan wants a peaceful semester at her school, which has a top secret status. But when Blackthorne, some mysterious guest group comes, things do not go so well--she and her friends start crawling through walls and surveilling this group to learn the truth about them. Crazy days at school. 236 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 2008, Hyperion Books, NY

U.S.A: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Binding of blue haff-cloth gilt titled with tan boards; very clean, a discolored spot on rear board otherwise unmarked. Bottom edge of text block with very pale discolored spots. Interior is Fine--very clean and free from any markings, no creasing. Bright blue jacket with red and gold lettering, clean and unmarked with slight edgewear, not clipped. Jack Ryan (fictitious character) encounters a conflict that threatens world peace. 766 pages. 2 x 6.25 x 9.25 inches. G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York, 1994.

London, England: Hutchinson Publishing, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Third Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. "The Defector" is considered one of the finest novels Evelyn Anthony has ever written. Conflict of loyalties and passions sensitively handled, suspense and emotion entwined, a tense and sophisticated story of espionage Bound in red cloth with gilt titles, very clean and unmarked, edges slightly rubbed, tight & solid binding, top edge of page block lightly foxed, other edges clean and white. Pages very clean and free from any markings, faintly toned. Red and black jacket with illustration by Allan Manham is clean and unmarked with a touch of wear along top edge. 368 pages. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Hutchinson Publishing, London, England, 1980.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons/Macmillan Publishing Co, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good+ Condition. Set during World War I and based on a true story of espionage and intrigue involving the creation of a Jewish state in the Holy Land. Binding of black quarter cloth with silver titles, wine paper-wrapped boards; clean, tight, solid book with gentle bumping of top corners the only edgewear. Stamp on top edge. The black of the spine cloth has bled onto to the top edge of the first few pages about an inch on either side of the hinge. Clean jacket is rubbed with slight edgewear; black of spine cloth has bled onto the inner jacket at the spine heel. 326 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Charles Scribner's Sons/Macmillan Publishing, New York 1988.

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Two tiny spots near lower edge of front panel and slight wear to spine heel, otherwise back cloth over spine and golden/orange boards are very clean and bright; binding is tight, solid and square. Internals are pristine. An intense story involving a trial with international ramifications as Hana Arif is defended by David Wolfe, a successsful lawyer in San Francisco whi knew Hana in law school, and who is running for US Congress. Hana is accused of attemptesd assassination of the prime minister of Israel. David's case investigation takes him to Israel as he delves into the lives of Hanna and her militant Palestinian husband, both of whom have always lived in exile. A fascinating and engrossing story. 562 pages. 6.2 x 1.6 x 9.5 inches. 2007, Henry Holt and Co., New York

U.S.A: Atlantic Monthly Press/Grove/Atlantic Inc, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket, A novel of academia and realpolitik, from Harvard to Africa, with corruption, love, betrayal, and sudden death. Former owner name on endpaper, otherwise book is in Fine condition. Pristine, in black half cloth with red titles, ivory cloth over boards; tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Interior also as new. 294 pages. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2009.

USA: Berkley Books, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked cover, light crease on lower corner, cover torn up spine edge 3/4 inch. Tight glued binding. Pages clean and unmarked, lightly toned. In this adventure, James Bond provides all the thrills for John Gardner as he did for his original creator, Ian Fleming. 311 pages. 4.2 x 7 inches. New York, Berkley Pub, 1985.

London, UK: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Wordsworth Classics Edition in excellent condition, complete and unabridged. 219 pages. Pages lightly toned. otherwise as new. Very clean, no markings inside or out, appears unread. John Buchan, 1875-1940, was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined his public life career with writing thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies. At his death he was Governor-General of Canada. " Greenmantle" is the second of his novels featuring the character Richard Hannay set during World War I. It was published in 1916 to bolster the spirits of a war weary British public. It is a fast moving and adventurous spy novel. 218 pages. 8vo. 1998, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. London, UK

USA: Bantam Books, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. By the author of The Day of the Jackal, a classic spy novel, The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, and others. And here is another novel of international intrigue involving a Russian one-time army sargeant with dreams of becoming the promise of a Russia reborn Clean & unmarked, tight & solid & square with sharp corners. Faint, pale spots on bottom edge of text block is the only defect. Bright, clean black jacket with gold print with very slight wear to edges. 464 pages. 6.3 x 9.5 inches. Bantam Books, New York, 1996.

USA: ATRIA BOOKS, 2004. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Atria Books Hardcover BCE Book and Dust Jacket As New. A tale of espionage, intrigue and high level politics, played out across time and continents. 338 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Atria Books, New York, 2004.

U.S.A: St Martins Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. First Printing Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Gray cloth w/silver titles, very clean and unmarked, tight and solid. Bottom board edges and spine heel slightly rubbed. Internals in Fine Condition. Jacket is clean and bright with a touch of edgewear. Another fast-paced Ludlum suspenseful novel about a Nobel laureate, international financier and philanthropist, and billionaire, who have been kidnapped by a near mythical terrorist organization known as the Caliph. 547 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 2002, St. Martin's Press, New York, New York, USA

USA: Congdon & Weed, 1981. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A novel of espionage. Clean and unmarked red half cloth with blue boards, square, tight and solid. Top edge is lightly sunned. Text block edges have a few pale spots/lines. Interior is spotless, no creases. Glossy, clean, unclipped jacket with light wrinkling to spine head, yellowed on inside flaps. 279 pages. Congdon & Weed, USA

USA: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1971. Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. A novel set in Malaga and Granada where Ian Ferrier has a reunion with a trusted friend--where he finds murder, a conspiracy for assassination-- and he becomes the hunted as well as the hunter. Intrigue and adventure. Bound in rust colored cloth with black titles, clean and unmarked, tight and solid. Top edge tinted red. Rough cut. Previous owner label and name on paste-down. Interior very clean and completely free on any markings, no creases. Vintage jacket is clean, scuffed and chipped on spine and some corners. Clear archival protective jacket cover. 373 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, 1971.

New York: Doubleday, 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Clean and unmarked book in black quarter cloth silver titled, black paper-wrapped boards; no wear to extremities. Tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Pages block edges clean and white. Internals spotless. A suspenseful story of a top secret new Advanced Tactical Aircraft and the hunt for a Soviet mole--the Minotaur. Four people are dead and a test pilot is near death before Jack Grafton --who you may have met in Coonts' first novel "Flight of the Intruder"--hones in on the identity of the Minotaur. 436 pages. 9.5 x 6.3 inches. New York, Doubleday, 1989.