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The Ultra Secret
by F. W. Winterbotham, CBE
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297768328
- ISBN 13
- 9780297768326
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1975 first edition, fourth impression. Size octavo, 8.5" tall, 199 pages. Red hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, small gift inscription on front end-paper otherwise a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, slight curl/crease to both edges, spine a bit faded, not price clipped. About the vital role played in our victory in the Second World War by the Enigma code breaking team in Bletchley Park
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018045
- Title
- The Ultra Secret
- Author
- F. W. Winterbotham, CBE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 4th Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0297768328
- ISBN 13
- 9780297768326
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 199
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NON FICTION HISTORY SECOND WORLD WAR WWII ENIGMA ALAN TURING CODE BREAKERS ESPIONAGE SPY SPIES SPYING STRATEGY MILITARY 20TH CENTURY ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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