During the 1920s Herbert O. Yardley was chief of the first peacetime cryptanalytic organization in the United States, the ancestor of today's National Security Agency. Funded by the U.S. Army and the Department of State and working out of New York, his small and highly secret unit succeeded in breaking the diplomatic codes of several nations, ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson
Date Published: 1932
Description: Used-Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. Undated & with no edition stated; may be the First edition of 1932. Pages a little browned. 3 of the code grids have been completed in pencil which has been rubbed out. Binding tight; dust jacket a little worn & soiled. Dust jacket protected in removable clear film. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Company
Date Published: 1934
Description: Good. No Jacket. G first edition hb in red boards, no dj, minor shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, pages lightly yellowed, text tight and clean. read more
Edition: No ed. stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson
Date Published: n. d
Description: VG hardback in VG dustjacket. Tweedy cloth, slightly yellowed on spine; pages a little browned; dust jacket worn at edges, with browned spine; grids not completed. Not dated, and with no edition stated, but there are none of the usual indications used to Hutchinson for a reprint, so. read more
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Binding: SCARCE TITLE
Publisher: Simon and Schuster 1957 / Reprint
Description: Dust Cover Illustrated. Dj is Mylar Protected. Biography / True Story. Game Players Guide. Quality Hardback: hard cover edition in Very Good condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book; and in a good-minus dust cover with egdewear, closed tear repairs and chipping, including a 2 in missing chip from spine. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself, or would make a gift for the fan / ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: , mottled blue and white cloth with blue titles
Publisher: Published by Hutchinson & Co
Date Published: , no date given [1932]
Description: , book is in very good condition in , no dust wrapper jacket. Hardback. 190 pages, includes grids throughout. 20 x 13 cm. read more
Description: London, no date circa 1920s. Octavo. 191pp, illustrated. A good copy in blue white cloth without dj. 2 pages filled with inked numbers, read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good- 1945, slight edgewear, light soiling on outer page edges, cover has slight edgewear, cover lightly soiled, hard cover, 247 p. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 12mo. "A code and cipher puzzle book devised for your entertainment by one of the greatest living experts. " An undated book, probably 1930's, of 190 clean pages tightly bound in blue speckled cloth covers, 7 1/2" tall with dark blue titles on the front and spine. Covers clean and bright. An intact dust wrapper with internal repairs to minor wear at the spine and fold ends. The exposed surfaces of the wrapper are darkened. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co undated
Description: A book of ciphergrams enabling everybody to become an amateur cryptographer. Each secret message has a story of intrigue to attract you. Hb, first edition, 191pp. Dust jacket lightly aged and edgeworn. A VG copy in VG dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited
Date Published: 1940)
Description: The American Black Chamber. First Impression with this Title; 8vo; pp. x, 265; b/w frontispiece, 22 pages of b/w plates; original brown cloth, title lettered in black on spine, dustjacket price clipped and scuffed, browning to page edges, foxing to pages, a good copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
Date Published: 1932
Description: Good Plus. No Dustjacket. Light edgewear and some minor faded spots to boards. Cloth pencil holder has a tear. Endpapers are slightly toned at edges. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's
Date Published: 1945
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. Book Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket has chipping and small tears to top corners, top spine, top jacket, closed tear middle of spine. Previous owners name and book is price clipped. Jacket does read on inside flap about wartime conservation statements and title page. No markings or stamps in book. read more
Edition: Third Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1945
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library Very light use, tight binding. Dustjacket has several small tears, and a 3" taped tear on back. No soil or damp. Stamped on bottom edge and inner cover 'Property U.S. Navy', and a public library stamp on flyleaf. All pages smooth, crisp and clean-even edges. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good in Acceptable jacket. First Edition. wartime conservation statements to front dj flap and copyright page clearly used but still better than a reading copy, with more than usual overall wear, discoloration, writing in text, etc. read more
Edition: 1st edition.
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Hutchinson
Date Published: 1111
Description: Very Good 2. Exlib with usual markings, otherwise good, a slight splitting to spine and slight discolouration to spine and boards, tanning to pages, some ink marks in ciphagrams in text. read more
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