About this title: An autobiographical account of a secret mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918. The author, who took the name Ronald Sinclair, was in fact the "missing" British political agent Reginald Teague-Jones, who before his death made available for publication his secret diaries telling of his mission to Baku, a practically unknown theatre of war in World War I. The author, acting alone and aged only 29, was responsible for organizing and maintaining the resistance to Turkish and Bolshevik takeover of the crucial railway linking Turkey and Russia to Afghanistan. After the collapse of the White ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gollancz
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780575047853ISBN:0575047852
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Date Published: 1991-06
ISBN-13:9780575047853ISBN:0575047852
Description: Good. Good hardcover in dj. Pages are clean and unmarked, though tanned. Cover contains minor dent. Dj shows some edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gollancz
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780575047853ISBN:0575047852
Description: Good. Ex library, first page is missing **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: First Gollancz Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, UK
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780575050877ISBN:057505087X
Description: Very Good++ Approx. 5" x 7 3/4" Tall. 217 pages. Introduction and Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk. Pictoral card covers. Square tight binding with uncreased covers. Paper slightly browning but clean and unmarked. Light spine creases. read more
Description: Subjects: Teague-Jones, Reginald, 1889-1988--Diaries. Political atrocities--Azerbaijan--Baku. Spies--Great Britain--Diaries. Azerbaijan--History--Revolution, 1917-1921. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. 1. pp. 216. read more
Description: Subjects: Teague-Jones, Reginald, 1889-1988--Diaries. Political atrocities--Azerbaijan--Baku. Spies--Great Britain--Diaries. Azerbaijan--History--Revolution, 1917-1921. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780575047853ISBN:0575047852
Description: As New in very good + jacket. Diary of a Secret Mission to Russian Central Asia in 1918. 8vo. 216 pp. Bound in black boards in black dust wrapper printed in white, grey and red. As New, bright, crisp copy, in Very Good+ dust wrapper with light scuffing, two small scratches to front cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gollancz
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780575047853ISBN:0575047852
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gollancz, Great Britain
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780575047853ISBN:0575047852
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0575047852. A very good good plus hardcover in a very good plus dustwrapper. The book is in clean black boards lightly bumped to the spine ends/corners, no writing or stamps, clean pages. The bright price-intact dustwrapper is creased and a little rubbed to the edges supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 224 pages. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780575050877ISBN:057505087X
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 217 pages. "A cracking good narrative...Teague-Jones was an indefatigable traveller, perfectly fearless and tough as old boots. "-Independent. "Seventy years ago, to escape the vengeance of the Bolshevik death squads, a British intelligence officer, Captain Reginald Teague-Jones, was forced to change his name and disappear. For, having been sent on a secret mission to Transcaucasia, he found himself accused of one of the most notorious incidents of the war between ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gollancz
Date Published: 1990]
Description: 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and a map; original cloth, a near fine copy in the dust jacket. Reginald Teague-Jones took the name 'Ronald Sinclair' to avoid retribution from the Soviets following the massacre of the Baku Commissars. He lived under this alias for seventy years, his true identity being revealed only after his death in 1988 at the age of 99. This dramatic account is based on his secret diary. Already uncommon in this condition. read more
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