BREAKING THE RING: The Bizarre Case of the Walker Family Spy Ring
by John Barron
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. First American Edition Esp. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (244 pages, 14 illustrations, notes, index.). The story of John Walker and the friends and family members who he enlisted to gather information for soviet forces is also a thorough, long-term assessment of the damage done, over the course of seventeen years, to the national security of the United States. A near fine copy, in mylar covered dust jacket, gilt lettering on spine bright, binding tight, contents clean.
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- Bookseller
- Chartwell Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38978
- Title
- BREAKING THE RING: The Bizarre Case of the Walker Family Spy Ring
- Author
- John Barron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (with Dust Jacket)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition Esp
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo (244 pages, 14 illustration
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- E.P.
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