benjamin cowburn (61 resultados)

Condición: acceptable. Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved, dog eared or creased page s ; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. b-620.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New. Pristine, unmarked. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket.

Condición: Good. VG condition book without slipcase. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Condición: Good.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war and the ways that agents would set about establishing secure networks with the French Resistance. He also shows how agents were able to travel across France, how they set up transmitters and contacted their British headquarters for orders, and how they arranged airplane pick-ups and deliveries of supplies. His account sheds light on the views of both the Resistance fighters facing torture at the hands of the Gestapo and their besieged French countrymen. He notes the tensions within the different command centres, in particular between the French leader-in-exile Charles de Gaulle and his British counterparts, who were all eager to control the efforts of the Resistance. Cowburn gives fascinating general lessons in the art of spying from establishing a worthy target to executing an operation but also tells the full story of his own sabotage operations, including the effective destruction of cylinders for thirteen locomotives in the dead of night. As in so many operations, mistakes were made which could have led to numerous arrests. In this case, the details of the operation had accidentally been left on a blackboard in the school where they had planned the raid, but were luckily scrubbed out by the headmaster's wife. On another occasion, Cowburn snuck itching powder into the laundry of Luftwaffe agents to cause a disruption.This new edition contains an Introduction by M.R.D Foot and a Foreword by Sebastian Faulks.A top 500 Amazon title!! The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good ++. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Slipcase Very Good ++. Grandfield, Geoff (Illustrator) Ilustrador. 187 pages. Silver slipcase has slight wear only with a 3cm light surface-rub to front. Very clean black hardback binding with an attractive abstract design to front. Minimal wear, little used.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Grandfield, Geoff Ilustrador. 1st Edition. H/B in Slipcase, 187 pages condition is Very good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condición: Used; Very Good. **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! Greener Books.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New copy picked straight from printer's packet. Priority orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 24 or courier (particularly if over 2kg). Standard mail will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 48 (up to 2kg), heavier items by courier . Overseas orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail International.Tracked. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MY PRIVACY POLICY.

Condición: Good. No Edition Stated. 192 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 5th or later Edition. Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. WWII.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Previous owners name on front end page. WWII.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Appears unread. Covers a special mission in France during German occupation.

Paperback. Some minor traces of use, still a (very) good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 192 pages, frontispiece, dust wrapper has some edge wear.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Illustrated by Geoff Grandfield Ilustrador. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Still stiff to open in illustrated black cloth; in gray slipcase just faintly sunned on edge.; 187 pages.

8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. xvii + 187, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. 2012. The Folio Society. As New hardback without Slipcase. Appears Unread. The spine is firm and tight. Clean, crisp, unmarked pages. Introduced by Giles Foden. Illustrated by Geoff Grandfield. With 8 colour illustrations including to frontispiece. (Please contact Seller for Overseas Postage Rates. Thank you).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. binding tight, owners name, DJ has shelf/edge wear and tears one of which is taped on front. S10 7.

Hardback. Condición: Mint. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Mint. First Thus. NO CLOAK, NO DAGGER. Allied Spycraft in Occupied France. Benjamin Cowburn. Introduction by M. R. D. Foot Foreword by Sebastian Faulks. Frontline Books, Barnsley. 2009 First Thus. ISBN 9781848325432 192pp Hardback. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is also in mint condition having been covered in clear, removable, protective film. The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war and the ways that agents would set about establishing secure networks with the French Resistance. He also shows how agents were able to travel across France, how they set up transmitters and contacted their British headquarters for orders, and how they arranged airplane pick-ups and deliveries of supplies. His account sheds light on the views of both the Resistance fighters facing torture at the hands of the Gestapo and their besieged French countrymen. He notes the tensions within the different command centers, in particular between the French leader-in-exile Charles de Gaulle and his British counterparts, who were all eager to control the efforts of the Resistance. Cowburn gives fascinating general lessons in the art of spying from establishing a worthy target to executing an operation but also tells the full story of his own sabotage operations, including the effective destruction of cylinders for thirteen locomotives in the dead of night. As in so many operations, mistakes were made which could have led to numerous arrests. In this case, the details of the operation had accidentally been left on a blackboard in the school where they had planned the raid, but were luckily scrubbed out by the headmaster's wife. On another occasion, Cowburn snuck itching powder into the laundry of Luftwaffe agents to cause a disruption. Originally published in 1960s this new edition contains an Introduction by M.R.D Foot and a Foreword by Sebastian Faulks. Ref BB4.

Frontline (London) 2009 (reprint), 192 pp, author was SOE agent parachuted into France, fine, DJ,

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No jacket. Grandfield, Geoff Ilustrador. The Folio Society, 2011. Hardback, slip-case, 8vo, xix,187pp, illust. Slip-case a little faded and dented. A fair copy. /0.7uk.