Knife behind the Curtain: Tales of Crime and the Secret Service 1st US Edition Hardcover in Dust Jacket 1930 Valentine Williams MI6 Spy

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Title: The Knife behind the Curtain: Tales of Crime and the Secret Service

Author: Valentine Williams

Description: First American edition. Orange boards stamped in black. A few pencil notations on the rear paste-down, else interior is clean. Dust jacket has a bit of light chipping; edges rubbed; spine has scuffed appearance and is lightly toned; not price clipped ($2.00). DJ in clear archival sleeve. 295 pp. 7.75 x 5.25 inches.

Tales of the British Secret Service Bureau.

George Valentine Williams (1883-1946) was an English journalist and author. He was a war reporter during the First World War; during WWII he served in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and then at the British Embassy in Washington.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place: Boston and New York
Year: 1930

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: crime fiction, fiction, intelligence agencies, MI6, British, UK,

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