H. Keith Melton - The Ultimate Spy Book. Forewords by William E. Colby and Oleg Kalugin

H. Keith Melton - The Ultimate Spy Book. Forewords by William E. Colby and Oleg Kalugin - London - Dorling Kindersley Limited / Greenwich Editions - 2000 - Reprint - 176 pp - Hardcover with dust jacket - 24 x 29 cm. - Design: Christina Betts.

Condition: Good.

Overview of (the history of) espionage and (antique) James Bond-ish curiosities about secret services and spies. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions in black and white and COLOUR. With table of contents, glossary and index. Text in English. Hardback edition.

¶ The book deals with i.a. the American Civil War, the First World War, Mata Hari, the Russian Revolution, weapons, mini-cameras, the Second World War, the Enigma Machine, Secret Language, encryption, the KGB, CIA and the London antiquarians Helen and Peter Kroger who smuggled state secrets through their books to the Russians.