Espionage from Lems Bookshop

The most important assassination case in Cold War history. Late in the summer of 1961 a KGB assassin, Bogdan Stashinsky, defected to West Germany. He had made the crossing many times to kill enemies of the communist regime, his weapon -- a unique, top secret gun that killed without leaving a trace. 364 pages. Book ex libray in good condition… Read more about this item

The author spent 40 years in secret service monitoring firstly Nazism then communism in Britain, Holland and Australia during the Cold War. Her appraisal of ASIO raises unanswered questions of great importance. 316 pages with black and white illustrations through the text. Book in very good+ condition.

In 1966 an ace operative, code name Tiger, is called out of semi-retirement by the CIA for a crucial mission: to uncover a highly placed NATO mole. Tiger is the author who discovers that the assignment is linked to the most frustrating mission of her OSS career during World War 2. 319 pages with 8 pages of black and white… Read more about this item

The story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a heroine who used her genius to hunt Nazi spies, steal enemy secrets and help invent a powerful new science that shaped the course of history. 444 pages with illustrations in the text. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker inside front cover and spine.

An astonishing true Cold War story of how the CIA, MI6 and a Soviet agent saved the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 358 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with book sellers sticker remnant on front and minor wear.

Sorge was an effortless seducer, combing charm with ruthless manipulation and his work helped determine the outcome of the Second World War - a fanatical communist and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy. 435 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with some minor wear.

The experiences of the author, a Lutheran Minister, and his service with the New Guinea Coast Watchers in the war against Japan, 1942-43. 200 pages with 2 colour and 25 black and white photographs, and 6 maps. Book in near fine condition.

The insiders guide to the secret world of espionage. Famous spies through history, stories from the secret world, and spy equipment. 176 pages with over 600 illustrations including specially commissioned colour photographs of the mysterious and ingenious paraphernalia of the spy. Book in very good+ condition ex library with two stickers on last page and minor wear to top and… Read more about this item

The astounding truth behind the disappearance of Britain's ace frogman, Commander Crabb, and fully documented and authenticated evidence that he now serves in the Soviet Navy. 220 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition ex library with stamp on first page and borrowing stamps on last page and reader wear to leading edge. Dust… Read more about this item

Michel Hollard refused to co-operate with the Germans after France was occupied and became an Agent for the British. In due course Hollard provided the British with invaluable information about the V1 rocket and launching sites which enabled Bomber Command to deliver devastating counter attacks which severely curtailed the number of rockets launched. Hollard was credited as having saved London.… Read more about this item

The amazing story of Second World War spy Thomas Sneum who escaped from Nazi occupied Denmark to Sweden bringing with him information about German radar installations and their plans to produce an atomic bomb - he was reward by being accused of being a double agent. 370 pages with 2 maps. Book in near fine condition.

The greatest untold espionage story of World War 2. Paul Rosebaud, The Griffin, was Churchill's most valuable spy throughout the Second World War. 294 pages with 33 black and white illustrations. Book in good condition ex library with number on first page and stamp on last page, some foxing, light tanning, blue lines on pages 8, 13 and 16 and… Read more about this item

The author draws a blueprint of espionage and anti-espionage based on his years of experience as a professional spy catcher. From cloak and dagger days to infinitely subtle and malignant methods, detailed exploits of professional spies in World War 2 and the inside secret of the Cold War. 208 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in… Read more about this item

In 1992, after the Berlin Wall came down, the author walked into the ministry now looking after the records of the East German secret police and asked if there was a file on him - there was. 227 pages. Book in very good+ condition.

The author presents an outline history of the SOE 1940-1946whose members lived in great and constant danger supporting and stimulating resistance behind enemy lines. 401 pages with 59 black and white photographs. Book in good condition with tanning, reader wear, three small edge marks and some wear to cover.

Fascinating detail of the extraordinary men, the missions, the conflicts and double-crosses behind one of the most pervasive, powerful yet fatally flawed intelligence systems the world has ever seen. 525 pages with 24 pages of illustrations. Book in good+ condition with general fading and some wear to cover.

American submarine missions to gain information and advantage during the Cold War and beyond. 406 pages with 24 pages of illustrations. Book in very good condition with light fading and knock to one page.