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SEBAG-MONTEFIORE**, HUGH : ENIGMA - The Battle for the Code. **

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2000.

ISBN 029784251X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd impression. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,montaged monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of colour photographic machine keys lettering spelling out part-title and capitalised.ahite-lettered sub-title,and capitalised,red-lettered author's name; spine/backstrip with capitalised, red-lettered part-title and capitalised white-lettered sub-title and capitalised red-lettered author's name and publisher's capitalised white-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with white-lettered bullet-pointed synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - though inevitable age-acquired but minimal and superficial scoring/ indents without penetration to boards beneath to either panel of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright, crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain chocolate brown cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain brown endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,v-xiipp+1-403pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/ table,an Illustrations list/table,Acknowledgements,an Introduction,a Prologue,26 chapters and an Epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp180/81 and other b/w illustrations/diagrams etc, interspersed within the book and text,a Chronology,Appendices (1-6),Notes,a 3pp Bibliography,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,title page with a dedication to its reverse.                                   Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 20+ year-old age.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that it is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other major detracting faults.                          Breaking of the German Enigma code played a crucial part in the outcome of the Second World War.But breaking Enigma was not just about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park,a much wider group was also involved.To break Enigma,and particularly the all-important Naval Enigma code,the codebreakers had to rely on the daring exploits of secret agents and spies,naval officers and ordinary seamen who risked,and in some cases lost,their lives snatching the Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines. Using new material from both British and American archives,and interviews with some of the last surviving witnesses to the Enigma saga,Hugh Sebag-Montefiore can at last tell the rue story of how the Naval Enigma code was broken.                                           Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Not SIGNED.

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