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black,green & silver metallic ½ cloth hardbound 8vo. ~ 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges have yellow fox spots. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond., minor wear, couple of faint scratches, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing ( FPu1974 & nap). illustrated title pg. x+180p. biography. american history. covert operations. espionage. secret societies. conspiracy theory. ~ The life and fate of E. Howard Hunt remain unresolved. But his story is part of the story of Watergate, the political consequences of which are certain to be felt for years to come. Hunt is part of American history in the making. Tad Szulc's eye~opening expose of the life and times of Howard Hunt makes it clear that there was a natural, although very strange, progression from the Cold Warrior CIA man of the 1940s to the White House "dirty trick" operator of 1972. Mr. Szulc recounts in vivid and sometimes appalling detail the activities and programs on which Hunt worked for most of his adult life~and shows how this romantic and oddly extravagant personality shared in pursuits that were considered routine and correct by Washington's top policy~makers. Drawing from published accounts as well as from his personal sources in the intelligence community, Mr. Szulc starts with Hunt's OSS days in the jungles of Burma and then details his work in Europe and Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s, (Hunt was active not only in CIA preparations for the coup in Guatemala in 1954 and in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, but in a second, hitherto unknown plan for an invasion of Cuba in 1964.) But most of this headline~making book concerns itself with the activities that led up to and followed from the break~in at the Watergate in June 1972. The cast of characters and the methods and attitudes which Hunt brought to his White House work after his departure from the CIA significantly did not alter much. And they are none too savory. Mr. Szulc throws new light on a number of aspects of the Watergate caper, and asks~on the basis of several important points of unexamined evidence~many startling questions, theorizing that Hunt and his colleague G. Gordon Liddy may have participated in other "black" operations that remain secret. The story of E. Howard Hunt~secret agent, novelist, lover of the good life, a spy who never overcame his obsession with the craft of "intelligence"~ is one of cruel ironies and odd coincidences but Tad Szulc makes it clear that it could have ended as it did only in the special circumstances created by the presidency of Richard Nixon. TAD SZULC was a political; diplomatic, and foreign correspondent for The New York Times for eighteen years.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good +. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by author on half-title page. Light foxing to page edges. DJ lightly rubbed. $5.95 price present on DJ flap. scarce signed. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. (1st) Sturdy book, black covers, very bright silver lettering as well as green-shaded black lettering very fine on spine, blue inside covers and adjacent end papers, 180 pages. DJ glossy black background, photo repeated on front of man at center front, green and black lettering. DJ has very tiny tears and slight wear to several edges, 1/4" tear taped at spine bottom. Good DJ/Very Fine book.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. First Edition. New York. 1974. Viking Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. 0670235466. 180 pages. hardcover. keywords: Espionage Biography America. DESCRIPTION - The life and fate of E. Howard Hunt remain unresolved. But his story is part of the story of Watergate, the political consequences of which are certain to be felt for years to come. Hunt is part of American history in the making. Tad Szulc's eye-opening expose of the life and times of Howard Hunt makes it clear that there was a natural, although very strange, progression from the Cold Warrior CIA man of the 1940s to the White House dirty trick operator of 1972. Mr. Szulc recounts in vivid and sometimes appalling detail the activities and programs on which Hunt worked for most of his adult life - and shows how this romantic and oddly extravagant personality shared in pursuits that were considered routine and correct by Washington's top policymakers. Drawing from published accounts as well as from his personal sources in the intelligence community, Mr. Szulc starts with Hunt's OSS days in the jungles of Burma and then details his work in Europe and Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s, (Hunt was active not only in CIA preparations for the coup in Guatemala in 1954 and in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, but in a second, hitherto unknown plan for an invasion of Cuba in 1964.) But most of this headline-making book concerns itself with the activities that led up to and followed from the break-in at the Watergate in June 1972. The cast of characters and the methods and attitudes which Hunt brought to his White House work after his departure from the CIA significantly did not alter much. And they are none too savory. Mr. Szulc throws new light on a number of aspects of the Watergate caper, and asks - on the basis of several important points of unexamined evidence - many startling questions, theorizing that Hunt and his colleague G. Gordon Liddy may have participated in other black operations that remain secret. The story of E. Howard Hunt - secret agent, novelist, lover of the good life, a spy who never overcame his obsession with the craft of intelligence - is one of cruel ironies and odd coincidences but Tad Szulc makes it clear that it could have ended as it did only in the special circumstances created by the presidency of Richard Nixon. inventory #12149.

Hardcover. 1st edition. FINE book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). AS NEW book but for very light scattered foxing on text block edges. 8.5"x6", 1809pp Hunt was a central figure in Watergate. What is known of Nixon's domestic spying was likely only the tip of the iceburg as this book states Hunt shook Nixon down for at least another $200,000 by threatening to discuss other, still undisclosed, Nixom illegalities. Hunt was a major planner for the 1954 Guatemala coup and the planning for the 1961 Bay of Pig invation. Likely never read as it stays tightly closed when stood on its spine. FINE book & DJ. AS NEW DJ but for a creased front flap. 1st ed.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. First Edition. Basis for the Hunt character portrayal in THE X-FILES TV series. Has all the points of first issue. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy protected in a Mylar jacket cover.

Etat : as is, fair to good. 180, damp stains & warping to lower portion of text (no pages stuck together), damp stain ins fr bd, DJ worn along edges & flap warp.

First Edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket.

Etat : very good, fair to good. 180, DJ scratched and scuffed, some wear along top and bottom edges of DJ, small tear in rear DJ.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. ook is in Fine condition.