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    By Alexander d'Agapeyeff
    London   Oxford University Press
    8" by 5.5" 160pp
    An uncommon first edition of d'Agapeyeff's fascinating code and cipher collection, including his still unbroken cipher, which was edited out of later editions.
    By Alexander d'Agapeyeff

    1939 Codes and Ciphers

    London   Oxford University Press
    8" by 5.5" 160pp
    An uncommon first edition of d'Agapeyeff's fascinating code and cipher collection, including his still unbroken cipher, which was edited out of later editions.
    £280.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 869P7
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

    The uncommon first edition of this work.

    In the original very scarce price-clipped dust wrapper.

    D'Agappeyeff's selection of code and ciphers, including his famous challenge cipher at the end of the book.

    His challenge cipher is an as of yet unbroken cipher that appeared only in the first edition of this work, being edited out of the later editions.

    Illustrated with in-text illustrations.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Only a few light marks to the boards. Spots to the fore edge. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper, with a chip to the head of the front wrap. Light marks to the wraps, mostly to the rear wrap, and spots to the reverse. Spine is lightly sunned. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Very Good Indeed

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