Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, Edmund Blunden, R.H. Bruce Lockhart - Lot of 3 Folio Society Edition - "Enigma", "Undertones of War", "Memoirs of a British Agent" - 1989-2005

Three very beautiful Folio Society editions of “Enigma. The Battle for the Code” by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, "Undertones of War" by Edmund Blunden and "Memoirs of a British Agent" by R.H. Bruce Lockhart.

“Enigma. The Battle for the Code” by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (b. 1955) - 2005 first impression edition of The Folio Society in London. It is illustrated with 53 period reproduction photographs.

The book is printed on Caxton wove paper. It is bound in full blocked cloth.

"Enigma. The Battle for the Code" presents not only the complete description of how the German Enigma code were broken, but the whole Enigma story, from its original invention and use by German forces and how it was the Poles who first cracked to passing the key to the German air force Enigma on to the British. This book shatters the myths and propaganda and explores in detail the true facts behind the Enigma machine.

The book has 435 pages. Its dimensions are - without slipcase: height 24 cm, length 16 cm, width: 4.3 cm; with slipcase on: height 25 cm, length 17 cm, width: 4.7 cm.

The book is in mint, pristine condition without any faults at view. It is unread, it has no wear to the cover and spine and no wear to pages. It has the boards in grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, red and black, with grey endpapers. It completely maintains the very high standard levels of Folio Society publications.

The protective dark gray slipcase shows no shelf wear. It has superficial faults at its outer lower corners from handling (please see detailed pictures) that does not affect at all the overall aesthetics.

"Undertones of War" by Edmund Blunden - 1989 first impression edition of The Folio Society in London. It is illustrated with 20 war lithographs plates and illustrations by famous artists like Paul Nash, C.R.W. Nevinson, William Orpen, William Rothenstein, Muirhead Bone and others.

The book is printed on 128 Matt Cartridge Paper. It is bound in full cloth printed with the lithograph "Void of War" by Paul Nash, monogrammed in plate.

In what is described as one of the finest autobiographies to come out of the First World War, this distinguished poet records his experiences as an infantry subaltern in France and Flanders. Blunden took part in the battles of the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele, describing the latter as 'murder, not only to the troops, but to their singing faiths and hopes'. The book represents Blunden's first prose publication, and was one of the earliest contributors to the large amount of Great War books to come out of England in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

The book has 237 pages. Its dimensions are - without slipcase: height 28 cm, length 18.7 cm, width: 2.8 cm; with slipcase on: height 28.8 cm, length 19.5 cm, width: 3.2 cm.

The book is in mint, pristine condition without any faults at view. It is unread, it has no wear to the cover and spine and no wear to pages. It has the boards in original silver gilt lettered pictorial cloth. It completely maintains the very high standard levels of Folio Society publications.

The protective black slipcase shows no shelf wear. It has superficial faults due to handling (please see detailed pictures) that does not affect at all the overall aesthetics.

"Memoirs of a British Agent" by R.H. Bruce Lockhart - 2003 first impression edition of The Folio Society in London. It is illustrated with 38 period reproduction photographs.

The book is printed on Caxton wove paper. It is bound in quarter blue cloth with colour pictorial printed paper sides. Inscribed on title page by a former owner.

An account of the author’s official mission to Moscow in 1918, it provides an unique eyewitness account of revolutionary Russia and a story of struggle and tragedy set against the background of that events. Aged 25, Lockhart became the British Vice-Consul to Moscow in 1912. With revolution in the air, it was dangerous, decadent posting. He became an eyewitness to pivotal events and in 1918 was charged with establishing a diplomatic understanding with the Bolsheviks, to ensure that Russia remained in the war against Germany.

The book has 280 pages. Its dimensions are - without slipcase: height 24 cm, length 16 cm, width: 3.2 cm; with slipcase on: height 25 cm, length 16.5 cm, width: 3.5 cm.

The book is in mint, pristine condition without any faults at view. It is unread, it has no wear to the cover and spine and no wear to pages, apart from the inscription on title page. It completely maintains the very high standard levels of Folio Society publications.

The protective blue slipcase shows no shelf wear. It has superficial faults due to handling (please see detailed pictures) that does not affect at all the overall aesthetics.

Beautifully crafted, imaginative editions of the world’s great works of fiction and non-fiction, The Folio Society books has thrilled and delighted scores of dedicated readers and collectors since 1947.

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