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Inside the Aquarium: The Making of a Top Soviet Spy
Viktor Suvorov
- First 1st Edition
- Hardcover
- Dustjacket
- Macmillan 1986
- ISBN: 9780026154901
This book, which is one fascinating read, is in very good condition with an excellent dust jacket. It’s a first edition without any markings or damage. And you will read some crazy stories in this account!
‘Inside the Aquarium: The Making of a Top Soviet Spy’, is a prominent autobiographical book by Viktor Suvorov. ‘Viktor Suvorov’ is the pen name of Vladimir Rezun, a former Soviet military intelligence officer who defected to the United Kingdom in 1978. The "Aquarium" title refers to the real-life nickname used by insiders for the Moscow headquarters of the GRU (Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie), the Soviet Union's ultra-secret military intelligence directorate.
Plot Summary: The narrative follows Suvorov's recruitment from his position as a tank company commander, his rigorous and often brutal training through the Spetsnaz (special forces), his eventual rise into the core of the GRU, and his subsequent operations in Vienna leading up to his high-stakes defection.
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“This copy is a confirmed first edition, first printing. The copyright page shows the complete number line down to 1 at the bottom:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Because the sequence includes the number 1, it confirms that this book is from the very first production run printed by Macmillan Publishing Company in 1986. This is the exact version collectors look for.”
“The market value for a 1986 hardcover edition of ‘Inside the Aquarium: The Making of a Top Soviet Spy’ published by Macmillan typically ranges between $55 and $75. The exact worth depends greatly on the copy's condition and completeness. Copies in clean condition with the original, un-torn dust jacket generally sell for $55 to $75. Exceptional, near-mint copies can sometimes fetch upwards of $100 on specialized out-of-print marketplaces.”
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