In The Secret Service. The Lighting of the Torch. Translated

by George Slowikowski by Maj-Gen. Rygor Slowikowski, O. B E., M. R.

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First edition

London: Windrush Press, 1988. Intelligence/espionage FIRST EDITION. Octavo 24 x 16cm , pp.285; 1 , blank. With black & white plates. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced £16.95. A lovely fine copy. 'Rygor-S owikowski' was a Polish Army officer whose intelligence work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 Operation Torch landings. Described as the only allied agent with a network

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