Description
First edition of The Craft of Intelligence, signed by CIA Director, Allen Dulles.
Octavo, viii, 277pp. Gray cloth over black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Faint toning to spine, otherwise a clean copy, free of any marks. In publisher’s dust jacket, $4.95 retail price on front flap, faint shelfwear, a bright, near fine example. Signed by Allen Dulles on the front free endpaper: “To Robert K. Starling, with the sincere regards of the author, Allen Dulles / Xmas 1963.”
Allen Dulles (1893-1969) was the Director of the CIA under President Eisenhower from 1953-1961. He served on the Warren Commission in 1963-1964. His brother, John Foster Dulles, served as Secretary of State under President Eisenhower.
