The Ultra Secret
WINTERBOTHAM, Frederick William
[Third Impression].
FIRST PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ULTRA
Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1974]
Stock code: 51588
Price: £60.00
8vo.,Third Impression, tiny personal book-label on front free endpaper; rose cloth, gilt back, mark on upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
This relatively unassuming title is the first public disclosure of the Ultra operation, now recognised as a major contribution to Allied victory in WWII. The author was chief of the air department of SIS and as such responsible for Ultra's organization, distribution and security. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS OF THE W&N EDITION ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.222.