Used paperback in good condition. Cover and pages show minimal wear. Rubber stamp on flyleaf, ink signature on title page. Pages showing normal age discolouration. 173 pages. Published by Pan Books, 1970. ISBN 0330025848.

The place: Geneva. The Price: World Peace. The Cost: USA's nuclear missile fail-safe device. The means: Radar-type directional antenna system Blip transceivers. Cipher tapes, sub-miniature cameras, a paddle-steamer, micro-transistor circuits, chemin-de-fer counters.

Yet the most important piece of equipment in this high-tension duel of espionage was an Aphrodite whose beauty called urgently for fulfillment.