SIGNED on the introduction page by the author. 2nd printing. Interior is solid and clean. Gently read. Laminate wraps (softcover) are very lightly smudged, couple of small "dents" and a small patch of "scribbly" indentations to the front wrap, corners are lightly bumped. Hodgson spent hours, in his role as Associate Editor for the "Journal of the Camp X Society", interviewing many of the men and women who passed thru the infamous spy camp during the war years. A well researched and informative read. The creator of "James Bond", Ian Fleming, learned his craft at Camp X.