THOMAS GordonMareMagnum
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8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
pp. (4)[Title page and Forward], 67 + Color frontis. Illustrated with numerous black and white and color photographs. Presentation insert from the Chrysler Corporation. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, lettered in gold. Hardbound. Essential to the creation of the Atom Bomb, all the pure uranium metal to be had in the U.S. in 1941 came from the laboratory of a Westinghouse lamp plant at Bloomfield, NJ which was closely linked with Chrysler automobiles. "In the tremendous endeavor which produced the atom bomb, and thus brought World War II to a sudden close, Chrysler Corporation had an important part" - K.T. Keller, President of Chrysler Corporation. Very nice copy. SPACE/6
Où André LABARTHE (1902-1967), physicien engagé dans la "France libre" pendant la seconde Guerre mondiale (fondateur de la revue "La France Libre"), puis journaliste scientifique (qui assista aux essais d'armes atomiques états-uniens en 1946), envisage l'énergie atomique d'un double point de vue: la 2nde Guerre mondiale et les ravages de la bombe atomique (Hiroshima, Nagasaki...) et l'histoire scientifique de la radio-activité depuis 1896; exemplaire bien complet d'un petit erratum tiré à part, et avec petit papier annonçant la parution de la revue "Constellation", dirigée par l'auteur. Français
In 8o, pp. 232, t. pelle con impressioni oro, molte imm. fotograf. a cura di J. Segalant. Ottimo (5401/ NUCLEARE - HIROSHIMA - ENERGIA ATOMICA - FISICA)
Features/Photos: General De Gaulle breaks away from his security guards in Algeria; Rioting in Algiers - disagreement with President De Gualle's plans for an Algerian Republic; Photos of the atom bombs dropped upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently released; The Roman Bath the Tenth Legion built at Ramat Rahel, Jerusalem; Three Royal Naval Aircraft Carriers together in the Mediterranean; University College of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Small closed tear to lower right corner of front cover. Sound copy. Book
Features: Construction photos of the Hams Hall electrical generating plant; The German Hotel Ship St. Louis; Blockade running in the Aegean; Attempted destruction of the Flak Tower in the Berlin Tiergarten; a conference on the future of Japan; Photos of the second anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima; Massacres in a divided Punjab; Terrified refugees of the Punjab; Life in Korea; Photos from India - Hyderabad; Two photos of Jewish illegal immigrants aboard the Runnymede Park, due at Hamburg from Port de Bouc - these people had attempted to land in Palestine in the President Warfield; newly found at Amman - Transjordan's finest classical sculpture. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
8vo., with a frontispiece and maps in the text; grey boards, ivory cloth back lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vernacular account of the events and aftermath of two days following the atomic bomb attack. THE CLOTH EDITION IS ALREADY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
150 pages including notes and black and white photographic plates. Author's signature upon half-title page. Offers a message we cannot afford to ignore. The horrible effects of the bombing are explored from a dual perspective. First, their human toll. Second, the physical facts. The true impact of nuclear weapons is unveiled and the hopelessness of survival in a nuclear catastrophe made clear. Author is a nuclear physicist and professor in Hiroshima. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Japanese students in Hiroshima; A taste of life in Hiroshima now; How the decision was made to drop 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima; Would you make the bomb again? - Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, Eugene Wigner, Leslie Groves; Atoms for Peace - the dream, the reality; The Corruption of innocent Neutrons, by W.H. Auden. Crossword partially completed else unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
120 pages. George F. Carraher Jr.'s copy with his handwritten details inside back board. Numerous autographs throughout. Features photos of WWII heroes Butch O'Hare, namesake of Chicago's International Airport, and Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay which dropped warfare's first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. O'Hare appears in his class photo on page 35, on page 64 as a member of the "A" football team, on page 80 as a member of "D" Company, and as a member of Phi Delta on page 85. Tibbets appears with the former owner of this book in a group photo of their Sophomore Class on page 36 and as a member of the Rifle Team on page 76. Green endpapers tanned at edges. Above-average wear. Major soiling to handsomely gilted forest green front board. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful memento. Book
in 8 (21,5x16) Brossura con sovracoperta illustrata; pp.310, segni del tempo e scolorimento e piccoli strappi in sovracoperta , libro buono. Ed. 1966
Saggi Einaudi 382 <BR>ISBN 5119
Mm 130x210 Brossura originale di pp. 230 con 16 tavole b/n. Fioriture esclusivamente ai tagli e all'antiporta. Opera in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALL'ORDINE.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Declared unfit for active service, he reported the Battle of Normandy, the Liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, Kamikaze attacks on the British Pacific Fleet and Hiroshima.
