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18520086582Washington DC: A. Boyd Hamilton 1852. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 1852 First Edition. 159 maps printed on rectos only and each one interleaved with a blank page. LACKS 3 fold-out maps and endpapers. Hardcover 4to. contemporary 1/2 leather. Good. Front board detached but present; rear board missing. Mild foxing throughout; dampstain visible to the bottom corner of the majority of the pages. Plat maps collated complete but again this copy does NOT include the large fold-out maps. No odors or signs of biopredation. A. Boyd Hamilton hardcover
2000023481Washington: USGPO. These 4 volumes contain the full record of the United States Senate Proceedings . A near fine copy of the set - but has neat ex-library markings and library -standard reinforcement to edges of volumes using clear strong plastic tape. Very Scarce. Size: 8vos - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Ex-Library. Titled Wrappers. 2000. USGPO unknown
179738717Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno Printer to the Senate of the United States 1797. 175 1 blank iv 18 pp. Bound in contemporary half sheep chipped and blue paper-covered boards rear board nearly detached. Text lightly tanned Very Good. <br /> <br /> This document prints President Washington's Message "for the last time" to Congress in December 1796 summarizing "measures calculated to ensure a continuance of the friendship of the Indians and to preserve peace along the extent of our interior Frontier" as well as to "guard our advanced settlements from the predatory incursions of those unruly individuals who cannot be restrained by their Tribes." He reports on the implementation of the Treaty with England and on the boundary between the U.S. and the Floridas owned by Spain; urges "the gradual creation of a navy" development of American industry establishment of a National University and a Military Academy. <br /> Material is also considered on the southern and western boundaries of Georgia; ratification of the first ten amendments to the Constitution; inquiries on the proposed Eleventh Amendment immunizing States from suit without their consent; Vice-President Adams's farewell to the Senate before his installation as President; results of the 1796 election with electoral votes cast by each of the 16 States Tennessee Kentucky and Vermont having joined the Original Thirteen and announcement of the election of Adams and Thomas Jefferson as President and Vice President respectively. A comprehensive Index is included. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 32971. ESTC W20585. Printed by John Fenno, Printer to the Senate of the United States unknown
1818287444Washington D.C. 1818. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. A sammelband of sixty pamphlets printed for the Senate of the United States March through April of 1818. Most are petitions to the Committee of Claims as well as a 358 pp. list of pensioners and an index at the rear. Also with ten folding tables depicting the provisioning of the Northwest Army during the War of 1812 folding table of the funding of the U.S. debt and one additional folding table. Union Library Co. nameplate and librarian’s name on the front pastedown. Quarter brown leather over marbled paper with a ‘2’ blindstamped on the spine. Very Good. ~~Memorial of Thomas Tenant and George Stiles of the city of Baltimore merchants and ship owners praying that certificates of registry may be granted to their vessels. ~20 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 10 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of War respecting the requisitions that were made on the contractors… on the frontiers of Georgia… Washington 1818. 26 pp. ~Folding table~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 13 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the Third of February last a Report from the Secretary of the Treasury respecting the progress made under the act to provide for surveying the coast of the United States. 21 pp.~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Statement of the Proceedings which may have been had under the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1817 entitled “An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement and cultivation of the Vine and Olive.†10 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 23 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 23 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 2 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 26 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 26 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 30 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate …a list of all the Pensioners… March 28 1818. Washington 1818. 358 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 1 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States April 1 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 3 1818. 3 pp.~In Senate of the United States April 3 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 6 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 4 1814 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 4 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee of Finance of the Senate in Relation to the Application of the Board of Directors to the Congress for permission to issue Bills and Notes signed by other persons than the President and Cashier of the Bank. April 9 1818. 1818. 7 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Report from the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate containing a list of the names of the several agents of Indian Affairs and of the Agents of Indian Trading Houses with the pay and emoluments of the Agents respectively. April 10 1818. 8 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate respecting the Supplies of the Northwestern Army within certain periods therein specified by Contractors Commissaries and Agents and the expense thereby incurred. April 10 1818. Washington 1818. 11 pp. ten folding tables.~In Senate of the United States April 10 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 14 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 14 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 15 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the senate of the fourth instant the amount of the funded debt of the United States bearing an interest at seven six and three per cent which has been paid by the subscribers towards the capital of the bank of the united states distinguishing the amount of each which has been paid upon the several installments; stating the sums and species of funded debt sold by the bank; how much thereof was redeemed by the united states; how much has been sold without the united states; and how much is now held by the bank. April 15 1818. 9 pp. Folding table.~In Senate of the United States April 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States. April 17 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 18 1818. 1 pp. ~Index. 9 pp. ~. Very Good binding. unknown
014017With a 159-page appendix printed here for the first time. Modern cloth-backed marbled boards printed paper spine label. First Edition Second Issue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover
1901ZB1250427Washington: GPO 1901. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 1176 pp. 9 folding maps some of which are in color; contemporary quarter leather & cloth covered boards hardcover binding worn hand stamp to the front blank and title page else internally clean and tight; folding maps titled Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands Oahu Map of Hawaii Maui Kauai Pearl Harbor Honolulu Part of the City of Honolulu Naval Chart of the Pacific and Western Atlantic. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: GPO hardcover
17942107060010Philadelphia : Zachariah Poulson Junior no. 80 Chesnut-Street 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Pennsylvania During Washington's Presidency Contains the Sessions from Dec. 2 1794 - Apr. 20 1795. Folio 31 cm. Bound in contemporary full sheep. Also includes the Report of the Register General Finances for 1794. 289 1 19 p. Lacks the first title page. Tear on p. 37-40. Scattered staining throughout. Evans 29289. Evans 29293. A small note says this book was from the estate of John W. Fisher North Heidelberg Berks Co. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 80, Chesnut-Street hardcover
198564594Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1985. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some war and soiling. Label residue on back cover. iv 584 p. : ill.; 24 cm. Includes Illustrations. S. Hrg. 99-26. The Grace COmmission was established in June 1982 by Executive Order to identify ways to reduce the cost of the Federal Government. Overall the Commission came up with nearly 2 500 recommendations resulting in projected cost savings of some $424 billion over a three year period. In procurement alone the Commission estimated that $34.5 billion could be saved over three years if the GOvernment improved its procurement practices. This hearing concentrated on those Grace Commission recommendations which accounted for most of the projected savings in procurement. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2007530732007. ISBN 1584778083. United States Senate. Reorganization of the Federal Judiciary. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Seventy-fifth Congress First Session on S. 1392 a Bill to Reorganize the Judicial Branch of the Government. Washington: Government Printing Office 1937. 2040 49 pp. 6 parts in 3 vols. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. Set ISBN-13: 9781584778080. Set ISBN-10: 1584778083. Cloth. Light shelfwear corners bumped light soiling to fore-edge of Volume I internally clean $475. Complete reprint of the sole edition. Includes the Adverse Report and Hearings Part 1 to 6. This set of hearing transcripts and the texts of supporting documents chronicles the history of Franklin D. Roosevelt's court-packing plan and its defeat in the United States Senate. Angered by the Court's hostility to legislation relating to the New Deal Roosevelt proposed a bill to expand the membership of the court on February 5 1937. Presented as a way to increase efficiency it was intended to create seats for justices who would support the New Deal. The resulting struggle was a critical episode in Roosevelt's presidency and one of the nastiest clashes between the executive and judiciary in American history. Roosevelt's plan failed but the debate had a profound effect on the Court's attitude toward the New Deal which lead many to believe that the president was ultimately successful. unknown
BN215062Greenwood PressLondon. Hardcover. Juvenile Delinquency <br/><br/>Juvenile Delinquency United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary Greenwood Press,London hardcover
19062210792Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1906. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Large softcover original government publication in original wraps. Exterior shows edge and spine issues which includes chipping and tearing. Front cover has a dark spot along the bottom and the original owners name written in pencil along the top edge. Internal binding is good and text pages are secure. Paper is toned due to age and some minor spotting and foxing is present. No other handwriting noted other than the name written on the front cover. No bookplates no underlining no library markings. The last text page has some tearing in the gutter which was caused by a bit of binder glue. An extremely rare publication which also covers the Brownsville affray and was released by the 59th Congress second session. Title page states document number 155. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office paperback
184710042801741Ritchie and Heiss 1847. Leather Bound. Good. Volume III Documents No. 101 to No. 224. Washington 1847. Very thick 8vo. Original leather binding. Text includes a number of folded charts and diagrams and at least one large folded map pertaining to West Florida. Some wear and scuffing to cover. See our pictures. Ritchie and Heiss hardcover
197664120Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1976. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some pencil erasure and sticker residue. Stamp on back cover. vi 841 p.; 24 cm. Illustrations. This was an important set of hearings during the last third of the 20th century that sought to 'reform' federal lobbying laws. While recognizing the role that advocacy could positively have in the democratic process the committee was concerned that to assure public confidence "the lobbyist must work in the open. " Time had changed since the Federal Lobbying Act of 1946 and these hearings explored ways to update and modernize the transparency and procedures of lobbying. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
199382711Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1993. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Very good. xii 1223 5 pages. Footnotes. Some cover wear. The POW/MIA issue has proven almost as emotional and controversial as the Vietnam War itself. The Committee has sought to transform this troubled atmosphere by encouraging all participants in the debate to join forces in an objective search for the truth. Because the overriding hope and objective of the Committee was to identify information that would lead to the rescue or release of one or more live U.S. POWs the Committee gave first priority to investigation of issues related to our most recent war the conflict in Vietnam. Nevertheless substantial resources were devoted to seeking and reviewing information concerning Americans missing from World War II the Korean War and the Cold War. The Committee has operated on a nonpartisan basis with a nonpartisan staff directed by Members equally divided between the two parties. The Committee sought the guidance of family members activists veterans' organizations and many others about how to conduct the investigation where to focus whom to consult and what issues to address. Former POWs were contacted and asked to share their knowledge and all previous inquiries and investigations on the subject were reviewed. The Committee requested and received access to the records of a wide range of U.S. Government agencies including intelligence agencies and the White House. Unlike previous investigators we refused to accept "national security" as grounds for denying information and obtained assurances from the highest levels of government that no relevant information would be withheld. The Select Committee was created because of the need to reestablish trust between our government and our people on this most painful and emotional of issues. It was created to investigate and tell publicly the complete story about what our government knows and has known and what it is doing and has done on behalf of our POW/MIAs. It was created to examine the possibility that unaccounted for Americans might have survived in captivity after POW repatriations at Odessa in World War II after Operation Big Switch in Korea in 1953 after Cold War incidents and particularly after Operation Homecoming in Vietnam in 1973. It was created to ensure that accounting for missing Americans will be a matter of highest national priority not only in word but in practice. It was created to encourage real cooperation from foreign governments. It was created in short to pursue the truth at home and overseas. Whether the Committee has succeeded in its assigned tasks will be a matter for the public and for history to judge. Clearly we cannot claim nor could we have hoped to have learned everything. We had neither the authority nor the resources to make case by case determinations with respect to the status of the missing. The job of negotiating conducting interviews visiting prisons excavating crash sites investigating live-sighting reports and evaluating archival materials can only be completed by the Executive branch. This job long frustrated by the intransigence of foreign governments will take time to complete notwithstanding the recent improvements in cooperation especially from Vietnam. The Committee takes considerable pride however in its contribution through oversight to improvements in the accountability process and in the record of information and accomplishment it leaves behind. That record includes the most rapid and extensive declassification of public files and documents on a single issue in American history. It includes a set of hearings and Committee files in which virtually every part of the POW/MIA controversy has been examined. It includes disclosure after disclosure about aspects of U.S. policy and actions that have never before been made public. It includes a rigorous public examination of relevant U.S. intelligence information. It includes an exposure of the activities of some private groups who have sought inexcusably to exploit the anguish of POW/MIA families for their own gain. It includes a contribution to changed policies that is reflected on the ground in Vietnam in the form of unprecedented access to prisons military bases government buildings documents photographs archives and material objects that bear on the fate of our missing servicemen. And it includes encouraging the Executive branch to establish a process of live-sighting response investigation and evaluation that is more extensive and professional than ever before. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
198052247Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 1980. fair to good. 1450 Part II only wraps some text darkening small tears bottom of spine rear cover creased small chip to rear cover & a few pgs Complete subtitle: Hearings on S. 1928 to provide safeguards for consumers in the areas of credit banking and insurance and for other purposes. Part II--Credit Titles I and II. GPO paperback
190054584Washington Governemnt Printing Office 1900. Large 4to. Orig. red full cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine dusty. VII856 pp. textillustrations 33 plates and 27 folded maps. Internally clean and fine. hardcover
H389Washington Government Printing Office 1900. First edition large quarto 56th Congress 1 session report 1023. Half-calf over marbled paper covered boards. 51 reports and subreports of explorations made by U.S. army between 1869 and 1899 - possibly the most comprehensive documentation on these first three decades after the purchase of Alaska by the U.S. Numerous maps photographic plates and text-illustrations. As stated in the preface: "The reports of these explorations and reconnaissances of military explorers in Alaska are here for the first time presented in connected narrative form." Not a very common item in almost pristine condition! Collation: 1 nn leaf title-page crossed-out stamp of former owner Adriance Memorial Library Poughkeepsie N.Y. April 18 1901 - verso: Joint University Libraries Nashville Tenn. table of contents pp i-vii list of all the different reports preface 1 page introduction pp 5-16 text pp 21-825 index pp 827-851 index of indian tribes pp 853-856. Many very large folding-maps numerous photographs of unique documentary value lithograph-plates text illustrations. This wealth of historic illustrative material above all the original photographic plates make this book a treasure-box for the documentation of early Alaskan scenery native groups natural habitats! An ideal sourcebook for sub-polar ethnography topography as well as geography. hardcover
184436140Washington D.C.: n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 1 pp. 8vo. The Maine resolution was an attack on the heinous process of re-enslaving freed blacks: "Resolved. That we do most solemnly in behalf of the people of this State protest against the existence of any laws in any of the States of Territories of this Union which subject our free colored citizens to the liability to be arrested and imprisoned and to be sold into slavery for the payment of the costs of such arrest and imprisonment; that we do protest against such laws as unconstitutional and as endangering the Union." Maine approved this on March 22 1843 sent a copy to all members of the House and Senate and to all the governors of States and Territories. OCLC locates no copies. Not in Sabin Blockson Dumont Work LCP. Afro-Americana Clark: New England in U.S. Government Publications 1789-1849: 1145. n.p. unknown
186643052Washington D.C.: n.p. 1866. First edition. A very good copy with inch marginal closed tear light soiling faint marginal stain. Broadside. 6 x 9 1/2 inches. Michigan senator Jacob Merritt Howard 1805-1871 who had worked closely with Lincoln in drafting and passing the Thirteenth Amendment was a strong supporter of his measures including "emergency actions during the secession crisis and advocated 'severe exemplary and speedy punishment of the rebels. He was especially vocal on all matters pertaining to the confiscation of rebel property and the emancipation of slaves. He was also one of the most forceful advocates of the 1863 Conscription Act" ANBO. His ire extended to trying for treason the Confederate leaders. In December he wanted to know why Davis had not been put on trial and now despite it being well-known that Davis did not have complicity in Lincoln's murder he declared in this resolution that Davis be "charged with the crimes of having incited the assassination of Abraham Lincoln President of the United States and with the murder of soldiers of the Unites States held a prisoners of war during the rebellion and other cruel and barbarous practices in violation of the rules and usages of civilized war." Clement C. Clay was also to be tried. It appears that Merritt's resolution never made it to the floor for a second reading as was required by law. Scarce. We could find only one in auction or dealer sales records in 1964. OCLC locates only one copy: Univ. of Mississippi OCLC669843127 in its "Civil War: Primary Source Publications Related to Mississippi." Owen: Bibliography of Mississippi p. 685. Eberstadt 165-210. ANBO 04/04-00529. n.p. unknown
1828SKU1017953Duff Green 1828. Leather. Acceptable. Senate; Washington 1828. Complete in 3 volumes. Leather. First edition. Fair only label off but laid in to vol 3/rear hinge also cracked to that volumes foxing to text throughout some old moisture issuesmusty/staining a good working set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Duff Green hardcover
7H-74C4-UA2HLeather Bound. Good. Washington: Gales & Seaton 1860. Large Hardcover in original half-leather and marbled boards. 6 viii 991pp. Ownership stamping on front blank of former Civil War Officer Boards detached with t.p. and prelims leather worn minor foxing otherwise a good complete copy of this rare and important title. NOT EX-LIBRARY. hardcover
190013559Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. First Edition. Very Good. 4to 11.5x9.5in; vii 856 pp. indices by report and Indian tribes 27 fold out maps plate images and illustrations in text; Half calf with marbled paper over covers gilt lettering on ribbed spine marbled end papers all edges trimmed with marbled ink stain; Shelf wear rubbing and splitting to covers edges and corners splits at top and bottom of front joint and hinge corners worn through heavy wear to leather binding and moderate wear scratches and stains on cloth marbled ink edges to text worn and soiled maps are fine with minimal and minor closed tears at hinge. Wickersham 9544. From Wickersham "Report submitted by Mr. Carter from the Committee on Military Affairs to whom was referred resolution no. 189 agreed to Dec. 9 1897 directing the committee to report to the Senate on the extent of explorations by the United States army in Alaska etc. S. Rep. 1023 56th Cong. 1st Sess. in v. 11.". Title page states "April 18 1900. - Reported from the Committee of Military Affairs by Mr. Carter and Ordered to Print." This is an excellent reference resource if exploration in the first 30 years that Alaska was owned by the United States. <br /> <br /> The expeditions were led by C.W. Raymond 1869; C.O.O. Howard 1875; Ivan Petroff 1880; F. Schwatka 1883; P.H. Ray 1884 1897 1898; W.R. Abercrombie 1884 1898; H.T. Allen 1897; E.H. Wells 1898; E.F. Glenn 1899; and W.P. Richardson 1899. Government Printing Office unknown
195465378Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1954. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ink notation on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ink notation on spine. vi 540g p. PART 1 ONLY. This is a major part of the official record of one of the most dramatic aspects of the American political engagement during the Cold War. The Senate consider the conduct of Senator McCarthy as bringing that body into disrepute and chartered a Select Committee to consider Censure charges against "Tailgunner Joe". The committee found few precedents to serve as a guide because previous instances were typically based on single occurances not a prolonged period of misconduct. There were over forty instances of alledged misconduct that the Select Committee considered. The committee set forth to analyze the charges to investigate the charges and to hold hearings where the committee could present witnesses and documentary evidence for the purpose of placing on record for later use by the Senate the evidence and other information gathered during the preliminary investigation period. The committee agreed that Senator McCarthy had the right to be present at the hearings and to be represented by counsel. United States Government Printing Office paperback
197380200Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1973. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. v 1 890 pages. Statements. Communications. Maps. Illustrations. References. Additional Information. Appendix Some damp stains noted. Project Rio Blanco was an underground nuclear test that took place on May 17 1973 in Rio Blanco County Colorado approximately 36 miles 58 km northwest of Rifle. Three 33-kiloton nuclear devices were detonated nearly simultaneously in a single emplacement well at depths of 5838 6230 and 6689 feet 1779 1899 and 2039 m below ground level. The tests were conducted in fine-grain low-permeability sandstone lenses at the base of the Fort Union Formation and the upper portion of the Mesaverde Formation. This was the third and final natural-gas-reservoir stimulation test in the Plowshare program which was designed to develop peaceful uses for nuclear energy. The two previous tests were Project Gasbuggy in New Mexico and Project Rulison in Colorado. The United States Atomic Energy Commission conducted the test in partnership with CER Geonuclear Corporation and Continental Oil Company. A placard erected in 1976 now marks the site where the test was conducted. The site is accessible via a dirt road Rio Blanco County Route 29. Peaceful nuclear explosions PNEs are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes. Proposed uses include excavation for the building of canals and harbors electrical generation the use of nuclear explosions to drive spacecraft and as a form of wide-area fraking. PNEs were an area of some research from the late 1950s into the 1980s primarily in the United States and Soviet Union. In the U.S. a series of tests were carried out under Project Plowshare. Some of the ideas considered included blasting a new Panama Canal the use of underground explosions to create electricity and a variety of geological studies. The largest of the excavation tests was carried out in the Sedan nuclear test in 1962 which released large amounts of radioactive gas into the air. By the late 1960s public opposition to Plowshare was increasing and a 1970s study of the economics of the concepts suggested they had no practical use. Plowshare saw decreasing interest from the 1960s and was officially canceled in 1977. The Soviet program started a few years after the U.S. efforts and explored many of the same concepts under their Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy program. The program was more extensive eventually conducting 239 nuclear explosions. Some of these tests also released radioactivity including a significant release of plutonium into the groundwater and the polluting of an area near the Volga River. A major part of the program in the 1970s and 80s was the use of very small bombs to produce shock waves as a seismic measuring tool and as part of these experiments two bombs were successfully used to seal blown-out oil wells. The program officially ended in 1988. As part of ongoing arms control efforts both programs came to be controlled by a variety of agreements. Most notable among these is the 1976 Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes PNE Treaty. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty of 1996 prohibits all nuclear explosions regardless of whether they are for peaceful purposes or not. Since that time the topic has been raised several times often as a method of asteroid impact avoidance. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
200565858Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling. iv 1474 p. Includes illustrations. S. Hrg. 108-868. This group of hearings addressed the treatment of prisoners by the U.S. military. It addressed the abuses that were reported at the Abu Ghraib prison and the report of General Taguba's investigation. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
