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Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row, Publishers: 1988
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31965
Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of some noticeable fading to the spine. "In this vivid, highly personal book, a leading American strategist uncovers the hidden fragility of the superpower peace that is now too often taken for granted, precisely when its foundations are rapidly eroding." "David Manker Abshire (April 11, 1926 – October 31, 2014) served as a Special Counselor to Presi... View more info
By: Amrine, Michael
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, England, William Heinemann Ltd.: 1960
Edition: 1st British Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A33945
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is one tiny nick / tear to the top spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with some light wrinkling to the top spine end and one smallish spot of color lifted from the front cover by the title where a price sticker was removed by a former owner. "Between the time that Truman, then ignorant of the atomic project under way at Los Alamos, became President of the United ... View more info
By: Asimov, Isaac
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Washington D. C., U.S. Energy Research and Development Admin.: 1972
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34782
Condition: Very Good
Photographs; This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers have some beginning edge wear, rubbing and wear. The top front cover has a small spot of color rubbed away. The text pages are clean and bright. "In a way, nuclear energy has been serving man as long as he has existed. It has served all of life; it has flooded the earth for billions of years. The sun, you see, is a vast nuclear engine, and the warmth... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Springfield, IL, Charles C. Thomas Publisher: 1983
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34058
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
B&W Photographs; This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of some light toning to the spine and edges of the front and rear panels. "Security recommendations that address the potential threat of sabotage of a nuclear facility or attempted theft of special nuclear material are provided in this monograph. Model procedures for initial security reactions, threat analysis of alarms, and mobilization and tactical response to a... View more info
By: City and County Of San Francisco Disaster Council and Corps
Price: $25.00
Publisher: San Francisco, CA, City and County of San Francisco, Disaster Council and Corps: 1962
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: A36781
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; One sheet, folded in half vertically (to make up four pages of text). The item is in Very Good+ condition. This informational sheet, sent out under the auspices of the Disaster Council and Corps and the mayor George Christopher, offers an update on how to react to different civil emergencies, including atomic bombs, earthquakes , explosions and fire. This particular item was published / revised just one month before the Cuban Missile Crisis. " The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962 (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) , the Caribbean Crisis or the Mis... View more info
By: Considine, Bob
Price: $30.00
Publisher: International News Service: 1951
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34038
Condition: Very Good+
This is a trade sized paperback book with heavy cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine and rear spine joint of the book cover have noticeable toning. The text pages are clean and bright. "Robert Bernard Considine, known as Bob Considine (November 4, 1906 – September 25, 1975) , was an American journalist, author, and commentator. He is best known as the co-author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and The Babe Ruth Story. "With Ted W. Lawson, Considine authored Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, an account of Lt. Co... View more info
By: Davis, Elmer
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.: 1955
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32145
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some faded pencil marking to the front endpaper. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with one tiny triangular chip to the bottom spine end. There is some light rubbing to the spine and flap joints. "Two Minutes till Midnight is a companion piece to But We Were Born Free. In the earlier book Elmer Davis bade us live and fi... View more info
By: Department Of Defense / Office Of Civil Defense
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Washington D. C., Department of Defense / Office of Civil Defense: 1968
Seller ID: A33065
Condition: Very Good+
Monochrome; This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet was issued without a dust jacket. This booklet is in Very Good+ condition. There is some light edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The front edge of the booklet has some toning and spotting. The text pages are clean and bright. "A major emergency affecting a large number of people may occur anytime and anywhere. It may be a peacetime disaster such as a flood, tornado, firer, hurricane, blizzard, or earthquake. It could be an enemy nuclear attack on the United... View more info
By: Goodchild, Peter
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, England, British Broadcasting Corp.: 1980
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 29829
ISBN: 0563177810
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
B&W Photographs; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "This book is the history of an extraordinary man, the history of the development of the first nuclear weapon, and the history of a decade of accusation. Peter Goodchild has used extensive documentation, now available for the first time under the Freedom of Information Act, and many interviews with Oppenheimer's surviving friends and colleagues - and enemies as well - to narrate t... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont, Canada, Nelson Canada: 1980
Edition: 1st Canadian Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A33955
Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
B&W Photographs; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light ground-in dirt and a spot of blue ink on the rear cover. "In 1945, Igor Gouzenko, a Russian cipher clerk working in the miliary intelligence branch of the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, defected to the West. He took with him over one hundred top secret documents that revealed a spy network in North America, a network that had supplied the Soviet Union with the secrets of the atom bomb.... View more info
By: Lapp, Ralph E.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, American Library Association: 1962
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A35199
Condition: Very Good+
This is a small format booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet covers have some light strips of toning to the foredges. The text pages are clean and bright. "He was born in Buffalo, New York, and attended the University of Chicago. After completing his graduate studies at the University he joined the Manhattan Project; and became the assistant Director of the Metallurgical Laboratory. He then accepted a position with the War department General Staff as a scientific advisor on atomic energy. ... View more info
By: Lifton, Robert Jay and Greg Mitchell
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons / Grosset Putnam: 1995
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31955
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of some tiny faults to the laminate on the front panel along with a couple of small spots of rubbing to the top spine end. "You cannot understand the twentieth century without Hiroshima. So begins one of the most important and original books written about America's use of the atomic bomb against Japan at the end of World War II. The event evoked little debate at the time, an... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1986
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A33957
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners, and a small nick with wrinkling to the top spine end. "From the start of the century the race was on: Who, applying the theories of a new physics, would be the first to split the atom and create new matter from the incredible ... View more info
By: Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Washington, DC, Office of Technology Assessment - Congress of the United States: 1980
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34036
Condition: Very Good
B&W Illustrations; Ex-Library copy -from the Palo Alto City Library. This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The only library markins are three ink stamped notes on the front cover of the book (Palo Alto City Library, Oct 21, 1982, Pamphlet File -- likely for use of Stanford University and local NASA employees). The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers of the book have the noted library stamps along with one rectangular patch of tape residue and some light ground-in dirt. The text pages are... View more info
By: Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Washington, DC, U.S. Congress / Office of Technology Assessment: 1993
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34037
Condition: Very Good+
This edition is paperback. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some ground in dirt to the front cover along the spine joint. The rear cover has some rubbing to the rear spine joint and a thin strip of fading to the edges. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Nation has embarked on a bold new mission to enhance world peace through deep and lasting cuts in nuclear arsenals. It has removed thousands of nuclear weapons from active, deployed status and has begun eliminating deliv... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: No Place, RCA Service Company, Inc.: 1957
Edition: Trade Edition
Seller ID: A34035
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Photographs; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers have some generalized toning and there is rubbing to the spine joints. The front cover has some small spots of ground-in dirt as well. The text pages are clean and bright. "This manual discusses the following topics pertinent ot power and research applications of nuclear energy: nuclear physics, observed biological effects of radiation, shielding... View more info
By: San Mateo County
Price: $25.00
Publisher: San Mateo, CA, San Mateo County, California: 1961
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34039
Condition: Very Good+
This is an overized pamphlet with cardstock covers and stapled at the top edge (the book is hinged on the long end instead of the usual side hinge). The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers have some light toning to the edges. The text pages are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. "This guide deals with decisive moments in respct to disasters, sudden and extraordinary misfortunes involving the people of San Mateo County. It is intended to extend and improve the understanding of disasters, and with such understanding to crea... View more info
By: Sears, Thad P. (M.D., F.A.C.P.) with a foreword by James J. Waring
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Chicago, IL, The Year Book Publishers, Inc.: 1953
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34063
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing / fading to the spine ends and corners of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some foxing to the edges of the pastedown pages. The front endpaper has a previous owner's inked name. "This book is the result of a deep-seated conviction on the part of Dr. Sears that the community in which he lived should be prepared for atomic warfare. Accordingly, through study and spec... View more info
By: Teller, Edward
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Columbia, MO, University of Missouri Press: 1960
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: A36325
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author with an inscription on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean, but does have a couple of beginning edge nicks and some light toning to the white portions including the spine. "In these three lectures, Edward Teller discusses the interaction of science and politics in the twentieth century. First, he advances his view of the proper role of science and the s... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press: 1955
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 29246
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears , nicks and rubbed spots and noticeable toning and fading to the spine, spine ends and edges of the panels. "The world as we knew it died in the holocaust that engulfed Hiroshima in 1945, and since then our every activity has been shadowed by the ominous presence of the Bomb. The once-dreaded A-bomb, destroyer of hu... View more info
