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Atomic Bomb:

Coale, Ansley J. . THE PROBLEM OF REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO ATOMIC BOMBS
Princeton 1947 1st Princeton University. Small octavo, 116pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a1656)
$45.00 Proctor, Paul Dean, Edmond Hyatt and K. Bullock. . URANIUM, WHERE IT IS AND HOW TO FIND IT
Salt Lake City 1954 1st Eagle Rock. 8vo., 85pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a1717)
$30.00 Martin, Thomas L. and Donald Latham . STRATEGY FOR SURVIVAL
Tucson 1963 1st University of Arizona. Factual data on thermonuclear war the predicament of 303 target cities in the nation. It is a rigorous examination of the dilemmas of civilian protection. Hardcover. Octavo, 389pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. VG plus, light spots on fore-edges, in Good DJ, some foxing and owner name in ink. (a6178)
$25.00 Smyth, H. D. . A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS OF USING ATOMIC ENERGY FOR MILITARY PURPOSES
Washington 1945. Under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. Authorized as of August 1945. Octavo, 182pp., wraps. VG. (a6258)
$50.00 Harkabi, Y. . NUCLEAR WAR AND NUCLEAR PEACE
Jerusalem 1966 Israel Program for Scientific Translations. Translated from the Hebrew. 8vo., 303pp., index, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG in VG DJ. (a6266)
$35.00 Glasstone, Samuel (editor) . THE OFFICIAL FACTS ON THE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS
NY 1950 McGraw Hill. Prepared for and in Cooperation with the U.S. Dept of Defense and the U.S. Atomic Energy commission Hardcover. Octavo, 456pp., photo illustrations, index. cloth. VG in Good DJ, some tears. (a6269)
$39.00 (radiation) . EFFECT OF RADIATION ON HUMAN HEREDITY
Geneva 1959 World Health Organization. Report of a study group convened by WHO together with papers presented by Various Members of the Group. 8vo., 168pp., charts. Fine in Good DJ. (a6318)
$35.00 Scottish Home Department . NUCLEAR WEAPONS MANUAL OF CIVIL DEFENCE VOL 1 #1
London 1959 Home Office Scottish Home Department. 68p. Wraps. VG. Photo illus. (a6345)
$45.00 Hachiya, Michihiko MD . HIROSHIMA DIARY
Chapel Hill 1955 1st. The journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30, 1945. 8vo., 238pp., hardcover. VG, small stain on front, in Good DJ, light wear. (a6781)
$45.00 Molander, Roger and R. Nichols . NUCLEAR ANARCHY OR WHO'LL STOP THE BOMB?
Washington DC 1985 Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. About 150pg. Reproduced typed manuscript in plastic student folder. Was this ever published? Chapters on Nuclear Bomb Production, Barriers to building the bomb and wher they failed, Where do we go from Here? plus numberous appendices.Fine. (a9333)
$75.00 Giovannitti, Len and F. Freed . DECISION TO DROP THE BOMB A POLITICAL HISTORY
NY 1965-2nd Coward McCann. 348p. Index. Photo illus. VG DJ. VG-Fine.owner signed. (a10116)
$45.00 Kissinger, Henry . NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND FOREIGN POLICY
NY 1957 1st Harper. Introduction by Gordon Dean. Octavo, 455pp., hardcover. Some pencil lines and marks in margins throughout. VG in VG DJ, light soiling and light wear. (a12104)
$90.00 Yamazaki, James N. . CHILDREN OF THE ATOMIC BOMB AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN'S MEMOIR OF NAGASAKI, HIROSHIMA AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
Durham 1995 Duke. 8vo., 182pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a16972)
$19.00 Nagaoka, Shogo . HIROSHIMA
Hiroshima n.d. (c.1960) Oblong Sm.4to., 17pp. of text in English, 40pp. of photo illustrations, 10pp. of text in Japanese, stringbound wraps. VG. (a24545)
$75.00 Takayama, Hitoshi . HIROSHIMA IN MEMORIUM
Hiroshima 1969. Oblong Sm.4to., 48pp., photo illus., wraps. Text in English. VG. (a24546)
$70.00 Hersey, John . HIROSHIMA
Amsterdam 1947. In Dutch. 8vo., 125pp., photo illus. VG, pages browned, no DJ, (a25264)
$40.00 Quester, George H. . NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
NY 1970. 8vo., 327pp., hardcover. VG, slight soiling, no DJ. (a30056)
$22.00 Hachiya, Michihiko MD . HIROSHIMA DIARY THE JOURNAL OF A JAPANESE PHYSICIAN AUGUST 6--SEPTEMBER 30, 1945
Chapel Hill n.d. (c.1955). Translated and edited by Warner Wells M.D. 4to., 211pp., wraps. Ink title on spine. Confidential pre-publication advance copy. Good, some soiling, wear. (a30304)
$55.00 Neel, James V. and William J. Schull . THE CHILDREN OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS A GENETIC STUDY
Washington 1991 National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-04537. 4to., 518pp., wraps. VG , some light wear; no ownership marks. (a36565)
$35.00 (international law) . AVOIDING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS: 1) LAW OF THE SEA ISSUES; 2) NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
Ottawa 1976 Faculte de Droit de l'Universite d'Ottawa. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference, the University of Ottawa, October 22-23, 1976. In English and in French. 8vo., 181pp., wraps. VG. (a41561)
$45.00 Fischer, David . TOWARDS 1995: THE PROSPECTS FOR ENDING THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
1993 1st Dartmouth. United Naations Institute for Disarmament Research. Sm.4to., 292pp., printed hardcover. VG. (a42206)
$48.00 Neuman, Henk J. (editor) . THEATRE NUCLEAR FORCES AND STRATEGIC SURVEYS
Cambridge 1984 Abt Books. Sm.4to., 215pp., printed boards. Fine, no DJ. (a44338)
$90.00 Regan, F. J. . THE JOINT NOL/RAE/WRE RESEARCH PROGRAM ON BOMB DESIGN PART IV THE EXTERIOR BALLISTICS OF BOMB DESIGN
White Oak 1974 United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory. 4to., 43pp., diagrams, stapled wraps. University name stamp on front. VG. (a48668)
$55.00 Hersey, John . HIROSHIMA
NY 1946 1st (stated). Sm.8vo., 117pp., cloth. Good, light soiling, no DJ. (a52119)
$35.00 Ogura, Toyofumi (introduction) Yuichiro Sasaki (editor) Seizo Yamada (photographer) . HIROSHIMA PHOTOGRAPH
Hiroshima Oct 1,1949. Published by Hiroshima Peace Society. Octavo, 24 original photographs (ranging in size from 2 inches square to 4x2 inches) mounted in accordion-style album with English text, red ribbon-bound wraps album. Very interesting photos: one page shows a street before, immediately after the bomb and 3 years later. Photographs are exceptionally strong images. Good, wraps frayed and worn. Rare. (a67016)
$900.00 (hiroshima) . THE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
Chairman's Office, 30 June 1946 U.S. Government Printing Office. 4to., 47pp., photo illustrations, two large color foldout maps, original printed bluegreen wraps. VG. (a67031)
$170.00 (atomic weapons) . THE RAND CORP BOMB DAMAGE EFFECT COMPUTER
c. 1960 Rand Corporation. Actual 4 inch in diameter calculator comprised of 3 rotatable plastic discs with markings for surface burst, altitude, bomb yield, crater depth and so on. In original leatherette case. Calculator is Fine; case is VG. Great Cold War souvenir. Scarce. (a72440)
$120.00 Bomb Damage Effect Calculator . U.S. AIR FORCE PROJECT RAND PROBABILITY COMPUTER
1961. Rand Corporation. Made in Maywood, Illinois by Petrograf. Actual 6 inch in diameter calculator comprised of 3 rotatable plastic discs with markings circular normal distributions , point of impact, cumulative probability vs. distance from target, multiple-shot probability, no of bombs and so on. One page printed explanatory page accompanies the calculator. In original paper envelope. Envelope is Good, explanatory page is VG and Calculator itself is in Fine condition. Scarce. (a72441)
$125.00 Delgado, James P. et al . ARCHEOLOGY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB: A SUBMERGED CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT OF THE SUNKEN FLEET OF OPERATION CROSSROADS AT BIKINI AND KWAJALEIN ATOLL LAGOONS, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
1991 National Park Service. 4to., 208pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. A few non-circulating library marks. VG plus. (a75915)
$85.00 Jones, Vincent C. . UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: SPECIAL STUDIES MANHATTAN: THE ARMY AND THE ATOMIC BOMB
Washington 1985 Center of Military History U.S. Army. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 660pp., photo illustrations, maps, green cloth. Non-circulating library name stamps on end paper and one text page, no other library marks, no spine number, no pocket, no bookplate. VG plus. (a76350)
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