2. The Manhattan Project and the Use of Nuclear Weapons during World War II. 1936-1988.
The focus of this series is the time period from the development of the first nuclear weapons by the Manhattan Project through the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the close of World War II.
177 items
0292.
THE A.C. GILBERT COMPANY, New Haven, Conn. "Atomic Bomb." Curious children's puzzle-game, comprising a map of Japan with holes for Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, housed in a glass-topped cardboard box with 2 "bombs" in the shape of
jumping beans, which must be inserted in the holes by judiciously shaking the box.
Approximately 4 x 3 x 1 inches. New Haven: Gilbert Co. circa late 1945.
0293.
ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI. Celebrazione del Ventesimo Anniversario della Prima Reazione Nucleare a Catena Controllata. 15 pages. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Roma: ANL. 1963.
Includes "Discorso per la Celebrazione di Enrico Fermi" by Albert Wattenberg; and, "Vent'anni dalla prima Reazione Nucleare a Catena Controllata" by Edoardo Amaldi.
Includes "Discorso per la Celebrazione di Enrico Fermi" by Albert Wattenberg; and, "Vent'anni dalla prima Reazione Nucleare a Catena Controllata" by Edoardo Amaldi.
0294.
ALAMOGORDO ARMY AIR BASE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE. Alamogordo Army Air Base (cover title). 16 leaves. Illustrated throughout from photographs. 4to, pictorial self-wrappers.
San Antonio: Universal Press. n.d. (circa 1943)..
A view of recruit life at the newly constructed bomber base.
A view of recruit life at the newly constructed bomber base.
0295.
ALLARDICE, CORBIN & EDWARD R. TRAPNELL. "The First Atomic Pile." IN: Astounding Science Fiction. Vol. XLVIII, No. 4, pp. 82-98. 170 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Street & Smith. December 1951.
0296.
ALLARDICE, CORBIN & EDWARD R. TRAPNELL. "The First Pile." 21 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Argonne National Laboratory. February 1961. QC790.4.P5 A44 1961
A reprint of AEC Report TID-292, March 1955, with additional photographs. CHARTER HESLEP'S COPY, signed & annotated by him.
A reprint of AEC Report TID-292, March 1955, with additional photographs. CHARTER HESLEP'S COPY, signed & annotated by him.
0297.
ALSOP, JOSEPH & STEWART. "The Atom Bomb: Your Flesh Should Creep." Feature article IN: The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 219, No. 2. 124 pages. Illustrated.
Folio, pictorial wrappers. Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing. July 13, 1946.
"Did our national safety die at Hiroshima? Can we protect the country against atomic warfare? Experts of the General Staff, after calmly studying frightful possibilities, see no military defense-and only one hope. Here are the facts-cold turkey."
"Did our national safety die at Hiroshima? Can we protect the country against atomic warfare? Experts of the General Staff, after calmly studying frightful possibilities, see no military defense-and only one hope. Here are the facts-cold turkey."
0298.
AMRINE, MICHAEL. The Great Decision. The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb. 251 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Putnam's. 1959. D767.2 .A5
0299.
"ANNIHILATION BOMB - FRIEND OR FOE?" A Statement by the Editors of Popular Science Monthly. IN: Popular Science, Vol.
147, No. 3. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Popular Science. September 1945.
An early look at the atomic bomb. Compares and contrasts its effects to that of the explosion of nine million pounds of ammonium nitrate near Oppau, Germany, in 1921.
An early look at the atomic bomb. Compares and contrasts its effects to that of the explosion of nine million pounds of ammonium nitrate near Oppau, Germany, in 1921.
0300.
[ANONYMOUS]. The Release of Atomic Energy, by The Tibetan. 6 pages. Mimeographed typescript. 4to, stapled. New York: Arcane School, 11 West
42nd Street, 32nd Floor. August 9, 1945.
A very unusual analysis of the atomic bombing of Japan in the light of Eastern mystical philosophies. The date "Aug 9, 1945" is hand-stamped in the upper right corner. Possibly a unique exemplar, as it is doubtful that very many copies of this highly ephemeral piece have survived.
A very unusual analysis of the atomic bombing of Japan in the light of Eastern mystical philosophies. The date "Aug 9, 1945" is hand-stamped in the upper right corner. Possibly a unique exemplar, as it is doubtful that very many copies of this highly ephemeral piece have survived.
0301.
THE ATOMIC AGE OPENS. Prepared by the Editors of Pocket Books. 252 pages. Illustrated. 12mo, decorative
wrappers. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. August 1945. QC173 .P55 1945
FIRST EDITION, first issue, of the first mass market account of the atomic bomb.
FIRST EDITION, first issue, of the first mass market account of the atomic bomb.
0302.
THE ATOMIC AGE OPENS. Edited by Gerald Wendt & Donald Porter Geddes. 251 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. Cleveland: World Publishing. November 1945. QC173 .P55 1945b
0303.
"THE ATOMIC BOMB: How Weapon that Launched a New Age was Produced; Here is what Americans
Can and Must Know About It." IN: Life, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 90-100. 120 pages. Illustrated. Folio, pictorial wrappers.
New York: Time, Inc. February 27, 1950.
Stated purpose of the article "is to make public the information that Americans must have in order to think clearly in an atomic age."
Stated purpose of the article "is to make public the information that Americans must have in order to think clearly in an atomic age."
0304.
ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION. General Report. January 1947. 112 pages. Mimeographed typescript. Illustrated with photographs. 4to,
printed wrappers, stapled. Washington: NRC. 1947.
The very scarce first report by the commission, headed by Dr. Austin M. Brues and Dr. Paul S. Henshaw.
The very scarce first report by the commission, headed by Dr. Austin M. Brues and Dr. Paul S. Henshaw.
0305.
BARKER, RODNEY. The Hiroshima Maidens. A Story of Courage, Compassion, and Survival. 240 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial
wrappers. New York: Penguin Books. 1986. D767.25.H6 B37 1986
Story of twenty-five Japanese women who travelled to the United States in 1955 to undergo reconstructive surgery to repair their injuries from the atomic bomb. Two of the Hiroshima Maidens had stayed with the Author's family when he was a child.
Story of twenty-five Japanese women who travelled to the United States in 1955 to undergo reconstructive surgery to repair their injuries from the atomic bomb. Two of the Hiroshima Maidens had stayed with the Author's family when he was a child.
0306.
BAXTER, JAMES PHINNEY, 3rd. Scientists Against Time. 473 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Little, Brown. 1946. Q127.U6 B3
PRESENTATION COPY TO E.H. COLPITTS (vice-president of Bell Labs), SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY BAXTER.
PRESENTATION COPY TO E.H. COLPITTS (vice-president of Bell Labs), SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY BAXTER.
0307.
BENEDICT, MANSON & CLARKE WILLIAMS, Editors. Engineering Developments in Gaseous Diffusion Process. 129 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1949. TP245.U7 B4
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0308.
BOND, HORATIO, Editor. Fire and the Air War. A Compilation of Expert Observations on Fires of the War Set by Incendiaries and
the Atomic Bombs. 262 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Boston: National
Fire Protection Association. 1946. UG447 .N3 1946
0309.
BOSTON HERALD NEWSPAPER. Atomic Bomb Hits Nagasaki. Soviet Enters War. U.S. Bids Tokyo Quit. August 9, 1945.
0310.
BURTON, PROF. E.F. "The Background of the Atomic Bomb." 16 pages. 8vo, printed self-wrappers. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Canada: The Globe and
Mail. 1945.
An offprint from the Globe and Mail. Possibly the earliest popular explanation of the atomic bomb published in Canada.
An offprint from the Globe and Mail. Possibly the earliest popular explanation of the atomic bomb published in Canada.
0311.
BUSH, VANNEVAR. Pieces of the Action. 366 pages. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: William Morrow. 1970. Q127.U6 B87
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Bush.
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Bush.
0312.
CHURCH, FERMOR S. & PEGGY POND. When Los Alamos was a Ranch School. 64 pages. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Los Alamos
Historical Society. 1974. LD7501.L7298 C48 1974
0313.
CHURCH, PEGGY POND. The House at Otowi Bridge. The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos. Drawings by Connie Fox Boyd. 149 pages.
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 1960. F804.L6 C5
0314.
CHRISTRUP, JUDY. A New Look at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. IN: Greenpeace, Volume 13, Number 4, p. 9. 23 pages. Illustrated. Unbound. Washington,
D.C.: Greenpeace USA. July/August 1988.
0315.
CITIZENS' GROUP TO CONVEY TESTIMONIES OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. Give Me Water. Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 60 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. (Tokyo). 1973. D767.25.H6 G45 1972
Third printing.
Third printing.
0316.
COHEN, KARL. The Theory of Isotope Separation as Applied to the Large-Scale Production of U235. Edited by George Murphy. 165 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1951. QD466.5.U7 C6
Manhattan Project Technical Series. Div. III. Vol. 1B.
Manhattan Project Technical Series. Div. III. Vol. 1B.
0317.
COMMITTEE FOR THE COMPILATION OF MATERIALS ON DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ATOMIC BOMBS IN
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Physical, Medical, and Social Effects of the Atomic Bombings. Translated by Eisei
Ishikawa and David L. Swain. 706 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
ENGLISH EDITION. London: Hutchinson. 1981. D767.25.H6 H67 1981c
0318.
CROWTHER, J.G. & R. WHIDDINGTON. Science at War. 185 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. London: HMSO. 1950. UG145 .C7 1948b
"The Atomic Bomb," pp. 121-150.
"The Atomic Bomb," pp. 121-150.
0319.
D'ALBUQUERQUE, PROF. ARTUR. Bomba Radiognetica (Bomba Atomica) 1936-1940. 62 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Lisboa: Livraria Renascenca. n.d. (1945).
PRESENTATION COPY, Inscribed by the Author, who here presents his claim as an inventor of the atomic bomb, a plan for which he submitted to the United States Government in May 1943. Very scarce.
PRESENTATION COPY, Inscribed by the Author, who here presents his claim as an inventor of the atomic bomb, a plan for which he submitted to the United States Government in May 1943. Very scarce.
0320.
DIEKE, G.H. & A.B.F. DUNCAN. "Properties of Uranium Compounds." 290 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1949. QC464.U7 D5
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0321.
DITLEV, HANS. Atom Spraengning. 75 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kjobenhavn: Arnold Busck. 1945.
One of the earliest Danish accounts of the atomic bomb.
One of the earliest Danish accounts of the atomic bomb.
0322.
DUNHAM, CHARLES L., M.D. Second Inter-American Symposium on the Peaceful Application of Nuclear Energy, Buenos
Aires, Argentina, June 1-5, 1959. Trip Report. Original mimeographed typescript. 18 leaves, printed on rectos only.
4to, unbound, stapled. (Buenos Aires). 1959.
Includes text of Dunham's speech at the symposium, in which he reminisces about worker health and safety during the Manhattan project.
Includes text of Dunham's speech at the symposium, in which he reminisces about worker health and safety during the Manhattan project.
0323.
EATHERLY, CLAUDE. Burning Conscience. The case of the Hiroshima pilot. . . told in his letters to Guenther Anders. Preface
by Bertrand Russell. 135 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. London:
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1961. BR115.A85 E2131 1961
0324.
EATHERLY, CLAUDE. Burning Conscience. The Case of the Hiroshima Pilot, Claude Eatherly, told in his letters to Gunther
Anders, with a postcript for American Readers by Anders. Preface by Bertrand Russell.
Foreword by Robert Jungk. 139 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
New York: Monthly Review Press. 1962. BR115.A85 E213 1962
0325.
"EFFECTS OF ATOMIC BOMB: What Ended the War." IN: Life, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 36-39. 148 pages. Illustrated. Folio, pictorial wrappers.
Chicago: Time, Inc. September 17, 1945.
0326.
EVANS, MEDFORD. The Secret War for the A-Bomb. Introduction by James Burnham. 302 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
Chicago: Henry Regnery. 1953. HD9698.A28 E8 1953
0327.
FEIS, HERBERT. Japan Subdued. The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific. 199 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust
jacket. FIRST EDITION. Princeton University Press. 1961. D767.2 .F4
0328.
FINK, ROBERT M. Biological Studies with Polonium, Radium, and Plutonium. 411 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1950. QP913.P6 F5
NNES Manhattan Project Technical Section Division VI- Volume 3.
NNES Manhattan Project Technical Section Division VI- Volume 3.
0329.
FISHER, PHYLLIS. Los Alamos Experience. Foreword by Alan Cranston. 266 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. Tokyo: Japan Publications Inc. 1985. F804.L6 F51
First-hand account by a social worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Her husband was Leon Fisher, one of the physicists who helped develop the bomb.
First-hand account by a social worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Her husband was Leon Fisher, one of the physicists who helped develop the bomb.
0330.
FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY. "The Battle of the Laboratories." IN: The Laboratory. Volume 15: Number 5. pp. 98-138. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial
wrappers. Pittsburgh: Fisher. n.d. (1945).
Includes "Science Contributes the Atom Bomb."
Includes "Science Contributes the Atom Bomb."
0331.
GIORGI, GIOVANNI. La Frantumazione dell'Atomo. Come si e pervenuti a leberare l'Energia Subatomica e a Produrre le Esplosioni. 134
pages. Frontispiece. 8vo, decorative wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION.
Roma: Ruffolo-Editore. 1946.
0332.
GIOVANNITTI, LEN & FRED FREED. The Decision to Drop the Bomb. A Political History. 348 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Coward-McCann. 1965. UA23 .G53
0333.
GOLIK, MIROSLAV. Atom i Atomska Bomba. 230 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Zagreb: A. Velzek. 1945.
Possibly the first separately published account of the atomic bomb issued in Yugoslavia.
Possibly the first separately published account of the atomic bomb issued in Yugoslavia.
0334.
GOUDSMIT, SAMUEL A. Alsos. 259 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Henry Schuman. 1947. D810.S2 G6 1947
History of atomic physics under the Nazis.
History of atomic physics under the Nazis.
0335.
GOUDSMIT, SAMUEL A. Alsos. With a New Introduction by R.V. Jones. 259 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. Los Angeles:
Tomash Publishers. 1983. D810.S2 G6 1983
0336.
GOULD, S.H. "The Theory of Relativity and the Atomic Bomb." IN: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. LXV, No. 1, pp. 48-60. 90 pages. 4to, pictorial
wrappers. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science. July 1947. QC6 .G68
0337.
GOWING, MARGARET. Britain and Atomic Energy 1939-1945. 464 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: St. Martin's Press. 1964. QC773.A1 G6
0338.
GRAVES, ALVIN C. & DAROL K. FROMAN, Editors. Miscellaneous Physical and Chemical Techniques of the Los Alamos Project. Experimental Techniques. 323 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York:
McGraw-Hill. 1952. QC784 .G7
0339.
GREAT BRITAIN. Statements Relating to the Atomic Bomb. 23 pages. 8vo, printed self-wrappers. London: HMSO. 1945. UF767 .G7 1945
First published account of the tube alloys project by the British government.
First published account of the tube alloys project by the British government.
0340.
GROOT, DR. H. Atoomopbouw, Atoomafbraak, Atoomsplitsing. 62 pages. 8vo, decorative boards. FIRST EDITION. (Laren, N.H.). September 1945.
First published Dutch account of the atomic bomb.
First published Dutch account of the atomic bomb.
0341.
GROUEFF, STEPHANE. Manhattan Project. The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bomb. 372 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Little, Brown. 1967. QC773.3.U5 G7
Still the best "unofficial" history of the Manhattan project- invaluable in conjunction with Hewlett & Anderson's official history, The New World.
Still the best "unofficial" history of the Manhattan project- invaluable in conjunction with Hewlett & Anderson's official history, The New World.
0342.
GROVES, LESLIE R. Now It Can Be Told. The Story of the Manhattan Project. 464 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Harper & Row. 1962. QC773.A1 G7
0343.
GUTHRIE, A. & R.K. WAKERLING, Editors. The Characteristics of Electrical Discharges in Magnetic Fields. 376 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1949. QC711 .G8
0344.
GUTHRIE, A. & R.K. WAKERLING, Editors. Vacuum Equipment and Techniques. 264 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1949. QC166 .G8
0345.
HACHIYA, MICHIHIKO, M.D. Hiroshima Diary. The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30, 1945. Translated and Edited
by Warner Wells, M.D. 238 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Chapel Hill:
U. of North Carolina Press. 1955. D767.25.H6 H3
0346.
HACKER, BARTON C. The Dragon's Tail. Radiation Safety in the Manhattan Project, 1942-1946. 258 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust
jacket. FIRST EDITION. Berkeley: U. of California Press. 1987. U264 .H33 1987
This is the official DOE-sponsored history of health and safety during the Manhattan project. For a detailed critique of this book, in which it is maintained that Hacker ignores or suppresses information on radioactive contamination of early nuclear weapons workers, particularly in the lower ranks, see Robert Alvarez's review in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, December 1987, pp. 46-48.
This is the official DOE-sponsored history of health and safety during the Manhattan project. For a detailed critique of this book, in which it is maintained that Hacker ignores or suppresses information on radioactive contamination of early nuclear weapons workers, particularly in the lower ranks, see Robert Alvarez's review in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, December 1987, pp. 46-48.
0347.
(HAHN, OTTO). Bothe, Walther & Siegfried Flugge. Nuclear Physics and Cosmic Rays: FIAT Review of German Science 1939-1946. 2 volumes. 230; 198 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Wiesbaden: Office of Military Government
for Germany. 1948. QC776 .B6 1948
Thorough review of German nuclear research during the war years. Includes Hahn's "Die Auffindung der Uranspaltung." Other contributors include Werner Heisenberg, K. Starke, E. Bagge, and F.G. Houtermans.
Thorough review of German nuclear research during the war years. Includes Hahn's "Die Auffindung der Uranspaltung." Other contributors include Werner Heisenberg, K. Starke, E. Bagge, and F.G. Houtermans.
0348.
HAWLEY, GESSNER G. & SIGMUND W. LEIFSON. Atomic Energy in War and Peace. 212 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Reinhold. 1945. QC173 .H36 1945
0349.
HEWLETT, RICHARD G. & OSCAR E. ANDERSON, JR. A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Volume I. The New World, 1939/1946. 766 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth, dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION. University Park: Penn. State University Press. 1962. HD9698.U52 H55 1962
An indispensable reference - the official history of the Manhattan project.
An indispensable reference - the official history of the Manhattan project.
0350.
HIROSHIMA: Published by Hiroshima City. 103 pages. Illustrations throughout from photographs.
4to, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Hiroshima City. 1970. DS897.H5 H57413 1970
A picture chronicle documenting the rebirth of Hiroshima after the atomic bombing.
A picture chronicle documenting the rebirth of Hiroshima after the atomic bombing.
0351.
HIROSHIMA COMMITTEE FOR WORLD PEACE COUNCIL. It Was 8:15 AM. A Record of Atomic-bomb Hiroshima for the Last Ten Years. 88 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, pictorial wrappers. Hiroshima: HCWPC. 1955.
0352.
(HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI PILOTS). Glossy black-and-white 7-1/2 x 7-1/2 inch photograph depicting Charles W. Sweeney,
pilot of the "Bock's Car," and Paul W. Tibbets, pilot of the "Enola Gay" shaking hands,
mounted in mat with inset autographs of Sweeney and Tibbets. N.p. No Date.
0353.
HIROSHIMA PHOTOGRAPH (cover title). 6 leaves. Illustrated with 24 actual mounted photographs. Small 4to,
decorative wrappers, upper wrapper with schematic design of an atom in red, white,
and, blue on a purple ground, rear wrapper with map of Hiroshima. Hiroshima: Hiroshima
Peace Society. October. 1, 1949.
Includes original prints of 2 of the very few known photographs taken in Hiroshima on the day of the bombing.
Includes original prints of 2 of the very few known photographs taken in Hiroshima on the day of the bombing.
0354.
HIROSHIMA PLUS 20. Prepared by the New York Times. Introduction by John W. Finney. 211 pages. Illustrated
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Delacorte Press. 1965. UF767 .N4
0355.
HIROSHIMA PUBLISHING COMPANY. Hiroshima. 27 pages. Illustrated, including reproduction of paintings in color by Hatsusaburo
Yoshida. 4to, color-pictorial self-wrappers. Hiroshima: Hiroshima Publishing Company. 1949. D767.25.H6 H66 1949
An interesting information brochure for tourists visiting Hiroshima under the American Occupation. Includes much on the atomic bombing and subsequent recovery.
An interesting information brochure for tourists visiting Hiroshima under the American Occupation. Includes much on the atomic bombing and subsequent recovery.
0356.
HUIE, WILLIAM BRADFORD. The Hiroshima Pilot. 318 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Putnam's. 1964. CT275.E237 H8 1964
The case of Major Claude Eatherly.
The case of Major Claude Eatherly.
0357.
HUIE, WILLIAM BRADFORD. The Hiroshima Pilot. 344 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Pocket Books. April 1965. CT275.E237 H8 1965
0358.
IRVING, DAVID. The German Atomic Bomb. The History of Nuclear Research in Nazi Germany. 329 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1967. QC773.A1 .I7
0359.
JANIS, IRVING L. Psychological Effects of the Atomic Attacks on Japan. [2], vi, 69 numbered leaves, mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. 4to,
printed looseleaf wrappers. Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation. 29 August 1950. UF767 .J3 1950
Research Memorandum RM-439. Copy No. 16 of an unspecified limitation. The first "comprehensive description of the psychological impact of the A-bomb."
Research Memorandum RM-439. Copy No. 16 of an unspecified limitation. The first "comprehensive description of the psychological impact of the A-bomb."
0360.
JANIS, DR. IRVING L. Psychological Effects of Atomic Bombing. 17 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: Industrial College of the Armed
Forces. 1954.
"Not for General Publication." Issued for official use only by resident students at the ICAF.
"Not for General Publication." Issued for official use only by resident students at the ICAF.
0361.
JETTE, ELEANOR. Inside Box 1663. 135 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Los Alamos Historical Society. 1977. QC773.3.U5 J47 1977
Intimate contemporary reminiscences of life in wartime Los Alamos, unpublished until 1977.
Intimate contemporary reminiscences of life in wartime Los Alamos, unpublished until 1977.
0362.
JUNGK, ROBERT. Heller als tausend Sonnen. Das Schicksal der Atomforscher. 368 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
Bern: Alfred Scherz Verlag. 1956. QC773 .J8 1956
0363.
JUNGK, ROBERT. Brighter than a Thousand Suns. A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists. 369 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Harcourt, Brace. 1958. QC773 .J813
English translation of Heller als tausend Sonnen.
English translation of Heller als tausend Sonnen.
0364.
JUNGK, ROBERT. Brighter than a Thousand Suns. The Story of the Men who Made the Bomb. Translated by James Cleugh. 369 pages. 8vo,
printed wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Grove Press. 1958. QC773 .J814 1958
0365.
JUNGK, ROBERT. Gli Apprendisti Stregoni. 367 pages. Small 4to, printed wrappers, dust jacket. Torino: Giulio Einaudi Editore. 1959. QC773 .J95 1959
Italian translation by Piero Bernardini Marzolla of Heller als tausend Sonnen.
Italian translation by Piero Bernardini Marzolla of Heller als tausend Sonnen.
0366.
JUNGK, ROBERT. Brighter than a Thousand Suns. A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists. Translated by James Cleugh. 330 pages.
8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST PENGUIN EDITION. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 1960. QC773 .J813 1960
0367.
JUNGK, ROBERT. Children of the Ashes. The Story of a Rebirth. Translated by Constantine Fitzgibbon. 317 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERCIAN EDITION. New York: Harcourt. 1961. DS897.H5 J8 1961
Story of the destruction and revovery of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Story of the destruction and revovery of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
0368.
KILBOURN, CPL. JONATHAN. "The Mighty Atom." IN: Yank. The Army Weekly, Vol. 4, No. 12. 12 unnumbered leaves. Folio, pictorial
self-wrappers. New York: Yank. September 7, 1945.
Six-page illustrated account of the Manhattan project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Six-page illustrated account of the Manhattan project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
0369.
KIMBALL, ALICE H. Bibliography of Research on Heavy Hydrogen Compounds. Edited by Harold C. Urey and Isidor Kirshenbaum. 350 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
New York: McGraw-Hill. 1949. Z5524.H9 K5
Manhattan Project Technical Series, Div. III-Volume 4 C.
Manhattan Project Technical Series, Div. III-Volume 4 C.
0370.
KINNAIRD, CLARK, Editor. It Happened in 1945. 464 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. 1946. D410 .I8 1945
PP. 127-153 comprise a rather detailed history of the development of the atomic bomb and its aftermath.
PP. 127-153 comprise a rather detailed history of the development of the atomic bomb and its aftermath.
0371.
KIRSHENBAUM, ISIDOR. Physical Properties and Analysis of Heavy Water. Edited by Harold C. Urey and George C. Murphy. 438 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth.
FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1951. QD181.H1 K5
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0372.
KNEBEL, FLETCHER & CHARLES W. BAILEY II. No High Ground. 209 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Bantam Books. First Bantam edition. 1961. D767.25.H6 K68 1961
Well-written account of the first atomic bomb.
Well-written account of the first atomic bomb.
0373.
KUNETKA, JAMES W. City of Fire. Los Alamos and the Birth of the Atomic Age 1943/1945. 234 pages. Illustrated. 4to,
cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall. 1978. QC792.8.U6 L674 1978
0374.
KURZMAN, DAN. Day of the Bomb. Countdown to Hiroshima. 546 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: McGraw-Hill. 1986. D767.25.H6 K865 1986
0375.
LAMONT, LANSING. Day of Trinity. 333 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Atheneum. 1965. QC773.A1 L3
0376.
LAMONT, LANSING. Day of Trinity. 254 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York:
Signet Books. 1966. QC773.A1 L3 1966
0377.
LANG, DANIEL. Early Tales of the Atomic Age. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. 223 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Doubleday. 1948. QC173 .L28
0378.
LAURENCE, WILLIAM L. Dawn Over Zero. The Story of the Atomic Bomb. 274 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New York: Knopf. 1946. UF767 .L387 1946
0379.
LAURENCE, WILLIAM L. The Story of the Atomic Bomb. A Series of Articles Reprinted from the New York Times. 40 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers.
FIRST EDITION. New York Times. 1945. UF767 .L38 1945
0380.
LIBBY, LEONA MARSHALL. The Uranium People. 341 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Crane,
Russack. 1979. QC773.3.U5 L52
Account of the Manhattan project, by the youngest and only woman member of the team that built the first nuclear reactor.
Account of the Manhattan project, by the youngest and only woman member of the team that built the first nuclear reactor.
0381.
LIEBOW, AVERILL A. Encounter with Disaster. A Medical Diary of Hiroshima, 1945. 209 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION. New York: W.W. Norton. 1970. RA645.7.J3 L5 1970
0382.
LIEBOW, AVERILL A., M.D., SHIELDS WARREN, M.D. & ELBERT DE COURSEY, COL., M.C., U.S.A.
Pathology of Atomic Bomb Casualties. Reprinted from the American Journal of Pathology, 1949, Vol. XXV, No. 5, pp. 853-1027.
Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Ann Arbor: Am. Journal
of Pathology. 1949.
0383.
LIFE. August 1945. 124 pages. Illustrated. Folio, pictorial wrappers. New York: Time, Inc. 1945.
Includes: "The Atom Bomb and Future War" by Hanson W. Baldwin; "Manhattan Project" by Francis Sill Wickware (photo-essay); "The Atomic Bomb: Its First Explosion Opens New Era" (photo-essay); "Atom Bombs Obliterate Hiroshima and Nagasaki;" and, "Editorial: The Atomic Age."
Includes: "The Atom Bomb and Future War" by Hanson W. Baldwin; "Manhattan Project" by Francis Sill Wickware (photo-essay); "The Atomic Bomb: Its First Explosion Opens New Era" (photo-essay); "Atom Bombs Obliterate Hiroshima and Nagasaki;" and, "Editorial: The Atomic Age."
0384.
LIFTON, ROBERT JAY. Death in Life. Survivors of Hiroshima. 594 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York:
Random House. 1967. D767.25.H6 L4 1967
PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY LIFTON.
PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY LIFTON.
0385.
MACPHERSON, MALCOLM C. Time Bomb. Fermi, Heisenberg, and the Race for the Atomic Bomb. 316 pages. Illustrated. 8vo,
cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Dutton. 1986. QC773 .M24 1986
0386.
MANHATTAN PROJECT PIN. Circular sterling silver pin, lettered "MANHATTAN PROJECT A BOMB." 9/16 inches in
diameter. N.p. circa 1945.
This commemorative pin is of extreme rarity. It was apparently given to selected members of the project upon its successful completion. It is lettered in miniscule type on the reverse "WHITEHEAD-HOAG STERLING."
(illustrate the item)
This commemorative pin is of extreme rarity. It was apparently given to selected members of the project upon its successful completion. It is lettered in miniscule type on the reverse "WHITEHEAD-HOAG STERLING."
(illustrate the item)
0387.
MARUKI, TOSHI. Hiroshima No Pika. Illustrated after paintings by the Author. Unpaginated. 4to, cloth, dust jacket.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Lothrop. 1980. D767.25.H6 M2913 1980
0388.
MARUKI, IRI & TOSHI MARUKI. The Hiroshima Murals. Edited by John W. Dower & John Junkerman. 128 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth, dust
jacket. FIRST EDITION. Tokyo: Kodansha. 1985. ND1059.M3 H57 1985
0489.
MARX, JOSEPH LAURANCE. Nagasaki. The Necessary Bomb? 239 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Macmillan. 1971. JX1963 .B6773 1950
0390.
MARX, JOSEPH LAURENCE. Seven Hours to Zero. 224 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York: Macfadden-Bartell. 1969. D767.25.H6 M3 1969
Interviews of the crew members of the Enola Gay and Great Artiste 22 years after the bombing of Hiroshima.
Interviews of the crew members of the Enola Gay and Great Artiste 22 years after the bombing of Hiroshima.
0391.
MILLER, SGT. MERLE. "GI Atom Detail at Oak Ridge." Cover story in Yank. The Army Weekly. Vol. 4, No. 19. 23 pages. Folio, pictorial
self-wrappers. N.p. October 26, 1945.
0392.
MOERKERK, J.J. Atoomkrachten. Hun ontdekking en beteeekenis. 91 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. pictorial
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Rotterdam: Wyt-Rotterdam. 1945. QC173 .M6 1945
0393.
MONK, GEORGE S. & W.H. MCCORKLE, Editors. Optical Instrumentation. By Members of the Staff of the Optics Section Metallurgical Laboratory University
of Chicago. 262 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1954. QC787.O6 U5
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0394.
MONTHLY SCIENCE NEWS. No. 52. Atomic Energy. 6 leaves. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial self-wrappers. London:
The British Council. 1945.
Entire issue devoted to the British wartime atomic research project.
Entire issue devoted to the British wartime atomic research project.
0395.
MURPHY, GEORGE MOSELEY, Editor. Production of Heavy Water. Part I by James O. Maloney, George F. Quinn, and Harold S. Ray (deceased). Part II
by Maxwell L. Eidinoff, George G. Joris, Ellison Taylor, Hugh S. Taylor, and Harold
C. Urey. 394 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1955. TP245.H9 M8
First published account of heavy water production in the Manhattan Projects. From the Manhattan Project Technical Section series.
First published account of heavy water production in the Manhattan Projects. From the Manhattan Project Technical Section series.
0396.
NAGAI, TAKAHASHI. We of Nagasaki. The Story of Survivors in an Atomic Wasteland. Translated by Ichiro Shirato and Herbert
B.L. Silverman. 189 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Duell,
Sloan. 1951. D767.25.N3 N3 1951
Collected accounts of 8 survivors, interwoven in the manner of Hersey.
Collected accounts of 8 survivors, interwoven in the manner of Hersey.
0397.
NAGAI, TAKASHI. We of Nagasaki. Foreword by Norman Cousins. 188 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION.
London: Harborough. 1958. D767.25.N3 N3 1958b
0398.
NEEL, J.V. & W.J. SCHULL. The Effect of Exposure to the Atomic Bombs on Pregnancy Termination in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. 241 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Washington, D.C.: NAS/NRC. 1956. RA1231.R2 N4
In collaboration with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Japan.
In collaboration with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Japan.
0399.
OAK RIDGE. Group of 4 picture postcards depicting scenes at Oak Ridge. 2 in color. Each about
3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. (Oak Ridge). circa 1946-1950.
"View of One of the Processing Areas, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 'City of the Atomic Bomb'" * "Steam Power Plant, Oak Ridge, Tenn." * "A View of the Powerhouse in One of the Process Areas" * "One of the Gigantic Production Areas."
"View of One of the Processing Areas, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 'City of the Atomic Bomb'" * "Steam Power Plant, Oak Ridge, Tenn." * "A View of the Powerhouse in One of the Process Areas" * "One of the Gigantic Production Areas."
0400.
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY. BIOLOGY DIVISION. Symposium on Effects of Radiation and Other Deleterious Agents on Embryonic Development Given at Research Conference for Biology and Medicine of the Atomic Energy Commission,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee April 20-21, 1953. 337 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Philadelphia: Wistar Institute. 1954. QH643 .S91 1953
Includes the first appearance of Yamazaki, et al, "A Study of the outcome of pregnancy in women exposed to the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki."
Includes the first appearance of Yamazaki, et al, "A Study of the outcome of pregnancy in women exposed to the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki."
0401.
O'NEILL, JOHN J. "Enter Atomic Power." IN: Harpers Magazine, No. 1081, pp. 1-10. 128 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. New York:
Harper's Magazine. June 1940.
0402.
OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT. "The Atom Bomb and College Education." IN: The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Vol. XLVIII-No. 4. pp. 209-272.
8vo, printed wrappers. Philadelphia: U. of Pennsylvania. Summer 1946.
0403.
OSADA, DR. ARATA. Children of the A-Bomb. Translated by Jean Dan and Ruth Sieben-Morgen. Illustrated by Mr. & Mrs. Minoru Kuroki.
255 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. London: Peter Owen. 1963. D767.25.H6 O8 1963a
0404.
OSADA, DR. ARATA, Compiler. Children of the A-Bomb. Testament of the Boys and Girls of Hiroshima. Translated by Jean Dan and Ruth Sieben-Morgen.
Illustrated by Mr. & Mrs. Minoru Kuroki. 437 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION IN ENGLISH. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho. 1959. D767.25.H6 O8 1959
0405.
OUGHTERSON, ASHLEY W. & SHIELDS WARREN, Editors. Medical Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan. 477 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1956. RC93 .O8
NNES Manhattan Project Technical Section. Division VIII- Volume 8.
NNES Manhattan Project Technical Section. Division VIII- Volume 8.
0406.
PETTERSSON, HANS. Fran Atomkaernans Explosion till Atombombens. 194 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm: Bonniers Forlag. 1945.
0407.
PIEROTTI G. Misteri e storia dell'Atomo. Come si e giunti alla "Bomba Atomica." 48 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, color-pictorial
wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Firenze: Nerbini Editore. 1945.
One of the earliest accounts of the atomic bomb published in Italy.
One of the earliest accounts of the atomic bomb published in Italy.
0408.
PUIG, IGNACIO. La Bomba Atomica y las Colocales Reservas de Energia de la Materia. Segunda Edicion. Illustrated. 8vo, decorative wrappers. Barcelona: Ediciones Betis. 1945. UF767 .P8 1945
0409.
PURCELL, JOHN. The Best-Kept Secret. The Story of the Atomic Bomb. 188 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Vanguard. 1963. QC773.A1 P8
0410.
RHODES, RICHARD. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. 886 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Simon and
Schuster. 1986. QC773 .R46 1986
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1987. This outstanding history is probably the single most authoritative work on the subject to date.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1987. This outstanding history is probably the single most authoritative work on the subject to date.
0411.
ROBERTSON, J.K. Atomic Artillery and the Atomic Bomb. 173 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Van Nostrand. 1945. QC173 .R6 1945
0412.
ROBINSON, GEORGE O. The Oak Ridge Story. The Saga of a People who Share in History. 181 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust
jacket. FIRST EDITION. Kingsport, Tenn.: Southern Publishers. 1950. F444.O3 R6 1950
0413.
ROSSI, BRUNO B. & HANS H. STAUB. Ionization Chambers and Counters. Experimental Techniques. 243 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York:
McGraw-Hill. 1949. QC702 .R6
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0414.
ROUGEMONT, DENIS DE. The Last Trump. Translated by Parmenia Migel. 151 pages. Small 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
Garden City: Doubleday.
1947. JX1954 .R672 1947
Translation of Lettres sur la Bombe Atomique, (1946)
Translation of Lettres sur la Bombe Atomique, (1946)
0415.
SACHS, JOHN H. Behind the Atomic Bomb. 26 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New Oxford, Pennsylvania: Lincoln
Way Booklets. 1947.
A critique of American justifications for using the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A critique of American justifications for using the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
0416.
SATURDAY EVENING POST. "Drop that Post!" IN: Saturday Evening Post, September 8, 1945. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Philadelphia. September 8, 1945.
This editorial reveals that the War Department tried to prevent the distribution of the Post's September 7, 1940 issue, containing William L. Laurence's article "The Atom Gives Up." See Brians, pp. 6-7.
This editorial reveals that the War Department tried to prevent the distribution of the Post's September 7, 1940 issue, containing William L. Laurence's article "The Atom Gives Up." See Brians, pp. 6-7.
0417.
SAVAGE, H. WESLEY. Separation of Isotopes in Calutron Units. 437 pages. Many illustrations and folding diagrams. 8vo, cloth. Oak Ridge: USAEC. 1951.
THE EXTREMELY RARE ACCOUNT of the development of the operating units and their functions in the electromagnetic process of uranium-isotope separation in the Manhattan Project. ONE OF 150 COPIES PRINTED, of which this is number 13. Each page has the word "SECRET" printed in the lower margin, and the "DECLASSIFIED" perforation stamp in the outer margin. This document was declassified 12/31/59, and bears the hand-stamp to that effect on the front free endpaper. Comprises Manhattan Project Technical Series, Div. I, Vol. 7.
THE EXTREMELY RARE ACCOUNT of the development of the operating units and their functions in the electromagnetic process of uranium-isotope separation in the Manhattan Project. ONE OF 150 COPIES PRINTED, of which this is number 13. Each page has the word "SECRET" printed in the lower margin, and the "DECLASSIFIED" perforation stamp in the outer margin. This document was declassified 12/31/59, and bears the hand-stamp to that effect on the front free endpaper. Comprises Manhattan Project Technical Series, Div. I, Vol. 7.
0418.
SAVAGE, JOHN & BARBARA STORMS. Reach to the Unknown. The Trinity Story July 16, 1945. 48 pages. Numerous illustrations from photographs.
4to, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. July 16, 1965. QC773.3.U5 S37 1965
Comprises the special anniversary edition of The Atom, Volume 2, Number 8.
Comprises the special anniversary edition of The Atom, Volume 2, Number 8.
0419.
SCANDONE, PROF. DOTT. FRANCESCO. La Fisica Atomica e le Recenti Applicazioni Belliche. 44 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Firenze: Associazione Elettrotecnica
Italiana, et al. 1946.
0420.
SCHOENBERGER, WALTER SMITH. Decision of Destiny. 330 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Athens: Ohio U. Press. 1969. D767.2 .S33
In-depth analysis of the decision to use the atomic bombs in 1945.
In-depth analysis of the decision to use the atomic bombs in 1945.
0421.
SEABORG, GLENN T. The Transuranium Elements. 328 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New Haven: Yale. 1958. QD172.T7 S4 1958b
Includes detailed account of the Manhattan Project Metallurgical Laboratory. About 110 pages on Plutonium.
Includes detailed account of the Manhattan Project Metallurgical Laboratory. About 110 pages on Plutonium.
0422.
SEABORG, GLENN T. & ARTHUR C. WAHL. "The Chemical Properties of Elements 94 and 93." IN: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 1128-1134; 887-1296.
4to, printed wrappers. Cambridge: American Chemical Society. March 1948.
FIRST PUBLISHED APPEARANCE of this landmark report on the chemistry of plutonium, which represented the crucial step in obtaining sufficient quantities of the purified element to use in a weapon. The article was originally mailed as a secret report from Berkeley, California, to the "Uranium Committee" in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 1942, and appears here in slightly abridged form. See Rhodes, p. 353-354, and footnote 1b to the article.
FIRST PUBLISHED APPEARANCE of this landmark report on the chemistry of plutonium, which represented the crucial step in obtaining sufficient quantities of the purified element to use in a weapon. The article was originally mailed as a secret report from Berkeley, California, to the "Uranium Committee" in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 1942, and appears here in slightly abridged form. See Rhodes, p. 353-354, and footnote 1b to the article.
0423.
SHERWIN, MARTIN J. A World Destroyed. The Atomic Bomb and the Grand Alliance. 315 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New York: Knopf. 1975. D753 .S48 1975
0424.
SLESSER, CHARLES, Editor. Preparation, Properties, and Technology of Fluorine and Organic Fluoro Compounds. 868 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw Hill. 1951. QD181.F1 S5
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0425.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military
Purposes under the auspices of the United States Government 1940-45. 97 leaves printed offset from typescript. 4to, original cream-colored wrappers, stapled.
(Washington, D.C.). August 1945. QC173 .S474 1945a
FIRST ISSUE of the announcement of the work leading to the development of the atomic bomb, SIGNED BY SMYTH on the title-page. This is the rare "lithoprint" version printed offset from typescript in a very small edition for distribution to the press in advance of the 8vo letterpress edition printed shortly after by the USGPO. Released only 5 days after Hiroshima, the Smyth report was "a remarkably full and candid account of the development work carried out. . . under the code name of 'Manhattan District' which culminated in the production of the first atomic bomb." -PMM 422e; Coleman 3.
FIRST ISSUE of the announcement of the work leading to the development of the atomic bomb, SIGNED BY SMYTH on the title-page. This is the rare "lithoprint" version printed offset from typescript in a very small edition for distribution to the press in advance of the 8vo letterpress edition printed shortly after by the USGPO. Released only 5 days after Hiroshima, the Smyth report was "a remarkably full and candid account of the development work carried out. . . under the code name of 'Manhattan District' which culminated in the production of the first atomic bomb." -PMM 422e; Coleman 3.
0426.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. A General Account of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. vii, 182 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C. August 1945. QC173 .S55 1945
FIRST (second?) PUBLISHED EDITION of the Smyth report. Coleman 5. There is some uncertainty as to the exact date of issue. Coleman, page 209, notes that it was "probably published September 20 plus or minus five days." It is thus quite possible that this issue, usually offered by booksellers as the 'first published edition,' actually appeared after the Princeton "'trade' edition, which was advertised as "just published" in the New York Times Book Review September 16, 1945.
FIRST (second?) PUBLISHED EDITION of the Smyth report. Coleman 5. There is some uncertainty as to the exact date of issue. Coleman, page 209, notes that it was "probably published September 20 plus or minus five days." It is thus quite possible that this issue, usually offered by booksellers as the 'first published edition,' actually appeared after the Princeton "'trade' edition, which was advertised as "just published" in the New York Times Book Review September 16, 1945.
0427.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb. (xii), 264 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, salmon colored cloth, dust jacket. Princeton University Press. 1945. QC173 .S55
FIRST PRINTING of the Princeton edition, possibly the first published edition (see previous item). Coleman 4.
FIRST PRINTING of the Princeton edition, possibly the first published edition (see previous item). Coleman 4.
0428.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb. (xii), 264 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Princeton University Press. 1945. QC173 .S55
Another copy of the first printing of the Princeton edition. This is an association copy, signed by EDWARD TELLER in a bold hand on the title-page. Coleman 4.
Another copy of the first printing of the Princeton edition. This is an association copy, signed by EDWARD TELLER in a bold hand on the title-page. Coleman 4.
0429.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. (xii), 264 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed yellow wrappers. Princeton University
Press. 1945. QC173 .S55
FIRST PRINTING of the Princeton edition, the alternate paperback issue.
FIRST PRINTING of the Princeton edition, the alternate paperback issue.
0430.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military
Purposes. (iv), 144 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. London: HMSO. 1945. UF767 .S52 1945b
FIRST BRITISH EDITION. The title on the front cover is headed by "Atomic Energy" printed in blue. Coleman 7.
FIRST BRITISH EDITION. The title on the front cover is headed by "Atomic Energy" printed in blue. Coleman 7.
0431.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. "Atomic Energy for Military Purposes." pp. 351-490. 4to, printed orange wrappers. Lancaster, Pa.: American Physical Society. October 1945.
Comprises Reviews of Modern Physics Vol. 17, No. 4. Coleman 8. Contains "Statements by the Prime Minister and Mr. Churchill Issued on Monday, August 6th, 1945" which are not in the Princeton edition. A very scarce issue.
Comprises Reviews of Modern Physics Vol. 17, No. 4. Coleman 8. Contains "Statements by the Prime Minister and Mr. Churchill Issued on Monday, August 6th, 1945" which are not in the Princeton edition. A very scarce issue.
0432.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF, et al. l'Energie Atomique et son Utilisation Militaire. Documents Officiels: Rapport Britannique. Rapport U.S.A. de H.D. Smyth. Monographie
de L.A. Turner. Traduit par Maurice E. Nahmias. VII, 297 pages. Illustrated. 8vo,
library buckram. Paris: Editions de la Revue d'Optique Theorique et Instrumentale. 1946.
FIRST APPEARANCE IN FRENCH of the "Smyth Report." Also translated L.A. Turner's 1940 report on Nuclear Fission, originally issued in Review of Modern Physics, Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 1940).
FIRST APPEARANCE IN FRENCH of the "Smyth Report." Also translated L.A. Turner's 1940 report on Nuclear Fission, originally issued in Review of Modern Physics, Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 1940).
0433.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. (viii), 308 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed yellow wrappers. Princeton University
Press. 1946. UF767 .S5 1946
Sixth printing. "New and Enlarged Edition, Including Statements by the British and Canadian Governments."
Sixth printing. "New and Enlarged Edition, Including Statements by the British and Canadian Governments."
0434.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military
Purposes. (viii), 182 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington: USGPO. 1946. QC173 .S55 1945
0435.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military
Purposes. II, 182 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington: USGPO. 1947. QC173 .S55 1945
Differs from former USGPO issues by Omitting the Table of Contents and re-paginating the front matter. "Price 40 cents" appears on front cover.
Differs from former USGPO issues by Omitting the Table of Contents and re-paginating the front matter. "Price 40 cents" appears on front cover.
0436.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military
Purposes. II, 182 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington: USGPO. 1947. QC173 .S55 1945
Another issue of the preceding item, with "price 40 cents" inked out and "Price 50 cents" handstamped onto front cover.
Another issue of the preceding item, with "price 40 cents" inked out and "Price 50 cents" handstamped onto front cover.
0437.
(SMYTH, HENRY DE WOLF). The "Smyth Report." Offprint from the Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Number 3.
pp. 173-218. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Princeton. Spring 1976.
Includes "The 'Smyth Report'" by H.D. Smyth; "The Publishing History of the 'Smyth Report'" by Datus C. Smith; and, "The 'Smyth Report': A Descriptive Check List" by Earle E. Coleman. This is the primary bibliography of the various issues of the "Smyth Report."
Includes "The 'Smyth Report'" by H.D. Smyth; "The Publishing History of the 'Smyth Report'" by Datus C. Smith; and, "The 'Smyth Report': A Descriptive Check List" by Earle E. Coleman. This is the primary bibliography of the various issues of the "Smyth Report."
0438.
SOLOMON, ARTHUR K. Why Smash Atoms? 204 pages. Illustrated by Katherine Campbell Duff. 8vo, cloth. Cambridge: Harvard. 1946. QC721 .S68 1946
The second edition, revised to include the atom bomb. (See No. 0294 for first edition.)
The second edition, revised to include the atom bomb. (See No. 0294 for first edition.)
0439.
STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Impact of Air Attack in World War II: Selected Data for Civil Defense Planning. Division III: Social Organization, Behavior, and Morale Under Stress of Bombing.
Volume 1: Public Attitudes and Behavior. 271 pages. Mimeographed typescript. 4to,
printed wrappers. Stanford: SRI. June 1953. D785 .S8
"Prepared for Federal Civil Defense Administration." Includes much on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"Prepared for Federal Civil Defense Administration." Includes much on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
0440.
STEINBERG, RAPHAEL. Postscript from Hiroshima. 119 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Random House. 1966. DS897.H5 S8
PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by the Author.
PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by the Author.
0441.
STIMSON, HENRY L. "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb." IN: Harper's Magazine. February 1947. pp. 97-107. 4to, printed wrappers. New York:
Harper. 1947. UF767 .S7
FIRST APPEARANCE of Stimson's lengthly justification for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
FIRST APPEARANCE of Stimson's lengthly justification for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
0442.
STONE, ROBERT S., Editor. Industrial Medicine on the Plutonium Project. Survey and Collected Papers. 511 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1951. RA1231.R26 S8
0443.
STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION. A Report to the People. Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation in World War II. 144 pages. Illustrated,
including a large folding map of Oak Ridge inside special pocket. 8vo, cloth. FIRST
EDITION. New York: Stone & Webster. 1946.
Stone & Webster was the prime contractor for the electromagnetic separation plant at Oak Ridge.
Stone & Webster was the prime contractor for the electromagnetic separation plant at Oak Ridge.
0444.
STOUT, WESLEY W. Secret. 67 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Detroit: Chrysler Corporation. 1947. UF767 .S8 1947
Chrysler manufactured the diffusers for the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge for the Manhattan Project.
Chrysler manufactured the diffusers for the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge for the Manhattan Project.
0445.
SZASZ, FERENC MORTON. The Day the Sun Rose Twice. The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion July 16, 1945. 233 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Albuquerque: U. of New Mexico Press. 1984. QC773.A1 S93 1984
0446.
SZILARD, LEO. His Version of the Facts. Selected Recollections and Correspondence. Edited by Spencer R. Weart and Gertrud
Weiss Szilard. 244 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge:
MIT Press. 1978. QC16.S95 A254 1978
Excellent collection of 122 documents, mostly from Szilard's hand, relating to the development and use of the atomic bomb.
Excellent collection of 122 documents, mostly from Szilard's hand, relating to the development and use of the atomic bomb.
0447.
TANNENBAUM, ALBERT, Editor. Toxicology of Uranium. Survey and Collected Papers. 333 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New
York: McGraw-Hill. 1951. RA1231.U7 T3
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0448.
TELLER, EDWARD, EMILIO SEGRE, et al. Lecture Series in Nuclear Physics. 132 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. December 1947.
Reprints the series of lectures given at Los Alamos 1943-1944.
Reprints the series of lectures given at Los Alamos 1943-1944.
0449.
THIBAUD, JEAN. Energie Atomique et Univers. Du microscope electronique a la Bombe Atomique. 304 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed
wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Lyon: M. Audin. 1945. QC173 .T53 1945
0450.
THIBAUD, JEAN. Energie Atomique et Univers. 318 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. Lyon: M. Audin. 1946. QC792 T4 1946
0451.
THIRRING, HANS. Die Geschichte der Atombombe. 150 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Wien: "Neues Oesterreich". 1946. QC778 .T47 1946
The first book on the atomic bomb published in Austria, and the first book to suggest a practical design for the H-bomb, by means of lithium deuteride. Robert Lawson's copy, signed by him on the title-page.
The first book on the atomic bomb published in Austria, and the first book to suggest a practical design for the H-bomb, by means of lithium deuteride. Robert Lawson's copy, signed by him on the title-page.
0452.
THOMAS, GORDON & MAX MORGAN-WITTS. Enola Gay. 327 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Stein and
Day. 1977. D767.25.H6 T5
0453.
THOMAS, GORDON & MAX MORGAN WITTS. Enola Gay. 387 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. New York:
Pocket Books. 1978. D767.25.H6 T5 1978
0454.
TIME: THE WEEKLY NEWS MAGAZINE. Volume XLVI, Number 8. 108 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers.
Chicago: Time. August 20, 1945.
Includes "Atomic Age," pp. 29-36, profiling the Manhattan project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the attendant speculations for the future.
Includes "Atomic Age," pp. 29-36, profiling the Manhattan project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the attendant speculations for the future.
0455.
TSUZUKI, DR. MASAO, et al. Medical Report on Atomic Bomb Effects. 118 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth. FIRST EDITION. (Tokyo): National Research Council
of Japan. 1953. RA1231.R2 J3 1953
PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Tsuzuki to Dr. Herman E. Pearse, August 1953.
PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Tsuzuki to Dr. Herman E. Pearse, August 1953.
0456.
UNFORGETTABLE FIRE: Pictures Drawn by Atomic Bomb Survivors. Edited by the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). 111 pages. Illustrated. Small
4to, pictorial wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Pantheon. 1977. D767.25.H6 G613 1977
0457.
U.S. ARMY. MANHATTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT. The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 42 pages. 1 chart; 2 folding maps. Mostly mimeographed typescript. 4to, printed stapled
wrappers. N.p.: Manhattan Engineer District. 1945. D767.25.H6 U6 1946
"Emergency Provisional Edition." The very scarce summary report of the first American scientific committees to visit the target cities.
"Emergency Provisional Edition." The very scarce summary report of the first American scientific committees to visit the target cities.
0458.
U.S. ARMY. MANHATTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT. Photographs of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 2 folding maps; 1 chart; 98 plates from photographs, printed on rectos only. 4to,
printed wrappers. N.p.: Manhattan Engineer District. 1946. D767.25.H6 U62
The very scarce "Restricted Emergency Provisional Edition."
The very scarce "Restricted Emergency Provisional Edition."
0459.
UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY. The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Health and Medical Services in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 91 pages. Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. March 1947.
0460.
UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY. The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 46 pages. Illustrated, including a large folding color map of the target area in
Nagasaki. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 30 June 1946.
0461.
UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY. Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. 2 volumes. 423; 353 pages. Illustrated with a profusion of photographs, folding maps
and charts, etc. 4to, printed wrappers. N.p. June 1947.
The extremely rare provisional secret report of the Physical Damage Division's survey of 13 October-20 November 1945. Each title-page, and some of the plates and charts, bears the army's "Secret" stamp, and with the de-classification stamp of 4/10/1950. Included at the end of each volume is a large color wall-map of "Atomic Bomb Damage Nagasaki Japan."
The extremely rare provisional secret report of the Physical Damage Division's survey of 13 October-20 November 1945. Each title-page, and some of the plates and charts, bears the army's "Secret" stamp, and with the de-classification stamp of 4/10/1950. Included at the end of each volume is a large color wall-map of "Atomic Bomb Damage Nagasaki Japan."
0462.
VAN DER POST, LAURENS. The Night of the New Moon. 157 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Hogarth Press. 1970. D805.J4 V34 1970
Fascinating and well-written account of the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on the prisoners of war in the hands of the Japanese in South East Asia.
Fascinating and well-written account of the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on the prisoners of war in the hands of the Japanese in South East Asia.
0463.
VAUCOULEURS, GERARD DE. La Conquete de l'Energie Atomique. I. Des Rayons uraniques a la scission de l'Uranium (1896-1940). II. De la scission
de l'Uranium a la Bombe atomique (1940-1945). 114 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST
EDITION. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 1946.
0464.
VISIONS OF WAR. Volume I. The Birth of the Bomb. 50 minute videotape, documenting the making and testing of the first atomic bomb.
In original pictorial box. N.p.: New Star Video. 1988. QC773.A1 B57 1988
Includes rare footage relating to the German atomic bomb project, as well as some seldom seen U.S. material previously classified Top Secret.
Includes rare footage relating to the German atomic bomb project, as well as some seldom seen U.S. material previously classified Top Secret.
0465.
VOEGTLIN, CARL & HAROLD C. HODGE, Editors. Pharmacology and Toxicology of Uranium Compounds. With a Section on the Pharmacology and Toxicology of Flourine and Hydrogen Fluoride.
4 volumes. 2466 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1949-1953. RA1231.U7 V6
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.
0466.
WEART, SPENCER R. Scientists in Power. 343 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: Harvard. 1979. Q125 .W34
The definitive history of French work on the atomic bomb during WWII.
The definitive history of French work on the atomic bomb during WWII.
0467.
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION. The World Within the Atom. How Scientists Explored the Atom and Learned to Release Its Energy. 32 pages. 8vo,
decorative self-wrappers. Pittsburgh: Westinghouse. 1946.
0468.
WILSON, JANE S. & CHARLOTTE SERBER, Editors. Standing By and Making Do: Women of Wartime Los Alamos. 130 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. No Date. QC773.A1 S82 1988
Collection of reminiscences by Los Alamos women compiled in 1946, but only published from the original manuscript in 1988.
Collection of reminiscences by Los Alamos women compiled in 1946, but only published from the original manuscript in 1988.
0469.
WYDEN, PETER. Day One. Before Hiroshima and After. 412 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1984. D767.25.H6 W93 1984
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