[Rarebooks] FS: Atom Bomb, Judaica

[Gerard Gormley]

Two for your kind consideration ---


Although seemingly disparate, these books are linked, for most of
the eminent scientists and engineers who developed the atomic bomb
(thereby saving upward of a million American lives) were Jews.



Rhodes, Richard~.  THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB~.  NY NY, USA:
Simon & Schuster, 1986.  Keywords: Firsts with DJ by no means
numerous -- Hardcover edition out of Print -- History --
Illustrated -- Illustrated (photos) -- Military-War-Spy --
Politics & Government -- Science & Technology -- Atomic Bomb --
Nuclear Warfare -- comprehensive history of the bomb, & a work of
literature  -- rave reviews from Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Tracy
Kidder, Eugene P.  Wigner (Nobel Laureate), Emilio Segre (Nobel
Laureate), Luis Alvarez (Nobel Laureate), & Gerard Gormley
(bookseller) -- English language.  First Printing (Number series,
"1" present) + uncorrected erratum ('between' missing on page
619, line 2).  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present, price clipped
(original trade edition, though -- no club blind-stamp, gutter
code or jacket mention).  886 pages: Notes, Bibliography, Index,
black & white photographs & illustrations throughout.  Binding
height: 9-1/2".  Book Fine: lightest bump to top back fore-
corner.  Dust jacket Near Fine: price-clip, lightest rubbing &
scoring to front (barely perceptible to back).  ISBN:0671441337.
[Digital JPEG image (3.5) available on request].  2191~.
US$99.95


Hubman, Franz~.  THE JEWISH FAMILY ALBUM: The Life of a People in
Photographs~.  Boston MA, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1974.
Keywords: Very hard to find -- Out of Print -- History -- Judaica
-- Illustrated (photos) -- Religion & Theology --  Theater --
over 300 photographs taken between 1850 and 1945 illustrate a
dramatic pictorial history of Jewish people -- the 'family' that
has remained united across time & through national upheavals --
sections include GHETTO AND SHTETL (Jewish life in small Russian
& Eastern European villages), THE EMANCIPATED (migration of Jews
to cosmopolitan centers of Western Europe), THE NEW WORLD (Jews
come to America), THE PROMISED LAND (Israel at time of its birth)
-- & much much more -- English language.  First American Edition
(so stated on copyright-page).  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present,
price clipped (but bottom of $-sign shows).  318 pages: black &
white photographs throughout.  Binding size: 11-5/8"H x 9-3/4"W.
White full cloth, front blind-stamped, spine gold-stamped.  Book
Fine.  Dust jacket Very Good: price-clip, moderate wrinkle to top
edges, 2 tears (1/4") to spine-top, light wrinkle to spine-
bottom, lightest rubbing & scoring to front & back). [Digital
JPEG image (4.5) available on request].  2171~.  US$59.95


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