[Rarebooks] FS: Making of Atom Bomb

Gerard Gormley gerard at shore.net
Fri May 7 20:11:39 EDT 2004




For your kind consideration ---



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


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