2. Manhattan Project Through the Aftermath of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1936-1988.

Includes "Discorso per la Celebrazione di Enrico Fermi" by Albert Wattenberg; and, "Vent'anni dalla prima Reazione Nucleare a Catena Controllata" by Edoardo Amaldi.

A view of recruit life at the newly constructed bomber base.

A reprint of AEC Report TID-292, March 1955, with additional photographs. CHARTER HESLEP'S COPY, signed & annotated by him.

"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."

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.

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.

FIRST EDITION, first issue, of the first mass market account of the atomic bomb.

Stated purpose of the article "is to make public the information that Americans must have in order to think clearly in an atomic age."

The very scarce first report by the commission, headed by Dr. Austin M. Brues and Dr. Paul S. Henshaw.

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.

PRESENTATION COPY TO E.H. COLPITTS (vice-president of Bell Labs), SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY BAXTER.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

An offprint from the Globe and Mail. Possibly the earliest popular explanation of the atomic bomb published in Canada.

Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Bush.

Third printing.

Manhattan Project Technical Series. Div. III. Vol. 1B.

"The Atomic Bomb," pp. 121-150.

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.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

One of the earliest Danish accounts of the atomic bomb.

Includes text of Dunham's speech at the symposium, in which he reminisces about worker health and safety during the Manhattan project.

NNES Manhattan Project Technical Section Division VI- Volume 3.

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.

Includes "Science Contributes the Atom Bomb."

Possibly the first separately published account of the atomic bomb issued in Yugoslavia.

History of atomic physics under the Nazis.

First published account of the tube alloys project by the British government.

First published Dutch account of the atomic bomb.

Still the best "unofficial" history of the Manhattan project- invaluable in conjunction with Hewlett & Anderson's official history, The New World.

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.

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.

An indispensable reference - the official history of the Manhattan project.

A picture chronicle documenting the rebirth of Hiroshima after the atomic bombing.

Includes original prints of 2 of the very few known photographs taken in Hiroshima on the day of the bombing.

An interesting information brochure for tourists visiting Hiroshima under the American Occupation. Includes much on the atomic bombing and subsequent recovery.

The case of Major Claude Eatherly.

Research Memorandum RM-439. Copy No. 16 of an unspecified limitation. The first "comprehensive description of the psychological impact of the A-bomb."

"Not for General Publication." Issued for official use only by resident students at the ICAF.

Intimate contemporary reminiscences of life in wartime Los Alamos, unpublished until 1977.

English translation of Heller als tausend Sonnen.

Italian translation by Piero Bernardini Marzolla of Heller als tausend Sonnen.

Story of the destruction and revovery of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Six-page illustrated account of the Manhattan project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Manhattan Project Technical Series, Div. III-Volume 4 C.

PP. 127-153 comprise a rather detailed history of the development of the atomic bomb and its aftermath.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

Well-written account of the first atomic bomb.

Account of the Manhattan project, by the youngest and only woman member of the team that built the first nuclear reactor.

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."

PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY LIFTON.

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."

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Interviews of the crew members of the Enola Gay and Great Artiste 22 years after the bombing of Hiroshima.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

Entire issue devoted to the British wartime atomic research project.

First published account of heavy water production in the Manhattan Projects. From the Manhattan Project Technical Section series.

Collected accounts of 8 survivors, interwoven in the manner of Hersey.

In collaboration with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Japan.

"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."

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."

NNES Manhattan Project Technical Section. Division VIII- Volume 8.

One of the earliest accounts of the atomic bomb published in Italy.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1987. This outstanding history is probably the single most authoritative work on the subject to date.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

Translation of Lettres sur la Bombe Atomique, (1946)

A critique of American justifications for using the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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.

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.

Comprises the special anniversary edition of The Atom, Volume 2, Number 8.

In-depth analysis of the decision to use the atomic bombs in 1945.

Includes detailed account of the Manhattan Project Metallurgical Laboratory. About 110 pages on Plutonium.

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.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

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 (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 PRINTING of the Princeton edition, possibly the first published edition (see previous item). 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.

FIRST PRINTING of the Princeton edition, the alternate paperback issue.

FIRST BRITISH EDITION. The title on the front cover is headed by "Atomic Energy" printed in blue. Coleman 7.

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.

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).

Sixth printing. "New and Enlarged Edition, Including Statements by the British and Canadian Governments."

Differs from former USGPO issues by Omitting the Table of Contents and re-paginating the front matter. "Price 40 cents" appears on front cover.

Another issue of the preceding item, with "price 40 cents" inked out and "Price 50 cents" handstamped onto front cover.

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."

The second edition, revised to include the atom bomb. (See No. 0294 for first edition.)

"Prepared for Federal Civil Defense Administration." Includes much on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by the Author.

FIRST APPEARANCE of Stimson's lengthly justification for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Stone & Webster was the prime contractor for the electromagnetic separation plant at Oak Ridge.

Chrysler manufactured the diffusers for the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge for the Manhattan Project.

Excellent collection of 122 documents, mostly from Szilard's hand, relating to the development and use of the atomic bomb.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

Reprints the series of lectures given at Los Alamos 1943-1944.

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.

Includes "Atomic Age," pp. 29-36, profiling the Manhattan project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the attendant speculations for the future.

PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Tsuzuki to Dr. Herman E. Pearse, August 1953.

"Emergency Provisional Edition." The very scarce summary report of the first American scientific committees to visit the target cities.

The very scarce "Restricted Emergency Provisional Edition."

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."

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.

Includes rare footage relating to the German atomic bomb project, as well as some seldom seen U.S. material previously classified Top Secret.

From the Manhattan Project Technical Series.

The definitive history of French work on the atomic bomb during WWII.

Collection of reminiscences by Los Alamos women compiled in 1946, but only published from the original manuscript in 1988.