7. The History of Nuclear Testing, 1946-1988.
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| 1068 "AN ATOMIC OPEN HOUSE: AEC plays host to cameras, newsmen and TV at blast on Yucca Flat." IN: Life, pp. 36-39. 176 pages. Illustrated. Folio, pictorial wrappers. Chicago: Time, Inc. May 5, 1952
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| 1069 ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF H-BOMB OBSERVERS. Eniwetok Proving Ground Local No. 1. Headquarters USS Mount McKinley AGC-7. Printed pictorial card, certifying that "Charter
Heslep Shook, Rattled and Rolled," and signed by William L. Laurence, President, and Henry A. Renken, "Chairman of the Horde
by Order of Neptunus Rex." 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches, printed in black on a yellow and orange background of a mushroom cloud. (USS
Mt. Mckinley). 1956
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A humorous membership card, issued to observers of Operation Redwing, the first U.S. airdrop of a fully-armed and fuzed thermonuclear
gravity bomb (the Cherokee detonation).
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| 1070 BAKER DAY. OPERATION CROSSROADS. 1946. Group of 5 original photographs of the Baker shot at Bikini atoll, as photographed by unmanned drone airplanes. Each photo is about 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, mounted together in a 16 x 47 inch
frame, numbered 1-5 in the mat from left to right. (Bikini atoll). 1946
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"Lookout Mountain Laboratory, Air Proving Ground, Los Angeles, California" is lettered in black ink in the lower right corner
of the mat.
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| 1071 BALL, HOWARD. Justice Downwind. America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950's. 280 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Oxford University
Press. 1986
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| 1072 BENNY BINION'S HORSHOE CLUB. Downtown Las Vegas, Nev. Color postcard, depicting "Atom Bomb Blasts. Actual Pictures Photographed from Vantage Point High
Atop Mount Charleston, Near Las Vegas." Las Vegas. circa 1950's
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| 1073 BIGELOW, ALBERT. The Voyage of the Golden Rule. An Experiment with Truth. 286 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. 1959
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"The story of the crew of the 30 foot ketch who sailed for the Eniwetok proving ground to protest the continued use of nuclear
weapons."
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| 1074 BRADLEY, DAVID. "No Place to Hide. What the Bomb Did at Bikini." IN: The Atlantic, October-November-December 1948. Together, 3 volumes. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Concord, N.H.: The Atlantic
Monthly. 1948
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FIRST APPEARANCE of Bradley's landmark study, as serialized in 3 installments in the Atlantic Monthly. Bradley's book was
the first work to warn the public-at-large of the dangers of radioactive fallout.
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| 1075 BRADLEY, DAVID. No Place to Hide. 182 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Little, Brown. 1948
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| 1076 BRADLEY, DAVID. No Place to Hide. 182 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Boston: Little, Brown. 1948
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PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by Bradley to Linus Dores.
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| 1077 BRADLEY, DAVID. No Place to Hide 1946/1984. Foreword by Jerome B. Weisner. 217 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Hanover: Dartmouth College. 1983
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First edition thus. Also issued in hardcover.
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| 1078 CAROTHERS, ANDRE. The Story of the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty. IN: Greenpeace, Volume 14, Number 1, p. 10. 23 pages. Illustrated. Unbound. Washington, D.C.: Greenpeace USA. January/February 1989
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| 1079 COLORADO COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. Nuclear Explosives in Peacetime. 28 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. New York: Scientists' Institute for Public Information. 1970
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| 1080 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. Nuclear Tests: A Universal Threat. 4 pages. 8vo, printed self-wrappers. New York & Berkeley: Contemporary Issues. March 1955
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| 1081 DANIELSSON, BENGT & MARIE-THERESE. Poisoned Reign. French Nuclear Colonialism in the Pacific. 323 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. Victoria, Australia: Penguin. 1986
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Second revised edition. With a foreword on the Rainbow Warrior affair.
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| 1082 DOBRIN, MILTON B., et al. "A Seismic Investigation of Bikini Atoll." pp. 807-828 & 1091-1117. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: Geol. Soc. Amer. 1950
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Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 60 & 61.
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| 1083 DUNNING, GORDON M., Editor. Radioactive Contamination of Certain Areas in the Pacific Ocean from Nuclear Tests. A Summary of the Data from the Radiological Surveys and Medical Examinations. 53 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington:
USAEC. 1957
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| 1084 FULLER, JOHN G. The Day We Bombed Utah: America's Most Lethal Secret. 183 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: New American Library. 1984
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History of U.S. government cover-ups of fallout hazards at the Nevada and Utah test sites during the 1950's.
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| 1085 HANSEN, W.R., et al. Stratigraphy and Structure of the Rainier and USGS Tunnel Areas Nevada Test Site. Geological Investigations Related to Nuclear Explosions. 47 pages. Illustrated, including 6 folding maps and charts inside
rear cover pocket. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1963
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| 1086 HESLEP, CHARTER. "It Couldn't Be Done - But T-V Men Did It." Here is the story of the first live televising of an atomic detonation. In sixteen days, they spanned 277 miles with four
mountain-to-mountain relays. IN: The Quill. A Magazine for Journalists, pp. 7-10. 16 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial self-wrappers.
Fulton, Mo.: The Quill. July 1952
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Cover illustration features view of the mushroom cloud with TV truck in foreground, captioned "Television Covers its First
Atomic Blast." CHARTER HESLEP'S COPY, signed by him on the front wrapper.
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| 1087 HESLEP, CHARTER. They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The Story of the First Live Televising of an Atomic Detonation. 12 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. (N.p.: University of Georgia. 1952
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Text of an address delivered at the Georgia Radio and Television Institute, May 9, 1952. Heslep, as Chief of Radio-Television
Branch, USAEC, was in charge of the televising. This is Heslep's personal copy, with a note in his hand that "This is included
in Drewry's New Horizons in Journalism published in 1952" on the front wrapper.
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| 1088 HINES, NEAL O. Proving Ground. An Account of the Radiobiological Studies in the Pacific, 1946-1961. 366 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. Seattle: U. of Washington Press. 1962
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| 1089 JAPAN. COMMITTEE FOR COMPILATION OF REPORT ON RESEARCH IN THE EFFECTS OF RADIOACTIVITY. Research in the Effects and Influences of the Nuclear Bomb Test Explosions. 2 volumes. 1824 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Tokyo: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. 1956
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Includes detailed report on the Fortunate Dragon contaminations. This massive series of investigations of fallout from U.S.
weapons tests was not officially recognized by the U.S. government.
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| 1090 KARIG, WALTER. The Fortunate Islands. A Pacific Interlude. An Account of the Pleasant Lands and People in the United States' Trust Territory of the Pacific. 226
pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Rinehart. 1948
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Despite the title, comprises an analysis of the social upheavals in the Marshall Islands resulting from the Bikini bomb tests.
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| 1091 KENNEDY, JOHN F. Nuclear Testing and Disarmament. Address by President Kennedy. 20 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. (Washington, D.C.): U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. 1962
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| 1092 KLEMENT, ALFRED W., Editor. Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Tests. Proceedings of the Second Conference Germantown, Maryland November 3-6, 1964. 953 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. Oak Ridge:
USAEC. 1965
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| 1093 KWAJALEIN TEST SITE COMMEMORATIVE SPOON. Sterling silver spoon, lettered "TEST SITE KWAJALEIN" and with a miniature map of Kwajalein in bas relief. 4 inches x 1 inch
(maximum dimensions). N.p. circa 1960
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| 1094 LAPP, RALPH E. The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon. 220 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Harper. 1958
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| 1095 LEARY, FRANK. Underground Nuclear Testing. Is It Getting Too Dangerous? IN: Armed Forces Management, Volume 16, Number 6, 32-36pp. 58 pages. Illustrated. Washington, D.C.: American Aviation Publications. March 1970
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| 1096 LEBEDINSKY, A.V., Editor. What Russian Scientists Say About Fallout. New Introduction by James F. Crow. 124 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Collier. 1962
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| 1097 MCTAGGART, DAVID & ROBERT HUNTER. Greenpeace III. Journey Into the Bomb. 372 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Morrow. 1979
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| 1098 MILLER, RICHARD L. Under the Cloud. The Decades of Nuclear Testing. 547 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: The Free Press. 1986
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| 1099 MILZ, BARBARA. Charter Heslep in Augusta: Televising of Nevada A-Bomb Blast Described by Man who Supervised Arrangements for Show. 3 leaves, printed on one side only.
4to, unbound, stapled. Augusta: The Augusta (Ga.) Herald, Tuesday. May 13, 1952
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File copy of a typescript of a local news report of the visit of Charter Heslep to the nearby Savannah River plant. Summarizes
interview with Heslep, mostly concerning his role in televising the Nevada A-Bomb test.
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| 1100 NEVADA TEST ORGANIZATION. OFFICE OF TEST INFORMATION. Background Information on Nevada Nuclear Tests. Revised to July 15, 1957. 72 pages. Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. Las Vegas: OTI. 1957
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A public relations handout for Nevada residents. Fascinating in the light of later revelations of government cover-ups of
fallout hazards. Loosely inserted, a typescript chart of "Plumbbob Information."
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| 1101 NRDC ANNUAL REPORT. Nuclear Test Ban Verification. 3-4pp. 1 leaf. 6 pages. Unbound. New York: National Resources Defense Council, Annual Report. 1986-1987
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| 1102 NRDC NEWSLINE. NUCLEAR TEST BAN CONFERENCE. Volume 5, Number 5, p. 4. 1 Leaf. 6 Pages. Unbound. New York: National Resources Defense Council. November/December 1987
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| 1103 NRDC NEWSLINE. Seismic Verification Tests Make Waves in Nevada. Volume 5, Number 3, 4-5pp. 7 pages. Unbound. Illustrated. New York: National Resources Defense Council. July/August 1988
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| 1104 NUCLEAR EXCAVATION 1963. 5 Reports Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting January 13-17, 1964. 53 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Washington, D.C.: NAS/NRC Highway Research Board. 1964
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| 1105 NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY. Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Eighty-Eighth Congress First Session. The Treaty
Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Underwater, Signed at Moscow on August 5, 1963. 1028 pages.
8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO for the Committee on Foreign Relations. 1963
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| 1106 OFFICE OF THE HISTORIAN. JOINT TASK FORCE ONE. Operation Crossroads. The Official Pictorial Record. 224 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Wm. H. Wise. 1946
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Foreword by Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, U.S.N.
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| 1107 O'KEEFE, BERNARD J. Nuclear Hostages. 252 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1983
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Largely a history of nuclear testing and instrumentation.
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| 1108 OPERATION CROSSROADS. "Operation Crossroads. Atomic Bomb Experiment. Bikini Atoll 1946." Curious framed print, in the form of a food tray, depicting
the test shot at Bikini Atoll, with a photograph of the ship USS Merapi inset into the mushroom cloud in the center. 15 x
22 inches overall. (Bikini Atoll). 1946
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This framed memento was apparently constructed from a wooden tray by "Gerard R. Seeney SK 3/c USS Merapi A.F. 38," who has
signed the print in the mat.
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| 1109 OPERATION CROSSROADS. Superb untitled original panoramic photograph of the "Baker" shot taken from near-ground level on the shore of Bikini Atoll.
16 x 30 inches, mounted to stiff board. (Bikini Atoll). 1946
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Without a doubt one of the most dramatic photographs in existence of an atomic test. The huge column of water, with the developing
base surge and mushroom, towers over the numerous target ships in the lagoon, with the shoreline dotted by palm trees and
abandoned huts in the foreground providing a vivid sense of perspective.
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| 1110 OPERATION REDWING. Hanlon, B. Hall, Commander Joint Task Force Seven. Printed humorous greeting sheet, "From the Venerable and Honorable Order
of the Atoll Algae to the Ancient and Honorable Society of H-Bomb Observers," welcoming the recipient "for the duration of
the thing" and wishing good weather, etc. Single sheet 4to (10-1/2 x 8 inches). (N.p). 1956
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SIGNED BY HANLON as "Acting Scribe, Senior Shell-Back and Commander Joint Task Force Seven."
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| 1111 OPERATION REDWING. Heslep, Charter. Collection of 28 typed or autograph letters signed by Heslep, mostly to his wife, with a few to his children,
recounting his experiences in preparation for, during, and immediately after his participation in Operation Redwing at Eniwetok
Atoll. 35 leaves, single sheet 4to, some on "USS McKinley Operation Redwing" letterhead stationery, one typed on the verso
of a mimeographed information bulletin from Admiral Hanlon relating to the first detonation in the test, on May 4, 1956. USS
McKinley, Eniwetok, etc. April 27-May 22, 1956
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Comprises an outstanding archive of candid observations of the circumstances surrounding this very important test series,
involving the first air-drop by the U.S. of a hydrogen bomb.
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| 1112 OPERATION TEAPOT. Printed pictorial "diploma," certifying that "Charter Heslep Participated in Operation Teapot at Nevada Test Site." 8-1/2
x 14 inches. (Nevada test site). Spring 1955
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The diploma bears the facsimile signature of the various directors of the operation, and the actual penned signature of Richard
G. Elliott. The teapot tests were largely for improved design in tactical weapons, and involved troop exercises on the nuclear
battlefield.
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| 1113 PHOTOGRAPHS. Collection of over 100 original photographs, some in color, depicting various atomic tests and test facilities,
nuclear energy installations, IAEA & USAEC conferences, etc. Various sizes, 4to and smaller. Vp. mostly 1950's
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| 1114 PORT & STARBOARD PRESS. B-52 Makes America's First H-Bomb Drop. 2 pages. Single-sheet folio. U.S.S. Mount McKinley. 22 May 1956
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FIRST PRINTED ACCOUNT of the first air drop by the U.S. of a thermonuclear weapon, code-named "Cherokee." This amateur newssheet
was printed on board the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), the ship from which 15 American reporters and 17 civil defense officials
observed the blast, and is doubtless now of considerable rarity.
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| 1115 PSR REPORTS. US, USSR Tests Continue. Volume IX, Number 3, p. 4. 2 leaves. 8 pages. Unbound. Washington, D.C.: Physicians for Social Responsibility. Summer 1988
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| 1116 REYNOLDS, EARLE. The Forbidden Voyage of the Phoenix into the A.E.C. Prohibited Zone. 281 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: McKay. 1961
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| 1117 RODEAN, HOWARD C. Nuclear-Explosion Seismology. 156 pages. 4to, decorative wrappers. (Oak Ridge): USAEC. 1971
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| 1118 ROSENBERG, HOWARD L. Atomic Soldiers. American Victims of Nuclear Experiments. 192 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Beacon Press. 1980
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| 1119 SAFFER, THOMAS H. & ORVILLE E. KELLY. Countdown Zero. Introduction by Stewart L. Udall. 351 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Putnam's. 1982
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Advance review copy, with promotional material inserted. Landmark study of government cover-ups of the exposure of U.S. soldiers
and civilians to radiation during the weapons tests of the 1950's.
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| 1120 SANDERS, RALPH. Project Plowshare. The Development of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Explosions. Foreword by Willard F. Libby. 206 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press. 1962
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| 1121 SANE/FREEZE WORLD FOCUS. Test Ban Caravan Pressures Congress to End Nuclear Testing. Volume 26, Number 3, p. 4. 23 pages. Autumn 1987
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| 1122 SCHWEITZER, ALBERT. "An Obligation to Tomorrow." 8 pages. Illustrated. 4to, self-wrappers. New York: Saturday Review. 1958
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An urgent plea for an end to nuclear testing and a warning of the dangers of nuclear fallout. Offprinted from The Saturday
Review, May 24, 1958.
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| 1123 SHLOSS, LEON. "Navy at the Crossroads." IN: Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 148, No. 4, pp. 77-82. 288 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Popular
Science. April 1946
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Prospectus for the forthcoming Crossroads tests at Bikini, with 2 double-page maps of the test site.
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| 1124 SHURCLIFF, W.A. Bombs at Bikini. The Official Report of Operation Crossroads. 212 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Wise. 1947
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| 1125 SOUTHERLAND, L.B., Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Typed letter, signed for Southerland by Robert Chesney, Major, USAF. 1 page. 4to.
Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, Joint Task Force Seven. 10 April 1956
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Comprises "Invitational Travel Orders Number 58," granting Charter Heslep security clearance level "Q" as a member of the
Special Observer Program, Joint Task Force Seven at Eniwetok-Bikini Atolls, with related information on vaccinations, baggage
allowances, etc.
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| 1126 STEIN, DR. JOSEPHINE ANNE. A Look at the Evidence: CTB or Low-Yield Thresholds? IN: PSR Reports, Volume IX, Number 3, p. 5. 2 leaves. 8 pages. Unbound. Washington, D.C.: Physicians for Social Responsibility. Summer 1988
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| 1127 STEIN, DR. JOSEPHINE ANNE. Nuclear Testing at the Crossroads. IN: Greenpeace, Volume 13, Number 4, 16-17pp. 23 pages. Illustrated. Unbound. Washington, D.C.: Greenpeace USA. July/August 1988
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| 1128 SYKES, LYNN R. & JACK F. EVERNDEN. The Verification of a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban. IN: Scientific American, Volume 247, Number 4, 47-55pp. 196 pages. Illustrated. October 1982
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| 1129 TELLER, EDWARD & DR. ALBERT LETTER. "The Compelling Need for Nuclear Tests." 'Father of H-Bomb' and colleague answer 9,000 scientists: fallout risk is overrated and we must have 'clean' weapons to spare
civilians in war. IN: Life, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. (64)-72. 100 pages. Illustrated. Folio, pictorial wrappers. Chicago: Time
Inc. February 10, 1958
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Teller's claim that the government was on the verge of developing a "clean" nuclear weapon, while a total fabrication, succeeded
in defusing for several years the growing movement against atmospheric testing.
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| 1130 TELLER, EDWARD, et al. The Constructive Uses of Nuclear Explosives. 320 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1968
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| 1131 UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS. Briefing Paper. Nuclear Weapons Testing. 2 leaves. Illustrated. 4to, unbound. Cambridge: UCS. July 1988
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| 1132 THE U.S. TRIES AGAIN TO GET AN A-TEST BAN. IN: Business Week, 26-27pp. 176 pages. Illustrated. Unbound. June 15, 1963
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| 1133 USAEC. Assuring Public Safety in Continental Weapons Tests. 210 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. January 1953
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| 1134 USAEC. Enewetak Radiological Survey. 736 pages + 2 thick volumes of photographs on glossy paper. Together, 3 volumes. Thick 4to, cloth. Las Vegas: USAEC. October 1973
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Doubtless the most thorough study of radioactive contamination from weapons tests ever published.
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| 1135 U.S. NAVY DEPARTMENT. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. An Introduction to Radiological Safety. 56 pages. Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: Navy Dept. 1947
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A manual for medical officers participating in "Operation Crossroads."
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| 1136 UNITED STATES SENATE. SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapons Tests. Analysis of Progress and Positions of the Participating Parties October 1958-August 1960. 110 pages. 8vo, printed self-wrappers.
Washington, D.C.: USGPO. October 1960
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| 1137 WALLACE, A. & E.M. ROMNEY. Radioecology and Ecophysiology of Desert Plants at the Nevada Test Site. 439 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. (Oak Ridge): USAEC. 1972
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| 1138 WUESTOFF, FREDA. Es ist keine Zeit mehr zu verlieren. Der Mensch in Atomzeitalter. . . There is No Time to be Lost. Man in the Atomic Age. 132 pages. 8vo, printed boards. Ravensburg:
Otto Maier. 1957
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An impassioned plea for an end to hydrogen bomb tests, printed in 8 languages.
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