Atomics for the Millions

(SENDAK, Maurice). Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff and Hyman Ruchlis

Published by Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1947

First edition, second issue (with plain endpapers). Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Introduction by Harold C. Urey. Tall octavo. xiv, 281pp. Blue cloth. Contemporary owner name and date on front fly and dedication page, boards lightly rubbed, moderate edgewear with a couple small tears on the foredge of rear board, very good in a price-clipped, fair dust jacket with loss, tape reinforcements and the upper flap separated. The first book to be illustrated by Sendak who was, at the time, one of Mr. Ruchlis's high school physics students. Urey, the author of the introduction, was an American chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934. This book was an early attempt to explain nuclear energy and its awesome forces to the lay reader. Seller Inventory # 512196

Bibliographic Details

Title: Atomics for the Millions
Publisher: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York
Publication Date: 1947
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair