Smyth Henry, Signed (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Milan: Olivetti, 1988. 198 pages; numerous color and b&w illustrations, including plan drawings and elevations. An exhibiiton at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Stiff folded card wrappers. Inscribed by an author to a friend on the front free endpaper. Clean throughout; unopened-tight binding. Inscribed by an author. Pictorial Card Wrappers. Fine. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. xi, 519, 4 (pubs. list); previous owner's bookplate, else very good in the original cloth, gilt, with, loosely inserted, a 2pp. Als from Smyth to "My dear Anglo-Saxon Proeses", dated 13 -8-'62. Smyth (1788-1865) served in the East India Company's ship Cornwallis in the early 19th century, and took part in actions against the Seychelles, and service in Indian, Chinese and Australian waters. He later saw action in Europe, and from 1815 engaged in survey work in the Mediterranean until 1821, when he returned to Britain. A founding member of the RGS, he also joined the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Astronomical Society. His surveys of the Mediterranean were the basis for the charts of the region used by the Royal Navy into the twentieth century. His experiences and findings also provided background for the present work, which contains all manner of information on the oceanography, topography, nomenclature, hydrography, and other aspects of the Mediterranean and its coastlines. The accompanying letter, to a Mr. Wright, concerns the etymology of certain English place names, Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Hand Written Letter and Signed in French by Dore Sanchez Ceoquecs to Captain William Henry Smyth. Dated 1834. A letter in French discussing astronomer and the moon. Admiral William Henry Smyth 1788 -1865 was a Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist. He is noted for his involvement in the early history of a number of learned societies, for his hydrographic charts, for his astronomical work, and for a wide range of publications and translations. Size is 112m x 95mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17349. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. This is a rare 6th Printing, 115th Thousand of Atomic Energy for Military Purposes By Henry D Smyth. With full text of the official report with New and Enlarged edition, including statements by the British and Canadian Governments. This is signed by Arthur H Compton on The Title Page, he was the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927 for Physics. Also, n 1941 Compton was appointed Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Committee to Evaluate Use of Atomic Energy in War. His investigations, carried out in cooperation with E. Fermi, L. Szilard, E. P. Wigner and others, led to the establishment of the first controlled uranium fission reactors, and, ultimately, to the large plutonium-producing reactors in Hanford, Washington, which produced the plutonium for the Nagasaki bomb, in August 1945. (He also played a role in the Government s decision to use the bomb; a personal account of these matters may be found in his book, Atomic Quest a Personal Narrative, 1956.) He is referenced 17 times in this book and was the one who appointed Oppenheimer in 1942. In June 1942, the United States Army Corps of Engineers assumed control of the nuclear weapons program and Compton's Metallurgical Laboratory became part of the Manhattan Project. That month, Compton gave Robert Oppenheimer responsibility for bomb design. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of the full text of Smyth's official report on the development of the atomic bomb. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, Norris E. Bradbury, the Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Henry D. Smyth, the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largestÂtraditional bindery in America exclusivelyÂdevoted toÂfine traditional leather bookbinding by hand.ÂRare and desirable. Written as a "report to the nation" by Henry D. Smyth, chairman of the Princeton physics department, at the direction of Major General Groves, in charge of the Atomic Bomb Project, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes begins with a brief survey of the advances in nuclear physics made between 1896 and 1940, and then proceeds to tell the incredible story of the scientific and engineering teamwork that culminated in the manufacturing of the atomic bomb.

original wrappers. First edition. RARE LITHOPRINT ISSUE -THE FIRST OBTAINABLE PRINTING - OF THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. ONE OF SMYTH'S OWN COPIES, SIGNED BY HIM ON THE TITLE PAGE. PMM 422e. Released to the public on 12 August 1945, just six days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the "Smyth Report" (as it came to be known) contained a full account of the development work carried out between 1940 and 1945 by the Manhattan Project that culminated in the production of the first atomic bomb. The first version of the report was a mimeographed copy (identifiable by the word "secret" stamped on every page), hand-delivered by military messenger, which the recipients were required to read immediately and return to the waiting messenger. These mimeographed copies were apparently destroyed for security reasons, as no copies, either whole or in parts, have been recorded in existence except for Smyth's master copy housed at Princeton. 1,000 copies were then lithoprinted from typescript [the offered version] in the facility for reproducing secret documents in the Adjutant General's Office in the Pentagon. Provenance: Smyth was given a small number of copies for his own personal use. In the late 1970s Smyth was cleaning out his office at Princeton and found a few copies of the original lithoprinted version. At the request of Princeton University, he signed the copies and presented them to the university. This is one of those copies. It is complete, and contains three repeated leaves. Because the leaves were gathered for binding in great haste and under the pressure of tight security precautions, the surviving copies often contain missing and/or repeated leaves. No leaves are missing in this copy. References: PMM 422e; Norman 1962; Coleman, The 'Smyth Report': A Descriptive Checklist, no. 3. See: "The 'Smyth Report'" by H.D. Smyth, The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. 37, No. 3, Spring 1976. [Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office, 1945.] Quarto (8x10.5 in.; 265 x 201 mm), stapled in the original cream textured stiff paper covers. Printed by lithoprint from stencils made by multiple typewriters. A little (very minor) soiling to wrappers, but still fine - one of the nicest copies we've seen. RARE SIGNED. Note: A custom box can be made for this item for an additional $250.

First Edition. ATOMIC ENERGY FOR MILITARY PURPOSES -A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WENT INTO THE MAKING OF ATOMIC BOMBS, Princeton University Press, 1945, first edition, vg+ in a good dust-wrapper with some chips and tears and inner clear tape reinforcement.Inscribed by Manhattan Project member Richardx W. Dodson to science fiction pioneer E. E. "Doc" Smith.

Four offprints from the Berkeley Daily Gazette and Industrial Management, two of which are presentation copies, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper. The recipients were two towering figures in American history: Cordell Hull, the US Secretary of State who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in establishing the United Nations, and Belle Sherwin, the suffragist leader and president of the League of Women Voters from 1921 to 1924. Technocracy, National Industrial Management is inscribed, "Miss Belle Sherwin Compliments of W. H. Smyth". Technocracy, Explained by its Originator is inscribed, "Hon. Cordell Hull Compliments of W. H. Smyth". All four copies were de-accessioned from the Library of Congress and have its concomitant stamps. A manuscript note on the front pastedown of National Industrial Management suggests that this copy may have been inscribed at a convention of the League of Women Voters on 19 December 1932. Smyth was an engineer credited with coining the term "technocracy" in 1919 to express his vision of the reorganization of society on principals of science and democracy. Similarly to Veblen, he envisioned a national council of scientists that would control all national institutions. Technocracy, First and Second Series (1921) was originally published in Industrial Management (1919). The other three titles are offprints from the Berkeley Daily Gazette. Anders Esmark, The New Technocracy, 2020; Kevin Starr, Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California, 1996. Four offprints, octavo. Original wire-stitched blue wrappers lettered in black. Wrappers toned, corners of National Industrial Management wrappers chipped, short closed tear at head of one offprint with a few marks. A good set.