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Published by SOLD, 1945
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good.
Published by Forum Publishing, 1945
Seller: Viking Book, Glenwood, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book and dust jacket have some light to moderate wear. Solid square binding with all pages clean and NO odors. New clear dust jacket cover added.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, 1945
Seller: The Red Onion Bookshoppe, Hanover, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition.
Published by Pocket Books, Inc., 1945
Seller: TNT ENTERPRIZES, Libertyville, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine/Very Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Soft cover pocket edition, complete and unabridged. Cover shows signs of wear at the edges of the spine and back. Pages are clean, unmarked and firmly bound to the spine. This book is in fine to very fine condition. 1945, first edition, first printing.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH etc. [1945], 1945
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. "FORUM BOOKS EDITION First Printing November 1945" on copyright page; hardcover in red cloth clean square tight unmarked, light age toning around page edges, light fade/soil to spine; the dust jacket is protected in plastic cover but is badly chipped especially along bottom edge, not price-clipped.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH etc. [1945], 1945
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "FORUM BOOKS EDITION First Printing November 1945" on copyright page; hardcover in red cloth clean square tight unmarked, light age toning around page edges.
Published by The World Publishing Co., 1945
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing Thus. Light bump on spine tail. Else binding clean. Inked owner's name and inscription on front flyleaf. Inked name on rear pastedown. Else pages clean. Light chipping and rubbing on DJ spine extremities. Small chip on top edge of rear DJ flap. Light surface rubbing on DJ. Light rubbing on DJ fold corners. The DJ is a bit shorter than the book. ; B&W Photographs; SCH18D; 251 pages.
Published by World Publishing Company, NY, 1945
Seller: The Book Exchange, Hickory, NC, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback, stated first printing November 1945 (Forum Books Edition), in good, tight condition. There is a book plate with the former owner's name on the inside of the front board. His name is also stamped on the same and the ffep. 251 pages with a few pages with charts and black & white pictrues. Red boards with gold lettering on spine and a gold emblem design on front, have minor edgewear/handling. The dust jacket is in fair condition with several large chips and tears. The front flap is completely separated at the crease, but is inserted in the book. Could be taped together. The back flap is still attached but could use some taping too. Foxing and light soiling to the inside of the dust jacket.
Published by Pocket Books 1945, 1945
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. THE ATOMIC AGE OPENS, Pocket Books, 1945, first edition, vg+ or better in wraps as issued. Illustrated with photos and drawings.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1945
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition thus, Forum Books edition. Octavo. 251pp. Owner name and address on front fly, bottom edges of cloth lightly sunned, small white stain on front board, else a very good copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket with small corresponding stain on front panel, short tears on extremities. In cloth, preceded by wrappered edition.
Published by The World Publishing Co [1945], Cleveland, OH, 1945
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: good, fair. 1st Forum Bks Edition. First Printing. 21 cm, 251, illus., DJ worn and torn: small edge tears/chips, pencil erasure on front endpaper. This book was first published as a Pocket Book paperback and then as a hardback in this edition. This book provided some of the first information to the American public about the development and use of atomic weapons. It combines a number of explanations of atomic physics crafted for readers with no scientific background. There is a surprising concern expressed by the editors for the dangers of this new warfare, as well as the need to control it.
Published by The World Publishing Co [1945], Cleveland, OH, 1945
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: good, fair to good. 1st Forum Bks Edition. First Printing. 21 cm, 251, illus., DJ somewhat worn: small edge tears/chips. This book was first published as a Pocket Book paperback and then as a hardback in this edition. This book provided some of the first information to the American public about the development and use of atomic weapons. It combines a number of explanations of atomic physics crafted for readers with no scientific background. There is a surprising concern expressed by the editors for the dangers of this new warfare, as well as the need to control it.
Published by World Publishing, New York, 1945
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good in wrappers. PBO, a paperback original. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.
Published by Cleveland and New York The World Publishing Company November, 1945, 1945
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First printing of the Forum Books Edition and the first edition in hardcover, printed just months after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Illustrations throughout from photographs, drawings, and diagrams. 8vo, publisher's original burgundy cloth, Forum Books emblem on the upper cover in yellow, the spine lettered in yellow. 251, [1] pp. A nice copy, near fine but for some bumping to the tips and corners. THE FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Even the trade issue of the 'Smyth Report' came out after the wrappered issue of this title as published by Pocket Books. This hardcover issue was released just a few months later. Concise yet fairly comprehensive, THE ATOMIC AGE OPENS contains both a scientific history of the development and deployment of the first A-bombs but also looks ahead to the ramifications of this new "Atomic Age" for mankind.
Published by World Publishing Co., [Forum Books] [1945], Cleveland and N.Y., 1945
Seller: Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC, I.O.B.A., Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. First hardback edition. Cleveland and N.Y.: World Publishing Co., [Forum Books, 1945]. 251 pages. Original red cloth. [21.1 cm.] A very good plus copy in good dust jacket. Spine ends a little bumped and rubbed; upper corners slightly bumped. Jacket is bright, but has nickel-sized chip at upper corner of front panel not affecting lettering; shallow chip to base of spine panel; some light wear with minor loss to corners; and short tear along fold between rear panel and rear flap. FIRST EDITION IN CLOTH, preceded by the paperback original of the same year (published by Pocket Books). THIS COPY SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, GERALD WENDT, on the title page. An account of the development of the atomic bomb, including its recent use at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a discussion of the potential and dangers of continuing to develop atomic energy. Subtitle on dust jacket reads: "Exciting and authoritative answers to the questions the man in the street is asking: What is atomic energy? What does it mean in your daily life? How should it be controlled?".
Published by The World Publishing Co., Cleveland and New York, 1945
Seller: Beautiful Tomes, Moscow, ID, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. First printing November 1945. Burgundy covers with gold printing and design; corners curve in slightly; overall very clean. Green, red, and yellow dust jacket with red, white, and black printing; the back is an ad for "Distinguished Best Sellers in Forum Books"; rubbed, with small tears and chips on edges and a small chunk out of the jacket spine near the top. 251 pp., deckle edges, clean; b/w photos and illustrations. "The combination of Mr. Geddes' editorial skill and Dr. Wendt's scientific background in chemical research and writing assures the reader of the book that [it] is not only sound and accurate, but fascinating reading besides.".