Atomic Age Opens: First Edition (25 results)
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Published by Pocket Books of Canada, Montreal 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, CanadaScene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing # 340 of this novel about the age of the atomic bomb. Light edgewear. Light rubbing to the cover. Age toning to the cover and pages. In Very Good Condition.
Published by Pocket Books, NY 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.Valley Books
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Paperback. Condition: Good+. #340, First Printing., Aug. 252pp. Paperback Original. B&W photos, line drawings. Light general wear, front cover bend. Photos on request Size: Mass Market.
More imagesPublished by Pocket Books, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Baltimore's Best Books, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Baltimore's Best Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. WWII-era book. Pocket Book #340. Cover created with some wear along the edges and corners.
Published by Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. 340 , very good , creases PBO. paperback.
Language: English
Published by Pocket Books, Inc. 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: TNT ENTERPRIZES, Libertyville, IL, U.S.A.TNT ENTERPRIZES
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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 pr…inting.
Language: English
Published by Pocket Books, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.Gumshoe Books
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Wraps. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. one of the very first out books post hiroshima.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Red Onion Bookshoppe, Hanover, IN, U.S.A.The Red Onion Bookshoppe
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition.
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Published by Pocket Books, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bob "The Bookman" DePino, ORLANDO, FL, U.S.A.Bob "The Bookman" DePino
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. "When the U.S. Army Forces dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it meant the end of Japan as a war-making power - and the beginning of a new age. For, with this newly-released force, man can destroy himself or create a world rich and prosperous beyond all previous dreams" Th…e Atomic Age Opens is the first book published on the realities of the use of atomic energy. THIS 1945 Pocket Books paperback anthology edited by Donald Porter Geddes and Gerald Wendt. Published just weeks after Hiroshima, introduced the American public to atomic science, nuclear weapons, and their potential consequences. Publication: First issued as Pocket Book #340 in August 1945, a paperback original (no prior hardcover). Later reissued in hardcover by World Publishing as part of the Forum Books series. Editors: Donald Porter Geddes and Gerald Wendt, both science writers/editors aiming to explain atomic energy to a general audience. Format: 252 pages, illustrated with diagrams and portraits, designed for accessibility to non-scientists. Content: A collection of essays on atomic physics, nuclear fission, and the implications of atomic weapons. Contributors included scientists and commentators contextualizing discoveries from Einstein, Bohr, Fermi, Meitner, and others. Themes: Optimism about atomic energy's potential for industry and medicine. Grave warnings about nuclear warfare and the need for international control. Efforts to demystify atomic science for everyday readers. While not an Armed Services Edition itself, its timing and subject matter overlap with ASE distribution themes of 1945. THIS book is in fabulous original condition with tight binding and clean, bright pages! Paperback edition. 252 pages. Dimensions: 4.25" by 6.25". Published by Pocket Books, New York. 1st printing, 1945. B&W illustrations. B&W photographs. Orange binding. Cover defect(s): Some scratches/scuffing. 0.5 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Atomic Energy / Nuclear Science / World War 2 / English. (B91).
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH etc. [1945] 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Stony Hill Books
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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 espe…cially along bottom edge, not price-clipped.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH etc. [1945] 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Stony Hill Books
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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
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.Crossroad Books
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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 Pocket Books, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peter L. Masi - books, MONTAGUE, MA, U.S.A.Peter L. Masi - books
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Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Pocket Books, New York, August, 1945. First printing. 252 pages, 1p acknowledgements, 2p publisher list. Illustrated. 6.25 x 4.25'', paperback. Printers Devil, Atom Bomb 2. Cover rubbed, bit soiled, text VG.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.Independent Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good (-). No Jacket. True First Edition. The agony and tragedy of atomic warfare, as well as the politics and challenges of the atomic age. Condition notes - 251 numbered pp +1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned. Cover: red, yellow device front, yellow titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems som…ewhat worn, bottom corners bumped, spine mildly faded.
Published by The World Publishing Company 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.JBK Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 251pp; contents clean and textually unmarked. Red cloth HC with gold lettering. No library markings. Owner's name printed on front pastedown and title page; also stamped on front blank endpaper. B/W illustrations. Signed by Wendt on title page. Signed by Author.
Published by Pocket Books 1945 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFIRST EDITION. THE ATOMIC AGE OPENS, Pocket Books, 1945, first edition, vg+ or better in wraps as issued. Illustrated with photos and drawings.
Published by Pocket Books, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, CanadaMinotavros Books, ABAC ILAB
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Soft cover. A.E.R. 252 pp. B&W illustration in text. Covers warped, soiled and rubbed. Cracked to inner hinge at title page.
Published by Pocket Books, Inc, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Mass market paperback. Moderate edgewear, tiny indentation on front cover, very good or better. Prepared by the editors of Pocket Books less than a month after the Hiroshima bombing.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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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 fro…nt panel, short tears on extremities. In cloth, preceded by wrappered edition.
Published by Cleveland/N.Y., The World Publ. Comp., (1945). 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rödner Versandantiquariat, Den Haag, , NetherlandsRödner Versandantiquariat
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8°, 251 S.m. Abb., 1 Bl., roter OLwdbd.m. gelbgeprägt. RTitel, minim. Gebrauchssp., unbeschnitten; schönes Expl. Erste Ausgabe mit Beiträgen zu Hiroshima, Truman usw. Sprache: Englisch.
Published by Pocket Books, Inc, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Prepared by the editors of Pocket Books less than a month after the Hiroshima bombing. Small dampstain to foredge.
Published by Pocket Books, Inc, New York 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Prepared by the editors of Pocket Books less than a month after the Hiroshima bombing. Pencil underlining on some pages, bottom half of one page is missing.
Language: English
Published by The World Publishing Co., Cleveland and New York 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Beautiful Tomes, Moscow, ID, U.S.A.Beautiful Tomes
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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 For…um 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.".
Published by The World Publishing Co [1945], Cleveland, OH 1945
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: 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 abo…ut 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.
More imagesPublished by World Publishing Co., [Forum Books] [1945], Cleveland and N.Y. 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC, Durham, NC, U.S.A.Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 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 no…t 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 [1945], Cleveland, OH 1945
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: 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.
