Atomic Age, Signed (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed the Author, Irene Vilar. Shelf wear. Tanning along fore edges and pages. Rubbing and fading to jacket. Spine creases. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. No Priority shipping. International orders may require additional postage. ; Signed on the title page by Adam Christopher. Full number line ; Empire State; 8.40 X 5.50 X 1.10 inches; 368 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing . Signed by Vilar on the half-title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. ix, 324pp. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Edition Not Stated. LP an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. Also a gift inscription from the Prologue author, Pamela Howard. Expedited or International shipping may cost more. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Good+. SIGNED by the author. Some moderate wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second edition. 178pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Scattered foxing on pages, tape residue left on rear pastedown, boards a bit bowed, thus good only in a good only dust jacket with dampstain on edges, spine ends and corners nicked. Inscribed by the author on the front fly.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Lyons Press, 2016. Octavo. Hardcover. Signed by Beard and Howard on title page. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Excellent copy of this biography of the American newspaperman.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Author signed on the title page. Grey pictorial covers. 8vo, 209 pages; Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First. Signed by the author, a presentation copy to radio personality Jim Bohannan. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 437 pp. Signed by Author(s).

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.

unknown_binding. Condition: Very Good. 1947; signed. Brown cloth covered boards with gold titles; minor wear around edges; Full page inscribed on ffep; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 52 pages. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1946. Rutgers University Press. 12mo. Hardcover. VG+ in VG DJ. DJ is slightly soiled. Inscribed and signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. (1957), 373pp, inscribed by author to front free ep, slight soiling to cover, heavier to spine, bottom corners slightly bumped, old price sticker to fep & to pg viii, no dj, contents clean & unmarked. Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Revised edition. Inscribed by author on front endpage. From the collection of Tom Verlaine. Verlaine was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the seminal punk rock band Television. He was known for his innovative guitar playing and songwriting, and he is considered to be one of the most important and influential musicians of the past 50 years. (Radiation, Diet Therapy).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover. No dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Bindings tight, hinges strong. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO PREVIOUS OWNER.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Signed by Author.

Puerto Rico 1st .ed. Signed by Vilar. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 262pp, edges browning, text clean and sound, signed by the author on endpaper, inscribed to John Boyd, Very Good / Good dustwrapper. wrapper edges rubbed and frayed.

Condition: Like New. Signed Copy paperback. Text block, wrappers and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. As new, inscribed by author. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1954 PLASTIC COMB SOFTCOVER EDITION. INCLUDES AN ENVELOPE COVER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH HIS ADDRESS STAPLED INSIDE THE FRONT COVER. VERY GOOD. THE TEXT IS CLEAN AND TIGHT.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Book & Jacket, Signed to the title page, First Edition First Print, in a protective cover. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 330pp. Purple pictorial wraps. Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams. Light shelfwear along the bottom. This is poet William Witherup's copy with his signature and line 'Property of Bill Witherup' on front endpaper. In addition to a contributor, he is acknowledged in the preface by the editor as a contributing editor.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 13th printing, 1969. Inscribed and signed & dated by Laura Fermi on half-title, December 15, 1969. Good+ paperback with bright front cover and moderate wear to wraps incl. edge wear, small tear on spine, light creasing, spots & small dent on rear cover, see photos for exact marks. Interior pages very good & bright, no writing, tears, creases other than some small corner bends. See photos. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Arthur Schaffert. With a typed letter signed by the author taped to the rear end page and an inscription from the author on the front free end paper. 89 pages. 9.25x6.25 inches. Orange cloth covers with gilt printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8VO . 1ST ED 1955 .GREEN SOFT COVER . SIX POEMS . SIGNED BY AUTHOR FRONT COVER . NEAR FINE COPY . Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). SF novel, sequel to EMPIRE STATE (2012). ''a noir thriller set in a retro Alternate World or Pocket Universe version of New York, the amnesia of whose citizens comes from the fact that the whole of this alternate reality has been inadvertently created by battling superheroes'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 4th Edition). LIMITED EDITION: 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

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?".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. inscribed by author, withdrawn stamp of institutional library on fep. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing [Stated]. [6], 234 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Notes. Sources & Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Signed by the author on the fep. DJ has some wear, tears, and soiling. Front board weak and restrengthened with glue. One page of the photographic insert had separated and was glued back in. James William Kunetka (born September 29, 1944) is an American writer best known for his novels Warday and Nature's End. He has also written nonfiction on the topic of the atomic age. Kunetka received a BA in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin. Kunetka's first book was City of Fire. Kunetka explains the technical problems that attended the construction of the first atomic bombs, going into detail about initiators, detonators, cores, tampers, explosive lenses. Add this to the shelf of works shedding new light on a turning point in history. Based upon previously classified wartime files, the complete records of the Manhattan Project, and interviews with dozens of wartime participants, City of Fire presents the complete and definitive history of Los Alamos, the scientific town created overnight by the U.S. Army to build prototype atomic bombs during World War II. With the initial test explosion of the atomic bomb in northern New Mexico on July 16, 1945, the Atom Age--indeed, the whole modern era--had begun in earnest. Now, in a book brimming with history, science, politics, and extraordinary human achievement, here is the dramatic story behind the creation of the atomic bomb. Led by the brilliant and charismatic Robert Oppenheimer, the Los Alamos Laboratory drew to its ranks the scientific giants of the age: Neils Bohr, Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, and dozens more. Casting new light on Oppenheimer's pervasive contributions to the Laboratory and on his relationship with General Leslie R. Groves, the Director of the Manhattan Project, this book reveals the scientific squabbles that developed, as well as the unusual degree of cooperation Oppenheimer generated among his colleagues and between the scientific community and the military establishment. New insights are also shed on the roles played by such major figures as Roosevelt, Truman, and Churchill in an undertaking that provided for the unprecedented interaction of science and politics. The author recreates the unique life and work at Los Alamos--the uncertainties, difficulties, small pleasures, and ironies--that led to the beginning of the Atomic Age. He tells how problems in the bomb's creation were overcome by vast expenditures of money and almost around-the-clock labor or nearly 7,000 men and women working in secrecy on the isolated New Mexican mesa. Work on the project went ahead despite the uncertainty of the outcome and the belief by some scientists that an atomic explosion possibly could ignite the atmosphere and destroy the world. After the war, scientists were divided between those who favored development of larger, more powerful weapons and those who felt that existing weapons were enough. Describing the historical events leading to the Trinity bomb test and to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. City of Fire corrects many misconceptions about the greatest news story of the twentieth century. Setting the record straight, it establishes that all Los Alamos scientists were involved in the decision to use the weapon against Japan. Written in a compelling and riveting style, this is the clearest, most accurate, and most informed account to date of a major scientific achievement that has affected all our lives.