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Flexible Boards. Etat : Very Good.

Flexible Boards. Etat : Near Fine.

First edition. 12mo. 32 pp. Softcover, printed wraps, very good condition. (41917).

Trade Paperback. Etat : Good. First Edition / First Printing. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased and slightly discolored, former owner's library label is affixed to the inner front cover, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used first edition (stated)! Extremely rare and out-of-print! Decorative green wraps with black lettering on the front. 119 unmarked and uncreased historical and spiritual pages! Very scarce and hard-to-find! "Strictly speaking, 'Atomic Power' is not the expression to use either with reference to the human or in regard to the new destructive bombs. A leading scientist reminds us that the power of the atom is what we have used in all our manipulation of the forces with which we deal. That is, the might of steam, electricity, of dynamite, of the block-busters. What makes the great difference now is that we have penetrated into the atom and learned something about releasing its hidden reservoirs. Perhaps we should speak of nuclear power, or use some other word suggesting the cardinal difference between the two forces." ---- from Chapter 1 (Atomic Power of the Personality).…

First edition. Octavo. 43, [2, publisher's ads] pp. Publisher's texture brown wrappers printed in dark brown and blue. Edge chipping as the wrappers are not flush with the text block, upper inch of spine eroded but a very good copy. OCLC only records 2 copies.The Ultra Science Movement seems to have left no trace but for this book. It was a typically Los Angeles type of movement with great focus of physical health and economic abundance. Kelley & Shepard explicitly state their purpose on p. 7: "No one need be sick. All can be well. No one need be miserable. Everyone may be joyously happy. None need remain in poverty. There is abundance for all.".…