problem reducing vulnerability atomic bombs de coale ansley (12 résultats)

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. A bright firm book in a worn/browned (protected/unclipped) dj. Pics available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. From the library of noted military historian and community leader, Sheldon Goldberg. An avid scholar of military and aviation history, Sheldon served as a declassification specialist and Chief of the Reference Branch for the US Air Force,responding to such critical inquiries as OPERATION TAILWIND and the No Gun Ri controversy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. From the library of Harold stassen with his pencilled signature.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : VG-. First Edition First Printing. In the wake of the devastation caused by the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan, to end WWII, this report was commissioned & prepared under the direction of the Committee on Social and Economic Aspects of Atomic Energy of the Social Science Research Council. Using nontechnical language so as to reach "the whole range of American citizens,'' it was written "not in a defeatist spirit,'' but in hopes of realistically examining the promises & perils of atomic energy. The author was a Navy man who had served in the war & went on to be a Princeton professor. 116 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1947, this small octavo has light gray cloth-covered boards stamped with red lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. Very minor rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.00 price intact to front flap) is VG-, with light soil & a few small wholes & chips; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. 116p. Gray cloth. Fine copy.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 116 pages. "The perfection of the atomic bomb has had a dual effect upon security considerations. On the one hand, the problem of vulnerability has been lifted to an entirely new plane of urgency and priority. The atomic bomb has raised, in fact, the question of the survival of urban culture itself." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good (small faults). Etat de la jaquette : DJ Very Good. Light tape stains on end papers, apparently from an old jacket cover. Now in new clear Brodart sleeve. Size: 12mo. Name ffep.

Etat : VG. Princeton 1947 1st Princeton University. Small octavo, 116pp., hardcover. VG, fairly good, worn, DJ.

Etat : good. 116, footnotes, some soiling on front endpaper.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Review copy with review slip laid in. Unclipped DJ in archival cover chips, edge wear.

Etat : fair to good, fair to good. 116, footnotes, pencil underlining & marginal notes, pencil notes inside rear bd, DJ discolored & small tears: tear at front flap.

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Cordial best wishes to George. Ansley J. Coale". From the collection of noted economist George J. Stolnitz, an international expert on demographic trends and a frequent consultant to the United Nations and U.S. government agencies, and a past president of the Population Association of America. Book plate removel hidden by front flap (likely Stolnitz's) else Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, browned at spine and folds, small chips and edge wear. Ansley J. Coale was a noted demographer who retired from Princeton as the William Church Osborne Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in 1986. SIGNED copies of his books are SCARCE in commerce. Sadly a topic that has gained renewed urgency in 2022. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Book.