Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 256

Price Realized: $ 715
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(SCIENCE & ENGINEERING.) H.D. Smyth. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. [10], 19, 10, 7, 15, 9, 14, 15, 17, 13, 10, 13, 12, 3, 6, 2, 3, 5, 1 lithoprint pages including duplicates of title page and VI-12/13. 4to, staple-bound wrappers, minor wear and staining, staples rusting and broken; minor dampstaining on bottom edge; includes the sometimes redacted page VI-12 regarding plutonium production; early inscription "For Hubbell" on front wrapper. No place, 1945

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One of 1,000 copies of the first available version of this seminal report on the Manhattan Project and atomic weapons production. Printing and the Mind of Man 422e.