Great Decision, The: The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb
by Amrine, Michael
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, England: William Heinemann Limited, 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with green boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 344gms, 251 pages. This book covers the 116 crucial days in office of Truman before making the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only light shelf wear and chipping. Inside front page shows a small stamp from a previous owner, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WARGUN28
- Title
- Great Decision, The: The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb
- Author
- Amrine, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- WEAPONS, ATOMIC BOMB, WAR, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- War/Military; Guns/Weaponry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reading Habit
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Buttaba, New South Wales
About Reading Habit
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...