Search Results: HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare from William Robertson

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. A highly detailed account of 'Operation Grapple' - Britain's series of test drops of her new H-Bomb, code-named Blue Danube, on two bomb ranges in the Pacific. The author dropped the first of these weapons, from a Valiant jet-bomber, on 15 May 1957. More tests were to follow, and this is the full story of how these top-secret experiments were carried out. Though primarily concerned with RAF operations, the author gives a good overall impression of what it was like to live and work in difficult conditions, under extreme security measures. Packed with technical details and illustrations of the aircraft used for the drops, and the many modifications that had to be carried out to prepare them. A fascinating volume of early Cold War history. Contains 196 pages, 24 x 17.5cm, and illustrated throughout with b&w photos plus maps and technical drawings. Black cloth boards in Very Good+ illustrated dust jacket. Internally, Fine: clean, bright… Read More

London: Popular Book Club , 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Good/No Jacket. The intriguing true story of the search for Hitler's top atomic scientist in post-war Europe. Contains 216 pages, 19 x 12cm, with 12 b&w plates, author's note, and preface by Bruce Marshall. Green cloth boards, silver titles, no dust jacket. Spine & corners slightly bumped, spine sun faded, front cover has small ink mark. Internally, shows vendor's stamp & ink marking on front endpaper with mild tanning to page margins, otherwise good: clean and unmarked in excellent bindings.