Nukes from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Macmillan, 1925. First American Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's blue cloth with geometrically decorated golden paper title labels to spine and front board. Lacking dustjacket. 408pp. Light bumping to spine ends, some scuffing to the edges of the cloth on the spine, fading to paper title label, otherwise clean, bright and strong. Handsome and solid. Internally clean. Cited… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1925. First American Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's blue cloth with geometrically decorated golden paper title labels to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 408pp. Light bumping to spine ends, some scuffing to the edges of the cloth on the spine, pinhole to the cloth at front spine hinge, otherwise clean, bright and strong in a smart and… Read more about this item

Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1947. First Edition. 8vo. 21cm x 15cm. Publisher's extremely dramatic purple moiré cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in black to spine, clean and bright with some light bumping to spine neds in a fresh, strong dustjacket with some light marginal scuffing and a small shallow triangle of loss to the base of the spine. A very good copy. 235pp.… Read more about this item

Taipei: United States Information Service, [1963]. 12mo (19cm). Stapled pamphlet in black and white paper wrappers; 31,[1]pp. Bilingual, with text in English and Chinese. Minor discoloration to wrappers, short tear and attendant creases to front fore-edge, else clean and Very Good. Propaganda pamphlet, including Kennedy's July 26, 1963 speech on the proposed Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. 21cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in red to spine and front board, clean and handsome in a clean, bright dustjacket. A near fine copy. 192pp. Internally clean. A serious and meticulously researched account of the manner in which US servicemen were used as guinea pigs whilst… Read more about this item

Detroit: New University Thought Publishing Company, 1962-64. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Five issues in printed card wrappper; 168pp, 80pp; [72]pp; 64pp; 72pp. Lightly rubbed at edges, else Very Good or better. Five issues, including special issues on "Peace" and "Civil Rights." The spring 1962 issue on peace includes numerous articles on nuclear weapons. Winter 1962… Read more about this item

Dayton: Otterbein Press, (1946). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 220pp. Previous owner's ink note to front free endpaper, else tight, straight and unmarked, Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap); slightly edgeworn with brief loss at crown of spine and a small triangular chip to rear panel; Very Good.… Read more about this item

N.p. [New York?]: Carl C. Burns, 1961. Offset broadside, 11" x 8-1/2"; text printed in black on thin wove paper. Heavy stains verso, bleeding through to recto, conspicuous but not affecting legibility of text. Just Good. Dated at end of text, August 1961. A resounding evangelical response to the threat of nuclear war, published a few months after… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth hardcover; [8],277,[3]pp. Fine in bright, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $3.00 on front flap). The author's first novel, a cold-war classic set in a genteel suburb of New York following an apocalyptic nuclear attack. Source for the 1954 television drama Atomic Attack which starred Phyllis Baxter and Walter Matthau.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 16pp. Mild toning to wrapper edges, four lines of text neatly underlined in ink, else Near Fine. Prints the full textof an address by Mazey, Secretary Treasurer of the UAW; and excerpts of speeches by physicist William C. Davidon and British Labor Party… Read more about this item

New York: John Day Company, 1959. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original light blue cloth, stamped in black, in blue dust jacket; plain endpapers; 317pp. A straight copy, head and tail pushed, lightly faded along top edge, else Near Fine. Jacket trimmed at corners but price ($4.50) still present, generally faded, spine much faded, edges rubbed: Very Good.… Read more about this item

Québec: Combined Universities Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1964. Single issue in original staple-bound wrappers. Digest format (ca 22cm x 15cm); 100pp. Very Good or better. Issued as a "Supplement on Peace Research," with international contributors. Hayden's article appears on pages 55-61, and offers a capsule history of 20th-century American pacifism and lays out an academic agenda for… Read more about this item

Bedford, MA: Raytheon Advanced Development Laboratory, Missile and Space Division, 1962. Quarto (28cm). Printed card wrappers with cloth-reinforced spine; 131pp; chiefly illus and charts, some folding. Mild cover soil and edgewear; Very Good or better. Strategic report regarding nuclear disarmament inspections in Soviet Bloc countries. This volume contains graphic supplements; presumably two earlier volumes contained the narrative… Read more about this item

[Palo Alto: Mid-Peninsula Conversion Project, n.d., ca. 1976. First Edition. Pictorial broadsheet (28x21.5cm.) printed on blue stock. Light wear from handling, else Fine. Handbill issued in response to the ongoing construction of a Trident missile-carrying submarine, "one of which will be able to destroy 408 separate cities.

Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1959. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's staplebound hole-punched card wrappers; [2],5pp.; printed from typescript. Extremities rather unevenly toned, else Very Good and sound. Issued as Committee Report no. 2 and Publication no. 647.

New York: Institute for World Order, Inc, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 58pp. Fine. Proposal for cold-war arms reduction by the Director of the Grenville Clark Project on Disarmament.

Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1961. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's staplebound card wrappers; vi,78pp.; illus. Light wear and a hint of soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound. Publication 848.

Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1956. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's cream hole-punched card wrappers; mixed pagination.; illus., text printed from typescript. Wrappers a bit worn and slightly soiled, else Very Good overall. Publication no. 452.

New York: War Resisters League, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. Spiral-bound desk calendar and appointment book. Unused; small scuff to front cover, else Near Fine. Illustrated from photographs of anti-nuclear demonstrations across the years.

Washington DC: International Association of Machinists (IAM), 1979. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound card wrappers; 16pp. Mild toning to text margins, else Fine. Argues for a rebalancing of defense spending, with greater apportionment to civilian infrastructure projects and alternative energy initiatives.