The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Hardcover – First Edition / First Printing)

Description

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.
First Edition, First Printing. ISBN 0-671-44133-7. Hardcover in original dust jacket.

A landmark work of historical and scientific scholarship, winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Rhodes’s definitive narrative of the Manhattan Project and the race to develop nuclear weapons remains one of the most acclaimed histories of the 20th century.

This copy is the true first printing, with complete number line “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on the copyright page. Bound in black boards with gilt spine lettering; original $22.95 price intact on the front jacket flap.

Condition:

Book: Very Good to Near Fine — clean, bright pages; tight binding; mild rubbing to spine ends.
Dust Jacket: Very Good — light edgewear, minimal toning; unclipped with vibrant cover design and publisher’s price present. See images, dust jacket is taped to the cover.

An attractive, collectible example of the true first edition of this modern classic, increasingly scarce in collectible condition.