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London, UK: ScM Press Ltd., 1980. 275 pgs. First 42 pages have underlining and hilighting. Remaining pages are clear. Text is tight, clean but with some foxing and staining on the edge. Some slight creases. Overall this is good readers copy. IncludesB&W photos and illustrations to enhance the text. Excellent research material for students and academics. The book presents the history of the initial development of the atomic bomb and nuclear energy all the way to the incident in the nuclerar reactor at Harrisburg in 1979.. Illustrated Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hiroshima, Japan: Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, 1988. Originally published in 1980. This book is the sixth edition. The wrappers are are clean, but rubbed and there is a short crease. The text is clean, complete, and tight, but there is underlining and hi-lighting on some pages; expecially, in the first part of the book. It doesn't distract from reading the book. The book is both a memorial book about the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and its aftermath as well as a history of the event. 81 pgs plus a fold out colored map showing the area of the city affected by the atomic bomb explosion. Includes many B&W photos and charts. This is an excellent, non-biased history of Hiroshima during WWII and after the atomic bomb.. Sixth Edition. Trade Paperback. Good +/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hiroshima City, Japan: Takumi Yokota Year of publication not indicated. Illustrated wrappers. Wrappers and text made from stiff paper binding. 30 pgs. 7" wide x 10" tall. Wrappers have edge wear, but are clean and complete without tares. Text is clean, tight, but has some underlining and hi-lighting on a few pgs. A very scarce, special book consisting of Japanese and English text side-by-side describinh Hiroshima before, during, and after the Atomic Bomb explosion. Many B&W photographs showing the bomb damage to areas of Hiroshima as well as pictures other pictures relating to the bomb. Last three pages show colored art work painted to show the bomb's damage. . First Edition. Stapled Booklet. Very Good Minus/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1964. Originally published in 1958. The paperback text was published in 1964. This book is the 6th printing of the paperback edition. Book is complete, tight, and mostly unmarked; however there is some underlining and hi-lighting on a few pages. 506 pgs. including a complete index and B & W vignette illustrations. The book is part of a series that deals with the civilizations of Japan, China, India, and Pakistan. The material in this book conatins source reading about what the Jananese think about themselves, the world they live in, and the problems they face living together. This is presented in a collection of translations from on the literature, religion, mythology, history, etc. of the Japanese tradition.. First Paperback Edition. Illustrated Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hiroshima: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, 1969. 42 pp. minor soiling to wrapper. no markings.. Stapled Booklet. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.