- Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in terracotta boards backed in light green, titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. [xii] & 224 pages, illustrated with maps by Jeffrrey L. Ward and 16 photographs by Brassai. There is minor offsetting to the front endpaper and pastedown. Near fine. First edition in English. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
- Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Black boards backed with a silver cloth spine, titled in black on the spine, in a pictorial silver dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with light creasing along the top edge and a short tear at the top of the rear fold's flap. [x], 339 & [1] pages, with textual illustrations throughout. Very good. First edition. A scientist with the Manhattan Project and the Saturn moon rocket project, Bern Porter turned away from military applications of science after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Turning to the arts, he publishe... View More...
