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1943Best.-Nr. 62753Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1943. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. v 26 p. Includes illustrations. 78th Congress 1st Session. House Document No. 54. This was Leon Henderson's last report. He addressed briefly the initial and at times seemingly insuperable difficulties confronted. He recognized individual hardships but asserted that these were being held to a minimum. This report contains charts and a wealth of information by commodity groups and other groupings. These documents have becoming increasingly scarce in the secondhand scholarly and collector communities. United States Government Printing Office paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 63238Washington DC: United States Department of Energy 2000. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. xvi 20 2 2 p. Acronyms; Secretary of Energy Richardson summarized the results of a late 1999 review as "The principal finding of the review is that stockpile stewardship works both in terms of specific science surveillance and production accomplishments and in terms of developing a program management structure that integrates the span of program activities. United States Department of Energy paperback
2006Best.-Nr. 52774Washington DC: U.S. Department of Energy 2006. very good. 21 wraps color illus. figures. Inscribed by NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks on front cover. DOE/NA-0013. U.S. Department of Energy paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 57080Washington DC: U.S. Department of Energy 2000. First Edition. First Printing. good. 24 wraps color illus. map figure table acronyms some wear at spine transmittal letter laid in. This is the unclassified Executive Overview of the classified Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2001 Stockpile Stewardship Plan. The Stockpile Stewardship Plan is a corporate-level multi-year program plan that describes the strategy to ensure high confidence in the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. U.S. Department of Energy paperback
2018Best.-Nr. 75547Washington DC: U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration and U. K. Ministry of Defence 2018. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Very good. 3 38 3 plus covers. Timeline. Illustrations many in color. Maps. The 1958 US-UK Mutual Defense Agreement or UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement is a bilateral treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom on nuclear weapons cooperation. The treaty's full name is Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes. It allows the United States and the UK to exchange nuclear materials technology and information. While the US has nuclear cooperation agreements with other countries including France and some NATO countries this agreement is by far the most comprehensive. Harold Macmillan called it "the Great Prize". The treaty was signed on 3 July 1958 after the Soviet Union shocked the American public with the Sputnik crisis on 4 October 1957 and the British hydrogen bomb programme successfully tested a hydrogen bomb in the Operation Grapple test on 8 November 1957. The Anglo-American Special Relationship proved mutually beneficial although it was never one of equals; the United States was far larger than Britain both militarily and economically. Britain soon became dependent on the United States for its nuclear weapons as it lacked the resources to produce a range of designs. The treaty allowed American nuclear weapons to be supplied to Britain through Project E for the use by the Royal Air Force and British Army of the Rhine. The treaty provided for the sale to the UK of one complete nuclear submarine propulsion plant plus ten years' supply of enriched uranium to fuel it. Other nuclear material was also acquired from the United States under the treaty. including 7.5 tonnes of highly enriched uranium although much of the highly enriched uranium was used as fuel for the growing fleet of UK nuclear submarines. The treaty paved the way for the Polaris Sales Agreement and the Royal Navy ultimately acquired entire weapons systems with the UK Polaris programme and Trident nuclear programme using American missiles with British nuclear warheads. The treaty has been amended and renewed nine times. The most recent renewal extended it to 31 December 2024. U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration and U. K. Ministry of Defence paperback
1955Best.-Nr. 56056Washington DC: GPO 1955. Reprint/Rev. Edition. fair to good. 498 illus. some color diagrams appendix glossary index boards somewhat worn & scuffed. This revised edition based on the 1947 edition contains some content substitutions based on major changes in medical practice. Green pages inserted before five chapters indicate passages to be updated; actual content substitutions have been made with "Standard Lists of Drugs and Chemicals For All Types of Vessels " and current regulations of the Public Health Service regarding medical care of its beneficiaries and foreign quarantine activities and the listing of the hospitals and outpatient facilities of the Public Health Service. The original edition was published in 1881. An interesting snapshot of medicine in the post-Korean War era. GPO hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 6413Gary IN: Horace Mann School 1937 . First edition. Stapled wrappers. Very Good. 8vo 1121 pages brown wrappers. Rare: no copy cited in WorldCat. "It is the purpose of this book to show that a desirable life at Work Study and Play can actually be secured for children and adults by the WIDER USE OF THE SCHOOL - Preface." Thirty million American children are locked out of their schools for over half of the time that they want to use them. Thirty million American adults who want ot use the schools are locked out practically all of the time. GARY BROKE THIS LOCKOUT IN 1907 BY EXTENDING THE USE OF ITS SCHOOLS." Printed by the Students of Horace Mann School. " " Early in the 20th century education reformers were calling for new approaches to meet the demands of that era. "The Great Lockout" was written by William Wirt in 1937 to describe the radical Platoon Work-Study-Play Schools that flourished in Gary Indiana from 1907-37. This book contains Wirt's original document which provides a rationale for changing the curriculum offers cost comparisons and describes strategies for implementation. The Platoon Schools were pre-kindergarten through adult-education community schools that adhered to an extended school-year and school-day calendar. The book also contains a supplement that connects the Gary designs with the local realities of the present and the national visions of continuous learning systems for the future." Note: also with a page of illustrations by Casimir Norwaish aka Cass Norwaish then a student at Tolleston High School who went on to illustrate book covers professionally Horace Mann School unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 44528New York: Bacon Percy & Daggett 1941. Hard Cover. vg/vg. octavo. 120pp Very nice copy in dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. American Guide Series. Bacon, Percy & Daggett unknown
1939Best.-Nr. H13549New York: Russell Sage Foundation 1939. Very Good. Probably 1939 but undated. 8vo wraps 14 leaves mainly lists of names of children and where they took courses. The exhibit took place at the New York Public Library. Among the names the only one that stood out to us was Harry Harrison possibly the science fiction author but we were intrigued by the mix of nationalities evidenced by the last names. RARE we could find no copies of this pamphlet in any library. The Works Progress Administration changed its name to the Work Projects Administration in 1939; thus our positing the date of this as likely 1939 possibly later. Russell Sage Foundation unknown
1942Best.-Nr. 35Memoir Bulletin No. 4 Michigan State College January 1942. Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean unmarked interior. Light to moderate edge-wear but nice solid copy overall. Includes B&W illustrations. 89 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades. Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
1949Best.-Nr. 188dNew York: Hastings House 1949. Second Printing. Sponsored by the Alabama State Planning Commission. Octavo blue cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xxii 442 pp. Map in rear pocket. Neatly inked notations to endpapers; otherwise Very Good with light edgewear; in a badly torn mylar protected dust jacket. Hastings House, (1949). Second Printing. Sponsored by the Alabama State Planning Commission. hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 8663New York: Hastings House 1949. Sixth printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good . Octavo 530pp. illustrated. A crisp clean copy about fine with previous owner's bookplate on a preliminary leaf. In a nicer than usual example of the brittle dust jacket; very good or better with a chip at the crown affecting part of the title and a thin partial split at the rear flap joint. Uncommon in appealing condition. Hastings House hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 203382Bacon Percy & Daggett 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Published by Bacon Percy & Daggett 1941. Octavo. Book is very good with spots to top page ends. Dust jacket is very good with some shelf wear edgewear/tears and large tear to top of spine. A scarce copy of this landmark publication of the WPA and part of the acclaimed American Guide Series. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Bacon, Percy & Daggett hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2717qsNew York: Hastings House MXMXLV. Sponsored by the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts; Co-sponsored by the Salt Lake County Commission. Octavo gray cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xxvi 595 pp. Very Good with slight sunning to edges; in a Good mylar protected dust jacket with heavy edgewear that includes chipping. Hastings House, MXMXLV. Sponsored by the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts; Co-sponsored by the Salt Lake County Commission. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 45081WEST VIRGINIA. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION. American Imprints Inventory. No. 14. A Check List of West Virginia Imprints 1791-1830. Original printed wrappers. Chicago: WPA Historical Records Survey Project 1940. First edition. Very good. unknown
1940Best.-Nr. MAIN033173INY: Hastings House. Good/Good see notes. 1940. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 531pp . Spots of damp-damage to cloth some waviness to upper right corners of text block. 1" tear some edgewear and soiling to DJ. . Hastings House hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 44795U.S.: William Roy Smith Memorial Committee 1942. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Text on the front wrapper offsetting around the edges else very good in stapled wrappers. William Roy Smith Memorial Committee unknown
1940Best.-Nr. MAIN033171INY: Oxford U. Press. VG-/POOR see notes. 1940. 1st stated. hardcover. 12mo . 561pp . Book decent but DJ is awful. Issues too numerous to mention. Has the map rear pocket. AS IS but not a common book anymore. . Oxford U. Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. MAIN033182INY: Hastings House. VG- NO dj. 1947. 2nd ptg. hardcover. 12mo . 523pp . Spine cloth sunned lettering just readable. Has the map in the rear pocket. . Hastings House hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. MAIN033149INY: Oxford U. Press. Good only see notes. 1941. 1st. hardcover. 12mo . 514pp . Some wear head and heel of book spine worn and its lettering almost unreadable. Has the map in pocket somewhat worn. One of the scarcer WPA Guides. . Oxford U. Press hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 069685Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1937. Clean and unmarked hardcover. Lacking jacket. Green boards shelf rubbed along edges. Map front endpapers. xxi 392pp. Photos. Folded state highway map in rear pocket not the original WPA map. Lacking original map. American Guide Series. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 20456New York: Wise & Co. Inc. . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Light rubbing to boards; Profusely illustrated with color photographs. This is the later edition of a book that was originally published in 1940 by the City of New York under Mayor LaGuardia. The first edition states: Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 749 pages . 1965. Wise & Co. Inc. hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. Co260Hastings House 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 3Rd Printing. Sponsored By Arizona State Teachers College At Flagstaff. Orange Cloth Hardcover Bright And Tight. Hastings House Hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 007520Chicago: Chicago Park District Burnham Park 1940. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Spiral Bound. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 243p. xii. A very good copy the top and bottom holes of the first 2 leaves have been re-inforced and the former owner's name is on the upper right of the front cover. The "foreward" page is loose. A nice copy of an uncommon WPA publication. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Chicago Park District, Burnham Park Paperback
1941Best.-Nr. 40365New York Hastings House 1941 First Edition. hardcover. First Edition First Printing. -- Many photographs. Key to tours map on front endsheets and transportation map on rear endsheets. -- Hardcover black covers. Condition: very good minus covers very slightly warped; cover lettering a little dulled; no jacket. Hastings House hardcover
