Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Revised Edition. Wraps. x, 456 pages. Illustration. Charts. Appendices. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. Front and back covers separated but reattached with tape. Bottom edge has become wet and damp stains go from the bottom up about one inch. Some pages were stuck together at the bottom small tears on some pages when separated. Occasional small loss of text. Some pages may still be slightly stuck together. In 1948 the Weapons Effects Classification Board, a committee of military and civilian scientists serving as advisers to the Atomic Energy Commission recommended that a handbook on the effects of atomic weapons be prepared. This volume is the result. This presents a technical summary of the results to be expected from the detonation of atomic weapons (other than information that was kept secret at that time). More

Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, 2005. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. [6], ix, 475, [5] pages. DJ has some wear, soiling, and small edge tear at bottom spine. This guide is the first of its kind, and presents the U.S. Constitution as never before, including a clause-by-clause analysis of the document, each amendment and relevant court case, and the documents that serve as the foundation of the Constitution. Includes sections of Contributors; The Meaning of the Constitution by Edwin Meese III; The Formation of the Constitution by Matthew Spalding; The Originalist Perspective by David F. Forte; the text of The Constitution; The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (Preamble, Articles I to VII, and Amendments); Appendix A: Table of Cases; Appendix B: Recommended Reading; About the Editors; and Index. Edwin Meese III, Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, served as the 75th Attorney General of the United States. Meese holds a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He held the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Matthew Spalding is the Vice President for American Studies and Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics. Spalding holds a Ph.D. from The Claremont Graduate School. An Adjunct Fellow of the Claremont Institute, he is co-author of A Sacred Union of Citizens: Washington’s Farewell Address and the American Character. David F. Forte is the Charles R. Emrick, Jr.-Calfee Halter & Griswold Professor of Law at Cleveland State University. Forte holds a law degree from Columbia University. A former Chief Counsel to the United States Delegation to the United Nations. More