Beyond the Bomb: Living Without Nuclear Weapons. A Field Guide to Alternative Strategies for Building a Stable Peace
Massachusetts: Expro Press, 1985. First Printing. 180, illus., notes, index. More
Massachusetts: Expro Press, 1985. First Printing. 180, illus., notes, index. More
Indianapolis, IN: St. Claire Music Publishing Company, 1933. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Sheet Music. Format is approximately 9 inches and 12.25 inches. Cover has a large portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt about an American Eagle with olive branch and arrows in its claws. Shield is colored Red, White and Blue. Cover has some wear and soiling. 8 pages {cover, blank page, Dedication, three pages of music, blank page, back cover (has American Eagle illustration like on the front cover.) Harmonized by Irma Wocher Woolen. The Dedication reads: This song, inspired by the indomitable spirit of America to continually advance over all obstacles to gain new heights of achievement, has been conceived on behalf of the people of the national and presented to President Roosevelt, as an expression of the confidence now surging in the hearts of every man, woman and child in the land. More
Kansas City, Kansas: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2006. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxii, [2], 198, [2] pages. Illustrations (color). DJ has some wear and soiling. Includes Acknowledgments, Preface by Jeni Smith Stepanek, and Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Chapters include The Mosaic Vision; The Mosaic Shattered; Rebuilding the Mosaic; and Forthword by Jimmy Carter. Also includes Appendices on Mattie's Report on Jimmy Carter; Nobel Peace Letter and Rock from Jimmy Carter; MDA QUEST Article; MDA Ross Report; Mattie's Camp Maria Story; Jimmy Carter's Eulogy for Mattie; and Mattie's Legacy of Hope and Peace. Affected by a rare and fatal neuromuscular disease, Mattie J.T. Stepanek, a thirteen-year-old boy, made a difference before he died with his Heartsongs poetry. Sometimes the most important messages come from the most unlikely places. He continues to impact the world through Just Peace. This poet, best-selling author, peace activist, and prominent voice for the Muscular Dystrophy Association fervently believed in and promoted world peace not just as a concept, but as a reality. One of the greatest days in Mattie's life occurred in 2001, when he met his hero and role model, former President Jimmy Carter. The two soon developed more than a friendship; they discussed all facets of life, and a pervasive theme of peace emerged from their dialogue. Wanting to share this message with the world, Mattie worked with Jimmy Carter to create this book, which Jeni Stepanek, Mattie's mom, has now published at her son's request. More
New York: The Perth Company, 1932. 806, illus., charts, footnotes, bibliography, index, bookplate, some weakness front board, some discoloration inside fr bd & flyleaf. More
Nappanee, IN: E. V. Publishing House, 1948. Revised & Enl. Edition. 276, discoloration & small stains inside boards & flyleaves, small rough spot inside front flyleaf, small stains to fore-edge. More
Los Angeles, CA: Nash Pub. Company, 1973. First Printing. 23 cm, 293, sticker residue on DJ spine. Foreword by Robert D. Murphy. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1951. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8 inches. 127, [1] pages. Footnotes. DJ worn and chipped, DJ in plastic sleeve, bottom of front endpaper torn off & pencil erasure. Signed by the author on the fep. Major work by a leading conservative Republican and Presidential aspirant. Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leader, and was a leader of the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats who prevented expansion of the New Deal. Often referred to as "Mr. Republican", he co-sponsored the Taft–Hartley Act of 1947, which banned closed shops, created the concept of right-to-work states, and regulated other labor practices. He was the elder son of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States. Taft served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1921 to 1931 and in the Ohio Senate from 1931 to 1933. After winning election to the Senate in 1938 over incumbent Democrat Robert J. Bulkley, Taft repeatedly sought the Republican presidential nomination. Taft again sought the presidential nomination a third time in 1952. However, Dewey and other moderates convinced General Dwight D. Eisenhower to enter the race, and Eisenhower narrowly prevailed at the 1952 Republican National Convention and went on to win the 1952 presidential election. Taft was elected Senate Majority Leader in 1953 but died of pancreatic cancer later that year. More
New York: Atheneum, 1983. First American Edition. Second Printing. 25 cm, 278, illus. More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1940. First? Printing. 23 cm, 198, usual library markings, part of DJ cut off and pasted to front endpaper, boards somewhat worn and soiled, some discolor to text. More
New York: The Free Press, 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, 257, [1] pages. Includes A Personal Note About War. Notes. Index. DJ somewhat soiled and slight wear to edges. Edward Teller (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" (see the Teller–Ulam design). Born in Hungary in 1908, Teller emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. He made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy (in particular the Jahn–Teller and Renner–Teller effects), and surface physics. In 1953, along with Nicholas Metropolis, Arianna Rosenbluth, Marshall Rosenbluth, and his wife Augusta Teller, Teller co-authored a paper that is a standard starting point for the applications of the Monte Carlo method to statistical mechanics. Teller was an early member of the Manhattan Project, charged with developing the first atomic bomb. He co-founded the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was both its director and associate director for many years. Teller continued to find support from the U.S. government and military research establishment, particularly for his advocacy for nuclear energy development, a strong nuclear arsenal, and a vigorous nuclear testing program. Teller became especially known for his advocacy of technological solutions to both military and civilian problems, including a plan to excavate an artificial harbor using thermonuclear explosive in what was called Project Chariot, and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Teller was a recipient of numerous awards, including the Enrico Fermi Award and Albert Einstein Award. More
New York: The Free Press, 1987. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 257, [1] pages. Includes A Personal Note About War. Notes. Index. Signed by the author on the fep. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Edward Teller (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" (see the Teller–Ulam design). Born in Hungary in 1908, Teller emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. He made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy (in particular the Jahn–Teller and Renner–Teller effects), and surface physics. In 1953, along with Nicholas Metropolis, Arianna Rosenbluth, Marshall Rosenbluth, and his wife Augusta Teller, Teller co-authored a paper that is a standard starting point for the applications of the Monte Carlo method to statistical mechanics. Teller was an early member of the Manhattan Project, charged with developing the first atomic bomb. He co-founded the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was both its director and associate director for many years. Teller continued to find support from the U.S. government and military research establishment, particularly for his advocacy for nuclear energy development, a strong nuclear arsenal, and a vigorous nuclear testing program. Teller became especially known for his advocacy of technological solutions to both military and civilian problems, including a plan to excavate an artificial harbor using thermonuclear explosive in what was called Project Chariot, and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Teller was a recipient of numerous awards, including the Enrico Fermi Award and Albert Einstein Award. More
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1964. 404, illus., color frontis, top corner front flyleaf cut off, DJ somewhat scuffed and soiled: small tears, small chips missing. More
New York, N.Y. The Commission to Study the Bases of a Just and Durable Peace of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1941. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Staplebound. 64 pages plus covers. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling. Minor edge tear to back cover and adjacent pages. Includes Foreword, Principles of a Just and durable Peace Recommended by Responsible Christian Leaders, as well as Proposals of Protestant and Roman Catholic Leaders of England; Religious Leaders Manifesto (Britain) December, 1940; Excerpts from Memorandum prepared by an International Conference of Lay Experts and Ecumenical Leaders convened by the Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches (1939). Principles of a Just and Durable Peace Recommended by Responsible Christian Leaders. Also contains Memoranda of Study Department, prepared under Auspices of The Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches (1939-41), as well as Relation of the Christian and the Church to the International Order, as well as Statements by Pope Pius XII (1939-1940), as well as Current Proposals Regarding a New World Order. Also contains Appendix A--Syllabus of Discussion Questions, and Appendix B--Bibliography. The publication of this handbook constituted the first act of the Commission set up by the Federal Council of Churches to work toward the achieved of a just and durable peace. This handbook included a short resume of some concrete proposals for a new world order. The Commission shares the desire, and has the intention, to be practical. John Foster Dulles was Chairman of the Commission. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. First Edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. x, [4], 322 pages. Index, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears, ink notation and pencil erasure on front endpaper, a few marginal ink marks & notations. Derived from a Kirkus review: The Vatican as an International Crisis Center, with the Pope and a corps of clerical diplomats manning the telex machines, dashing around the globe on emergency missions, trying to bring peace to belligerent states and order to the Church. Thomas and Morgan-Witts are old Vatican hands (since '63). They now turn to Mehmet Ali Agca and the Bulgarian Connection, Papa Wojtyla's duels with the Jaruzelski government and Moscow, the strong CIA presence in Rome, efforts at intervention in Lebanon and Guatemala, etc. The authors provide inside information garnered from people like the head of Vatican security, Camillo Cibin. Their report is crammed with detailed little items of some interest and at least one large question mark (secret agent Frank Terpil's part in the assassination plot). More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. First Edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. x, [4], 322 pages. Index, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears, ink notation and pencil erasure on front endpaper, a few marginal ink marks & notations. Ex-library with usual markings. DJ, in a plastic sleeve, pasted to the boards. Derived from a Kirkus review: The Vatican as an International Crisis Center, with the Pope and a corps of clerical diplomats manning the telex machines, dashing around the globe on emergency missions, trying to bring peace to belligerent states and order to the Church. Thomas and Morgan-Witts are old Vatican hands (since '63). They now turn to Mehmet Ali Agca and the Bulgarian Connection, Papa Wojtyla's duels with the Jaruzelski government and Moscow, the strong CIA presence in Rome, efforts at intervention in Lebanon and Guatemala, etc. The authors provide inside information garnered from people like the head of Vatican security, Camillo Cibin. Their report is crammed with detailed little items of some interest and at least one large question mark (secret agent Frank Terpil's part in the assassination plot). More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1959. First Edition. 189, tape stains inside boards & flyleaves, stamp inside fr flyleaf, top corner fr flyleaf cut off, DJ scuffed & some wear to edges. More
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1981. First Printing. Pocket paper, 216, wraps, illus., chapter notes, small pencil marks on title page, cover and spine edges worn and small creases. More
New York, NY: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1942. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 118 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Some discoloration to text pages noted. Name of previous owner (Chester C. Bennett, a psychologist noted for community psychology) on the front free endpaper. Includes Foreword, and chapters on Psychologically Adjusted Man; The Biological Drives; The Social Techniques; Heredity, Learning and Psychological Dynamisms; Drive-Conversions; and Psychologically Adjusted Man and the Abolition of War. The author, as an American, an academic and as someone brought up in the pacifist tradition, is intensely biased against war. For him it is stupid, interrupting, unnecessary, and unimaginably horrible. In short, he was driven to discuss the psychology of war and its possible abolition because he wanted intensely to get rid of it. Edward Chace Tolman (April 14, 1886 – November 19, 1959) was an American psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Through Tolman's theories and works, he founded what is now a branch of psychology known as purposive behaviorism. Tolman also promoted the concept known as latent learning first coined by Blodgett (1929). A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Tolman as the 45th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. Tolman was one of the leading figures in protecting academic freedom during the McCarthy era in early 1950s. In recognition of Tolman's contributions to the development of psychology and academic freedom, the Education and Psychology building on Berkeley campus, the "Tolman Hall", was named after him. More
New York: Vanguard Press, 1926. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Format is approximately 4.5 inches by 7.25 inches. vii, [1], 125, [3] pages. Decorative endpapers. Some page discoloration. Foreword by the Editor, which is titled Tolstoi as an Anti-War Agitator. As the Editor observed: "Tolstoi spent his mature years in a Europe that was arming and prepared for the War of 1914. He foresaw the war; predicted it; and spent much time and energy trying to create anti-war public opinion. Includes "Neglect the Fire", "Christianity and Patriotism", "Two Wars", "Letter to a Corporal", "The Soldiers' Memento", "The Officer's Memento", "Patriotism or Peace", "Patriotism and Government", "Shame", "Carthago Delenda Est", "Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby" & "Note". Scott Nearing (August 6, 1883 – August 24, 1983) was an American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, and pacifist. Nearing's chosen lifestyle of "Tolstoian," ascetic, rural self-sufficiency may be reasonably interpreted as the attempt of a self-aware dissident individual to avoid inevitably negative participation in the internal life of the group (be it a government or a political party), while retaining a keen and almost obsessive interest in the dynamics of society and the world as a whole. More
New York: J. Felsberg, Inc., 1941. First? Printing. 24 cm, 222, usual library markings, piece of DJ cut off and pasted to front endpaper, edges soiled. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. First Printing. 354, illus. (some in color), reading list, chronology, index. More
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1994. 24 cm, 140, author's business card laid in. More
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 140 pages, pencil erasure on front endpaper, minor creasing and wear to DJ. Inscribed by the author. More
New York City, NY: Bantam Books, 1984. Reprint. Mass-market paperback. [6], 243 p. More
n.p. The International Lyceum, 1923. 285, illus., pgs slightly darkened, creases & sm tear to fr flylf, sm tears ins fr hinge, ink name ins fr bd, rear bd weak. More