Working with Truman: A Personal Memoir of the White House Years
New York: Putnam, c1982. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 318, illus., pencil erasure on front endpaper, some wear and soiling to DJ, DJ flap creased. More
New York: Putnam, c1982. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 318, illus., pencil erasure on front endpaper, some wear and soiling to DJ, DJ flap creased. More
Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 78, wraps, illus., maps, slight wear and soiling to covers. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First U.S. Edition. 304, illus., index, lib stamps, large glue stain ins fr flylf, rough spots ins bds, some wear & sm tear DJ edges, rough spot DJ spine. More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2012. Third printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xxvii, [1], 95, [5] pages. Author's Note. Maps. Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Robert, with respect, admiration & friendship. Bruce 6/9/14. Bruce Held has spent the many years in Washington, D.C., filling a number of key roles at the U.S. Department of Energy, including director of intelligence and counterintelligence and a stint — for most of a year — as acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration. During that time, government duty separated him from his wife, Lani, except for his occasional weekend trips to their home in New Mexico. Held’s first career was as a clandestine operations officer with the CIA, and he previously authored, “A Spy’s Guide to the Kennedy Assassination,” as well as “A Spy’s Guide to Santa Fe and Albuquerque.”. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 1993. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. xvi, 95, [1] p. 23 cm. Illustrations (Figures). Endnotes. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1960]. First Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 22 cm, 328, frontis illus., index, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and large chip at bottom of DJ spine. Inscription signed by both authors. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1960]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 328, frontis illus., index, text slightly darkened, some wear to board and spine edges. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. 303, notes, bibliography, index, some wear to DJ. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Council on Foreign Relations, c1991. Second Edition. First Printing. 23 cm, 200, wraps, corners of several pages creased, small tear to half-title, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Zebra Books; Kensington Publishing Corp. 1989. Reprint. Third printing. Mass-market paperback. 383 p. More
New York: Scribner, c1983. First Printing. 24 cm, 216, DJ soiled with some edge wear, stamp on top edge. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. First Printing. 24 cm, 398, illus., notes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. x, 398, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and small tears and chips. T. A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits. "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is."-The Times "A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union. . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists."-Scientific American. "Countdown is by far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories.-Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph. "Science writer Heppenheimer's readable account provides a timely historical overview of the early visionaries, the engineers, and the geopolitical forces that placed men on the moon and created today's aerospace industry. . . . A thoughtful analysis that is highly recommended.-Library Journal. "By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen. . . . Heppenheimer] concentrates unerringly on key elements, both technical and managerial, in this account of man's initial space ventures."-Lee Atwood, Former president and chairman, North American Aviation Corporation. "Like a skilled artisan, Heppenheimer weaves social, political, scientific, technological, military, and economic threads of the history of space flight into a tapestry that reveals fascinating patterns and themes."-Publishers Weekly. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. 409, notes, bibliography, index, some soiling fore-edge, small tear top edge front DJ, some soiling DJ, ink underlining fr DJ flap. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. 409, notes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, some soiling fore-edge, pp. 27-30 creased, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. 409, notes, bibliography, index, slight soiling fore-edge, ink name inside front flyleaf, small tears to lower front DJ edge. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988. 1st Princeton Printing. 425, notes, bibliography, index, colored pen underlining to text, notation inside front flyleafThis book was originally published in 1981. In his new preface, Gregg Herken discusses how the information now available about the role of the atomic bomb in the early cold war has tended to reinforce rather than undermine his assertions and conclusions. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. x, [4], 425, [7] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Embossed seal impression on first two feps. Gregg Herken is an American historian and museum curator who is Professor Emeritus of History at University of California, Merced. His scholarship mostly concerns the history of the development of atomic energy and the Cold War. During 1988–2003 he was senior historian and curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. In 2003, his book Brotherhood of the Bomb, for which he received a MacArthur Grant to write, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in history. Herken received his B.A. from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1969 and his Ph.D. in modern American diplomatic history from Princeton University in 1974. He subsequently held teaching positions at California State University, San Luis Obispo, Oberlin College, Yale University, and California Institute of Technology, and was a Fulbright-Hays senior research scholar at Lund University. He also served on the U.S. government's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments during 1994–95. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. First Edition. 374, illus., appendices, DJ somewhat soiled: small tears/chips, some edge soiling, heavy ink crossout inside front flyleaf. More
Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 1988. Wraps. 23 cm, 318 pages, wraps. More
Claremont, CA: Claremont Institute Press, 1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 282 pages. Index, gift bookplate inside front flyleaf. Signed by the author. More
Claremont, CA: Claremont Institute Press, 1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 282 pages. Index, gift plate on front endpaper, pencil erasure on endpapers. Introduction by Larry P. Arnn. Signed by the author. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 9.5 inches. viii, 536 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Burton Hersh is an American author, journalist and commentator. Hersh is the author of Edward Kennedy-An Intimate Biography (Counterpoint, 2010). His Bobby and J. Edgar : the historic face-off between the Kennedys and J. Edgar Hoover that transformed America (Carroll and Graff, 2007) is, according to Worldcat held in 811 libraries. He is also the author of The Shadow President: Ted Kennedy in Opposition (Steerforth 1997), The Old Boys:The American Elite and the Origins of the CIA (Scribner, 1992), The Mellon Family: A Fortune In History (Morrow 1978, Book of the Month Club selection, Fortune Brook Club selection), The Education of Edward Kennedy (Morrow, 1972) His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Esquire, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Huffington Post. More
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. 279, map, notes, index, sm red marker line on fore-edge, DJ somewhat scuffed & some edge wear, tape on DJ flaps, sticker on rear DJ. More
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. 282, map, notes, index, damp stains in margins of a few pages, DJ spine creased. Inscribed by the Pulitzer-prize-winning author. More