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OPERATION 'GRAPPLE': TESTING BRITAIN'S FIRST H-BOMB
Written by Kenneth Hubbard; Michael Simmons.
Stock no. 1829909
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

On 15 May 1957 Valiant XD818 captained by Wg Cdr K.G. Hubbard, Officer Commanding No 49 Squadron, dropped Britain's first live thermonuclear weapon, a device 70 times more powerful than that that exploded over Hiroshima in 1945. The story of this huge and complex undertaking as seen by the officer who dropped Britain's first live thermonuclear megaton weapon. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and sketches. 128 pages. ISBN: 0711015147. A lovely copy. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

Price: £16.00 £12.80.

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NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE UNITED STATES: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by James N. Gibson.
Stock no. 1329581
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Covering every nuclear delivery system the US ever deployed. Burgundy boards, black titles to spine and front cover. 236 pages. Packed full of b/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0764300636. Very slight creasing to wrapper edges. Old price label to rear panel of wrapper. A super copy, looks unread.

Price: £30.00 £24.00.

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THE RAF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DETERRENT FORCES: THEIR ORIGINS, ROLES AND DEPLOYMENT 1946-1969
Written by Humphrey Wynn.
Stock no. 1829865
Published by The Stationery Office. 1st thus 1997. Nearly fine condition.

A documentary history. An official history recording the events leading to probably the greatest change in British defence policy in peacetime. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. xiv and 653 pages including index. ISBN: 0117728330. Light scuffing to covers else appears unread!

Price: £40.00 £32.00.

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ANIMALS AND THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER
Written by Mayumi Itoh.
Stock no. 1327429
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2018. Very good condition.

The Palgrace Macmillan Animal Ethics series. Pictorial boards. 246 pages. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. ISBN: 9783319707563. Covers slightly grubby. Remains of a label to rear cover. Contents fine.

Price: £55.00 £44.00.

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CHINA AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER FROM ESTRANGEMENT TO ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Written by Nicola Horsburgh.
Stock no. 1327148
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An empirically rich study of Chinese nuclear weapons behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on global nuclear politics since 1949. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 234 pages. ISBN: 9780198706113. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal rubbing/creasing to dustwrapper edges.

Price: £35.00 £28.00.

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ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES: GEOGRAPHICAL CASE STUDIES POST-SOCIALIST EURASIA
Written by Tatyana Saiko.
Stock no. 1710829
Published by Prentice-Hall. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w diagrams, maps and photos. 320 pages. ISBN: 0582356954. Name in ink to front endpaper.

Price: £12.00 £9.60.

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PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF RADIOACTIVITY AND NUCLEAR RADIATIONS
Written by G.C. Lowenthal; P.L. Airey.
Stock no. 1709267
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An Introductory text for Engineers, Scientists, Teachers and Students. ISBN: 0521553059.

Price: £60.00 £48.00.

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THE PARTICLES OF MODERN PHYSICS
Written by J.D. Stranathan.
Stock no. 810936
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1952. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Corners lightly rubbed.

Price: £24.00 £19.20.

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NATIONAL COMMUNITY FALLOUT SHELTER DESIGN COMPETITION AWARDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 553455
Published by American Institute Of Architects. 1964. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Card wraps. Spiral bound. Architect's drawings of fallout shelters. Contents very good indeed but covers creased and grubby.

Price: £55.00 £44.00.

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