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SMYTH, Henry DeWolf (1898-1986). A General Account of the Development of Methods of using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. Washington: For the War Department, 1945. 4° (264 x 198mm). Lithoprint version, diagrams in text. Original plain wrappers, stapled (very light spotting to covers). Provenance: E.L. Brady (signature on upper cover dated in a different hand October 1945).
ADVANCE PRINTING OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUCLEAR BOMB, published on 12 August 1945, only six days after Hiroshima. Up to this point the research and development had been undertaken in conditions of the utmost secrecy and the report was also prepared in secret. However, the British and American governments decided that the widest dissemination of this 'remarkably full and candid account' (PMM) was in the public interest, and this first edition was distributed to journalists for radio use on 11 August and for press use the next day. This first edition is described as a 'lithoprint' and was printed in the Adjutant General's office in the Pentagon from a typescript (it is a 'true edition', the text retyped from the duplicated drafts which were circulated for corrections and comments). A printed edition of 60,000 copies was quickly prepared and published in mid-September and immediately became a bestseller. Norman 1962; Princeton University Library Chronicle 37, p. 206; PMM 422e.
ADVANCE PRINTING OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUCLEAR BOMB, published on 12 August 1945, only six days after Hiroshima. Up to this point the research and development had been undertaken in conditions of the utmost secrecy and the report was also prepared in secret. However, the British and American governments decided that the widest dissemination of this 'remarkably full and candid account' (PMM) was in the public interest, and this first edition was distributed to journalists for radio use on 11 August and for press use the next day. This first edition is described as a 'lithoprint' and was printed in the Adjutant General's office in the Pentagon from a typescript (it is a 'true edition', the text retyped from the duplicated drafts which were circulated for corrections and comments). A printed edition of 60,000 copies was quickly prepared and published in mid-September and immediately became a bestseller. Norman 1962; Princeton University Library Chronicle 37, p. 206; PMM 422e.