Oppenheimer Case Trial Security System by Curtis Charles (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Slight edge rubbing, corner bumped. Former owner's bookplate inside front. In edge worn, DJ with one 2" closed tear. Now protected in a mylar jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages.

Re-Issue; First Thus. NEW. Black cloth & leather boards. [B199-141-151].

Hardcover. xi, 281p., first edition, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, else very good condition in an unclipped and shelfworn dust jacket. On the United States Atomic Energy Commission's security hearing on J. Robert Oppenheimer for his supposed disloyalty and Communist associations.

Hardcover. xi, 281p., special edition for members of the Notable Trials Library, black boards with gold titles and decorative elements, ribbon bookmark bound in, gilt edges, very good condition. On the United States Atomic Energy Commission's security hearing on J. Robert Oppenheimer for his supposed disloyalty and Communist associations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine Like New. Special Edition. LEATHER Spine. Like NEW. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Special Edition. Gift Quality as new black leather with black boards. Special edition for members of the Notable Trials Library. Decorative gold stamping on spine and boards, four raised bands on spine, page ends gilt, marbled endpapers, cloth bookmark sewn in.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near fine with light sunning to top edge and slight wear on spine edges in near fine dust jacket with slight wear to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Former owner's nameplate pasted onto front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Quarterbound in leather. Scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.55.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Special Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). Special Edition. New York: The Notable Trials Library. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1992. Special Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 281+, Leatherette spine; Marbled endpapers, gilt page edges, place-saver ribbon. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, otherwise, does not appear to have been read. .

First edition 281pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent in very good d/w (rubbing, sunned spine).

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Writing inside. Owner's name rear board. (J. Robert Oppenheimer, Nuclear Warfare, Atomic Bomb).

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Reprint edition of this book, bound in one-quarter leather. Never read copy. box 288.

Hardcover. First edition. First printing [stated]. xi, [3], 281, [5] p. 22 cm. Index. The author was a distinguished authority on government and law. This work is a detailled analysis of the published transcript of the Oppenheimer case and the operation of the Federal Employee Security Program. The author, while admittedly an "Oppie" support in most cased lets the evidence from the inquiry transcript guide each reader to the formation of their own judgment. From an Internet site: "Charles P. Curtis.was a distinguished Boston attorney and the author of a number of books, including The Oppenheimer Case, Lions Under the Throne, and (with Ferris Greenslet) The Practical Cogitator, an anthology". Oppenheimer, who had helped develop the atomic bomb and became head of the Atomic Engergy Commission, was charged with being a communist sympathizer and security risk during the McCarthy anti-communist hysteria. Book contains the most important passages of the transcript of the hearing, opinions of the Atomic Energy Commission and others, and the decision. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Rear board has some creasing.

Fine hardback. No dustwrapper as issued. As new. 281 pp 8vo quarter leather with black boards. 4 faux raised bands, gilt decoration/lettering. Blue ribbon page marker. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Privately printed for members of the Notable Trials Library. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

215 x 146 mm. 8vo. xi, 281 pp. Index. Quarter cloth, gilt spine, dust-jacket. Very good.

Hardcover. First edition. First printing [stated]. xi, [3], 281, [5] p. 22 cm. Index. The author was a distinguished authority on government and law. This work is a detailled analysis of the published transcript of the Oppenheimer case and the operation of the Federal Employee Security Program. The author, while admittedly an "Oppie" support in most cased lets the evidence from the inquiry transcript guide each reader to the formation of their own judgment. From an Internet site: "Charles P. Curtis.was a distinguished Boston attorney and the author of a number of books, including The Oppenheimer Case, Lions Under the Throne, and (with Ferris Greenslet) The Practical Cogitator, an anthology". Oppenheimer, who had helped develop the atomic bomb and became head of the Atomic Engergy Commission, was charged with being a communist sympathizer and security risk during the McCarthy anti-communist hysteria. Book contains the most important passages of the transcript of the hearing, opinions of the Atomic Energy Commission and others, and the decision. Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIrst Printing. Stated First Printing. Clipped DJ in archival cover, chips, wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Generic January 1955 Binding: Hardcover.

Curtis, Charles P. The Oppenheimer Case. The Trial of a Security System. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Reprint. The Notable Trials Library, 1992. [iii], xi, 281 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45.