Open Mind, The by Oppenheimer, J. Robert - 1955

Ships with insurance and (US orders only) signature confirmation. 1955 Simon hardcover stated 1st printing. The dust jacket (now in mylar) is in bad shape, with most of spine missing, price clipped, and a lot of edgewear, chipping, and staining/tanning. Light soil, sunning and fraying on cover, ffep missing, light tanning, else text clean, binding tight .

New York: Simon Schuster , 1955. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. No flaws to the volume, jacket with light rubbing and edge wear, and a touch of fading to the spine.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Crisp, clean pages except for four brown specks on the foreedge, a row of brown acid-toning spots along the rear hinge, and lighter, patchy toning on endpapers; the quarter cloth hard cover shows toning around board edges and a small surface chip at the lower right front, otherwise excellent. The dust jacket is modestly toned at flaps and rear panel, with scattered, small scuffs on the front, a line of surface wear at the foreedge, mild sunning at the spine, and some crimping and edge chipping at corners and spine ends, but remains overall clean and striking, unclipped ($2.75), now protected in a removable, clear sleeve. 146pp.

8vo, 146pp., Original quarter black cloth with blue paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. A near-fine copy in a nice unclipped ($2.75) dust-wrapper with some light minimal wear. First edition, first printing. Text free of marks. Eight lectures on atomic weapons and the relationship between science and the wider culture of our times by the Father of the Atomic Bomb.