Operation Crossroads: The Official Pictorial Record by The Office of the Historian, Joint Task Force One - 1946

Pages 224 pp.4to. Black cloth binding. 1st edition. Color frontis and dust jacket. Black & white photographs throughout. Together with twelve (12) black & white 8” x 10” photographic prints showing various phases of the explosions, each with a typed label taped to its back. Publisher's postcard ad tipped in to rear of volume. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket.

New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1946. 224 pages, with black and white photographs throughout. Blue cloth covers with gold titles, top and base of spine, corners are bumped and worn, edges of spine worn with tears at top and base of spine, covers are scuffed, binding is loose, edges of text and endpapers are lightly yellowed, rear endpaper is torn at hinge, Fair.. Hard Cover. Fair.

New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild soil and bumping to boards. Unclipped DJ in archival plastic protector has mild edgewear, scuffing and soiling, and a couple of tiny holes over spine. Solid binding and clean text. Toned and mildly foxed pages. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 224 pages .

New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc, 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover, cloth cover. good. 224 pages. Decorative cover. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Index. Wise and Company promotional postcard still affixed after page 224. Pages slightly darkened, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & faded. Task Force One (TF 1) was organized on 11 January 1946. It followed the basic principles employed during World War II to develop amphibious task forces, but incorporated needs of the scientific program. The joint task force staff comprised Army, Navy, and civilian scientific personnel. This joint staff maintained liaison with the War and Navy Departments, the Manhattan Engineer District, and other government agencies. Commander Joint Task Force 1 [CJTF 1] maintained liaison with two boards of special interest, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Evaluation Board and the President's Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Board was to advise CJTF 1 during preparation for the… Read More

New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc, 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover, leatherlike cover material. Fair. 224 pages. Cover decorated with large mushroom cloud and gold lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Index. Some damp staining at top edge and inside rear board. Pages slightly darkened, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & faded. Task Force One (TF 1) was organized on 11 January 1946. It followed the basic principles employed during World War II to develop amphibious task forces, but incorporated needs of the scientific program. The joint task force staff comprised Army, Navy, and civilian scientific personnel. This joint staff maintained liaison with the War and Navy Departments, the Manhattan Engineer District, and other government agencies. Commander Joint Task Force 1 [CJTF 1] maintained liaison with two boards of special interest, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Evaluation Board and the President's Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Board… Read More

New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc, 1946. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good. 224 pages. Illustrated endpaper. Paper clip mark at top of first several pages. Minor staining at bottom of some pages. Color frontis of a mushroom cloud. Illustrations. Index. Some pages slightly darkened, boards and spine somewhat scuffed and faded. Includes "A Message for the Commander Joint Task Force One" signed in the plate by Admiral William Blandy. Laid in is an original and two carbon copies of a brief presentation communication from H. R. Carson, Executive Secretary, Joint Crossroads Committee dated 14 March 1947 to Captain I. H. Nunn, USN forwarding 'for your personal use' this copy of "OPERATION CROSSROADS, THE OFFICIAL PICTORIAL RECORD". It is increasingly rare to find copies with specific connections to Operation Crossroads or the Joint Crossroads Committee. Captain Ira H. Nunn continued to serve in the Navy, retiring with the rank of Read Admiral in 1963. His WWII service was… Read More