Description
No Place to Hide — David Bradley (First Edition, 1948)
Edition: First Edition, 1948
Author: David Bradley
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Binding: Hardcover with original dust jacket, protected in Brodart
Condition: Very Good book / Good dust jacket — some tears to lower edge; jacket complete; book tight and bright
Features: Original jacket, Atomic Age nonfiction classic, early Cold War history, archivally protected
First Edition (1948) of David Bradley’s No Place to Hide, a seminal eyewitness account of the Bikini Atoll atomic tests and one of the earliest civilian reflections on the consequences of nuclear weapons in the postwar era. Bradley’s narrative was widely read and remains an important historical and cultural document of America’s early Atomic Age.
This copy includes the original dust jacket, which is increasingly scarce. There are some tears along the bottom edge of the jacket, typical of this title, but the colors remain strong and the jacket is now protected in a Brodart archival cover to ensure continued preservation. The book itself is in very good condition, with a tight, bright interior and clean pages.
This is a desirable example of a mid-century work of scientific reportage, valued by collectors of Cold War history, nuclear history, science writing, and 20th-century American nonfiction. A jacketed first edition is increasingly difficult to find, and this one has been preserved with care.
