Description
First edition, first printing of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
Octavo, xiii, 721pp, [1]. Light blue hardcover, brown cloth spine, title stamped in silver on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Faint dust along top edge of text block, internally clean. Publisher’s first state dust jacket, $35.00 on front flap and “4/2005” on rear flap, touch of wear at the heel of the spine, small brown mark to verso, a bright, near fine example.
American Prometheus was the recipient of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and the inspiration for the 2023 Academy Award-winning film “Oppenheimer” from Christopher Nolan.
