Lot 1225
Van Kirk, Theodore "Dutch". First Edition of The Atomic Age Opens, releasing to the public for the first time the unclassified details of the Manhattan Project, Signed and Annotated by the navigator of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan: "We dropped the bomb at 09:15 and 15 seconds Tinian time. It exploded 43 seconds later at an altitude of about 2000 feet and destroyed 60% or more of Hiroshima. Our mission was successful. Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk / Navigator Enola Gay / 6 Aug 1945." On page 21, he adds a holograph note: "It should be said that there were 11 men on the plane. The regular crew positions + Parsons & Jeppson for the bomb and Baser for radar detection. Dutch," and on page 22 he adds, "As a matter of interest (and personal pride) the bomb was released at 09:15 seconds, i.e. 15 seconds behind schedule. Dutch." One of the first books on the atomic bomb ever printed (Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945), 8vo, 251 pp, red cloth, yellow lettering, very good.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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