Front matter

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THE HELL BOMB

BY

William L. Laurence

1951 NEW YORK

ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright 1950 by The Curtis Publishing Co. Copyright 1950 by William L. Laurence. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of America. Published simultaneously in Canada by McClelland & Stewart Limited.

FIRST AND SECOND PRINTINGS

BEFORE PUBLICATION

THIRD PRINTING, JANUARY 1951

To FLORENCE

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