DIGITAL COMPUTERS - ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND COMPUTER (ENIAC), 7 VOLUMES

i. Hartree, Douglas Rayner (1897-1958). "The ENIAC, an electronic calculating machine" [in:] Nature, vol. 157, 5 January-29 June 1946, p.527. London: Macmillan & Co., 1946, 8vo, red quarter morocco, spine gilt, (bought from Judea Pearl, 1997), [T&W H34; Origins of Cyberspace 648; Randell 1979 p.136], abrasion to title-page ii. Hartree, D.R. "The ENIAC, an electronic computing machine" [in:] Nature, vol. 158, 6 July 1946-28 December 1946, pp.500-506. London: Macmillan & Co., 1946, 8vo, tan cloth, spine with red morocco label, spine gilt, (National Lending Library for Science and Technology, book plate; bought from Judea Pearl, 1987), [T&W H35; Randell 1979 p.136], boards slightly soiled iii. Matz, Adolph (1905-1986). "Electronics in accounting" [in:] The Accounting Review, vol. 21, no. 4, October 1946, pp.371-380. Chicago: American Accounting Association, 1946, 4to, original paper wrappers printed, index loosely inserted, (bought from Fergus Mitchell, 2000), [T&W M66], minor soiling and damp-staining iv. Burks, Arthur Walter (1915-2008). "Electronic computing circuits of the ENIAC" [in:] Proceedings of the I.R.E., vol.35, no. 8, August 1947, pp.756-767. New York: Institute of Radio Engineers, 1947, 4to, original printed wrappers, (bought from Scientia), [T&W B290; Origins of Cyberspace 512; Randell 1979 p.115], wrappers slightly soiled with creasing v. Tumbleson, Robert C. "Calculating Machines" [in:] Electrical Engineering, vol. 67, no. 1, January 1948, pp.6-12. New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1948, 4to, original printed pictorial wrappers, modern folding cloth box, [T&W T56; Randell 1979 p.169], wrappers worn, hole in lower wrapper vi. Brainerd, John Grist (1904-1988) and Sharpless, T. Kite (1913-1967). "The ENIAC" [in:] Electrical Engineering, vol. 67, no. 2, February 1948, pp.163-172. New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1948, 4to, original printed pictorial wrappers, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Biblion), [T&W B225; Randell 1979 p.113], wrappers slightly soiled, small tear to upper cover vii. Brainerd, John Grist (1904-1988) and Sharpless, T. Kite (1913-1967). "ENIAC" [in:] Electrical Engineering, vol. 67, no. 2, February 1948, pp.163-172. New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1948, 4to, original printed wrappers, library stamp to upper wrapper, [T&W B225 bis], minor creasing

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