BABBAGE, TWO WORKS BY HIM AND A REVIEW

i. On the economy of machinery and manufactures. London: Charles Knight, 1833, third edition, enlarged, advertisements at the end, original cloth, some staining, cloth faded (bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1991), [T&W B19; Origins of Cyberspace 44; Van Sinderen 45 (cited)]ii. On the economy of machinery and manufactures. London: Charles Knight, 1835, fourth edition, enlarged, advertisements at the end, contemporary calf, (bought from Esplin, 1985), [T&W B20; Origins of Cyberspace 45; Van Sinderen 45 (cited)], joints cracked, spine partially defectiveiii. "Economy of Machinery and Manufactures", [review of Babbage's work in:] Mechanics Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, Vol. XVII, No. 464, June 30, 1832, London: M. Salmon, 1832, pp.213-220, nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, some wear to binding, (Frederick Penberthy, signature, acquired in 2001), [T&W M78]

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