BABBAGE, THREE VOLUMES OF THE NINTH BRIDGEWATER TREATISE, A FRAGMENT, 1838-1841

i. The ninth Bridgewater treatise, a fragment. London: John Murray, 1838. SECOND EDITION, 8vo, 12 pp. advertisements at end, publisher's green cloth, (bought from Eric Korn, London, 1982), [T&W B38; Origins of Cyberspace 56; Van Sinderen 51 (cited)], text block starting, minor spotting, bumped ii. The ninth Bridgewater treatise, a fragment. London: John Murray, 1838. SECOND EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, ("W R Grove Esqre | From the Author"), 4pp. of advertisements, later cloth with spine label, (bought from The Antiquarian Scientist, Acton, MA, 1987), [T&W B38 bis; Origins of Cyberspace 56; Van Sinderen 51 (cited)]iii. The ninth Bridgewater treatise, a fragment. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (from the second London edition), 30pp. of publisher's advertisements, publisher's cloth, (bought from The Antiquarian Scientist, Acton, MA, 1991) [T&W B39; Checklist of American imprints 41-325; Van Sinderen 51 (cited)], spotting and browning throughout, boards soiled, rubbed

The second item is a presentation copy to Sir William Robert Grove (1811-1896), British physicist, elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840

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