Lot 758
  • 758

BERKELEY, EDMUND CALLIS, THREE WORKS, 1949-52

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
Bidding Closed

Description

  • A collection of 3 works, comprising:
i. Giant Brains or Machines that Think. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1949. 8vo, first edition, original cloth, [T&W B139bis; cf. Origins of Cyberspace 463; Randell 1979 p.110]ii. Another edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1950. 8vo, second printing, original cloth, dust-jacket, [not in T&W], frayediii. Circuit Algebra - Introduction. New York: Edmund Berkeley, 1952. Folio, mimeograph typescript, (inkstamp of Samuel Jacobsohn, physicist, Director Gaertner Scientific Corporation of Chicago) [T&W B137]

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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