Lot 851
  • 851

LIBRARY AUTOMATION, A COLLECTION OF FIVE WORKS BY R.A. FAIRTHORNE AND OTHERS, 1947-52

Estimate
150 - 200 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of 5 works by Robert Arthur Fairthorne (1904-2000) and others, comprising:
i. Fairthorne, R.A. Automata and information. [London: Aslib, 1952], [offprint from:] The Journal of Documentation, vol. 8, no. 3, September 1952, 8vo, stapled, authorial presentation copy ("from one automaton to another? RAF"), (Weinreb Collection, Bloomsbury Auctions, 28 October 1999, lot 279, Erwin Tomash), [T&W F8]ii. Fairthorne, R.A. The Classification of Mathematics. [London: British Society for International Bibliography, 1947], [offprint from:] Proceedings of the British Society for International Bibliography, vol. 9, no. 4, 1947, 8vo, disbound [T&W F9]iii. Fairthorne, R.A. Information theory and clerical systems. [London: Aslib, 1953], [offprint from:] The Journal of Documentation, vol. 9, no. 2, June 1953, 8vo, stapled, authorial presentation copy ("information about Information, for your information. RAF.") [T&W F10]iv. Fairthorne, R.A. The Mathematics of Classification. [London: British Society for International Bibliography, 1947], [offprint from:] Proceedings of the British Society for International Bibliography, vol. 9, no. 4, 1947, 8vo, stab-stitched, authorial presentation copy ("You don't have to read this, just classify it 'unclassified'. RAF") [T&W F12]v. Ridenour, Louis Nicot (1911-1959), et al. Bibliography in an Age of Science. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1951. 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket [T&W R90]

Condition

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