拍品 806
  • 806

DIGITAL COMPUTERS – SURVEYS, 9 VOLUMES

估價
300 - 500 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • A collection of 9 volumes, comprising:
i. Bush, Vannevar (1890-1974). "Instrumental analysis" [in:] Bulletin of the American mathematical society, no. 445. New York: American Mathematical Society, 1936, 8vo, disbound, [T&W B298], some loose leaves, holes from previous bindingii. Fairthorne, Robert A. (1904-2000). "An Innocent in New England" [in:] RAF News, vol. 4, no. 4]. Farnborough: Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1951, FIRST EDITION, small 4to, original wrappers, [T&W F11], some corrections to textiii. Strehl, Rolf. Die Roboter sind unter uns. Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling, 1952, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, numerous photographic illustrations, original cloth, (bought from Theo de Boer, Zwolle, 1998), [T&W S204], worniv. [Blachman, Nelson M. (1923-2014)]. A survey of automatic digital computers. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Navy, 1953, FIRST EDITION, 4to, original wrappers, (bought from Jeremy Norman, San Francisco, 1994), [T&W B172; Origins of Cyberspace 944], later label on upper wrapper, some abrasion to wrappersv. Weik, Martin H. (1922-2007). A survey of domestic electronic digital computing systems. Aberdeen, Maryland: Ballistic Research Laboratories, 1955, later published edition, 4to, numerous photographic illustrations, [T&W W19; Origins of Cyberspace 983], lacking wrappers, adhesive tape repairsvi. Wilkes, Maurice Vincent (1913-2010). Automatic digital computers. New York: Wiley, 1956, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, from the library of Edmund Callis Berkeley (1909-1988), numerous photographic illustrations, fold-out diagram, original cloth, [T&W W63; cf. Randell p.173 (London 1956 edition)]vii. Wilkes, M.V. Automatic digital computers. London: Methuen, 1957, 8vo, reprint, numerous photographic illustrations, fold-out diagram, original cloth, [T&W W64], some annotationsviii. Weik, Martin H. A second survey of domestic electronic digital computing systems. Aberdeen, Maryland: Ballistic Research Laboratories, 1957, FIRST EDITION, 4to, numerous photographic illustrations, original wrappers, [T&W W20; Origins of Cyberspace 984], some wear, adhesive tape marks and repairsix. Randell, Brian, ed. The origins of digital computers selected papers. Berlin: Springer, 1973, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, numerous illustrations, original cloth, [not in T&W], spine faded