London: John Murray, 1838. Second edition, thick paper copy. Presentation copy inscribed by Babbage "From the Author" on the title page. viii, xxii, 23-270, [4] pp. with four advertising pages at rear. Rebound in early 20th century green buckram with morocco title label to spine. Very Good+, sunning to spine..... More
Asheville, NC: 1210th Weather Squadron, 1965. A scarce pamphlet documenting the United States Air Force's new IBM 707-III that it purchased from the Department of Agriculture in 1965. Likely printed in a very limited quantity as the introduction is signed by the department director, James R. DeCoster. 18 pp. Original..... More
New York: NYPL / Oxford University Press, 1999. Signed by Freeman Dyson on front free endpaper, from the collection of entomologist Frank Radovsky, although not marked so. xvi, 124, [3] pp. Publisher's black cloth and boards with gilt lettering. Third printing of the first edition. Fine in Fine unclipped dust..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950. First edition, first printing. xiii. [1], 451 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth, ruled in blind on front board and lettered in gilt on spine. Near Fine with trivial foxing to upper textblock edge, light offsetting from jacket to endpapers, and owner inscription to..... More
Peterborough, NH: Green Publishing, 1975-1976. The first 14 issues of the most influential microcomputing magazine of its time. Vol. 1, No. 1 (September 1975) - No. 14 (October 1976). Very Good condition overall. The very first issue, unfortunately, is in the roughest shape with a dampstain to its last half..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First edition. Signed by Frank Herbert on the title page with his printed name crossed out. 304 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth and boards with gilt spine lettering. Small remainder mark to bottom edge, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with..... More
New York: International Business Machines Corporation, 1936. First edition of IBM's manual published while the company dominated the punch-card tabulator, calculating and data-processing machine market, while standing just on the cusp of the dawn of the electronic computer. In 23 separately paginated sections with black and white diagrams and illustrations..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition. (First printing with title page dated 1940 and no additional printings indicated on copyright page.) xiv, 380, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing along edges and to gilt, in Very Good+ price-clipped dust..... More
London: Wolfe Publishing Ltd., 1968. First edition. Signed by Harvey Matusow on the half title page in code and inscribed to former owners, "Feb. 10, 73. For Anita + Richard. A B C D. AB AB AB. ABCD E FAB ABCD. Love, Harvey." Bound in publisher's orange and black softcover..... More
Menlo Park, CA: People's Computer Company, 1977. First edition, first printing. 248, [4] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good+, bump to top corner, sticker shadow to rear wrap. A very early home computing book published by the Menlo Park-based People's Computer Company. Rare. More
Chicago: Theodor H. Nelson, 1974. First edition; the first and second printings are likely indistinguishable. Signed by Nelson on the front cover and inscribed to a former owner. A review copy with a one page letter on University of Illinois letterhead laid in, signed by Nelson and dated 23 Nov..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1910, 1912, 1913. First edition. Three volumes. ix, [5], 666; xxxiv, 772; x, 491 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth, spines lettered in gilt; housed in custom folding cloth box. Good condition overall. Unsophisticated copies, pleasantly not-ex-library (very uncommon in commerce thus), but certainly fragile. Rubbing to..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1948. First edition. xii, 359 pp. with fold-out chart in rear pouch. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with black and gilt lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing, a little sunning to spine; contents bright and unmarked. Toning to endpapers and one panel of the..... More
Chicago: [The Author], 1935. First edition. Signed by "Bill" Griffith P. Taylor on the front wrap, inscribed "With the compliments of the author, Griffith P. Taylor." 40 pp. printed on rectos only. Bound in original side stapled wraps. Very Good+ with light shelf wear and rubbing to wraps, small tear..... More
Palo Alto, CA: Computer Faire, 1976. First edition of the conference proceedings book of the first annual West Coast Computer Faire where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak famously debuted their revolutionary microcomputer Apple II. 334, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's yellow printed wraps. Near Fine with light soiling, spine toned..... More
Palo Alto, CA: Computer Faire, 1977-1982. First edition of the conference proceedings books of the first seven annual West Coast Computer Faires. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to covers, rubbing to Volume IV and V spines, and light spotting to Volume III-VI upper..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed by Norbert Wiener on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed to former dean of residence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frederick G. Fassett, "in token of many years' friendship." Wiener was a mathematician and professor at MIT..... More
Karlsruhe: G. Braun GMBH, 1949. First edition of Konrad Zuse's first report on his computer programming language Plankalkul, which laid the foundation for modern computing, found on pages [441]-449 of Archiv der Mathematik. Bound in publisher's buff paper wraps lettered in black; all edges speckled red. Near Fine with spine..... More