Riverbank Publications No. 15 : A Method of Reconstructing the Primary Alphabet from a Single One of the Series of Secondary Alphabets

Published by Riverbank Laboratories Department of Ciphers, Riverbank, Geneva Ill, 1954

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Seller: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB )

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Reprint. 3-9,[1-blank] pages. 20 x 26.8 cm. Comb binding over printed tan covers. Minor edge fading to cover, clean internally. There were 2 issues of this publication - both are marked 1917 on the front cover. The second issue (as offered here) was published in a comb binding, with different paper stock (we've seen several colors of the comb binding, the copy offered here in orange). Comb Bound. A restricted publication not publically available when issued, it appears in a few institutional collections, but is rarely offered in the market. A note in Friedman's personal files notes: 'This is a photolithographic copy of the original and was produced in a very few copies in 1954.' It is 'Friedman's first writing on cryptology. The primary alphabet is the mixed alphabet used to form a Vigenere-like tableau for alphabetic encipherment; the secondary alphabet is the one recovered by the cryptanalyst.' (Kahn). Authorship attribution from Galland. [ Methods and examples of Deciphering] See J.S. Galland, An Historical and Analytical Bibliography of Cryptology, page 67. See also Kahn, The CodeBreakers, 1996, p374. Shulman, An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography, 1976, p80.…

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Title
Riverbank Publications No. 15 : A Method of Reconstructing the Primary Alphabet from a Single One of the Series of Secondary Alphabets
Author
[ Friedman, William F. ]
Publisher
Riverbank Laboratories Department of Ciphers, Riverbank, Geneva Ill
Publication year
1954
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Comb Bound
Edition
Reprint.
Seller catalogs
Cryptography & Cryptology, History of Communication, History of Computing

Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB )

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Kuenzig Books trades in Antiquarian Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics material. Subspecialties include early computing, chemistry, photography, the history of communication, and the discoveries that have impacted the way we live and work. We buy and sell antique scientific instruments (microscopes, optics, slide rules, computers) both didactic and professional. Add a broad range of documentary photography, ephemera, and eclectic material from other fields, and most visitors find something to interest them. We welcome your visit electronically or by appointment.…

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