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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 71 Pp. Full Red Cloth Stamped In Green, Orange, Pink, Blue, And Black; Spine Lettered In Green And Stamped In Black. The Original Printing, Full Cloth, Title Page Showing Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., No. 801, Designed And Printed In England, Publisher's To Their Majesties The King And Queen & T. R. H. The Prince And Princess Of Wales. Undated, Circa 1907. Light Usage, No Marks, Bright, Small Discolorations To Front Cover. This Uk Issue In Red Cloth Is Rare, But The Reprints In Boards, And The New York Editions, Are Not Uncommon. Full Color Frontispiece, Two-Color Illustrations And B/W Ilustrations In Text. (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo (267 x 200mm), pp. [xvi], 561, [3], with 17 numbered plates (including frontispiece), text illustrations (slight toning). Publisher's dark blue cloth. A fine copy. First edition. The electromechanical Harvard Mark I was the first programmable calculating machine to produce mathematical tables, thus realizing the dream of Charles Babbage originally set out in print in 1822. Also known as the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, the Mark I was the brainchild of Howard Aiken, who first conceived of building a powerful, large-scale calculating machine in 1935 while pursuing graduate studies in physics at Harvard University. In 1937, after Aiken had become a professor of applied mathematics at Harvard's Graduate School of Engineering, he proposed his idea to a number of calculating-machine manufacturers, receiving several rejections before finally convincing IBM to undertake the project. The manual represents the work of a great many people whose efforts have been closely integrated as is necessary in the operation of large-scale calculating machines." Provenance: Brooks J. Lockhart (signature is on the front free endpaper). Lockhart was the primary author of the Manual's sixth chapter concerning the solution of simple problems using the Mark I. "American computing pioneer Howard H. Aiken (1900-1973) first conceived of building a powerful, large-scale calculating machine in 1935 while pursuing graduate studies in physics at Harvard University. In 1937, after Aiken had become a professor of applied mathematics at Harvard's Graduate School of Engineering, he proposed his idea to a number of calculating-machine manufacturers, drafting a proposal for an automatic calculating machine, and receiving several rejections before finally convincing IBM to undertake the project. The project, known initially as Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), and later called the Harvard Mark I, was partly funded by money from the United States Navy; the remainder came from IBM, whose president, Thomas J. Watson, viewed the undertaking as good publicity and as a showcase for IBM''s talents. By January 1943 the machine was operational at IBM Endicott Labs under wartime security. The completed electromechanical calculating machine weighed five tons. "Construction of the Mark I was completed in early 1943, and a year later the machine was dismantled and shipped to Harvard, where it became operational in May 1944. The electromechanical machine solved addition problems in less than a second, multiplication in six seconds, and division in 12 seconds. Grace Hopper wrote some of its first programs, which ran on punched tape. "In 1946 Aiken and Grace Hopper published A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. The instruction sequences scattered throughout this volume on the Harvard Mark I were among the earliest published examples of digital computer programs. Aiken saw himself as Babbage's intellectual successor, and in an excellent historical introduction to this technical manual he and Hopper placed the Harvard Mark I in its historical context. The computer historian Paul Ceruzzi implies as much in the following description: '[The Harvard Mark I] manual was a milepost that marked the state of the art of machine computation at one of its critical places: where, for the first time, machines could automatically evaluate arbitrary sequences of arithmetic operations. "The operating manual for the Mark I calculator published as Volume 1 of the Annals of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University was written largely by Hopper, who was the chief author of chapters 1-3 and the eight appendices following chapter 6. Chapters 4 and 5 were written by Aiken and Robert Campbell, and chapter 6, containing directions for solving sample problems on the machine, was primarily the work of Brooks J. Lockhart" (historyofinformation). Bottom corner slightly bumped. In fine condition in custom clamshell box. 8½" - 11½". book.…

Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS (IRE): ALL MONTHLY ISSUES IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS (24 ISSUES IN TOTAL) FROM 1949 TO 1953. HOUSED IN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER"S BINDERS. The Institute of Radio Engineers [IRE] was the principal professional society of the emerging radio and electronics industries, and by the postwar years had become one of the most influential technical bodies in the world; its journal, Proceedings of the IRE, was accordingly one of the leading venues for foundational work in communications, semiconductors, and early computing before the IRE's 1963 merger with the AIEE to form the IEEE. 1949 and 1953 were particularly eventful years for the journal, documenting two of the great postwar transformations: the formalization of information theory and the emergence of digital computing and advanced transistor electronics as mature engineering fields. Two issues worth highlighting include the January 1949 issue containing Claude Shannon's "Communication in the Presence of Noise," one of the classic early papers of information theory, and the October 1953 issue - the famous "Computer Issue". On "Communication in the Presence of Noise": "Shannon's ideas, described in this paper in a lucid engineering fashion and complementing his celebrated work ['A mathematical theory of communication'], which established the discipline of information theory, affected in a profound fashion the very thinking on the structure, components, design, and analysis of communications systems in general. As such, and through the implementation of state-of-the-art communications systems and their implications on modern communications technology, which plays an ever increasing role in modern society, these ideas of Shannon's had an influence well beyond the technical professional world of electronics engineers and mathematicians." (A. D. Wyner & S. Shamai, 'Introduction to "Communication in the presence of noise" by C. E. Shannon, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 86, No. 2, February 1998). The "Computer Issue" of October 1953: The October 1953 "Computer Issue" ranks among the landmark periodical issues in the early history of computing. Issued as Vol. 41, No. 10 and explicitly presented as "The Computer Issue," it assembled in one place a remarkable roster of pioneers, including Claude Shannon, Grace Hopper, John W. Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert, Arthur L. Samuel, and Werner Buchholz. Its papers range across programming, machine logic, memory systems, switching theory, and the design of the IBM Type 701. It is, quite simply, one of the earliest coherent printed statements of computing as a self-conscious technical discipline. Few engineering journals of the period preserve so concentrated and authoritative a snapshot of the computer field at so early a date. Other papers: Apart from Shannon's "Communication in the Presence of Noise" and the landmark October 1953 "Computer Issue," the collection includes a strong body of postwar work in radar, propagation, microwave and traveling-wave-tube design, and early transistor engineering, notably the December 1953 five-part "Surface-Barrier Transistor" series and the March 1949 paper on radio signals reflected from the moon. Please note: All the issues are undamaged and retain their original wrappers. The publisher's binders in which they are housed were ingeniously designed to allow the issues to be removed without damaging the wrappers. The issues are held in place by tabs, which can be lifted after the screws are removed. Proceedings of the I.R.E. New York: The Institute of Radio Engineers, 1949; 1953. Quarto, original wrappers; original publisher's binders. Only slight, modest wear to wrappers. A highly important collection, bringing together original appearances of landmark material central to the histories of communications, computing, and electronics. EXTREMELY RARE in original wrappers and publisher's bindings and with no institutional stamps.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First Edition. xvi, [2], 336 pages. 4to [10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches]. Publisher's blue cloth. The rare dust jacket is present, albeit chipped, stained, and worn (especially at foredges). Bright and clean internally. Cloth. "The electromechanical Harvard Mark I was the first programmable calculating machine to actually produce mathematical tables, fulfilling the dream of Charles Babbage originally set out in print in 1822." (OOC, #411) "The manual for the Harvard Mark II, a relay-based calculator built for the navy during the last year of World War II. It was installed at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia, in 1948, where it was used mainly for the development of ballistics tables. The Mark II's design did not depart radically from that of its predecessor in that it employed electromechanical equipment and was programmed via paper tapes, 'but otherwise it was very different. Where the Mark I used rotary mechanical systems (with magnetic clutches) for storing numbers, the Mark II used relays. The way of programming it was very different (i.e. the instruction set was different). The fact that it was essentially two machines which could be combined for large jobs or have each half running independent jobs was quite different.' (MRW Other innovations included a floating decimal point and a new type of relay. It was considerably faster than the Mark I . The Manual for the Harvard Mark II calculator was written primarily by Grace Hopper, assisted by Constance K. Rawson, Peter O. Cioffi and Richard D. Woltman. It was completed by Charles H. Richards and K. B. Mitchell" (OOC) Volume XXIV of the Annals of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University. All volumes in the series were heavily used, and finding copies in dust jacket is getting difficult. Literature: Hook and Norman, Origins of Cyberspace, #416, 411 (referring to Mark I).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Proceedings of the IRE, Vol 41, October 1953, No. 10, the entire issue offered. Pictorial wrappers. The famous 1953 "IRE Computer Issue" in the original wrappers containing ten (!!!) Origins of Cyberspace articles and a total of forty-one articles on the state of the art computing. Many authors were influential, on the cutting edge of computing, and are found throughout the historical literature tracking technical and business innovations throughout their careers. A few of the essential papers include: Claude Shannon, "Computers and Automata" (Origins of Cyberspace #885) --- contains a brief review of developments in the field of automata and non-numerical computation Claude Shannon and Moore, "Machine aid for switching circuit design" (Origins of Cyberspace #886) --- describes the first "verification" machine, built at Bell Labs and called the" relay circuit analyzer." Grace Hopper and John Mauchly, "Influence of programming technique on the design of computers" (Origins of Cyberspace #664) --- contains a discussion of how advances in programming techniques could influence the design of future computers. This article references the UNIVAC I. Huskey, Ambrose, and Yowell, "The SWAC design features and operating experience" (Origins of Cyberspace #672) --- contains a general description of the functional characteristics of the SWAC computer, including references to electrostatic and magnetic drum memories. Buchholz, "The system design of the IBM Type 701 computer" (Origins of Cyberspace #508) --- describes the overall system design of IBM's first electronic digital computer And many more period articles. 8¼" - 11". Book.…

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. [1A]-80A (advertisements), [2-table contents], 1219-1568, 81A-192A (advertisements) pages. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Proceedings of the IRE, Vol 41, October 1953, No. 10, the entire issue offered. Pictorial wrappers. The previous owner's name, "Ken Atwood," is inked on the front cover. Upper spine bumped with associated creasing. A very nice example. Scarce thus. Wraps. The famous 1953 "IRE Computer Issue" in the original wrappers containing ten (!!!) Origins of Cyberspace articles and a total of forty-one articles on the state of the art computing. Many authors were influential, on the cutting edge of computing, and are found throughout the historical literature tracking technical and business innovations throughout their careers. A few of the essential papers include: Claude Shannon, "Computers and Automata" (Origins of Cyberspace #885) --- contains a brief review of developments in the field of automata and non-numerical computation Claude Shannon and Moore, "Machine aid for switching circuit design" (Origins of Cyberspace #886) --- describes the first "verification" machine, built at Bell Labs and called the" relay circuit analyzer." Grace Hopper and John Mauchly, "Influence of programming technique on the design of computers" (Origins of Cyberspace #664) --- contains a discussion of how advances in programming techniques could influence the design of future computers. This article references the UNIVAC I. Huskey, Ambrose, and Yowell, "The SWAC design features and operating experience" (Origins of Cyberspace #672) --- contains a general description of the functional characteristics of the SWAC computer, including references to electrostatic and magnetic drum memories. Buchholz, "The system design of the IBM Type 701 computer" (Origins of Cyberspace #508) --- describes the overall system design of IBM's first electronic digital computer And many more period articles. PROVENANCE: There were no copies of this item in Shannon's files. This item comes from Kuenzig Books' stock. REFERENCES: Sloane and Wyner, "Claude Elwood Shannon Collected Papers," #80 and #82. Hook and Norman, "Origins of Cyberspace," #s 508, 513, 626, 641, 664, 672, 675, 871, 885, and 886.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Edition. New York: The Institute of Radio Engineers, 1953. This volume of Proceedings of the IRE includes the "Computer Issue" [Vol. 41, No.10, October 1953, pp. 1,217 - 1,568]. The "Computer Issue" contains 41 papers on the subject of electronic computers, the most significant of which are described in Hook and Norman's ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE. [See Hook and Norman entries Nos. 508, 513, 626, 641, 664, 672, 871, 885-886]. Among the authors in this "Computer Issue" are Werner Buchholz, Arthur W. Burks & Jesse B. Wright; Clarence E. Frizzell, Sidney Greenwald, Grace Murray Hopper, Thorenson Huskey, Harold D. Ross, Claude E. Shannon & Edward F. Moore. The "Computer Issue" is one of 6 consecutive monthly issues bound together. They consist of Volume 41, July - December (#7 - 12) 1953, pages 833 - 1,818. HARDCOVER. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked - probably never read. Institute of Radio Engineers. Original front wraps are bound in. The binding is sturdy blue buckram, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11" tall by 1.75" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. SEE Hook and Norman's ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE 675, 508, 513, 626, 641, 664, 672, 871, 885-886. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. pp. 833 - 1,818 [985 total pages]. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

First edition, rare in the dust jacket, of the first computer programming textbook: the operating manual for the electromechanical Harvard Mark I. It was largely written by Grace Hopper, "one of the most famous of the postwar computer pioneers" (OOC). This copy was owned by the inventor and environmentalist Theodore Miller Edison, the son of Thomas Edison. Designed by Howard Aiken (1900-1973) and operational from May 1944, the Harvard Mark I was almost immediately commandeered for war work by the US Navy. Hopper (1906-1992) - who had joined Aiken's team that year and quickly become its lead programmer - was tasked with writing an instruction manual for it, "a task so monumental that she referred to her project as a computer 'bible'. It was a detailed treatment of Mark I's physical components, operation, and maintenance. Most importantly, the manual described with elaborate care how to program Mark I, thus becoming the first ever computer programming textbook" (Harvard). It was published as the first volume of the Annals of the Computation Laboratory. Hopper was involved in a number of other influential technological developments. She was central to the development of UNIVAC and pioneered compiler technology. She also co-developed the commercial language COBOL. An addressed card stating that this copy was from the library of Theodore Miller Edison (1898-1992) is loosely inserted; his purchase notes are also pencilled on the front free endpaper. As a child, Edison's interest in science led him to be known in his family as "the little laboratory assistant", and he went on to serve as the Technical Director of Research and Engineering for his father's company. He also founded his own firm, Calibron Industries, Inc., which became famous for the Calibron 12 puzzle. Edison accumulated over 80 patents in his career, including for a device that eliminated vibration in machinery and a stereoscopic mapping instrument. Origins of Cyberspace 411. "Harvard IBM Mark I", Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, accessible online. Quarto. With 17 black-and-white photographic plates, diagrams and tables within text. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Cloth and contents clean, spine ends gently rubbed, bumps to extremities; jacket unclipped, spine faded, nicks to top edge, covers lightly soiled: a very good copy in like jacket.…