Rex Malik (29 results)

Paper Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Illustrated. No 2336.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A soft cover non-fiction in good condition. Pages are intact and unmarked. The cover is clean and bright with no major signs of wear.

Condition: Good. 1964. Paperback. 96pp. The pages are yellowed, however the text is clear. A good reading copy. First edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1964. Paperback. 96pp. The pages are yellowed, however the text is clear. A good reading copy. First edition copy. . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor discoloration to pages. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips. Minor wear along the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers along with light creases and/or wrinkles at some spots. Tips are slightly bent.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Great copy. Very Little wear (see pictures). P&P within the UK will be less than quoted (around £1.80) as the book is relatively light. All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions, among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift, please email first and I can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it, just email first and I'll obtain a quote. If you have any questions, require more information or if you would like more pictures, do not hesitate to get in touch.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good blue cloth boards in a very good unclipped dust jacket in a protective cover. Some pencil notations in the first 5 chapters. Jacket has edge-wear around the spine. The inner workings of IBM.

First Printing. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. If you?ve ever looked at IBM and thought, ?Yes, but what was it like when it still felt like the future had a dress code??, then ?and Tomorrow the World ? Inside IBM (1975) by Rex Malik is your time machine. Published by Millington (ISBN: 0860000435), this is a peek behind the curtain at Big Blue in the era when computers were serious, rooms were large, and the word ?startup? mostly meant somebody had misread the instructions. This isn?t IBM as a logo on a cloud service. This is IBM as an institution ? the corporate cathedral of processing power, where suits were pressed, procedures were worshipped, and the machinery hummed with the quiet confidence of a company that believed it was building tomorrow by the ton. Malik takes you inside the culture, the mindset, the scale ? the sense that IBM wasn?t merely selling products so much as selling the very idea of organised, modern civilisation. If paperwork had a patron saint, it probably wore an IBM badge. Reading it now is deliciously double-edged. On one hand, it?s an era of clean optimism: technology as progress, systems as solutions, the future arriving on schedule. On the other, it?s the kind of corporate atmosphere that makes you realise why ?office satire? became a genre. You can practically hear the clack of typewriters in the outer rings and the low, reverent hush around the mainframes. And the title itself ? ?and Tomorrow the World ? is wonderfully 1970s confident. Not ?and tomorrow, hopefully, a modest improvement in quarterly performance,? but the world . The ambition is unapologetic. It?s a book from a time when technology companies still sounded like they were marching towards utopia, rather than A/B testing your attention span. Condition-wise, this one is Fine , and it genuinely matters here. Because books about corporate empires tend to be handled, referenced, loaned, underlined, and generally ?used? in the way that sounds respectable but looks dreadful. Not this copy. This is very well preserved , kept in an archival plastic sleeve like it?s an artefact from the early civilisation of computing ? which, in a way, it is. Crisp, protected, and ready to be admired either as a historical document or as a slightly eerie glimpse into the mindset that shaped modern tech. Perfect for: computing history nerds who like their nostalgia with a side of organisational psychology IBM collectors and ?Big Blue? devotees anyone fascinated by corporate culture at industrial scale readers who enjoy the peculiar thrill of seeing yesterday?s future described with complete sincerity Available now from Crappy Old Books , where the past is neatly sleeved, the paper is still proud, and tomorrow remains?quietly?under revision.…

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 160 pages. Paperback book. Clean pages. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Mild wear and tear to spine, cover edges and corners. Notable tanning and creasing to covers and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Condition : Fair/ study copy in unevenly sunned and marked covers. Former university library copy with associated markings. Hard cover, no jacket. 496pp. No annotations or highlighting. Corners bumped. Photo on request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. first thus, paperback, 96 pages, name to flyleaf, pages browned otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 170.

Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 131 pages: tables. 18cm. Subjects: Industries Great Britain. Stagnation. Industrial policy Great Britain. National economyIndustrial production. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. 1964. Paperback. PENGUIN SPECIALS. This series was for topical interest on contemporary political and social issues. S1 'Germany Puts the Clock Back' by Edgar Mowrer was issued in November 1937. The initial print run of 50,000 books sold out in 4 days. This series achieved very large sales figures, and since Penguin's war-time paper rationing was based on pre-war usage, this greatly helped to sustain Penguin Books during the period of the Second World War. A total of 145 Specials were produced during the war until the end of 1945. A new series of 'Specials' returned to the shelves with the publication of S156The Case for Communism in February 1949. A few of the earlier books were designated 'Pelican Specials' with a blue and white cover, and some found their way into the PELICAN series marked with an 'A'. A number of others were also designated Penguin Handbooks with green covers, and then re-appeared in the newly created series of PENGUIN HANDBOOKS marked with 'PH'-from the Penguin collectors website. Vintage paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 131 pages: tables. 18cm. Subjects: Industries Great Britain. Stagnation. Industrial policy Great Britain. National economyIndustrial production. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. paperback, 152pp, illustrated, pages browning, text otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine not creased, Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper, pp.xxii, 496. The inner workings over 20 years of the IBM corporation. Early concerns regarding unlimited technological growth - sounds familiar. Dustwrapper rather edgeworn and rubbed, with some small splits and two longish closed splits to front cover. Minor bump to cover lower edge. Contents clean, tight. VG in fair dustwrapper.…

Condition: Very Good. 1964. Paperback. PENGUIN SPECIALS. This series was for topical interest on contemporary political and social issues. S1 'Germany Puts the Clock Back' by Edgar Mowrer was issued in November 1937. The initial print run of 50,000 books sold out in 4 days. This series achieved very large sales figures, and since Penguin's war-time paper rationing was based on pre-war usage, this greatly helped to sustain Penguin Books during the period of the Second World War. A total of 145 Specials were produced during the war until the end of 1945. A new series of 'Specials' returned to the shelves with the publication of S156The Case for Communism in February 1949. A few of the earlier books were designated 'Pelican Specials' with a blue and white cover, and some found their way into the PELICAN series marked with an 'A'. A number of others were also designated Penguin Handbooks with green covers, and then re-appeared in the newly created series of PENGUIN HANDBOOKS marked with 'PH'-from the Penguin collectors website. Vintage paperback. . . . .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 186 pp. Index, diagrams. Describes an early home information dissemination system launched by the British Post Office. One of the precursors to today's use of the Internet. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Tapa Dura. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Aceptable. 1ª Edición. Traducción M. Fernández de Castro. Colecc. Best Sellers'. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Buen estado.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. R506291. Grijalbo - 650pp.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Aceptable. L46485. Grijalbo - 650pp Cartoné, sobrecubierta con ilustraciones. PA.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Ix, 219 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First And Only Printing (1980). Fine In Fine Dust Jacket, Unpriced. One Of Sf Writer A. E. Van Vogt's "Author's Copies" With His Label On Front Endpaper.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Some marking due to age on pages and foxing stains, but still very usable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

8°, O.Broschur. 132 S. Etwas verblichen. Name auf dem Vortitel. 75909 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Taschenbuch / 11x18. Condition: Gut. 132 S. Eigentümereintrag 200655963 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.

MALIK, Rex LA IBM POR DENTRO. Y mañana ¿el mundo? Ediciones Grijalbo 1978 1ª ed Rústica editorial ilustrada -2KG Buen Estado Las tácticas de la IBM y sus planes para el futuro son, por lo tanto, de un interés y una importancia inmediatos 650 pp V (Ref.-1334) libroBarcelona.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.