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(bell laboratories). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 53 - July to December 1974
New York 1974. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Thick large octavo. Green buckram binding. Issue covers bound in. pp. 955-2276. gilt spine lettering. Number stamp on front end paper; college library stamps on closed page ends top, bottom and side and front cover of each issue. no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Text clean and bright. Binding very secure. Near Fine. (a101254)
$65.00(bell laboratories). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 44 pt 2 - July to December 1965
New York 1965. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Thick large octavo. Green buckram binding. Issue covers bound in. pp. 937-2455. gilt spine lettering. Number stamp on front end paper; college library stamps on closed page ends top, bottom and side and front cover of each issue. no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Text clean and bright. Binding very secure. Near Fine. (a101255)
$65.00Ives, Herbert E. , Frank Gray, J W Horton , R C Mathes et al. SYMPOSIUM ON TELEVISION - A GROUP OF FIVE PAPERS DESCRIBING THE APPARATUS AND METHODS USED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF TELEVISION OVER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS OF THE BELL SYSTEM - articles in one complete hardcover volume of BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 6 , 1927 Jan - Dec
New York 1927. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Thick large octavo. Green buckram binding. Issue covers not bound in. pp.1-754. Photo illustrations and foldout charts. The 5 articles on television are on pp. 551-652 with interesting photo illustrations of early television equipment. Gilt spine lettering. Number stamp on front end paper; college library stamps on closed page ends top, bottom and side and front cover of each issue. no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Text clean and bright. Binding very secure. Near Fine. (a101258)
$340.00Weaver, A and N A Newell. IN-BAND SINGLE-FREQUENCY SIGNALING - article in one complete hardcover volume of BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 33 , 1954
New York 1954. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Thick large octavo. Green buckram binding. Issue covers not bound in. pp.1-1400. The famous Weaver and Newell article pp. 1309-1330 along with an article in November 1960 gave information which allowed clever readers to make free long distance telephone calls. Photo illustrations and foldout charts. Gilt spine lettering. Number stamp on front end paper; college library stamps on closed page ends top, bottom and side and front cover of each issue. no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Text clean and bright. Binding very secure. Near Fine. (a101259)
$395.00Naur, Peter and Brian Randell. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - REPORT OF A CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE NATO SCIENCE COMMITTEE
January 1969 first edition. Blue octavo wraps. Chairman of conference: Dr. F L Bauer. Held in Garmisch, Germany, October 1968. 231p. VG. no owner marks. (a101307)
$100.00Gell-Man, Murray . MODEL OF THE STRONG COUPLINGS - article in one complete issue of Physical Review 106, no. 6, JUNE 15, 1957
Lancaster, PA 1957 first edition. American Physical Society. In Original green printed wraps. sm4to. Gell-Mann article pp. 1296-1300. Complete issue paginated 1113-1392. VG. text clean. Red name stamp of Alexander Oppenheim (the British mathematician) on front cover. Gell-Man was awarded a Nobel in 1969 for his work in classifying elementary particles and their interactions. (a101458)
$100.00Zimmermann, H J and G G Harvey. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORY OF ELECTRONICS - QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT NO. 76. JANUARY 15, 1965
4to wraps. 366p. Some photo illus. Reports and full listing of students and faculty. Stamped "discard" on front cover. Good. Binding secure; text Fine and clean. Some cover wear. (a102452)
$65.00van der Poel, Willem. A SIMPLE ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER - article in one complete issue of APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH , 1952
The Hague. 1952 first edition. Martinus Nijhoff. octavo wraps. van der Poel article pp. 367-400. VG. no owner marks. (a102931)
$195.00 Riddle, Robert and M. Ristenbatt . TRANSISTOR PHYSICS AND CIRCUITS
NJ 1958 3rd Prentice Hall. 8vo., 428pp., index, hardcover. Owner name stamp on end papers. Fine in Good DJ. (a12151)
$26.00 Richards, R.K. . ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS IN DIGITAL COMPUTERS
Princeton 1957 Sixth Printing. Lg.8vo., 397pp., index. Institution stamp on front blank fly leaf. VG in VG DJ, spine browned. (a26669)
$45.00 Becker, J.A. and C.B Green and G.L. Pearson . PROPERTIES AND USES OF THERMISTORS
NY n.d. (1947?) Bell Laboratories. Bell Telephone System Technical Publications, Monograph B-1443. 4to., 43pp., wraps (3 holes punched at left for binder, as issued). Originally published in 1946 and 1947, this is the first separate appearance of this paper. VG. (a30782)
$125.00 (computers) . SPECIALIZED SERVOMECHANISMS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Washington 1957. CREI (Capitol Radio Engineering Institute) Section 6, Technical Assignment Digital Computers- I, Digital Computers-II, Logical Design of Digital Computer Circuitry, Data Processing, Instrumentation. Training manual in 5 sub-sections. Large octavo, 49pp., 52pp., 45pp., 43pp., 40pp., illustrations, foldout charts, exam questions at the end of each sub-section, spiral bound stiff wraps. VG. (a36271)
$45.00 Wozencraft, John M. and Barney Reiffen . SEQUENTIAL DECODING
Cambridge & London 1961 1st. 8vo., 74pp., hardcover. Owner signed. VG, slight spot on cover and owner name stamp, no DJ. (a37401)
$25.00 Engeler, Erwin . FORMAL LANGUAGES: AUTOMATA AND STRUCTURES
Chicago 1968 Markham. Octavo, 81pp., wraps. VG. (a37928)
$55.00 (computers) . HOW TO SUCCEED WITH NUMERICAL CONTROL PROCEEDINGS 2ND ANNUAL MEETING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE NUMERICAL CONTROL SOCIETY
NY 1965 Numerical Control Society. 4to., about 300pp., monochrome photo illus., wraps. Good, lacks rear wrap, light soiling and wear. (a44465)
$150.00 (computers) . FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AND TECHNICAL CONFERENCE NUMERICAL CONTROL SOCIETY
NY 1964 Numerical Control Society. 4to., about 200 leaves preinted on rectos only, diagrams, full page monochrome photro illustrations, stapled wraps. Good, light soiling and wear. (a44466)
$150.00 IBM . IBM COMPUTING REPORT FOR THE SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER 1965-1974
New York. 1965-1974. Ten years of this quarterly journal published by IBM. Begins with Volume 1 number 1 May 1965 and continues through Summer 1974. Bound in three 4to. volumes, numerous photo illustrations, original journal covers included. Bound in black library buckram. Institution stamps on fore-edges and on covers of individual issues. Mailing label affixed to each issue (on rear or front cover). Leaves have been trimmed as part of rebinding (not affecting text). other than library markings volumes are Near Fine. Set of 3 volumes: (a46383)
$350.00 Withington, Frederic G. . THE REAL COMPUTER ITS INFLUENCE, USES AND EFFECTS
Massachusetts 1969 1st Addison Wesley. Octavo, 350pp., index, hardcover. Owner signed. VG , light paperclip effects on initial pages, corners gently bumped, in VG DJ, light wear. (a53437)
$38.00 Shea, Richard .F . TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT ENGINEERING
NY 1957 1st Wiley. The first book in the field to supply quantitative design information. 8vo., 468pp., hardcover. Owner signed. VG in Good DJ. (a54905)
$22.00 Chelyustkin, A. B. . PROBLEMS IN THE AUTOMATION OF THE METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY
NY 1962 1st Macmillan. Translated from the Russian by H. Massey, edited by H Protheroe. Small octavo, 99pp., blue cloth hardcover. Ex-university library. VG. (a63997)
$55.00 Rand Kardex . RECORDED EXPERIENCE
1927 4th Rand Kardex Library Bureau Division. Promotional brochure offering computing and calculating services to provide prompt and pertinent sales facts. Hardcover. Small octavo, 66pp., foldout charts, many photo illustrations of Kardex employees at work, original cloth with later paper spine. One can feel all the pent-up need for electronic calculators and computers which would come a half century later. Good. (a64226)
$45.00 Hohl, Frank . COMPUTER SIMULATION OF A CYLINDRICAL GALAXY
May 1969. NASA TND-5200. 4to, 49pp., original printed wraps. Small ink scribble on cover. Good, light wear. (a71146)
$55.00IBM. IBM DATA PROCESSING CUSTOMER EXECUTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM
1970. 4to., about 200pp., much on Fortran, spiral bound printed 3-ring hardcover binder. VG. (a71585)
$60.00 Knodel, Paul C. . SOIL TESTS COMPUTER PROGRAMS
Washington 1966 U.S. Department of Interior. Water Resources Technical Publication Research Report No. 3. 4to., 144pp., diagrams, original decorated wraps. A few Depository Library and number stamps. VG. (a73303)
$45.00 (telephone; Shannon, C. E.) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 30 JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1951
Murray Hill 1951. 5 ssues of this journal (January through October, Parts I and II) bound in one volume. Includes Shannon's Prediction and Entropy of Printed English at pp. 50-64. Hardcover. Octavo, 1255pp., green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine. (a76802a)
$150.00 Shannon, C. E, . PREDICTION AND ENTROPY OF PRINTED ENGLISH (hardcover)
Murray Hill 1951. Article by Shannon at pp. 50-64 in the Bell System Technical Journal Volume 30. Included in a volume of 10 issues of this journal - the complete year of 1915, January through October, bound in one volume. Hardcover. Octavo, 1255pp., original covers included, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine. (a76802b)
$150.00(Bardeen, John; Hamming, R. W. et al). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 29 1950 (JANUARY-OCTOBER, COMPLETE YEAR)
New York 1950. 4 issues of this quarterly journal -January through October 1950 bound in one volume. This volume contains some of the key papers in the development of Semiconductor and computer technology e.g, John Bardeen (Theory of Relation Between Hole Concentration); Hamming, R. W. (Error Detecting and Error Correcting Codes). Octavo, 675pp., diagrams and photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom page fore-edges -no other libary marks at all . Binding very secure; no tears; no wear. W. T. Rea in gilt on front, otherwise Fine. (a76805)
$200.00 (telephone) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 15 1936 (JANUARY-OCTOBER, COMPLETE YEAR)
New York 1936. 4 issues of this quarterly journal -January through October 1936, bound in one volume. Octavo, 634pp., diagrams and photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom page fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front o/w Near Fine. (a76806)
$75.00 (telephone) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 16 JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1937
New York 1937. 4 issues of this quarterly journal (January through October 1937) bound in one volume with original covers. Octavo, 583pp., photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine. (a76817)
$75.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 19 JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1940 (COMPLETE YEAR)
Murray Hill 1940. Complete year bound in one volume. Large octavo, 651pp., photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine. (a76951)
$145.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 34 - JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1955 (COMPLETE YEAR)
Murray Hill 1955. Complete year bound in one volume. Large octavo, 1330pp., photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine. (a76952)
$145.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 21-22 JUNE 1942 THRU JULY 1943
Murray Hill 1943. One year bound in one volume. Large octavo, 402pp., photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine. (a76953)
$85.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 23 JANUARY THRU OCTOBER 1944 (COMPLETE YEAR)
Murray Hill 1944. Complete year bound in one volume. Large octavo, 460pp., photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea in gilt on front. Near Fine. (a77007)
$95.00 (bell laboratories) . BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 43 PART ONE JANUARY NO. 1 PART1, JANUARY NO. 1 PART 2 , MARCH, MAY 1964 (4 ISSUES)
Murray Hill 1964. 4 issues bound in one volume, with original blue wraps. Large octavo, 1154p., photo illustrations, green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. Near Fine. (a77017)
$80.00 Redheffer, R. M. . CALCULATING MACHINE FOR FOURIER TRANSFORMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
1946 MIT. Technical Report No. 13, September 3, 1946. Research laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 4to., 41pp., line drawings, original printed wraps. VG, light soiling on front. Very Scarce. (a77835)
$200.00 Goeppert-Mayer, Maria ; John von Neumann et al . MONTE CARLO METHOD
Washington 1951 1st Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards. Applied Mathematics Series 12. 4to. , 42pp., original blue printed wraps. Includes Nobel Prize Winner Maria Mayer's Report on a Monte Carlo Calculation Performed with the Eniac, and John von Neumann's article Various Techniques Used in Connection with Random Digits. Several additional articles as well. VG, light spot of water stain on top margin on initial pages. No owner ship markings, text clean and binding secure. (a78158)
$145.00 Chestnut Harold and Robert Mayer . SERVOMECHANISMS AND REGULATING SYSTEM DESIGN VOLUME 1
NY 1957 first edition, 7th printing Wiley. Hardcover. Octavo., 505pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a85099)
$25.00 Smith, George W and Roger C Wood . PRINCIPLES OF ANALOG COMPUTATION
New York 1959 first edition. McGraw Hill. Hardcover octavo. 234p. VG plus. no ownership marks. no dj. (a93784)
$45.00(bell laboratories). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 49 - NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1970
Murray Hill 1970. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Issues for November and December bound in one volume. Large octavo, paginated pp. 1995-3019, photo illustrations. Original blue issue covers bound in. Green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. VG +. (a94600)
$75.00(bell laboratories). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 42 - SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1963
Murray Hill 1963. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Issues for September through November bound in one volume. Large octavo, paginated1941-2974. photo illustrations, original blue issue covers bound in. Green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea (Wilton T. Rea, Princeton University, expert in telegraphy, etc.) in gilt on front board. Text clean and fine; overall VG plus. (a94601)
$95.00Pines, David, John Bardeen and Charles P. Slichter. NUCLEAR POLARIZATION AND IMPURITY-STATE SPIN RELAXATION PROCESSES IN SILICON - article in one complete issue of Physical Review 106, no. 3, May 1, 1957
Lancaster, PA 1957 first edition. American Physical Society. In Original green printed wraps. sm4to. Pines Bardeen and Slichter article on pp. 489-498. complete issue paginated 391-607. VG light rusting on binding staples. text clean. Red name stamp of Alexander Oppenheim (the British mathematician) on front cover. (a94607)
$650.00Gell-Man, Murray and A. Pais. BEHAVIOUR OF NEUTRAL PARTICLES UNDER CHARGE CONJUGATION - article in one complete issue of Physical Review 97, no. 5, March 1, 1955
Lancaster, PA 1955 first edition. American Physical Society. In Original green printed wraps. sm4to. Gell-Mann and Pais article pp. 1387-1389. Complete issue paginated 1191-1417. VG text clean. Red name stamp of Alexander Oppenheim (the British mathematician) on front cover. Gell-Man was awarded a Nobel in 1969 for his work in classifying elementary particles and their interactions. (a94608)
$100.00Gordon, J P, H J Zeigler and C H Townes. THE MASER - NEW TYPE OF MICROWAVE AMPLIFIER, FREQUENCY STANDARD AND SPECTROMETER - article in one complete issue of Physical Review - vOLUME 99, SECON DSERIES, NO. 4, AUGUST 15, 1955
Lancaster, PA 1955 first edition. American Physical Society. In Original green printed wraps. sm4to. Maser article pp. 1264-1275. Townes was awarded the Nobel in 1964 for this work on maser-laser principles. Complete issue paginated 1059-1337 . VG plus, text clean. Red name stamp of Alexander Oppenheim (the British mathematician) on front cover. (a94610)
$950.00Early, J M. DESIGN THEORY OF JUNCTION TRANSISTORS (in one complete issue of Bell System Technical Journal, November 1953)
NY 1953 first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Original blue printed wraps. octavo. Early article on pp. 1271-1312. Entire issue paginated 1271-1517. VG company name stamp on cover. Binding secure; clean, no marks. James M. Early, 1922-2004, made several important contributions to development of transistors. (a94952)
$195.00(bell laboratories). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 53 - JANUARY TO JUNE 1974
New York 1974. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Thick large octavo. Green buckram binding. Issue covers bound in. 954p. gilt spine lettering. Number stamp on front loose end paper; college library stamps on closed page ends top, bottom and side and front cover of each issue. no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Text clean and bright. Binding very secure. Near Fine. Two volume set. (a95136)
$65.00(bell laboratories). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 49 - JULY TO OCTOBER 1970
New York 1970. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Thick large octavo. Green buckram binding. Issue covers bound in. Paginated pp. 921-1994. gilt spine lettering. college library stamps on closed page ends top, bottom and side and front cover of each issue. no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Text clean and bright. Binding very secure. Near Fine. (a95137)
$75.00(bell laboratories). BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 13 - JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1934 (4 issues)
New York 1934. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Thick large octavo. Green buckram binding. Issue covers not bound in. 705p. gilt spine lettering. college library stamps on closed page ends top, bottom and side and front cover of each issue. no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Text clean and bright. Binding very secure. Near Fine. (a95138)
$85.00Shewhart, W A. CORRECTION OF DATA FOR ERRORS OF AVERAGES OBTAINED FROM SMALL SAMPLES; CORRECTION OF DATA FOR ERRORS OF MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL CHARTS - 3 articles in one volume of BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 5 - 1926
Murray Hill 1926. first edition. (However titlepage and table of contents printed in 1936 according to a note.) American Telephone and Telegraph. Complete year bound in one hardcover volume. Large octavo, 661., photo illustrations, several large foldout charts. green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea (Wilton T. Rea, Princeton University, expert in telegraphy, etc.) in gilt on front board. Text clean and fine; overall Near Fine. (a95139)
$150.00Bode, H W; E Bruce and A C Beck. A GENERAL THEORY OF ELECTRIC WAVE FILTERS; EXPERIMENTS WITH DIRECTIVITY STEERING ; HORIZONATAL RHOMBIC ANTENNAS- 3 articles in one volume of BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 14 - 1935
Murray Hill 1935. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Complete year bound in one volume. Large octavo, 730 p., photo illustrations, foldout chart. green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea (Wilton T. Rea, Princeton University, expert in telegraphy, etc.) in gilt on front board. Text clean and fine; overall VG. (a95140)
$100.00Goodall, W M; L W Morrison. TELEPHONE BY PULSE CODE MODULATION; RADAR RECEIVER - 2 articles in one volume of BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 26 - 1947
Murray Hill 1947. first edition. American Telephone and Telegraph. Hardcover. Large octavo, 904 p., photo illustrations, foldout chart. Goodall article on pp. 395-409; Morrison on pp. 693-817. green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Institution stamps on top and bottom fore-edges. W. T. Rea (Wilton T. Rea, Princeton University, expert in telegraphy, etc.) in gilt on front board. Text clean and fine; gentle bump to lower rear cover tip. Overall VG plus. (a95141)
$110.00. GMB - 486UNL 80486 VESA MAINBOARD USER'S GUIDE
no date. 1980s??. 12mo wraps. 43p. VG. (a96315)
$39.00Munson, John H. COMPUTER RECOGNITION OF HAND-PRINTED TEXT - Article in one complete issue of JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHIC RESEARCH JAN 1969
Cleveland, Ohio 1969 first edition. octavo wraps. 112p. Munson article pp. 31-61. VG. (a98381b)
$35.00