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The differential analyzer. A new machine for solving differential equations by BUSH, VANNEVAR

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Title: The differential analyzer. A new machine for solving differential equations
Author: BUSH, VANNEVAR
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute, 1931. First edition. cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION WITH IMPORTANT PROVENANCE OF THE FIRST REPORT ON VANNEVAR BUSH'S DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER, THE MOST POWERFUL COMPUTING MACHINE PRIOR TO THE ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER. "In 1930, an engineer named Vannevar Bush at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed the first modern analog computer. The Differential Analyzer, as he called it, was an analog calculator that could be used to solve certain classes of differential equations... Utilizing a complicated arrangement of gears and cams driven by steel shafts, the Differential Analyzer could obtain practical (albeit approximate) solutions to problems which up to that point had been prohibitively difficult. The Differential Analyzer was a great success; it and various copies located at other laboratories were soon employed in solving diverse engineering and physics problems" (Britannica). The "challenge of linking together multiple integrators was not mastered until 1931, when an MIT engineering professor, Vannevar Bush-remember his name, for he is a key character in this book-was able to build the world's first analog electrical-mechanical computer. He dubbed his machine a Differential Analyzer. It consisted of six wheel-and-disk integrators, not all that different from Lord Kelvin's, that were connected by an array of gears, pulleys, and shafts rotated by electric motors. It helped that Bush was at MIT; there were a lot of people around who could assemble and calibrate complex contraptions. The final machine, which was the size of a small bedroom, could solve equations with as many as eighteen independent variables. Over the next decade, versions of Bush's Differential Analyzer were replicated at the U.S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and Manchester and Cambridge universities in England. They proved particularly useful in churning out artillery firing tables-and in training and inspiring the next generation of computer pioneers" (Isaacson, The Innovators). Provenance: From the library of the publisher, the Franklin Institute; also the OCC ("Origins of Cyberspace") copy, sold at Christie's in 2005.  In: Journal of the Franklin Institute 212 (July-December 1931): 447-88. Octavo, green cloth with "Franklin Institute" blind-stamped on front board. The complete volume 212 (pages 1-816), complete with general title and index. Very light wear to binding; text fine. A milestone in computer history. RARE.

LORD JIM, A TALE by (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN-RIVIERE). (LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB). CONRAD, JOSEPH

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Title: LORD JIM, A TALE
Author: (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN-RIVIERE). (LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB). CONRAD, JOSEPH
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: [New Haven: Printed by Yale University Press for] The Limited Editions Club, 1959. No. 254 OF 1,500 COPIES, signed by the illustrator. 235 x 178 mm. (9 1/4 x 7"). x, [2], 407, [2] pp. VERY FINE GILT PICTORIAL DARK BLUE MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE (signed on rear turn-in), front cover with French fillet border and large center panel with titling at the top and a scene in gilt below showing a ship under full sail, the setting sun in the background, and tropical vegetation (including a tall palm tree) in the left foreground, raised bands (decorated with a gilt chain rule), spine in compartments formed by gilt rules and featuring a gilt anchor, red and green labels, gilt ruled and decorated turn-ins, watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. In custom-made imitation morocco slipcase. Lithographed illustrations in the text by Lynd Ward (some full-page, some in color). Newmand & Wiche 300. ◆A pristine copy. This is an attractively produced edition of one of the great modern English novels, both in terms of psychological delineation and innovative narrative technique; and our copy is offered in an appropriately nautical binding by the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. Polish-born Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) led a roving life as a sailor aboard French and British ships trading in exotic ports of Asia, South America, and Africa before he began his career as a novelist with "Almayer's Folly" in 1895. He wrote in English, in a style sometimes characterized as "impressionistic," with a phenomenal command of the language, despite not having learned it until he was an adult. Conrad's stories of the sea fascinate the reader not only for their remote settings and adventurous plots, but also for their psychological veracity and investigation of moral issues. For example, the present work, his best-known novel, centers on the guilt and atonement of its central character, Jim, an officer who commits the unforgivable sin of jumping overboard, rather than going down with his apparently sinking vessel. Only it somehow stays afloat, and Jim is left to combat a stalking opprobrium of the highest order. Founded in Bath in 1894, the Bayntun bindery has provided beautiful bindings for bibliophiles for more than a century. In 1937, Bayntun acquired the Riviere bindery, which had been in business since 1829, and began signing its bindings "Bayntun-Riviere," as here..

Peplus Italiae; Cryptae Massiliacensis Topographia by Toscano, Giovanni Matteo

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Title: Peplus Italiae; Cryptae Massiliacensis Topographia
Author: Toscano, Giovanni Matteo
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Lutetiae (Paris): Fédéric Morel, 1578. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. (16),118,(8 blanks). Recent full brown leather spine in six compartments, gilt; antique marbled paper in a non-pareil design inlaid on the boards; double marbled endpapers. A fine copy. With Toscano's tribute to Marcilhac-sur-Célé, the Cryptae Massiliacensis Topographia, present at pp. 119-124. In Latin Blank pages at the end, apparently added later, are an index of authors in a contemporary hand. One leaf seems to be excised. Contains epigrams on 200 Italian writers, poets, scholars, etc. from Dante Alighieri to Giovanni Carga, each with a short biography of the person honored. It is considered a valuable source of information on Italian culture and intellectual life in the 16th century. It is also a work of art in its own right, with its elegant Latin prose and its insightful and often witty portraits of the individuals it celebrates. It was later reprinted in Hamburg in 1730. The book is dedicated to Antonio Ebrard Sansuplicianum, Bishop and Count of Cahors, France. In the dedication, Toscano expresses his admiration for Italian culture and his hope that his book will help to spread knowledge of Italian writers and scholars throughout Europe. .

The Days of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Bishop, Jim [Lewis, John]

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: The Days of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Bishop, Jim [Lewis, John]
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Signed by Congressman John Lewis, the first edition of The Days of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Jim Bishop.. Octavo, xii, 516pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $8.95 retail price on front flap, shelf wear, a few shallow chips to top edge, a near fine example. Signed by the Congressman and Civil Rights advocate John Lewis on the front free endpaper. John Lewis (1940-2020) served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987-2020, representing Georgia's 5th Congressional District. He was a lifelong civil rights activist, helping to organize the March on Washington in 1963, and he led the first of three marches from Selma to Montgomery across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

On the Other Hand; A Life Story by Wray, Fay

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Title: On the Other Hand; A Life Story
Author: Wray, Fay
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of On the Other Hand: A Life Story by actress Fay Wray.. Octavo, xv, 270pp. Yellow hardcover, title in silver on spine. Stated "First Edition" with full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block. In the publisher's dust jacket, $16.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear and sunning to spine, near fine. Signed by Fay Wray on the half title page. Fay Wray (1907-2004) famously portrayed Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Her acting career spanned nearly six decades, often with a focus in horror films. Wray is now recognized as one of the earliest "scream queens.

Automation in the American Automobile Industry. Reprints of Articles by... [cover title] by [Technology]. [United Automobile Workers]. [Ford Motor Company]

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Seller: McBride Rare Books

Title: Automation in the American Automobile Industry. Reprints of Articles by... [cover title]
Author: [Technology]. [United Automobile Workers]. [Ford Motor Company]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: London, England: Labour Information Office / United States Information Service, 1955. Very good.. 29pp. Folio. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Noticeable toning and spotting to wrappers, minor edge wear. Light toning to first text leaf. A rare collection of offprints of three articles which first appeared in the English publication Labour News from the U.S. in 1955 on the subject of automation in the American car industry, along with a glossary of terms compiled by the United Auto Workers (UAW). Two of the articles were authored by Walter P. Reuther, president of the UAW, and the third was written by D.J. Davis, vice president of the Ford Motor Company. The articles were presented by the authors to a special joint subcommittee of the United States Congress. Reuther reports from the labor perspective, writing that automation is welcomed by labor unions but he also points out the many problems of the practice. He also discusses the impending effects of electronic computers on society, the responsibilities of employers, the productivity of capital, the need for growth in consumer markets, the need for small business aid, and more. Reuther suggests policies such as a more equitable distribution of the tax burden, adequate unemployment compensation, improved social security, a higher minimum wage, and other improvements that will satisfy the labor market in the advent of more automation. Davis's article provides the Ford Motor Company's perspective on the issue, their definition of automation, as well as its economics and effects. The glossary comes from a pamphlet printed by the UAW the same year and provides definitions of a range of terms such as automation, servomechanism, cybernetics, and robot, among others. We locate no other copies of this collection of offprints on automation from 1955, providing early information on the effects of computers, and perhaps foretelling the advent of artificial intelligence, on American industry.

Minutes of the Methodist Conferences, Annually Held in America from 1773 to 1813 Inclusive. Volume the First [no more published] by Methodist Episcopal Church

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Title: Minutes of the Methodist Conferences, Annually Held in America from 1773 to 1813 Inclusive. Volume the First [no more published]
Author: Methodist Episcopal Church
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: New York: Daniel Hitt and Thomas Ware, 1813. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good.. 12mo, iv, [5] - 611, [1 - contents] pp. The name of Collins Denny (Bishop) on the front pastedown. A superb resource for revealing the history and expansion of Methodism in America. They originated as a devotional group within the Anglican Church and in 1784 became the independent Methodist Episcopal Church. Prior to the Civil War Methodism had grown to become the largest American Protestant denomination. In turn it spawned numerous denominations through schisms caused by doctrinal differences and the morality of slavery. S&S #29155; See Burr I, pp. 291-295.

ADAM AND THE GOLDEN COCK by Dalgliesh, Alice; Weisgard, Leonard

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Title: ADAM AND THE GOLDEN COCK
Author: Dalgliesh, Alice; Weisgard, Leonard
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Fine in very good jacket.
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. First edition. Fine in very good jacket.. First printing, set in Connecticut during the American Revolution, signed by Weisgard with a simple ink sketch of the titular rooster. 8'' x 5.75''. Original grey cloth with orange rooster design. In original color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Weisgard with gorgeous two-toned illustrations, many full page. 64 pages. Signed by Weisgard with a sketch in pen. Jacket with some shallow chips and closed tears.

HIGH ON A HILL: A Book of Chinese Riddles by Young, Ed

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Title: HIGH ON A HILL: A Book of Chinese Riddles
Author: Young, Ed
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN: 9780529055538
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Description: New York: Collins, 1980. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this delightful book of riddles in English and Chinese, gathered and illustrated by Ed Young based on his childhood in Shanghai. Ed Young entered the world of illustration as a commercial artist, and this background in compelling visual storytelling is evident in all his books. Over his long career, he has earned two Caldecott Honors and two nominations for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. 8'' x 6.5''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($8.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white and red. [56] pages. Signed by Young to front flyleaf, dated 1986. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Jacket with mild toning to spine. Bright and clean overall.

Mortar Pits -- Cupeño. Vintage photogravure by Curtis, Edward S.

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Title: Mortar Pits -- Cupeño. Vintage photogravure
Author: Curtis, Edward S.
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Seattle, 1926. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 15, pl. 6. Printed on Japanese vellum. Framed. Additional shipping required.

Manuscript Cook Book belonging to Mrs. H.A. Crocker of Winchendon, MA. Dated 1874

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Title: Manuscript Cook Book belonging to Mrs. H.A. Crocker of Winchendon, MA. Dated 1874
Seller: De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description: Hardcover. 34pp of handwritten recipes. Many of the recipes are for desserts and several have the name of the person who gave her the recipes. Some wear and fading to covers. Interior pages in overall good condition. Too bad Betty Crocker is a fictional person or we could spin quite a story.

THE SEXLESS DICTIONARY by HANCOCK, John D.

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Title: THE SEXLESS DICTIONARY
Author: HANCOCK, John D.
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: Palo Alto: Neuter Press, 1976. First Edition. Near fine.. Pseudo-glossary of gender-neutral usage. General 1970s anti-feminist satire, striving throughout for a tone of jollity and good humor. Representative of a political and linguistic sensibility much diminished in dominance in recent decades, but not dead. Scarce. Wraps. 8vo. Mustard-yellow saddle-stapled wraps. Near fine.

Ossibiss: A Mystical Science Fiction Trilogy by Stanloz, Dragan

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Title: Ossibiss: A Mystical Science Fiction Trilogy
Author: Stanloz, Dragan
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780952364702
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [n.p.]: The Classic Print, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed on the half-title by Stanloz. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed, unevenly toned. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Stanloz's trilogy about the time voyages of Arthur as he battles "to liberate the spirit from the mundane humanity," featuring The Serpent's Tail, And Then the Night Fell, and The Gilderthorn.

The Mucker and The Return of the Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Title: The Mucker and The Return of the Mucker
Author: Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Chicago: The Muckers, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Fine in a Fine jacket. Purple paper on the boards. Square, presumably firmly bound and clean internally. One of 250 copies printed for the 2010 Burroughs Dum-Dum. From the collection of Joan Bledig.

THE RHINE FLOWS INTO THE TIBER : THE UNKNOWN COUNCIL by Wiltgen, Ralph M., 1921-

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Title: THE RHINE FLOWS INTO THE TIBER : THE UNKNOWN COUNCIL
Author: Wiltgen, Ralph M., 1921-
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Hawthorn Books, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 304 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Ex-library with usual markings, including library stamps to edges and endpapers, penciled call number on title page verso. Spine is grey with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Light shelf wear, taped to boards, flap corners clipped. Price clipped. Boards in grey cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has tape stains on endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1383979. FP New Rockville Stock.

Quine in Dialogue by Quine, W.V.; Føllesdal, Dagfinn and Quine, Douglas B. (Editors)

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Title: Quine in Dialogue
Author: Quine, W.V.; Føllesdal, Dagfinn and Quine, Douglas B. (Editors)
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo size, pp. From the jacket flap: "Over the course of his life, W.V. Quine, one of the twentieth century's great philosophers, engaged and inspired, interviewed and critiqued countless scholars, critics, and students. The qualities that distinguished him in any discussion are on clear display in this volume, which features hiom in dialogue with his predecessors and peers, his critics and students." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black cloth over boards, gilt lettering and Press device on the spine; octavo size, pagination: [i-vii] viii-x [4] [1] 2-378. In the publisher's jacket which is unclipped and unpriced, summary of the book on the front flap, short bios of editors on back flap. ___CONDITION: Volume fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp and as new. Jacket near fine, clean, the spine retains its original green colour (not sunned), with a few spots of exceedingly minor edgewear. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

DIVERSIFICATIONS [Signed] by Ammons, A.R.

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Title: DIVERSIFICATIONS [Signed]
Author: Ammons, A.R.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Norton, 1975. First edition. First printing. Signed by poet on title page. Light spotting to top edge; Fine. Front flap clipped at the bottom as usual, not affecting price, and only a tiny spot of glue affecting the binding; Fine. A lovely copy.

In the Money: White Mule Part II by WILLIAMS, William Carlos

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Title: In the Money: White Mule Part II
Author: WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1940. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 382 pages. A novel from Williams who was perhaps best known for his poetry. A very good copy in cloth boards with some small staining to the fore edge of some of the pages and in an about very good dust jacket that has numerous edge chips and tears and wear.

Isle of Demons by Bowman, John Clarke

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Title: Isle of Demons
Author: Bowman, John Clarke
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Description: New York: The Dial Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice-looking copy, tight and clean, very light wear to book extremities; jacket shows minor wear at corners]. "This is a basic love story, woven into a tapestry of the glitter, intrigue and violence, of immense courage and over-mastering avarice against a background of 16th Century France and America. Pierre and Marguerite are caught in the age-old struggle of love against the arbitrary powers which band to separate them. They are both orphans, scions of great houses, immured after the custom of 16th Century France, she in a lonely castle and he in the adjacent monastery." She's got quite a dowry, though (great fortune, estates, that sort of thing), so her uncle/custodian offers to marry her off to the highest bidder, "the fifty-five year old humpback, Tournon." Meanwhile, Pierre's got his own problems -- and he's got TWO rotten uncles, a Lord Abbot and an Admiral. .

Mechanical Fly Boy Valentine Holding Hearts in Sky above Waiving Kids

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Title: Mechanical Fly Boy Valentine Holding Hearts in Sky above Waiving Kids
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Description: A two part 4" x 2 3/4" die cut, mechanical valentine with kids on the ground waving to the fly boy in the air. He is sitting on a wing holding a heart. He has on a scarf and cap. The verse reads, 'To My Valentine.' The boy and plane are attached with a fastener that allows the plane to dip and lift, as though flying. The condition is good. Reverse has pencil inscriptions.

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