Stifler Editor (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Facsimile Edition. 8vo, Paperback, reprint ed. "This is an authorized Facsimile of the original book, and was produced in 1975 by microfilm-xerography by xerox university mircrofilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A." This book is in good condition with slight bumping to edges/shelf wear. Some foxing to page edges. Blue spine/no text. Size: 8vo. Paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition, 8vo., original navy cloth binding with gold lettering on spine, in a very good unclipped mylar protected DJ with a sunned spine. A thorough early study of the origins of the computer. Charles Brown Tompkins, a pioneering academic in the fields of numeric analysis and computing, wrote the majority of the text, much of which summarizes the work of the Engineering Research Associates computer company, of which he was founder in 1946. I particularly like this quote: A new type of amplifier called the transistor was recently announced by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. It seems likely that this device will simplify computer circuits considerably. It will probably be competitive with the electron tube in total cost per stage.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition, first printing. xiii. [1], 451 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth, ruled in blind on front board and lettered in gilt on spine. Near Fine with trivial foxing to upper textblock edge, light offsetting from jacket to endpapers, and owner inscription to front pastedown. In a scarce Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunned and creased spine panel, light foxing, and moderate wear. The first edition of the foundational text of the American computer industry. This well-organized compendium of components, techniques, and concepts was developed by a research team that had its roots in wartime naval cryptanalysis.