Saturday, June 26, 2004

Digital Computer Components & Circuits

Digital Computer Components & Circuits
Richards, R. K.
D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1957. 511 Pages.
First edition, first printing.
23.5 cm. Illustrated with schematics, graphs.

Very good/Good +. Lightly rubbed acqua boards, worn
at edges. Unmarked text, no ownership marks. Dust
jacket worn around edges, a few small closed
tears and a fold. A very attractive example
of an early monograph on computer hardware
in the Bell Laboratories Series. The table
of contents is:

* History and introduction
* Diode switching Circuits
* Vacuum Tube Systems of Circuit Logic
* Transistor Circuits of Circuit Logic
* Magnetic Core Systems of Circuit Logic
* Large Capacity Storage (Except magnetic devices)
* Storage on a Magnetic Surface
* Magnetic Core Storage
* Circuit and Tubes for Decimal Counting
* Miscellaneous Components and Circuits
* Analog-to-digital and Digital-to-analog Converters
* Bibliography

This book complements the author's _Arithmetic
Operations in Digital Computers_.
$50 net. Inventory number #15072

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Aerial Bombardment Protection

Aerial Bombardment Protection
by Wessman, Harold E.; Rose, William A.

Book description: Wiley, 1942. 372 pages. 23 cm. 1942 First edition. No dust jacket. Damp stain on bottom edge of last pages. Boards worn, unmarked. Green boards. Inventory #14896. $$24.98

The authors wrote this in response to the air war in Britain. Probably the first civil engineering monograph on building design resistant to bombing. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams. Extensive engineering calculations.

Monday, June 14, 2004

La Dramaturgie Classique En France

La Dramaturgie Classique En France
by Scherer, Jacques

Book Description: A. G. Nizet, Editeur. Good/Wraps. Paperback 1970. French language. Unmarked, front cover corner is clipped. Tanning and somewhat fragile. Most pages are unopened, with rough edges characteristic of this style of book. The book appears to be unmarked. Uncommon. Inventory #14864. $39.98

Saturday, June 12, 2004

The Wonder of the Nineteenth Century : Rock Oil, in Pennsylvania and Elsewhere

The Wonder of the Nineteenth Century : Rock Oil, in Pennsylvania and Elsewhere
by Gale, Thomas A.

Book Description: Ethyl Corporation, 1952. Fine/Very Good. Ethyl Corporation. 1952. Facsimile of the 1860 first edition. 80 pages, 2 pamphlets. In a special form fit case with simulated leather binding, somewhat nicked, some rubbing. Includes explanatory notes in a small pamphlet A business card of an executive of Ethyl is laid in. A very nice example. Inventory #14862. $24.98

Probably the first book ever written about petroleum, only 3 copies are extant of the original. This edition is a facsimile produced by the Ethyl corporation of its copy, probably as a gift item.

Cushman Chronicles : A Tale of Old Chelsea

Cushman Chronicles : A Tale of Old Chelsea
by Sainsbury, Pauline

Book Description: Friebele Press, 1932. Very Good/No Jacket. 126 pages. 24 cm. No dust jacket. Light foxing of endpapers and frontis. Boards a bit soiled, some signs of wear, damp stain rear. No marks. Rough cut edges. Inventory #14778. $39.95

History of the Cushmans in New York City written by a family member. Extensive photographs and genealogy. Don Alonzo Cushman (1792-1875) was an important figure in the growth of early New York.

Friday, June 11, 2004

Le Menu Quotidien

Le menu quotidien : recueil des menus de déjeuners et dîners de famille pour chaque jour de l'année et jours de fêtes, menus de déjeuners et dîners de cérémonie, de repas de noces, de banquets, de déjeuners de chasse, de lunchs, soupers de réveillon,
de buffet de bal: précédé d'une étude sur les menus, le service de la table et les mois gastronomiques. Barthélemy, Fernand; Distel, M. (Preface)

Book Description: Vaugirard, 1903. Hardcover. First edition. Good +/None French language. 191 pages. S.d., but notation "8558, 12-03" on the last page. Sunned, scrapes on printed marble paper-covered boards. Spine ends have some raveling. A few stray ownership marks in pencil. Binding solid. Acidification evident at edges of pages. The only other examples seem to be in the US LOC and the BNF. The BNF dates its copy as 1927, whereas the LOC is 1903?

Chef Barthelémy was one of the early instructors of the Cordon Bleu school. Contains daily menus for every day of the year indexed to the Cordon Bleu 5-volume La Cuisine Pratique. Each month is prefaced by a gastronomic seasonal introduction. There is also an introductory essay. This book has neither recipes nor illustrations. Inventory #14769