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CHERNIKHOV, YAKOV GEORGIEVICH. 1889-1951.CHERNIKHOV, YAKOV GEORGIEVICH. 1889-1951.. Sold for US$425,000 inc. premium
CHINA: THE CAMERA CRAFT COLLECTION. An extensive collection of material from the archive of John David Zumbrun and Camera Craft, Beijing, [1910-1929],CHINA: THE CAMERA CRAFT COLLECTION. An extensive collection of material from the archive of John David Zumbrun and Camera Craft, Beijing, [1910-1929],. Sold for US$317,000 inc. premium
LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD. 1888-1935. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. [London: Printed for the author by Manning Pike and H.J. Hodgson, 1926.]LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD. 1888-1935. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. [London: Printed for the author by Manning Pike and H.J. Hodgson, 1926.]. Sold for US$60,000 inc. premium
TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem."TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem.". Sold for US$50,000 inc. premium

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VON NEUMANN, JOHN, and OSKAR MORGENSTERN. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Princeton University Press, 1944.
VON NEUMANN, JOHN, VALENTINE BARGMANN and DEANE MONTGOMERY. Solution of Linear Systems of High Order. [Princeton, NJ]: Institute for Advanced Study, October 10, 1946.
WATSON, JAMES DEWEY, and FRANCIS HARRY COMPTON CRICK. "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." [WITH]: WILKINS, MAURICE H.F., ALEXANDER R. STOKES & HERBERT R. WILSON. "Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids." [WITH]: FRANKLIN, ROSALIND E. & R.G. GOSLING. "Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate." Offprint from: Nature, Vol. 171, p 737, April 25, 1953.
WATSON, JAMES DEWEY, and FRANCIS HARRY COMPTON CRICK. Print Signed ("Francis Crick" and "James D. Watson"), 11 by 8 1/2 inch black and white print on laid paper,
WELFARE ECONOMICS. ARROW, KENNETH J. b.1921. "An Extension of the Basic Theorem of Classical Welfare Economics." In: Proceedings of the Second Berkeley Seminar on Mathematical Statistics and Probability, pp. 507-532. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1951.
VISHNIAC, ROMAN. 1897-1990. [WILLIAMS, CARROLL MILTON. 1916-1991.] Album of 15 unpublished photographs of Dr. Carroll M. Williams and family,
WILLIAMS, CARROLL MILTON. 1916-1991. An extensive archive of material related to the life and work of Harvard entomologist and developmental biologist Dr. Carroll M. Williams, including:
[BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.] LARDNER, DIONYSIUS. "Babbage's Calculating Engine" (running header). IN: The Edinburgh Review for April ... July, 1834. Edinburgh: 1834.
BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871. The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment. London: John Murray, 1837.
[BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.] [LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA BYRON, COUNTESS OF, translator.] MENABREA, LUIGI FEDERICO. "Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage ... with notes by the translator." Pp 666-731. Folding table and text tables. IN: Scientific Memoirs,
SMEE, ALFRED. The Process of Thought adapted to Words and Language. Together with a Description of the Relational and Differential Machines. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.
BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864. An Investigation of the Laws of Thought. London: Walton and Maberly. Cambridge: Macmillan, 1854.
BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871. Passages from the Life of a Philosopher. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864.
POSSELT, EMANUEL ANTHONY. 1858-1921. The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained: With an Appendix on the Preparation of Jacquard Cards.... Philadelphia: under the Auspices of the School [Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art], 1888.
TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem."
SHANNON, CLAUDE E. 1916-2001. "A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits."
MTAC. Mathematical Tables and [other] Aids to Computation. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, January 1943-October 1959. Vol 1, no 1 to Vol 13, no 68.
BUSH, VANNEVAR. 1890-1974. "As We May Think." Pp 101-108. IN: The Atlantic.
MOORE SCHOOL LECTURES. Theory and Techniques for Design of Electronic Digital Computers, Lectures Given at the Moore School 8 July 1946-31 August 1946. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Moore School of Engineering, September 10 and November 1, 1947; June 30, 1948.
ENIAC. GOLDSTINE, HERMAN H., and ADELE GOLDSTINE. "The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)." IN: Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation. Lancaster, PA: National Research Council, July, 1946. Vol 2, no 15.
MARK I MANUAL. [HOPPER, GRACE.] STAFF OF THE COMPUTATION LABORATORY. A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. Harvard University Press: 1946.
HARVARD SYMPOSIUM. Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery. Jointly Sponsored by The Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance and Harvard University at The Computation Laboratory 7-10 January 1947. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1948.
BURKS, ARTHUR W., HERMAN H. GOLDSTINE, and JOHN VON NEUMANN. Preliminary Discussion of the Logical Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument. [Princeton: Institute for Advanced Studies, September 1947.]
VON NEUMANN, JOHN, and HERMAN H. GOLDSTINE. Planning and Coding of Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument: Report on the Mathematical and Logical Aspects of an Electronic Computing Instrument [Princeton, NJ: Institute for Advanced Study], 1947-1948 [but Part II is 1951].
PROSPECTUSES AND ARTICLES ON MACHINES OF THE LATE 1940s TO 1950s. 6 items, comprising:
WILKES, MAURICE, DOUGLAS HARTREE, et al. "A Discussion on Computing Machines." Pp 265-287.
UNIVAC. [ECKERT, J. PRESPER, AND JOHN MAUCHLY.] UNIVAC Summary Report. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. Chapters 1-4. (Cover title.) [Philadelphia]: Prepared by Machine Development Laboratory, National Applied Mathematics Laboratories, National Bureau of Standards, [1948].
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH: DIGITAL COMPUTER NEWSLETTER. SMITH, ALBERT E., A.J. NEUMANN, et al, eds. Digital Computer Newsletter. [Washington]: Office of Naval Research, Mathematical Sciences Division, April 21, 1949 - July, 1961 & July 1962.
THE EARLY BRITISH COMPUTER CONFERENCES. 1. Report of a Conference on High Speed Automatic Calculating-Machines 22-25 June 1949.
WILKES, MAURICE V. 1913-2010. 1. "Programme Design for a High-Speed Automatic Calculating Machine" AND (with W. RENWICK) "The EDSAC—an Electronic Calculating Machine."
TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. "Computing Machinery and Intelligence." Pp 433-460 IN: Mind. Edinburgh: October, 1950. Vol 59, no 236.
I.R.E. COMPUTER ISSUE AND FIRST JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE. 1. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
HOPPER, GRACE MURRAY. 1906-1992.
ELECTRONIC BUSINESS MACHINES. APPEL, RICHARD W., et al. Electronic Business Machines: A New Tool for Management. Boston: [for the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration], June, 1953.
BERKELEY, EDMUND C., ed. Computing Machinery Field. — Computers and Automation. New York: Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates, January, 1953-December, 1956. Vol 2, no 1 to Vol 5, no 12.
UNIVAC. Programming for the Univac System. [Remington Rand: January 1953.]
HOPPER, GRACE MURRAY, et al. Report to the Association for Computing Machinery. First Glossary of Programming Terminology. [New York: A.C.M.], June 1954.
COMPUTER INDUSTRY STOCK ANALYSIS. LITTLE, ARTHUR D., INC. The Electronic Data Processing Industry. Present Equipment, Technological Trends, Potential Market. New York: White, Weld & Co., Members New York Stock Exchange, [1956].
BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY SURVEYS. WEIK, MARTIN H., editor. A Survey [-Fourth Survey] of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: December 1955; June 1957; March 1961; and January 1964.
FORTRAN. [BACKUS, JOHN. 1924-2007. Fortran Introductory Programmer's Manual, etc. New York: I.B.M., March-May, 1957.]
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
APPLE MACINTOSH. Apple Macintosh LC prototype model, 14 x 9 x 10 inches, [Palo Alto, CA, 1989], painted foam,
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