Author: HORSBURGH, E.M. [ EDITED BY, WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL R. WILLIAMS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Title: Handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Celebration, or Modern Instruments and Methods of Calculation
Description: Los Angeles / San Francisco, Tomash Publishers. 1982, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 0938228102). Cloth, 4to. Limited Edition, Hardback.200mm x 288mm tall (8" x 11.25" approx). Pp xi, vii, 343, xii, + 7 plates, and with 212 illustrations in b/w and line in the text. Almost fine, in the original red cloth-covered boards/gilt titles. Published, in a Limited Edition, of 1,000 only, as Volume 3 in the Reprint Series for the History of Computing. Some additional postage may be required for this heavy volume. Please enquire for details of the cheapest mailing option before ordering. Almost Fine/No d/w.

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