PUNCHED CARD TABULATORS, A GROUP OF 16 WORKS

i. Aikele, Erwin (1904-2002). Betriebsabrechnung mit IBM-Lochkarten. Darmstadt: Otto Elsner, 1952, folio, third edition, original printed paper wrappers [T&W A49]ii. Baehne, George W., editor. Practical applications of the punched card method in colleges and universities. New York: Columbia University Press, 1935, 8vo, 259 illustrations including 12 pages of photographic plates, original cloth [B73; Origins of Cyberspace 219]iii. Blaschke, Ernst (1856-1926). Vorlesungen Uber Mathematische Statistik. Leipzig: Teubner, 1906, 8vo, five pages of photographic plates, original cloth, (bought from Elgen, 1996), [T&W B178], library markings iv. Boesel, Rudolf. Die Lochkarte im Fabrikbetrieb. Berlin: Carl Heymanns, 1930, folio, six pages of plates, original printed paper wrappers, (bought from Interlibrum, Vaduz, 1993), [T&W B183], damp-stained v. Bolle, Georges, ed. Conférence sur les applications des machines statistiques au P.-L.-M. Nancy: Berger-Levrault, 1930, small folio, three pages of photographic plates, appendix with 8 illustrations, original printed paper wrappers, (bought from Pickering & Chatto, 1993), [T&W B194]vi. Casey, Robert S. (1898-1981), and Perry, James W. (1907-1971). Punched cards: their applications to science and industry. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1951, 8vo, first edition, second printing, original cloth, [T&W C34; Origins of Cyberspace 524] vii. Another edition. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1958, 8vo, second edition "revised and enlarged", original cloth, dust-jacket, jacket torn, [T&W C35; Origins of Cyberspace 525]viii. Eckert, Wallace John (1902-1971). Punched card methods in scientific computation. Columbia University: Thomas J. Watson Astronomical Computing Bureau, 1940, 8vo, original cloth, [T&W E1; Origins of Cyberspace 576; Randell 1979 p.128], one page torn with loss of text ix. Friedman, Burton D. Punched card primer. New York: Public Administration Service, 1955, 4to, original printed paper boards, [T&W F99], library markingsx. IBM. [Trade catalogue]. [New York, c.1926], 12mo, original printed paper wrappers, with original printed envelope, [T&W I6]xi. [IBM]-Compagnie Electro-Comptable. Principes et machines electro-comptables. Calculatrices Type 601. [Paris]: Compagnie electro-comptable, 1943, 4to, original printed paper wrappers, [T&W C130]xii. [IBM]-Compagnie Electro-Comptable. Principes et machines electro-comptables. Tabulatrices alpha-numériques type 405. [Paris]: Compagnie electro-comptable, 1945, 4to, original printed paper wrappers, with loose insert [T&W C131]xiii. McPherson, John C. (1911-1999). Mathematical Operations with Punched Cards, in Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 37, no. 218, June 1952, 8vo, original printed paper wrappers, [T&W M76; Randell 1979 p.151]xiv. Sassenfeld, Helmut Max (1920-2014). Uber die Bedeutung von Lochkartenmaschinen für die Praktische Analysis. Dresden, [c.1953], 4to, offprint from Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Technischen Hochschule Dresden, vol. 2, no. 3, with three other offprints by the same author, [T&W S16]xv. Scheele, Martin (1920-c.1983). Die Lochkartenverfahren in Forschung und Dokumentation. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche, 1954, 8vo, original cloth, [T&W S25], library stamps xvi. Snedecor, George W. (1881-1974). Uses of punched card equipment in mathematics, in The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 35, no. 3, March 1928, large 8vo, later cloth, [T&W S152; Randell 1979 p.164], library bookplate

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