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9 Items of Ads and Articles Detailing the First U. S. Personal Computers

1976430various: various 1976. Wrappers. Near fine. 13 vols. All are the 1st appearances anywhere. All in original wrappers near fine. 1: Scientific American Sep. 1971. Page 194 the first ad for the first personal computer Kenbak-1. <br/>2: QST Mar. 1974. Page 154 the first ad for the first Mini-Computer Scelbi-8H. <br/>3: Radio-Electronics Jul. 1974. Pages 29-33 Jonathan A. Titus: Build the Mark 8 Minicomputer the first magazine project microcomputer. <br/>4: Popular Electronics Jan. 1975. Pages 33-38 Edward H. Roberts and William Yates: Altair 8800 Minicomputer part 1. <br/>5: Popular Electronics Feb. 1975. Pages 56-58 Edward H. Roberts and William Yates: Altair 8800 Minicomputer part 2. <br/>6: Byte Magazine. First 5 issues Sep. 1975-Jan. 1976. Loaded with goodies. <br/>7: Computer Notes Altair Users Group Nov.-Dec. 1975. Page 19 Bill Gates: The Status of BASIC the primitive interpreter originally on paper tape first revealed in Mar. 1975 a month before Gates and Allen founded Microsoft. <br/>8: Computer Notes Altair Users Group Jan. 1976. Page 1 announcement of the first Altair Convention. Page 13 Bill Gates article on programming. Page 14 Bill Gates article on software. Issues of Computer Notes are all scarce. <br/>9: Computer Notes Altair Users Group Feb. 1976. Faint stains. Page 3 Bill Gates: An Open Letter to Hobbyists Feb. 3. A highly important statement outlining what became the Microsoft business model and clarifying distinctions between proprietary vs. open-source software Altair licensed Microsoft BASIC.<br/><br/> Footprints on the summit are soon blown away but each of these items made their mark briefly for those who cared at the time so remain worth revering. In Jul. 1975 the first computer store opened in L. A. In Mar. 1976 Albuquerque hosted the first World Altair Computer Conference see no. 8 and by then even novices knew something was happening. And I note that the word "something" as I've used it in the last sentence has no synonym. various unknown books

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A Collection of Material Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty on Bolshevism and Other Affairs in Russia 1919 - 1921

1919002055London: His Majesty Stationary Office 1919. Softcover. A small collection of three volumes of reports published as white papers between 1919 and 1921 they were filed by returning diplomatic representatives in Russia and by appointed British officials and released by the British Government to highlight the "disaster" caused by the Bolshevik rule. - "Russia. No. 1 1919. A Collection of Reports on Bolshevism in Russia." First edition; 13 x 8 1/4; pp. 1 iii-vi 1 2-88; printed off-white wraps; last leaf pp. 87-88 and back wrap perished replaced with a facsimile; front wrap with a bit of dust-dulling and a small handwritten number to upper corner detached; text block clean; good or better condition. After its publication the document was immediately withdrawn and reissued with various excisions and alterations because of its vicious anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and only a handful of copies the original first printing have survived. While some of the verbal attacks on Jews were more subtle others such as that of M. Oudendyk the Netherlands' Minister to Petrograd outright stated: ".I consider that the immediate suppression of Bolshevism is the greatest issue before the World not even excluding the war which is till raging and unless as above stated Bolshevism is nipped in the bud immediately it is bound to spread in one form or another over Europe and the whole World as it is organized and worked by Jews who have no nationality and whose one object is to destroy for their own ends the existing order of things." Also often discussed in the reports was the demise of the Romanov family. - "Miscellaneous. No. 13 1920. Interim Report of the Committee to Collect Information on Russia." First edition; 13 x 8 1/4; pp. 1 3-23; printed off-white wraps illustrated with a vignette separating from the text block; back wrap with cuts nicks and loss of paper along edges not affecting text; cut to bottom edge of front wrap; good to very good condition. The committee was appointed in 1920 and consisted of several prominent British figures including Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins and Alfred Emmott 1st Baron Emmott. Its purpose was "to inquire into conditions under which British subjects were recently imprisoned or detained in Russia and generally to obtain information in regard to the economic and political situation in that country." Some of the topics covered conduct of prison officials and "sidelights of prison life." - "Russia. No. 1 1921. Report Political and Economic of the Committee to Collect Information on Russia." First edition; 13 x 8 1/4; pp. 2 4-167; printed off-white wraps illustrated with a vignette; back wrap separated from the text block; front wrap with a bit of dust-dulling and small chips to corners; very good- condition. Following the previous interim report the current one focused on the political and economic conditions in Russia and covered the effects of the Revolution on the country the attitude of the Soviet Government towards other countries etc. London: His Majesty Stationary Office paperback books

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A Collection of Material Related to Samuel Morse and the Telegraph

185000182872057593498894297: Various 1850. Softcover. Seven pamphlets published between 1842 and 1872 related to artist co-developer of the Morse Code and co-inventor of the single-wire telegraph system Samuel Morse 1791 - 1872 and the telegraph. - Morse Samuel; et al Electro-magnetic Telegraphs. Report No. 17 To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 641. December 30 1842. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1842. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 13 unopened; light age-toning; two punctures for filing to left margin; a small nick to head of spine; small contemporary manuscript note to first page; illustrated with a wood-engraved diagram of "the alphabet for Morse's electro-magnetic telegraph;" very good condition.Printed for the 3rd Session of the 27th Congress of the House of Representatives the pamphlet contains a letter to Samuel Morse complimenting him on his invention by scientist first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and inventor of electromagnets Joseph Henry 1797 - 1878 a letter by Morse describing the history of his electro-magnetic telegraph two reports from the Committee on Commerce and the Committee of Arts and Sciences of the American Institute etc.- United States Department of Treasury Electro-magnetic telegraph. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting the Report of Professor Morse Announcing the Completion of the Electro-magnetic Telegraph between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Doc. No. 270 June 6 1844. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 3; deckled fore-edge; age-toning to margins; a few spots of foxing; very good- condition.Published for the 1st Session of the 28th Congress of the House of Representatives Treasury Department the pamphlet presents a report by Samuel Morse on the experiment and successful completion of establishing a "system of electro-magnetic telegraphs between Washington and Baltimore. Also included is an estimation of the cost for his American telegraph compared to the cost of the English one.- United States Department of Treasury Magnetic Telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Letter from Professor Morse Relative to the Magnetic Telegraph. Doc. No. 24 December 23 1844. Read and Laid Upon the Table. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 18 partially opened; spots of foxing mostly to margins; a few nicks and wrinkles to edges; two punctures for filing to left margin; illustrated with an wood-engraved diagram and tables; very good- condition.The pamphlet contains a letter by Morse to Chairman of Committee on Commerce Isaac Holmes describing new developments surrounding his electro-magnetic telegraph as well as various experiments conducted.- Vail Alfred Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Washington DC: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1845. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. 24 lacking back wrap else complete; front beige wrap with an elaborate engraved border; small loss of paper to lower corner and a penciled-in note to front wrap; illustrated with 14 large wood engravings; two punctures for filing to left margin; good to very good condition.Alfred Vail 1807 - 1859 was the co-inventor together with Samuel Morse of the telegraph. He was in fact the recipient of the first message transmitted in Morse Code - "What hath God wrought" - sent by Samuel himself. He would be responsible for several innovations and improvements to the system expanding Morse's numeric code to include letters and special characters. The booklet described in detail the components of the telegraph its principle "specimen of the telegraphic language" what would become the standard version of the code etc.- Houston John House of Representatives. Legislative Telegraph May 18 1848. Laid upon the Table. Report No. 642. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1848. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/4; loose sheets pp. 8; uniform age-toning with a few spots of foxing; discolored spot to upper half of sheets; some nicks and cuts to edges; good or better condition.The report discusses the inventions by Francis H. Smith Stephen Bowerman and R. E. Monaghan and possible applications of a machine for accelerating the taking of Yeas Nays and other votes in the House of Representatives.- Kendall Amos Morse's Patent. Full Exposure of Dr. Chas. T. Jackson's Pretensions to the invention of the American Electro-magnetic Telegraph. Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers 1852. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. 64; uniform age-toning to wraps; a small discoloration to upper corner; a few spots of foxing; very good condition.Amos Kendall 1789 - 1869 was a lawyer journalist politician and business manager of Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. His current rebuttal was prompted by Dr. Charles T. Jackson's 1805 - 1880 claim that he had discovered the telegraph before Morse and Vail. Jackson was a physician and scientist notorious for his continuous claims of prior discoveries of major scientific inventions. Apart from the telegraph Jackson had also started controversies over William Beaumont's digestive action of the stomach William T. G. Morton's anesthetic effects of Ether and others.- Smith Francis O. J. History Getting Right on the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. S. l.: s. n. n. d. 1872. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 21; scattered small spots; a manuscript note to title page; thin strip of paper loss to last leaf not affecting text; very good condition.Concerning more drama surrounding Morse's invention of the telegraph the pamphlet was written on the occasion of the erection of the Morse Monument in Washington and contained articles and letters claiming that scientist Joseph Henry rather than Morse had invented the system. The author Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith 1806 - 1876 had been Morse's publicity agent counsel and quarter-interest partner but eventually had had a falling out. Various paperback books

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