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1951 · 9888 — Cambridge MA: Addison-Wesley Press 1951. First edition 8vo. pp. 167 with 2 b/w photographic plates at the front label of Scientific Computing Service Limited London the British distributors pasted onto the title page brown publisher’s cloth; plain buff dustwrapper somewhat worn with hole clipped from the spine allowing the title to be read. Pencilled ownership signature of British mathematician Bryan Birch. Often described as the first textbook on computer programming. Book Addison-Wesley Press, hardcover