by Antonin Svoboda
First edition, first printing of one of the first books on computer science
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1948. First edition. xii, 359 pp. with fold-out chart in rear pouch. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with black and gilt lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing, a little sunning to spine; contents bright and unmarked. Toning to endpapers and one panel of the fold-out chart. Lacking jacket. An attractive copy in uncommonly nice shape.
One of the first books on computer science by the Czech pioneer of the fault-tolerant computer system. He designed the first Czech computer, SAPO in 1950, the first fault-tolerant computer that was much more advanced than its better-known contemporary, ENIAC. This volumes issued as #27 in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Radiation Laboratory Series.