Riggs mary b (3 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. Santee N.T.S. Press; Santee, 1928. Trade paperback. First Edition. Illustrated. A Good, binding intact, some sunning to spine and cover margins, bit of scattered foxing on rear cover, some cover edge/corner wear, 1-inch tear at bottom hinge half title page, possible missing two prelims after title page, a good, overall clean and unmarked copy in stapled wraps. 16mo[sextodecimo or approx. 4.75 x 6.25], 70pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.…

Softcover. Condición: Very good. First Edition. AMA (Automatic Message Accounting), computerized telephone call accounting articles reprinted from Bell Laboratories Record, ca 1953. Automatic message accounting (AMA) provides detailed accounting for telephone calls. When direct distance dialing (DDD) was introduced in the US, message registers no longer sufficed for dialed telephone calls. The need to record the time and phone number of each long-distance call was met by electromechanical data processing equipment. Articleas include: "Code Patterns in Telephone Switching and Accounting Systems" by J.W. Dehn; "The AMA Tape Perforator" by P.B. Drake; "The AMA Assembler" by Glen C. Drew; "The AMA Computer" by A.E. Hague; "Tape-to-Card" Converter" by W.B. Groth; and much more. 138 pages. Halftones, diagrams, Pictorial stiff paper, spiral binding. Triffle rubbed. "WW Brown 1954" top right corner of the title page. 10" - 7". Francisco Toledo (ilustrador). book.…

Condición: Original tan wrappers. First edition. First edition. Illustrations, including several after drawings by Santee student Reuben Dorian. 70pp. 12mo. "Mother planned to publish this booklet several years befiore her death. The publication was postponed with the expectation of making it more pretentious. It would have been a great pleasure to her to have seen her interesting story of the beginning of our Santee Indian mission school in print. Tho it is not now done as well as she would have it, we are sending it our from our school press prematurely because we feel that for her sake it should bot be longer delayed" (printed note by Frederick B. Riggs following the title). Founded in 1870 by Congregational minister Alfred Riggs and his wife Mary Riggs (the author), the primary purpose of the school was to provide training and education to members of the Santee Sioux Tribe who had been exiled from their ancestral home in Minnesota following the Sioux uprising of 1862. Illustrations, including several after drawings by Santee student Reuben Dorian. 70pp. 12mo.…