Author: FLETCHER, A; MILLER, J.C.P.; ROSENHEAD L.
Title: An Index of Mathematical Tables
Description: London, Scientific Computing Service Ltd. 1946. Hardcover. Used, Large hard cover in very good condition. No jacket. This volume is Leslie John Comrie's personal copy; his bookplate is adhered to the front pastedown with initialled details pencilled to FEP. In addition, a personal postcard from Professor Raymond C. Archibald, (Brown University, Rhode Island) to Comrie is laid in, postmarked October 15th 1946, Providence, Rhode Island, along with a used slip of astronomical paper. Comrie was one of the pioneers of mechanical computation; in 1937 he founded Scientific Computing Service Ltd at 23 Bedford Square, London. This volume is from that library's collection, numbered 584e, stamped to FEP. It is considered that this volume was specially bound for Comrie; a blank page is inserted between each printed leaf, possibly for his notes, doubling the size of the book. He refers, in his Publisher's Preface, to the two-year delay in production due to wartime constraints and acknowledging a necessary revision of the Index in the 'next few years'. General shelf and handling wear includes fading and wear to blue cloth boards, edges and corners. Age-related discolouration and tanning to pageblock, this leading into page edges, with light foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content unmarked. Further details and additional photographs available upon request. CN. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

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