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N.p.: N.p., 1953. Vintage promotional flyer for the 1953 short film. A short film based on the semantics of communication as outlined in Claude Shannon's 1949 book "The Mathematical Theory of Communication." Legendary modernist designers Charles and Ray Eames produced 125 short films between 1950 and 1982, using the medium as a vehicle for experimentation and education. The best-remembered of these, the 1968 and 1977 "Powers of Ten" films, were selected for preservation in the National Film Library in 1998. 22 x 8.5 inches unfolded, folded five times and measuring 3.75 x 8.5 inches when folded. Very Good, with silverfish damage along one fold and light creasing at the corners.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First Edition. First Edition. A nontechnical book on mathematics that became a bestseller for its accessibility without compromising the complexity of its concepts, and the first book to introduce the terms "googol" and "googolplex." Very Good plus in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Small bumps on the top edge and upper portion of the front board, with a small price sticker on the front pastedown. Jacket has a small chip on the heel, with two small closed tears that have been repaired with cello tape on the inside crown.

New York: Hafner, 1967. First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes. Numbers 22 (Patterns and Configurations) and 23 (Mathematics of Experimental Design) of the "Griffin's Statistical Monographs and Courses" series, edited by Alan Stuart. Addresses abstract algebra, configurations, block designs, Latin squares, and other subjects. Each volume includes solutions to problems, a bibliography, and an index. Moderate foxing to the page edges, endpapers, and spines, else both volumes Near Fine in flexible printed wrappers.