Interesting, but not what I was expecting. I have a small book collection, mostly from used book stores around Boulder, CO. I think the rarest and most interesting ones I have are:
"Music By Computers", published in 1969. Before books had websites, CDs, or floppy disks, they had "flexi discs". Covers composing and generating music on computers in the 60s. [0]
"Parallel Logic Programming" published in 1991. Covers implementing Prolog and other logic programming languages on multi-processor systems in the late 80s and early 90s. [1]
"Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming", published in 1990. Documents a language that's more-or-less a stepping stone between Prolog and Erlang. [2]
"LISP LORE: A Guide To Programming The Lisp Machine", published in 1987 and is an intro to programming on Lisp Machines. I found a mint condition copy at Goodwill for $1. [3]
"Elementary BASIC: Learning To Program Your Computer In Basic With Sherlock Holmes" published in 1982. Write BASIC code to help Sherlock and Watson solve cases. They just don't make computer books like this any more. [4]
"Man And The Computer" published in 1972, written by John Kemeny, one of the creators of Basic. Predicts the rise of home computers, the internet, Wikipedia, online news, and a bunch of other modern technologies decades before they actually existed. [5]
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Music-Computers-Heinz-von-Foerster/dp...
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262200875/parallel-logic-progra...
[2] https://archive.org/details/strandnewconcept0000fost
[3] https://www.amazon.com/Lisp-Lore-Guide-Programming-Machine/d...
[4] https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Chronicled-Learning-Comput...
[5] https://archive.org/details/mancomputerbyjoh0000john
"Music By Computers", published in 1969. Before books had websites, CDs, or floppy disks, they had "flexi discs". Covers composing and generating music on computers in the 60s. [0]
"Parallel Logic Programming" published in 1991. Covers implementing Prolog and other logic programming languages on multi-processor systems in the late 80s and early 90s. [1]
"Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming", published in 1990. Documents a language that's more-or-less a stepping stone between Prolog and Erlang. [2]
"LISP LORE: A Guide To Programming The Lisp Machine", published in 1987 and is an intro to programming on Lisp Machines. I found a mint condition copy at Goodwill for $1. [3]
"Elementary BASIC: Learning To Program Your Computer In Basic With Sherlock Holmes" published in 1982. Write BASIC code to help Sherlock and Watson solve cases. They just don't make computer books like this any more. [4]
"Man And The Computer" published in 1972, written by John Kemeny, one of the creators of Basic. Predicts the rise of home computers, the internet, Wikipedia, online news, and a bunch of other modern technologies decades before they actually existed. [5]
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Music-Computers-Heinz-von-Foerster/dp...
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262200875/parallel-logic-progra...
[2] https://archive.org/details/strandnewconcept0000fost
[3] https://www.amazon.com/Lisp-Lore-Guide-Programming-Machine/d...
[4] https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Chronicled-Learning-Comput...
[5] https://archive.org/details/mancomputerbyjoh0000john