4 parts in one volume, 8vo. (Tape repair on title-page of second issue.)  Modern half morocco. Provenance: California Research Library (stamp on title-page verso). 

The first comprehensive published reports on the transistor, providing a comprehensive explanation of the theory and practical applications of the semiconductor. Includes Bardeen and Brattain’s comprehensive report on the transistor, “Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action,” (No. 2), and six articles written by Shockley, Bardeen, and others in the “Semiconductor” issue (No. 3)--which is devoted entirely to the explanation and exploration of the new technology. Incomplete brief reports and articles of Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain’s work had appeared previously in The Physical Review, but it was not until this volume of The Bell Systems Technical Journal that a formal presentation was made of the invention and research that would completely revolutionize the electronics industry. Origins of Cyberspace 450 (for No. 2).