WOZNIAK, Steve. iWoz. Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It. (Signed edition))

With Gina Smith. New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. First paperback edition. pp. 313. Signed by the author on a Pittsburgh Speakers Series bookplate (RMU – Robert Morris University), loosely inserted at the front. Original publisher’s printed wrappers. A fine copy.

An engaging and highly readable memoir by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc., recounting the early development of the personal computer and the founding years of Apple. Wozniak offers a detailed first-hand account of the engineering breakthroughs behind the Apple I and Apple II, as well as his partnership with Steve Jobs and the cultural atmosphere of Silicon Valley in the 1970s.This example is signed “Woz” in black ink on an official Pittsburgh Speakers Series bookplate, issued in connection with a speaking engagement. Signed examples of this later Norton paperback edition are uncommon in the trade, particularly with event-specific provenance.

A desirable signed copy of a foundational Silicon Valley memoir by one of the principal architects of the personal computing revolution.

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