The first edition of the Unix Programmer’s Manual, dated November 3, 1971, is available here in image, Postscript, and PDF format. Return with us to the golden days of yesteryear!
The image links refer to PDF files produced by the scanner. They are fairly large, ranging up to a couple of MB, and are named .pdf. You may need a plugin or other software in order to view them; Adobe Acrobat is readily available.
The Postscript files are the result of OCR, are relatively modest in size (up to about 135KB) and should be suitable for viewing with a PS viewer or sending to a printer. They have been hand-edited by me in an attempt to make them look the same as they originally did. There are also PDF renditions distilled from the Postscript after OCR; they are smaller than the PS versions but have the same content.
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/1stEdman.html
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