Collection Burton: Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. x, 2 leaves, 140 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket (unclipped). Inscribed: 'To Burt and Raya,/Affectionately/Morty'. 'Burton Spencer Dreben (September 27, 1927, Boston - July 11, 1999, Boston) was an American philosopher specializing in mathematical logic. A Harvard graduate who taught at his alma mater for most of his career, he published little but was highly influential as a teacher and as a critic of the work of his colleagues (Floyd & Shieh 2001). . . . Dreben became known for his close reading and detailed comments on the draft writings of his Harvard colleagues W.V. Quine, John Rawls, Hilary Putnam, Stanley Cavell, Charles Parsons, and Warren Goldfarb' (Wikipedia). Signed by Author(s).…

signed first by the members of the Royal family, starting with Edward giving 25 guineas, his brother Albert 10, and the others giving £5 each, Lady Houston has donated 25 guineas as has Lord Nuffield whereas Marconi only gave £5, the others gave varying amounts between £5 and 25 guineas, the pages are decorated with a pattern of gilt flowers and leaves, there is a description of the project at the front and a list of the Council members at the back, the whole bound in white leather with cream watered silk endpapers and a gold tassle, 13" x 10", no place, no date, circa Lady Houston was born the ninth of ten children and as a young woman was a professional dancer, a chorus girl named 'Poppy'. She was married three times, in her second marriage to Frederick, 9th Baron Byron she was an active suffragette and was awarded the DBE. Her third marriage was to Sir Robert Houston, a shipping magnate who left her with 5.5 million which she gave generously to many causes. Specifically she supported British aviation. In 1931, she donated £100,000 to Supermarine, allowing them to win the Schneider Trophy that year. In 1932 she offered £200,000 to strengthen the British forces but was refused. In 1933 she financed the Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, in which aircraft flew over Everest for the first time. She was so upset by the Abdication Crisis in 1936 that she stopped eating and died of a heart attack on 29 December 1936.…