Published by Vintage, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027 ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Seller: El Gato de Papel, MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good. 1st edition. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges. Square and firmly bound with toned pages. All pages clean wothout any markings, notations or folds. Actual book is pictured. See images provided. Synopsis: Everything is a symbol, and symbols can combine to form patterns. Patterns are beautiful and revelatory of larger truths. These are the central ideas in the thinking of Kurt Gödel, M.C. Escher, and Johann Sebastian Bach, perhaps the three greatest minds of the past quarter-millennium. In a stunning work of humanism, Hofstadter ties together the work of mathematician Gödel, graphic artist Escher, and composer Bach. Gödel, Escher, Bach, a Pulitzer prize-winning treatise on genius, explores the workings of brilliant people's brains with the help of historical examples and brainteaser puzzles. Not for the dim or the lazy, this book shows you, more clearly than most any other, what it means to see symbols and patterns where others see only the universe. Touching on math, computers, literature, music, and artificial intelligence, Gödel, Escher, Bach is a challenging and potentially life-changing piece of writing. From the Inside Flap: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book applies Godel's seminal contribution to modern mathematics to the study of the human mind and the development of artificial intelligence. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027 ISBN 13: 9780394745022
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges, some pulling to the laminate on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, clean otherwise. Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning work about cognition.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 1981
ISBN 10: 0140179976 ISBN 13: 9780140179972
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition second printing thus as Large thick Octavo Penguin paperback 800 pages Illustrated Good condition Covers a bit faded Previous owner's name on fron end paper.
Published by Vintage, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027 ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First softcover vintage edition. A near fine copy that has red remainder mark on top edge and a tiny nick on front cover. Unmarked and uncreased. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #129.
Published by Vintage, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027 ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. We consider each and every book we sell to be a treasure. That's why we provide accurate individualized condition descriptions; ship in sturdy protective packaging; and offer excellent customer service.; Papgerback cover has wear to the corners with slight curling to front corners and creases on back corner but clean and in good+ condition. Pages are toned but clean near pristine.
Published by The Harvester Press, 1979
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1979. First Edition Thus. 777 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to rear free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate sunning to spine.
Published by Vintage, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0394756827 ISBN 13: 9780394756820
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Light creasing on front/rear panels. ; 9.0 X 6.1 X 1.4 inches; 777 pages.
Published by Vintage, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0394756827 ISBN 13: 9780394756820
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Light creasing on front/rear panels. ; 9.0 X 6.1 X 1.4 inches; 777 pages.
Published by Vintage, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027 ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. ; 9.1 X 5.7 X 1.5 inches; 777 pages.
Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1980
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: As New. First Paperback Edition. First Printing. A Very Fine copy in glossy gold, black and white wrappers. First published in hardcover the year before by Basic Books, this unlikely theoretical science book won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Awards for non-fiction. 777pp. with Index. Q12204.
Published by Vintage, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0394756827 ISBN 13: 9780394756820
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Crease at top of rear panel. ; 9.0 X 6.1 X 1.4 inches; 777 pages.
Published by Vintage, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027 ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Owner imprint on FEP. Light bump on front panel. ; 9.1 X 5.7 X 1.5 inches; 777 pages.
Published by Basic Books Inc., Publishers, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0465026850 ISBN 13: 9780465026852
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Notation, inside front cover refering to margin lines on pages 412,3. moisture stain to top of back page, bottom rear and spine. Wrinkling to rear dust jacket, stiain on inside, missing bottom of spine. Text and illustrations fine. 777 pages. Signed by Previous Owner.
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Published by The Harvester Press, 1979
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Minus. First Edition. First UK ed. Jacket heavily sunned, light edge wear. Cloth lightly sunned at spine, light wear, content very clean and solid. Size: 8vo.
Published by Basic Books, New York, 1979
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 6.25 x 9.5in. xxi. 777pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows very marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, the slightest suggestion of even toning to the spine, otherwise remains Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows slight shelf rubbing of the extremities, spine ever so slightly evenly toned, a small chip at the topmost of the spine, otherwise has not been date or price-clipped, remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
Published by Basic Books (1979), New York, 1979
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. [5], vi-xxi, [3], 3-777, [1] pp. Bound in brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $18.50 on front jacket flap. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. A nice copy of Hofstadter's well-known book, "A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll" Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket with fading to the spine panel, and a bit of light wear and fading to the extremities.
Published by Basic Books, New York, 1979
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas R. Hofstadter on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Gilt lettering oxidized, else Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with fading to the spine and edges, light shelf wear and a crease to the rear flap. The Pulitzer-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll.".