Mathematical Logic, Signed (3 results)

Hard Cover/Pictorial. Condition: Very Good+. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; inscribed and dated Toronto, July 1998 by Eugene Roventa on front end paper; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. This copy has been SIGNED by John Allen Paulos on the title page! "Once Upon a Number" shows that stories and numbers aren't as different as you might imagine, and in fact they have surprising and fascinating connections. Signed by Author.

First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author to the American mathematician Edward Vermilye Huntington (1874-1952), inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Edward V. Huntington with kindest regards - Van Quine". Mathematical Logic was derived from the course of lectures in the subject which Quine delivered at Harvard University, in part aimed as a clear exposition of the subject for students, but also outlines the new research in the field which he had conducted since the publication of his System of Logistic in 1934. Quine was "familiar with the work of E. V. Huntington, who taught in the Harvard mathematics department for decades up to and including the 1930s, when Quine wrote 'Truth by Convention'. Huntington was one of the most influential proponents of what Michael Scanlan calls American postulate theory. In 'Truth by Convention', Quine criticizes some of Huntington's work, but refers to the 'postulate method' with approval" (Gary Ebbs, Carnap, Quine, and Putnam on Methods of Inquiry, 2017, p. 84). Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fragments of original jacket loosely inserted at rear. Extremities lightly sunned and bumped, contents gently toned. A very good copy.