- First Edition
- Signed
- Used
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since September 3, 2014
Association member: ABAACBAILAB
View this seller's itemsCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 850.00
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First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed by Norbert Wiener on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed to former dean of residence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frederick G. Fassett, "in token of many years' friendship." Wiener was a mathematician and professor at MIT, and is best known for his book, Cybernetics. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles stamped in green and silver on the spine. Near Fine with cloth lightly sunned through lettering on the spine, pages toned with corners a little bumped, small stain to front free endpaper. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a sunned spine, some edge wear and light rubbing. A nice association copy.
Seller Inventory # 140940368
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Tempter
- Author
- Wiener, Norbert
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 1959
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Literature, Mathematics, Signed
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
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| First item | US$ 0.00 | US$ 33.00 |
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We're a general antiquarian bookshop in Portland, Oregon, welcoming visitors by appointment. We specialize in literature, modern first editions and rare nonfiction. Member ABAA, ILAB.
Specialty
General Rare, Signed, Non-fiction, 19-20th Century British and American Literature, Economics, First Editions, Limited EditionsAssociation member
Seller's business information
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
OR, U.S.A.
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