Published by Birkhauser Boston Inc, 1995
ISBN 10: 0817637133 ISBN 13: 9780817637132
Language: English
First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Type: Book Small plain label inside cover.Some marking to d/j,One inch closed tear to top edge front d/j., now in protective wrapper.SLIGHT LEAN to binding.
Published by Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Birkhauser, 1995
ISBN 10: 0817637133 ISBN 13: 9780817637132
Language: English
Seller: Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardback in near fine condition with near fine dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve.
Published by Birkhauser, Boston, Basel, and Berlin, 1995
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Gian-Carlo Rota on half-title, inscribed: "To Andy / with best wishes / [signed] Gian-Carlo / Cambridge / November 26, 1995." This "Andy" is Harvard mathematician Andrew Mattei Gleason, best known for his work on Hilbert's fifth problem. xliii, 624, [2] pp. Original brown cloth with white spine lettering. Fine in Near Fine jacket with tiny stain on back panel. A rare signature from mathematician and philosopher Gian-Carlo Rota (1932-1999), a distinguished MIT Professor in those fields. A nice association copy between mathematicians in two dueling distinguished Cambridge, Massachusetts universities.