Tempter by Norbert Wiener (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good black cloth boards in a very good clipped jacket, in a protective cover. A novel about a great invention by the man who invented the science of cybernetics. Stated first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Near Fine- hardback, light cosmetic bump to base of spine, in a Near Fine- to Very Good++ unclipped, very lightly rubbed and chipped dust jacket, now protected in a Brodart. An uncommonly clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth covered boards with silver and green lettering to the spine. Stated Second printing. This copy is NEAR FINE in a NEAR FINE, unclipped ( $3.75), Mylar protected DJ designed by Leo Lionni. Exterior is rich. Lettering is bright. Edges sharp. Top page edges dyed light gray. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight. DJ has minimal rubbing. Lovely.

Very good+ in jacket, edges a bit worn but bright.

Condition: Gut. Second Printing. 240 Seiten, Orig.-Leinen mit silbergepr. Rückentitel, Farbkopfschnitt, in englischer Sprache - OHNE Umschlag, mit Unterstreichungen auf vereinzelten Seiten, sonst guter Zustand - 1959. HK 13499 Buchversand erfolgt aus Deutschland. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 480.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

New York: Random House, [1959]. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in very good dust jacket. Wear to exterior includes minor discoloration to front board, one small spot of soiling to rear board, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light rolling to spine, and light fading to head of spine. Light damp staining to bottom edge of front paste down. slight browning to end papers. Else is clean and bright. $3.75 to inside flap of dust jacket. Wear to dust jacket includes rubbing, minor chipping to edges, and one small closed tear to head of spine. Dust jacket is now in a protective sleeve. 240 pages. LIT/073025. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Second Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.75 price intact). Published by Random House, 1959. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with edgewear. An excellent copy of this vintage novel from Wiener. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Second Printing. Hardcover; 8vo; 240 pages. Second printing. Scarce. Black cloth hardcovers with green and silver titles on spine. Sunned head/tail of spine. Lightly rubbed edges. Yellowing edges but bright interior. Some light penciling in margins. In ared paper jacket with white titles and illustration on front. Sunned spine. Rubbed edges/ Bumped/chipped edges, esp around spine. NPC. VG/VG-. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing stated. [vi], [242]pp [edge wear to the dust jacket - in protective sleeve; small erasure scar to top corner of front free endpaper; a few light spots on leading page edges; light stains to rear endpaper] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in the USA. [Date from the copyright page.] First Printing, Stated. The original black cloth is in excellent shape, with green and silver lettering bright and clear on the spine. The interior is also bright, crisp, and completely clean; top-edge is slate blue. The original dustjacket is unclipped, with only a hint of rubbing; however, the interior of the dustjacket spine panel is rather sunned. [Please see multiple images of the actual book.] "Set against a background of this century's growth of technology, [here] is the powerful and provocative story of a man torn by the conflict of surrendering his integrity for personal success. . . . Throughout its vivid narrative, the novel reveals much about the internal workings of a large industrial corporation, the complex ways in which scientific propositions are reduced to practical mechanisms, and how careers are built and destroyed in the process."---from the flap. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly---domestic sales sent with 'delivery confirmation' tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking. Please note that, due to COVID-19, overseas shipping may incur unusual delays.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered in silver foil and green. Stated 1st ptg. Cover cloth sunned along top edges only, with mild offsetting of dust jacket lettering onto spine panel cloth. 242 pp. Red field of dust jacket spine panel somewhat sunned, otherwise minor rubbing along edges, now in mylar. Perhaps less interesting as a novel than as a literary effort by the inventor of cybernetics. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Dust Jacket Condition: near Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [6], 240, [2] pp. First Edition. As issued, in full cloth. Binding is a trifle soiled with some rubbing and light fraying to the cloth on the bottom board edges; previous name in ink on the front free endpaper; dust jacket is generally rubbed with some soiling as well as some subtle staining to the back panel; price intact on the front flap. All in all, a presentable copy of the only novel written by the originator of cybernetics.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 240 pages in very good condition; edges a little yellowed. Black hardcovers with silver/green spine titles. One corner lightly bumped. Red illustrated DJ with white titles. Small tears and chips on the corners and edges. Jacket a little scuffed and soiled. Not price clipped. VG/GOOD+. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. About fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning and slight edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, near fine in near fine d.j., a very nice copy of a book jacket easily rubbed.VVbrmtv2/1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Second Printing. (1959) 242 pp. Original black cloth covers, lightly soiled. Small, faint waterspots to top edge of text block. Inner hinges just starting. SIGNED BY NORBERT WIENER ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Light chipping to corners and spine ends. Contents nice. A novel about a great invention--by the man who invented the science of cybernetics. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 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.