signed first edition Hardcover
1985 · Cambridge
by Quine, Willard Van Orman; [Stephen Kleene]
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Good. Signed by W.VO. Quine on front flyleaf and inscribed to his friend distinguished mathematician Stephen C. Kleene, a co-creator of computability theory, "for Steve Kleene / in admiration and / warmest regard / Van [his nickname]." Kleene is mentioned numerous times in this autobiography. First edition. xii, (2), 499 pp. Purple cloth with white lettering. Near Fine in a Good somewhat worn, thoroughly spine-sunned, unclipped jacket with a tear in the back panel. Slight lean to spine. A very nice association between two major figures in mathematical logic.
(Inventory #: 161120008)