ABRISS DER LOGISTIK mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Relationstheorie und Ihrer Anwendungen, von Dr. Rudolf Carnap.

[OUTLINE OF LOGISTICS with Special Reference to the Theory of Relations and Its Applications, by Dr. Rudolf Carnap.]

WIEN (Vienna): Verlag Von Julius Springer, 1929. First edition.

Bound in hardcovers, original wrappers trimmed and pasted to endpapers, black cloth covered boards, hand painted gilt title on the front cover, 5.5x8.5 inches, vi, 114 pages.

ASSOCIATION COPY - Copy of EDMUND CALLIS BERKELEY, with his SIGNATURE on the front free-endpaper. Above his signature is a date stamp "Rec'd Jul 11 1940". It is interesting to note that the three other Berkeley signatures I have seen over the years all had a rubber date stamp as well, I guess that was something he did. There are some minor handwritten pencil notes, marks and corrections on pages 102-105, and a small notation "Errata p 44" written on the rear pastedown, all of which appear to be in his hand. Nine years after he "received" this book, Berkeley's book GIANT BRAINS OR MACHINES THAT THINK was published (John WIley, New York, 1949). Giant Brains or Machines that Think was an influential work that helped popularize computers. Perhaps this copy of Rudolf Carnap's ABRISS DER LOGISTIK was the work that influenced Edmund C. Berkeley.

VERY GOOD condition, The covers have wear to the spine and edges; internally, there is a rubberstamped date on the front free-endpaper and some minor notes and corrections within the text, as noted above. Overall a tight, bright, clean and clear copy.

RARE with the SIGNATURE of and ASSOCIATION to EDMUND CALLIS BERKELEY.