Mathematics and The Imagination

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition of this classic work which famously contains the first appearance of the term googol, which the search engine name, Google, is a play on. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Newbery award-winning novelist Madeleine L'Engle with her married name and husband [in her handwriting], "Hugh and Madeleine Franklin." Near fine… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Rufus Isaacs. A Good copy (1940 owner's name) of the second printing of the original 1940 edition. Pencil marginalia at the bibliography, and one text page. No marks in the actual text. Two facing pages (30-31) have a tan spot at the lower gutter,… Read more about this item

London: G Bell & Sons. Good. Hardcover. 1949. 380 pages. No dj. Cover mottled and faded. Ex-library<br> .

Simon and Schuster, 1955. 14th. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked hardcover no jacket 13th printing.

Simon and Schuster, January 1963. Trade Paperback. Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Unmarked pages. Light creasing to spine. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

New York [ca. 1945]: Armed Services Inc, 1945. Armed Services Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (oblong. Pocket-sized armed services edition designed to conserve paper for the war and provide overseas soldiers with reading material. (shelfwear, rubbing and creasing to pictoral wraps, toning to pages, ink stamps to cover and title page).… Read more about this item