THE LOGIC AND UTILITY OF MATHEMATICS, With the Best Methods of Instruction Explained and Illustrated
by Davies, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. / Cincinnati: H. W. Derby & Company, 1855.. 1855.. Good. - Octavo, grayish blue cloth. The spine & extremities are faded with the head & tail of the spine chipped. The covers are bumped, rubbed & lightly spotted. 375 pages. Illustrated with diagrams & mathematical formulas. The pastedowns & endpapers are foxed & stained & there is foxing & staining to the prelims & rear blanks. Despite its flaws, a good tight copy. <p>Later printing. "An analysis of that system of mathematical instruction which has been steadily pursued at the Military Academy over a quarter of a century, and which has given to that institution its celebrity as a school of mathematical science." [Author's Preface]. A title in the School Teacher's Library series.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16103
- Title
- THE LOGIC AND UTILITY OF MATHEMATICS, With the Best Methods of Instruction Explained and Illustrated
- Author
- Davies, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. / Cincinnati: H. W. Derby & Company, 1855.
- Date Published
- 1855.
- Keywords
- MATHEMATICS; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUCTION; THE LOGIC AND UTILITY OF MATHEMATICS; CHARLES DAVIES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mathematics;
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Tight
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.