Carleton's Compendium of Practical Arithmetic. Applied to the Federal and other Currencies. Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States.
by Carleton (Osgood)
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- Hardcover
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Thomas Wells, 1810. First edition.. 12mo. 251pp. (erratta on page [252]). Original pale green boards, cloth spine, unlettered. Cloth torn at lower front hinge, some wear to tips, moderate browning of paper, a very good copy. Presentation inscription on verso of front flyleaf from Daniel Manston to Harvey Soule, dated Duxbury 1834. Later bookplate and ownership inscription from the 1950s on front leaves. Some mathematical notes on front end paper. The scarce final work by this notable Boston cartographer and mathematician.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55936
- Title
- Carleton's Compendium of Practical Arithmetic. Applied to the Federal and other Currencies. Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States.
- Author
- Carleton (Osgood)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Thomas Wells, 1810. First edition.
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- Antiquarian;
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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