THE QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE, CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN AN EMINENT MATHEMATICIAN AND JAMES SMITH
by Smith, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxv, 200 pages; VG; rebound in modern full brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine; text block has some mild spotting to top edge; minor pencil marks and finger smudges; small staining to lower corners; small ownership sticker to front pastedown; with 27 plates, some folding; extremely scarce; shelved case 10. 1296229. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1296229
- Title
- THE QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE, CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN AN EMINENT MATHEMATICIAN AND JAMES SMITH
- Author
- Smith, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...