First Book of Arithmetic for the Use of Schools

First Book of Arithmetic for the Use of Schools. Revised and Corrected. Dublin: Alexander Thom, Printer and Publisher, 1879. Published by direction of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Fair hardcover in original embossed cloth. Boards heavily rubbed and worn, with fraying and losses at corners and along spine edges; spine covering substantially worn. Binding remains intact. Pages age-toned with general handling wear. Contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper. Title page clean and legible. A scarce surviving nineteenth-century Irish national-school arithmetic text.