From Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 9, 2008
About this Item
[RHYMING VERSE]. Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street. 8vo (9 5/8" x 7 3/16"); [6] leaves printed on side only; stiff glazed color pictorial wrapper featuring 2 vignettes, one in a cloakroom and the other of boys playing, rear wrapper publisher s ad for Routledge s New Sixpenny Toy Books; publisher s string binding; chromolithographed illustrations throughout; 2" split from foot of spine fold, scuff to front wrapper, creases at corners, 3" chip on rear wrapper edge extending into the numbered list; very good minus. A clever book teaching multiplication with a focus on boys. Illustrations of boys walking with books slung on their backs, swinging on ropes, hats in a cloakroom, playing cricket, and pictures of ships at sea. A humorous illustration titled "Twice TWELVE are TWENTY-FOUR / Old Ladies drinking Tea." features the silhouette of a woman appearing to be a witch on the curtains. Seller Inventory # 1943
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Multiplication Table in Verse
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate, London
Publication Date: 1870
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