Comic Arithmetic, First Edition (8 results)

8vo, pp xiv, [2], 128, text within rustic borders, wood engraved frontispiece and wood engravings in text throughout initialled 'PC' i.e. Percy Cruikshank, contemporary full calf, spine gilt with raised bands and black label, upper joint broken and repaired with small abrasions to spine, but a sound copy, internally fine, FIRST EDITION; a very valient attempt to make mathematics amusing, or perhaps simply a humorous skit on Walkingame's popular mathematical text-book of the period, enlivened throughout by Percy Cruikshank's drawings.

Cloth. Condition: Good. [Alfred Crowquill]; [Alfred Henry Forrester] (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated comical textbook on maths by Arthur Crowquill. The first edition.Alfred Crowquill's comical textbook of arithmetic, presenting humorous anecdotes and poems exploring maths.Illustrated with an engraved title, and in-text engravings throughout.Crowquill was the pseudonym of Alfred Henry Forester, an eminent Victorian caricaturist.Three pages of adverts to the rear.From the library of American-British mathematician David Singmaster, with his ink inscription to the front paste down. Singmaster was emeritus professor of mathematics at London South Bank University, and was a puzzle historian, a big fan of mechanical puzzles, and an early adopter and promoter of the Rubik's Cube. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, a little worn, with loss to the spine. Tears to the rear joint. Light rubbing and discolouration to the cloth. Minor bumping to the extremities. Front endpaper has been removed. Prior owner's ink to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean, with some handling marks. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Crowquill Alfred (illustrator). 1st Edition. a near fine copy of the rare 1st edition of Alfred Crowquill's Pictorial and Comic Arithmetic, profusely illustrated with many wood engravings and frontis Original gilt green embossed cloth, slight wear, with an owner's inscription and a fine armorial book plate of an English lord on the endsheet in front, else fine. Well Illustrated by Crowquill. (illustrator). 1st Edition. . Well Illustrated by Crowquill. First Edition. 177 pp. + 3 pp. publ -Humorous anecdotes based on arithmetic and arithmetic operations. Forrester (1805 to 1872, was an English humorist, both writer and artist. Until 1844, he worked illustrating his brother's (Charles Robert Forrester) writings. Among his works were: "The Tour of Dr. Syntax" (1838), "The Travels of Baron Munchausen" (1859) and "The Adventures of Master Owl-Glass," as well as work for "Punch," Bentley's "Miscellany," the " Illustrated London News," Crowquill was the nom de plume or pen name for Alfred Charles Forrrester. This is a rare book, located only 3 copies and only two firsts. rare thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. iv 177 + (3) adverts wood cut text illustrations. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Contempoary 1/2 dark blue leather cloth sides some fading to the cloth upper cover. The binding clean and tight with no splis or chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Bound in in red polished calf with raised bands and gilt decorations. Cover shows minor rubbing to the extremities, fading, and joints starting. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages are tanned.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 177, [3]; VG-; bound in unsigned full red morocco, paneled spine with gilt titling and tooling; top edge gilt; gilt turn-ins, fabric pastedowns and endpapers; some rubbing and general shelfwear to binding, including wear at hinges; ink dot stain to bottom edge of text block; binding open at rear ads; title page with 'Author's Copy / Copyright P.P.' in ink above title; shelved case 12. 1360921. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. 12mo. pp. xiv, [2], 128. frontis. & many text illus. engraved in wood by Percy Cruikshank after Forrester's designs. original gilt & blind-stamped decorative cloth, all edges gilt (bit rubbed, extremities slightly frayed, spine dull, one gathering partly sprung. First Edition. Osborne II 708.

First editions. Leech, John. First editions. With illustrations (mostly wood engravings) by John Leech. 3 vols. 12mo. Houfe, John Leech and the Victorian Scene, pp. 41-2 Bound in full polished tan calf gilt spines, t.e.g. by Root, rebacked with spines laid, internally fine, and attractive overall With illustrations (mostly wood engravings) by John Leech. 3 vols. 12mo.