Fractions Anatomized Doctrine Parts Made by Ramsbottom Richard (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First and only recorded edition. 12mo in sixes (approx. 6.25" x 4"). vi,[2], 138, [2 - publisher's ads] pp. Typographic diagrams throughout text.Contemporary marbled calf over boards, re-backed and re-cornered inmodern brown calf, gilt-stamped spine rules, endpapers retained. Edgesdarkened and chipped, faint rubbing to gilt rules, offsetting to ffepfrom removed bookplate; some soiling and chipping at extremities of titleleaf, toning at edges, occasional minor foxing/staining to text. A Good,nicely repaired copy of this uncommon primer on fractions and decimals,written by an otherwise obscure British excise officer and intended as ahandbook for those entering similar careers. ESTC N18541.

12mo, vi, (ii), 138, (2, advert.) pp., a little light waterstaining, worming in the upper margins, confined to a single hole through about half the book, but extending to multiple holes elsewhere, text unaffected, contemporary sheep, neatly rebacked. First edition. Richard Ramsbottom, "officer in the Excise," of Barnsley. Uncommon; eight copies located in the ESTC.

First Edition. also, rules to young officers of excise, for the examination of their own books, and rectifying errors.Sm. Slim 8vo. vi, [1] 138pp [1 adverts] half nineteenth century leather over marbled boards. marbled end-papers, Baronial Book-Plate. This appears to be the only edition printed. ESTC records 8 copies only. Fine Copy Rare Title.

First edition of this guide to calculating sums involving fractions, intended for the use of young excise officers. The author seems to have left little trace, and they published no other known books. Uncommon, with ESTC locating eight copies in British and American institutional holdings. ESTC N18541. Duodecimo (165 x 96 mm). Twentieth-century marbled boards. Refurbished with front joint and head of spine repaired; loose leaves re-inserted. A very good copy.