System Practical Arithmetic Applicable Present by Joyce Rev (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition, rebound in half tan leather and tan cloth, five raised bands and titles in gilt on red leather label across spine, fading to spine, marbled end papers, vi plus 258 pages. [QP].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small octavo, rebound in dark brown calf, five raised bands and tiles stamped in gilt on pale green label across spine, new end papers, original bookplate retained and pasted to front free end paper, general browning to most leaves and some later leaves show damp browning though all text legible and in otherwise good order, vi plus 258 pages. Overall very good condition. [QP].

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. A new edition revised and corrected. 1856. 258pp. Some general light browning and some ink splodges to fore-edges owtherwise good. Original dark green cloth. Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. 12mo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-256 pp. Nineteenth-century half green leather over marbled boards (binding ca. 1835). DeMorgan 90 (DeMorgan's speculation that 1816 is the first edition is incorrect). Contemporary owner has tipped in leaves with their hand-written calculations and notes, one of which folds out. Joyce's volume covers stocks and the stock market, long division, logarithms, "vulgar" fractions, decimals, subtraction, compound interest and annuities, permutations and combinations, and exchanges. Illustrated with charts relevant to the different mathematical lessons. The volume is concerned with arithmetic relevant to economics and business practices, a pragmatic text with historical interest. A Very Good book with contemporary owner's gift inscription and ink annotations, light spotting to leaves.