World Mathematics by James Newman, First Edition (25 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Volume 3 only from The World of Mathematics softcover edition. First printing (1988) in Good+ condition. Some staining to the edges of the text block. The covers are in great shape. The binding is square and tight. The interior pages are unmarked though there is some faint staining at the top edge of the pages. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. Please ask about a discount on other volumes in the set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Volume Four only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Volume Three only.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. Unpaginated. Paperback book with plain cover. Pagination continues from previous volume. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardbound. Condition: Fair. Description: Figure illustrations and equations. Subtitled: ''A small library of literature of mathematics from A'h-mose the Scribe to Albert Einstein, presented with commentaries and notes by James R Newman. The 26 main section headings are: General Survey. Historical and Biographical. Arithmetic, Numbers and the Art of Counting. Mathematics of Space and Motion. Mathematics and the Physical World. Mathematics and Social Science. The Laws of Chance. Statistics and the Design of Experiments. The Supreme Art of Abstraction: Group Theory. Mathematics of Infinity. Mathematical Truth and the Structure of Mathematics. The Mathematical Way of Thinking. Mathematics and Logic. The Unreasonableness of Mathematics. How to Solve It. The Vocabulary of Mathematics. Mathematics as an Art. The Mathematician. Mathematical Machines: Can a Machine Think? Mathematics in Warfare. A Mathematical Theory of Art. Mathematics of the Good. Mathematics in Literature. Mathematics and Music. Mathematics as a Culture Clue. Amusements, Puzzles, Fancies. BINDING/CONDITION: four volumes with matching bindings; blue cloth with gilt; the top edge tint is light, faint reddish color; this is a much used set; owner's name in each volume; no other markings found; shows handling wear; all four are sound working volumes; graded Fair due to general wear; no slipcase. index found in last volume. Light peach colored endpapers. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall). 2535 pages. First Printing, so stated (in every volume).

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition. 724 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Vol. I. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning to edges Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning.

Illustrated by line drawings and charts. Stated first printing of first [thus] edition. Blue cloth, clay topstain. Demy 8vo. pp. vii, [2], 1416-2021. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of shelfwear, small faint stain to half title, no writing or ownership.

Original cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. With diagrams. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Octavo.

Original cloth. Condition: Good+. First English Edition. With illustrations. Upper joint slightly cracked, but binding otherwise tight. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Octavo; xviii, 724 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition, 2nd printing. 1st edition, 2nd printing. 4 volume set, complete, in slipcase. A Very Good set in Very Good - slipcase. 8vo., xviii, 724; (725)-1414; (1415)-2021; (2022)-2535 pp. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine, housed in the publisher's red slipcase, with title and publisher's blurbs printed on paper affixed to three sides. The slipcase is rubbed, on the paper sheets and the opening. Cloth spines are faded and lightly soiled, text appears unmarked. The four volume series covers many branches of mathematics and represents a 15-year effort by Newman to collect what he felt were the most important essays in the field. With essays ranging from a biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan by Newman to Bertrand Russell's Definition of Number, the series is often praised as suitable for any level of mathematical skill.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, slipcase. 1st Edition. 1st printing, stated. 4 volume set, complete, in slipcase. A Very Good set in Very Good - slipcase. 8vo., xviii, 724; (725)-1414; (1415)-2021; (2022)-2535 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine, housed in the publisher's red slipcase, with title and publisher's blurbs printed on paper affixed to three sides. The slipcase is rubbed, on the paper sheets and the opening. Volume 4 has moderate edge wear, particularly at the spine's crown and foot. A Very Good set in Very Good slipcase. *** The four volume series covers many branches of mathematics and represents a 15-year effort by Newman to collect what he felt were the most important essays in the field. With essays ranging from a biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan by Newman to Bertrand Russell's Definition of Number, the series is often praised as suitable for any level of mathematical skill. ***. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Four volume set. Pages are clean. Book is tight. A small library of the literature of mathematics from A'h-mose the Scribe to Albert Einstein, presented with commentaries and notes by James R. Newman.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, 2nd printing. 2nd printing, 1956. 4 volume set, complete, in slipcase. A Near Fine set in Very Good slipcase. 8vo., xviii, 724; (725)-1414; (1415)-2021; (2022)-2535 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine, housed in the publisher's red slipcase, with title and publisher's blurbs printed on paper affixed to three sides. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. The slipcase is rubbed, on the paper sheets and the opening. The four volume series covers many branches of mathematics and represents a 15-year effort by Newman to collect what he felt were the most important essays in the field. With essays ranging from a biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan by Newman to Bertrand Russell's Definition of Number, the series is often praised as suitable for any level of mathematical skill.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. Navy cloth boards are lightly rubbed at corners and tips. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. No Priority or International orders. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. TOning, faint spine creases, light rubbing, brief pencil on front endpapers, without slipcase. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Type: Book Complete in four volumes. Octavo. 724; 725-1414; 1415-2021; 2022-2469pp., some spotting on boards and spine. No markings or highlighting, tight and bright interiour. Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Science-Nature. First printing. Blue canvas hardcover with gold gilt on the spine. Pages are clean, unmarked, uncreased, and exhibit minimal foxing across all four volumes.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . 4 volumes. (mathematics, literary collections, history) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR. 1ST EDITION. USA : SIMON & SCHUSTER, 1956. 1ST EDITION. GOOD/FAIR. USA : SIMON & SCHUSTER, 1956. 1ST EDITION. GOOD/FAIR. USA:, Simon and Schuster, 1956, hardcover, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd printing, not remaindered, bookclub or library, good books in a fair slipcover, books have faded spines and some shel wear, previous owner stamp on the title page else unmarked.

Condition: Fair. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. 1st edition. 4 volumes. 8vo. xviii,2535pp. Illus. Book Good. No dust jacket. No slipcase. Minor shelfwear. (mathematics, history, anthologies) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. In 1940 James R. Newman, a lawyer and writer who had trained as a mathematician, began to assemble a popular historical anthology of mathematical writings. He reckoned it might take him two years. Fifteen years later he delivered the million-word manuscript to his publisher: 133 entries in four volumes, each with a brief introduction and biography of its author. The World of Mathematics finally appeared, in four volumes, in 1956. This copy of the set, a stated first printing, is in excellent condition with no issues as is the case with the slipcase. The previous owner's name is neatly printed on the fep of each volume. All will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shippimg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing, in slipcase. First volume has owner inscription, otherwise no interior marks. Slipcase has some wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956. Fabulous Set First Edition; 10th Printing; stated. The books are really in superb condition -all four illustrated volumes. Securely bound and bright no age-toning foxing tears, or turned corners. Only mark in all of the vols. is 8 lines underlined on the first page of the Intro in Vol. 1. No other extraneous marks! Lovely blue volumes with bright titles and orange topstain. The World of Mathematics A small library of the literature of mathematics from Aʻh-mosà the scribe to Albert Einstein, presented with commentaries and notes by James R. Newman. Four Volume Set are completely unmarked apart from 2 sentences in V.1 underlined in red pen. Blue cloth with orange topstain. securely bound 4 volumes. No names, or marginalia. No turned corners, tears, Nothing loose. Fair slipcase mended with clear tape along two split seams.