The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics

First British edition, seventh impression, November 1962. The first British edition was published by Souvenir Press in February 1962, followed by reprints in March, April, May, July, September and November 1962. Translated and adapted by Ann Cutler and Rudolph McShane. Original hardcover in excellent original yellow and black dust jacket, with only light signs of handling and minor marking to the rear panel. Binding firm. Pages clean throughout. Small previous-owner notation to front pastedown. Trachtenberg's celebrated system of rapid arithmetic, presenting methods for multiplication, division, addition, subtraction and the calculation of square roots without reliance upon conventional computational procedures. Developed by Jakow Trachtenberg and adapted for English-language readers by Ann Cutler and Rudolph McShane.