The Western Calculator, or a New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic adapted for the use of schools throughout the western country
Published by Printed and Published by Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburgh, 1839
- Signed
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since May 29, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 2,500.00
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203, [1]pp. 12mo. Signed on the ffep "Miss S.J. Negley's Book June 3d, 1839." In 1843 after a long courtship she became Mrs. Thomas Mellon. She was born in 1817 and died in 1909. Below in a different hand " Miss R.R. Negley's." Mellon wrote in his autobiography that at the age of ten, he had been struck by "wealth and magnificence I had before no conception of" upon viewing the mansion of prominent landowners Jacob Negley and Barbara Ann Negley. Stockton 230 (for First Edition) Quarter contemporary calf and boards, some wear, but Very Good.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Western Calculator, or a New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic adapted for the use of schools throughout the western country
- Author
- Stockton, J.A.M.
- Publisher
- Printed and Published by Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburgh
- Publication year
- 1839
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- 203, [1]pp. 12mo
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- Literature, Science, Medicine & Natural History, Social Thought
James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
New York, NY, U.S.A.
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