New York/London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1940. 584 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light soiling to top edge of text block. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Ink and red color pencil notations throughout. Small tear/chip at bottom margin of page 47, not affecting text. DJ moderately soiled w/ wear and tear to extremities. Lacking approx. 3 1/4" top portion of spine. Panels detached, but present. A good reference copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good-/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7742
Title: DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Author: Bell, E. T. [Eric Temple]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good to Very Good-
Jacket Condition: Poor
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York/London
Date Published: 1940
Keywords: SCIENCE MATH MATHEMATICS DEVELOPMENT MODERN MATHEMATICS BEGINNING 1637 1687 NUMBER EXTENSIONS ARITHMETIC GEOMETRY MECHANICS GENERALIZED VARIABLES APPLICATIONS ABSTRACTIONS DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS INVERIANCE PHYSICS GENERAL ANALYSIS ABSTRACTNESS
Bookseller catalogs: Science; Science - Math; Science-Math;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...