Elements of Descriptive Geometry, with Their Application to Spherical Trigonometry, Spherical Projections, and Warped Surfaces
by Davies, Charles
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Wiley & Long. Very Good. 1835. Second Edition. Full-leather. Original full-leather binding with brown and gilt title label on spine. Rubbed edges and corners, light soil. Spine head is repaired and spine tail is worn off. Light soil on edges. Endpapers and pages have foxing. Small bookseller's ink stamp on first free endpaper. 31 folding plates. Laid in is a penciled practice page of geometry. One of a very successful series of texts by West Point mathematics professor Charles Davies, considered more easily understood than most mathematics texts at the time. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 174 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010931
- Title
- Elements of Descriptive Geometry, with Their Application to Spherical Trigonometry, Spherical Projections, and Warped Surfaces
- Author
- Davies, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Full-leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wiley & Long
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- Geometry, Military Academy
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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