Cocker's Arithmetick. Being A Plain and Familiar Method, suitable to the meanest Capacity ...
by Edward Cocker, John Hawkings, George Fisher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Lomdon: R Ware, C Hitch, J Hodges, 1745 A very good copy in large contemporary full leather binding with frontispiece portrait of Edward Cocker. This copy is the revised edition 'carefully corrected and amended' by George Fisher in 1677. The binding has contemporary boards with a newer spine with gilt lines and title label. There is some scuffing and wear to the boards. Internally there is a pencil note to the front pastedown endpaper and a loose note at the rear by William Ridler, a bookseller in London circa 1877 - 1904. Contents: advert with portrait to verso; title; to the Reader (verso of title); Edward Cocker's Proem 2pp; note to the Reader 1677; table of contents; text pp 1-183 with advert at the rear. There is some mispagination: pp 69-71-70; and 160-163-162-163 - both with continuous text. At the end, some of the pages are out of order with the wrong page printed to the verso of a couple of leaves. The page order for continous text is: 182-181-183-un-numbered verso of 182. The contents are lightly toned but are in very good clean condition.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032735
- Title
- Cocker's Arithmetick. Being A Plain and Familiar Method, suitable to the meanest Capacity ...
- Author
- Edward Cocker, John Hawkings, George Fisher
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 51st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R Ware, C Hitch, J Hodges
- Place of Publication
- Lomdon
- Date Published
- 1745
- Keywords
- arithmetick; cocker's arithmetick; eighteenth century mathematics; edward cocker
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
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About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...