The Philosophy of Arithmetic; As Developed from the Three Fundamental Processes of Synthesis, Analysis, and Comparison; Contains Also a History of Arithmetic
Philadelphia: Sower, Potts and Company [1876], 1876. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], iii-x, [2], 13-570, [4] pp. Original brown cloth with lettering and decorations in blind on the boards, gilt device on front board, gilt lettering and horizontal bands on the spine, brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Contemporary ownership signature and year (1879) written on free front endpaper. Brooks was a professor of mathematics at the normal school in Millersville, PA in the the mid-nineteenth century and wrote a series of books on mathematics intended to be used as textbooks. Very Good. Item #000012000
Very Good with cloth rubbed away to portions of the bottom edges of the boards and some fraying to the top and bottom of the spine, otherwise clean and very attractive.
Price: $200.00