New York NY U.S.A.: Schocken Books Incorporated 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. good hardback; first edition; LOC copy usual lib. markings no DJ some fading to spine. Schocken Books, Incorporated Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007940 ISBN : 0805239200 9780805239201
Philadelphia Pensylvania 1828. 1/4 leather. Very good. This ciphering book measures 8" x 12.5". It contains 92 pages of ciphering work. There is also an additional 36 pages of text in a different hand perhaps by a sister copied from Timothy Shay Arthur's <i>Advice to Young Ladies</i> and the American Tract Society's <i>Helps for Every Hour</i>. Quarter-bound with marbled boards. Owner's label reads "Abraham Rex / Philadelphia / 1828." An 8.5" x 4" pencil drawing copied from <i>The Tours of Dr. Syntax</i> is laid in. <br /><br />Ciphering books were prepared as part of the basic mathematical training of relatively well-off American students usually boys. Most like this one contain examples of the Numeration Addition Subtraction Compound Multiplication Reduction Compound Reduction Rule of Three Indirect Proportion Vulgar Fractions Compound Proportions The Double Rule of Three Avoirdupois Weight Troy Weight Long and Land Measure etc. <br /><br />In addition to providing mathematical basics boys venturing into trades or businesses needed advanced or specialized training in mathematics. In this case Abraham's book includes some work that would prepare him for mercantile positions including Tare and Tret calculating weight adjustments for packing and shipping materials Insurance Commissions and Brokerage Compound Interest Rebate or Discount Equation calculating combined payments Barter Loss and Gain Fellowship calculating complicated partnership percentages etc. <br /><br />Abraham was a member of a prominent and prosperous Pennsylvania Dutch family. Online genealogical records show that the Rüx anglicized to Rex family immigrated to the United States sometime prior to 1720 and settled in Germantown north of Pennsylvania. The family soon moved westward to Schaefferston in Lancaster County where it proliferated and prospered with members becoming merchants innkeepers informal bankers brokers pharmacists and physicians. <br /><br />For more information about the Rexes of Schaefferstown see Wenger's <i>Delivering the Goods: The Country Storekeeper and Inland Commerce in the Md-Atlantic</i>. An archive of Rex family business papers is held by the Winterthur Library. <br /><br />For more information about ciphering books see Kilpatrick's <i>Rewriting the History of School Mathematics in North Amrerica . . . The Central Role of the Cyphering Books</i> Doer's master's thesis: <i>Cipher Books in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina</i> and .Anderies's "Learning Mathematics in North America" at the University of Pennyslvania's Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica. <br /><br />18th-century American ciphering books are scarce as the overwhelming majority of extant examples date from the early 1800s into the mid-1850s.<br /><br /> hardcover
Emanuel Press. Hardcover. Very good hardcover no dust jacket. Light wear and spotting to cover cloth clean pages. Sm 4to. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1974. Emanuel Press hardcover
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. PAPERBACK. Very good paperback some pencil markings and underlining in first fifty pages. Light creasing and wear to cover. 216 pages. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1969. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company paperback
Wiley. Hardcover. 0201591138 Very good copy with clean pages. Ink markings to edge of book. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. Wiley hardcover
Bookseller reference : BING94JD054 ISBN : 0201591138 9780201591132
Harry N. Abrams. Hardcover. 0810904985 Very good copy with clean pages. Missing dust jacket. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Bookseller reference : BING88JD014 ISBN : 0810904985 9780810904989
The Free Press. PAPERBACK. Very good minor creasing. Selected edited and introduced by Fritz A. Rothschild. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1965. The Free Press paperback
Harry N. Abrams. Hardcover. 0810904985 Very good copy with clean pages and dust jacket. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOILER28JD027 ISBN : 0810904985 9780810904989
Vintage. Paperback. 0375714367 little creased else clean very good copy books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 2010. Vintage paperback
Bookseller reference : WARE390RM1197 ISBN : 0375714367 9780375714368
Hardcover. Very good copy with clean pages. First editon. Sm 4to. Published in New York 1998. 345 pages. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1998. hardcover
Harper. Hardcover. 0060174056 Very good copy with clean pages and dust jacket. First edition. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. Harper hardcover
Bookseller reference : WARE383JD022 ISBN : 0060174056 9780060174057
Wiley. Hardcover. 0471091367 Very good copy with clean pages and dust jacket. First edition. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. Wiley hardcover
Bookseller reference : H5JD052 ISBN : 0471091367 9780471091363
Cliffs Notes. PAPERBACK. 0822053004 Very good copy with clean pages. Writing in ink on inside front cover. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. Cliffs Notes paperback
Bookseller reference : BOILER9JD062 ISBN : 0822053004 9780822053002
Revell. Used - Very Good. Ships from Reno NV. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Revell unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP113407368 ISBN : 0800729137 9780800729134
Greenwood. Hardcover. 0313286256 Very good paperback light wear and creasing. Used book. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1999. Greenwood hardcover
Bookseller reference : WARE272JD7515 ISBN : 0313286256 9780313286254
Harper. Hardcover. 0060174056 Very good paperback light wear and creasing. Used book. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1998. Harper hardcover
Bookseller reference : WARE267JD7665 ISBN : 0060174056 9780060174057
Elsevier Science Ltd. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Elsevier Science Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP106974986 ISBN : 0444001492 9780444001498
Basic Books Inc. Publishers New York. Hardcover. Good copy with no dust jacket and slight staining to front cover. Published in New York 1966. 203 pages. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Good. Basic Books Inc. Publishers, New York hardcover
Houghton Mifflin Company 1922 Boston. OTHER:BOOK. Very good condition. No dustjacket. Seal of previous owner inside front cover. 11th printing. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1922. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922 Boston unknown
National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods 1930 Cincinnati. OTHER:BOOK. Very good condition. No dustjacket. Small tear on front free end paper. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1930. National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, 1930 Cincinnati unknown
London:: Nonesuch Press 1926. 1926. 8vo. xx 213 pp. Brown buckram red leather gilt-stamped spine label; lightly rubbed edges to the label considerable offsetting to the endleaves. Ownership signature of Joan Lutley . Very good. Limited edition of 1050 numbered copies printed on Dutch rag by R. & R. Clark in Scotland for The Nonesuch Press. Nonesuch Press, 1926. hardcover
Bibliotheque Francaise et Romane. PAPERBACK. Good clean copy with creasing to the front cover and spine. Name in ink on front panel. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1957. Bibliotheque Francaise et Romane paperback
Farrar Strauss and Cudahy. Hardcover. First printing. Very good in very good dust jacket. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1959. Farrar, Strauss, and Cudahy hardcover
Frederick Fell Inc. Hardcover. Very good in very good torn chipped dust jacket. First edition. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1946. Frederick Fell, Inc. hardcover
Good. Used book in good condition. Has wear to the cover and pages. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing. Ex-library with the usual stamps. 100% guaranteed. 050920 unknown
Bookseller reference : 0385084102[go] ISBN : 0385084102 9780385084109
Oxford University Press. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Oxford University Press unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP97038932 ISBN : 0195683994 9780195683998
US: Brookings Inst Pr. Hardcover. 0815700768 Very good in Very good dust jacket. First Edition. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1993. Brookings Inst Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : UNDER546MA4745 ISBN : 0815700768 9780815700760
Harper and Brothers New York. Hardcover. E-xlibrary Good solid copy with blindstamp in dust jacket. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Fair. 1958. Harper and Brothers, New York hardcover
Ktav Pub Inc. Hardcover. 0881251089 Very good in very good dust jacket. Later printing. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. Ktav Pub Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : BING766CR0026 ISBN : 0881251089 9780881251081
Wiley. PAPERBACK. 0470889209 US Edition Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Emailed Tracking from USA . Good. Wiley paperback
Bookseller reference : Z0470889209Z3 ISBN : 0470889209 9780470889206
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