拍品 913
  • 913

SMITH, D.E. EIGHT WORKS

估價
300 - 500 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • A collection of 8 works, comprising:
i. Historical-mathematical Paris. Paris: Les Presses Universitaires de France, 1924, ONE OF 35 COPIES SPECIALLY PRINTED ON JAPANESE PAPER, PRESENTATION COPY TO D.J.E. RUSSELL, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE BEGINNING AND END, original marbled boards, original paper covers bound in, (bought from Scientia, 1991), [T&W S132], boards slightly chipped on spineii. Mathematics and poetry. Florence: for the author, 1922, signed by the author at the end, original decorated boards, (Radulphi Beatley, ownership signature on upper paste-down), [T&W S137]iii. The poetry of mathematics and other essays. New York: Scripta Mathematica, 1938, original blue cloth, [T&W S139]iv. The poetry of mathematics and other essays. New York: Scripta Mathematica, 1947, reprint, original blue cloth, glassine and acetate jackets, [T&W S140] v. Primary arithmetic. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1904, original pale green cloth lettered and decorated in white, (G. Rose, ownership signature), [T&W S141], slight wear to bindingvi. A source book in mathematics. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1929, third impression, original maroon cloth, [T&W S143; Randell 1979 p.132]vii. The Sumario compendioso of Brother Juan Diez - the earliest mathematical work of the new world. Boston: Ginn & Co, 1921, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER, original boards, slipcase, [T&W S144], slipcase slightly torn viii. [with Mikami, Yoshio (1875-1950)] Japanese Mathematics. Chicago: the Open Court Publishing Company, 1914, original red cloth [T&W S148]8vo (8)

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拍品資料及來源

The first work is a reprint of an article from American Mathematical Monthly, volume 30, no. 3 (March-April 1923), pp.107-113.