Art, Gold & Silver, Primitives & Rare Books
Lot 275:
Description
Group of five early to late 19th century books including The General Gazetteer, or Compendious Geographical Dictionary by R. Brookes, London, 1802, illustrated with folding world maps; Higher Arithmetic: or the Science and Application of Numbers by James B. Thomson, New York, Ivison Phinney & Co., 1862; Grand-Papa’s Arithmetic: A Story of Two Little Apple Merchants by Jean Macé, New York, P. S. Wyb4323oop & Son, 1868; The Malte-Brun School Geography by S. Griswold Goodrich, Hartford, F. J. Huntington, 1835, illustrated with engraved plates; and The Universal Calculator’s Pocket Guide instructional arithmetic reference volume. Several volumes bear early handwritten ownership inscriptions including Frederick Farrand and George Robinson. Estate condition with age toning, foxing, and wear to bindings including spine wear, page separations, and cover loss to the Malte-Brun geography volume. Books measure approximately 4.75 x 3.25 inches up to approximately 8.75 x 5.25 inches.
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