The Practical Arithmetic, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies; Embracing every variety of practical questions appropriate to written arithmetic, with original, concise, and analytic methods of solution by John F. Stoddard
New York: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, 1854. Hardcover. [6], 297 p.: illustrations, tables; 19 cm. Black leather spine; printed paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title. Cover title: Stoddard's Practical Arithmetic. Publisher's advertisement on back board. Copyrighted in 1852 by Cornish, Lamport & Co. Imprint includes: Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.; Boston: John P. Jewett & Co.; Buffalo: Phinney & Co.; Cleveland: Knight, King & Co.; Cincinnati: Applegate & Co.; Circleville: A. Beach & Co.; Chicago: Keene & Bro.; St. Louis: E.K. Woodward, and Keith & Woods. Faint writing by former owner on endpapers. The author, John Fair Stoddard (1825-1873), is identified on the title page as principal of the University of Northern Pennsylvania, which opened in Bethany, Pa., in 1850; he was later on the faculty at Millersville University. In Good Condition: cover is significantly rubbed; foxing throughout, heavy on some pages; otherwise, clean and tight. Good. Item #004426
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