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[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ('Lewis Carroll')]. Arithmetic. I. [Oxford: University Press, c.1870]. Bifolium (227 x 144mm); printed on cream paper. (Small stain in top margin.)
FIRST EDITION, RARE. ABPC records only one other copy sold at auction, the Hartley--Falletta copy (Christie's 30 November 2005, lot 64). The pamphlet consists of templates for 33 examination problems divided into 5 sections: Integral Numbers, Vulgar Fractions, Decimal Fractions, Concrete Numbers, and Rule of Three. The problems are stated in skeleton form, leaving blanks for the variables, so that new problems can be generated easily. Mathematical Pamphlets 23; not in Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch.
FIRST EDITION, RARE. ABPC records only one other copy sold at auction, the Hartley--Falletta copy (Christie's 30 November 2005, lot 64). The pamphlet consists of templates for 33 examination problems divided into 5 sections: Integral Numbers, Vulgar Fractions, Decimal Fractions, Concrete Numbers, and Rule of Three. The problems are stated in skeleton form, leaving blanks for the variables, so that new problems can be generated easily. Mathematical Pamphlets 23; not in Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch.