Author: SMELTZER, DONALD Title: Man and Number
Description: Buchanan, New York: Emerson Books Inc. / Distributed by Dover Publications, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. ISBN: 0875231071. Stated Fourth Printing, 1974 of a work first published in 1958. Donald Smeltzer has traced the story of mankind's use of numbers, from the earliest days through just before computers became commonplace. With a few scattered illustrations, including a photo of a 19th-century Chinese abacus. --- In brownish-red cloth-look paper-covered boards with silver-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in glassine wrapper. --- A tightly-bound, newish copy. Wrapper with numerous holes at crease points & chipping to edges, else intact.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; vii, [3], 118 pages. Near Fine .
Keywords: 0875231071
Price: US$ 22.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 88324