Interest Tables At Five Per Cent
by George Oates
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$425.88NZ$383.29
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 9". None. A mathematical, accountancy work regarding interest tables in the nineteenth century. Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine. Interest Tables at Five per Cent. In which are shown the interest on any sum from one pound to ten thousand pounds, for any length of time, from one day to three hundred and sixty-five days, by days, from one month to twelve months, by months, and from one year to six years, by years, each by the addition of two sums only. They also show the interest on shillings, from one to nineteen shillings, at a glance. There is likewise included a series of tables for reducing interest at five per cent to any other rate, from one per cent to four and seven-eights per cent, by eighths. To these are added tables for calculating commissions on sales of goods, or banking accounts, from one-eighth to five per cent. Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine. There is some wear to the extremities including rubbing and marks to the boards. There is a small patch of loss to the leather at the bottom of the spine and the cloth is peeling away at the bottom corner of rear board. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are clean and bright with a few spots to the front blank endpaper. A bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LTH9-A-3
- Title
- Interest Tables At Five Per Cent
- Author
- George Oates
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
- Size
- 10" by 9"
- Keywords
- Accountancy Accounts Mathematics Sums Accounts
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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