Search Results: Mathematics from Appledore Books, ABAA

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1938. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1938 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (the small ghost of a former price sticker at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with just a bit of very light chipping and creasing along the panel edges. Octavo, 303 pgs. plus Index.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. A tight, solid copy of the 1985 1st edition. Sharp and Near Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 140 pgs. Part of Wiley's formidable "Probability and Mathematical Statistics" series.

Paris: Societe Mathematique de France, 1960. Original wraps. Near Fine. An impressive collection of 11 issues of Bulletin de la Societe Mathematique de France, ranging from 1957 thru 1960. All 11 octavo issues clean and Near Fine in their printed wrappers. The issues are as follows: Tome 85 (1957)--4 fascicules (volumes); Tome 86 (1958)--4 fascicules (volumes), including "special" fascicule IV; Tome 87 (1959); and Tome 88 (1960)--2 fascicules (volumes).

New York: W.A. Benjamin, Inc, 1969. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1969 1st edition, complete in 2 parts. Both volumes tight and VG in their original wrappers, with light soiling along the panels. Octavos, 462 pgs. all told.

New York: Chelsea Publishging Company, 1973. Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome example of the "corrected" 1973 reprint --complete in 4 volumes-- "of a work published originally in 4 volumes in Cambridge, England in 1904, 1908, 1909 and 1912, respectively". Each volume is clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its wine-red cloth. A bit of light foxing to the fore-edges, very mild dusting to a number of the panels. Thick, uniform quartos. Vol. I: 1837-1853; Vol. II: 1854-1873; Vol. III: 1870-1883; and Vol. IV: 1882-1897.

Providence, R.I.: The American Mathematical Society, 2009. Laminate boards. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2009 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its yellow and blue laminate boards. Quarto, 399 pgs. Vol. 103 in the American Mathematical Society's "Graduate Studies in Mathematics" series.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very solid copy of the 1966 1st American edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with light fading along the spine. Thick octavo, translated from its original Latin (in which it first appeared, in its 1801 original printing) by Arthur A. Clarke.

New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1972. Cloth. Near Fine. 1972 Hafner re-issue, based on the 1929 original printing. Clean and Near Fine in its beige cloth, with the small ghost of a former price-sticker to the front free endpaper. Octavo, 105 pgs.

Paris: Hermann Editeurs, 1958. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A clean, tight copy of the 1958 1st edition, in its glassine dustjacket. Solid and VG in a lightly-chipped, VG example of the fragile dustjacket. Octavo, 169 pgs., fold-out map at rear.

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1968. Cloth. Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1968 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its mustard-yellow cloth, with one small stain along the front panel's fore-edge and very light spotting at the fore-edge itself. Octavo, 375 pgs.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1925. 1st. Cloth. Very Good. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1925 1st edition. Bright and VG in its original blue cloth. Octavo, 178 pgs. Small former owner signature on front free endpaper.

Harvard University Press, 1991. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1991 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 331 pgs.

Princeton University Press, 1951. Original wraps. Very Good. A very unusual Association copy. FROM THE LIBRARY OF --AND SIGNED IN BOTH VOLUMES BY-- JACK ROTH, THE RENOWNED MATHEMATICIAN (PHD DUKE, PROF. U. OF KENTUCKY) WHO, INCREDIBLY, WAS ALSO A HIGHLY-ACCOMPLISHED ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER AND AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK COLLEAGUE OF DEKOONING, POLLOCK, FRANZ KLINE, ETC.). A CURIOUS FIGURE AND A MAN WHO INCORPORATED ARCANE PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS (ASYMMETRY, PROPORTION, ETC.) IN MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS. A solid copy to boot of the 1961 stated 2nd printings, complete in 2 volumes. Both octavo volumes tight and VG in their orange wrappers, with light wear along the panel edges. Vol. I: Measures and Integrals; Vol. II: The Geometry of Orthogonal Spaces. #21 and #22 in Princeton's formidable "Annals of Mathematics Studies" series.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1982. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A clean, solid copy of the 1982 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with mild offsetting at the front panel and light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 429 pgs.

Cambridge University Press, 1957. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 424 pgs.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A sharp, very presentable copy of the 1971 1st edition of this sweeping study of Isaac Newton's 'Principia'. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine crown and fading along the spine. Thick quarto, 16 full-page, photographic plates complementing Bernard Cohen's text. From the dustjacket front flap: "In 1956 the noted Newton scholars Alexandre Koyre and I. Bernard Cohen conceivede the idea of an edition with various readings of Newton's great treatise, 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'. Their aim was to exhibit the stages of growth of this fundamental treatise from the first manuscript (1685-1687) to the final edition (1726). Professor Cohen's 'Introduction' serves a dual purpose. It is a guide to the edition, but it is also a biography of the book itself, providing an analytic history of how Newton came to write the book, the printing of the several… Read More

New York and London: Academic Press, 1971. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A perfectly serviceable copy of the 1971 1st edition. Tight and VG (light soiling and spotting at the panels, small ghost of a former price sticker to the front pastedown) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with very light scratching and creasing along the front panel and spine. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, part of Academic Press's formidable "Pure and Applied Mathematics" series.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1946. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A solid, perfectly serviceable copy of the 1946 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light offsetting along the front panel's fore-edge, light chipping --with several tiny closed tears-- at the spine ends and the panel edges, and mild soiling to the rear panel. Still though, presents well. Octavo, 260 pgs.

Harvard University Press, 1972. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Handsome examples in 2 volumes of the facsimile of the 3rd edition (1726), with variant readings. "Assembled and edited by Alexandre Koyre and I. Bernard Cohen, with the Assistance of Anne Whitman". Both volumes solid and VG+ (small stamped name at the front free endpapers) in crisp, VG dustjackets, with light abrading and staining along the lower-edges of Vol. II's rear panel and very mild overall soiling at the panels. Light chipping as well along the spine ends but, still, impressive and presentable. Quartos, hundreds of clearly-reproduced plates and diagrams throughout complementing Newton's timeless, original text (in Latin).

Cambridge University Press, 1912. Cloth. Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the uncommon, correct 1912 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the spine. Several small "Cambridge University Press" stamps (one in ink, 2 in blind) along the preliminaries, otherwise internally very clean. Quarto, 525 pgs. Imposing and very impressive in its original iteration.