An Early American Ciphering Book: Mathematics, a Poem, and Nine Folk Ballads and Songs in Manuscript

by AVERY, Mary, and Stanton Hewitt

$2,700 · Offered by Between the Covers

(Stonington, Connecticut): [circa 1820-41]. Softcover. Folio. Bound in the original thick plain paper wrapper. The wrapper is stained with short tears on the edges, two or three leaves from the front have been removed, modest overall foxing, good. A curious ciphering book, the first half of which consists of various..... More

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