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CHINESE MATHEMATICS A Concise History

YAN Li, SHIRAN Du, CROSSLEY John N., LUN Anthony W. -C. [Translators] · 1987

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)

Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1987. 9780198581819 1st edn. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (VG). Pp. xiii + 292, illus with figures, tables and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

REACHING FOR THE EXTREME How the Quest for the Biggest Fewest and Weirdest Makes Maths

STEWART Ian · 2026

£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)

Profile Books, 2026. 9781805221593 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered mauve cloth (bumped at head of spine - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 341, illus with b&w photos and diagrams in text (no inscriptions).

DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY IN ADVANCED SOCIETIES

ANDORKA Rudolf · 1978

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.38 | ¥850)

Methuen, 1978 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (edges lightly creased). Pp. 431m illus with figures in text (title page removed; no inscriptions).

PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy [&] A GUIDE TO NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

NEWTON Isaac, COHEN I. Bernard, WHITMAN Anne, NAUENBERG Michael, SMITH George E. · 2008

£150.00 (€179.66 | $201.76 | ¥31,878)

Folio Society, 2008 1st printing. 2 vols boxed set. Tall 8vo (10 x 7 ins). Original silver decorated black buckram cloth (Fine), slipcase (lightly scuffed at edges - otherwise near Fine). Pp. xxx + 494 [&] xvii + 385, illus with coloured plates and b&w figures in text (previou...

THE MATHEMATICAL WORK OF CHARLES BABBAGE

DUBBEY J.M. · 1978

£14.00 (€16.77 | $18.83 | ¥2,975)

Cambridge University Press, 1978 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (accession number at tail of spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 235, illus with b&w frontispiece (ex academic library with usual stamps and markings and previous owner's neat inscr...

A GUIDE TO INFINITY Ten Mathematical Journeys

SCHEINERMAN Edward R. · 2026

£15.00 (€17.97 | $20.18 | ¥3,188)

Yale University Press, 2026. 9780300284799 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiv + 174, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

UNEQUAL The Maths of When Things Do and Don't Add Up

CHENG Eugenia · 2025

£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)

Profile Books, 2025. 9781805223061 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 386 (no inscriptions).

THINK LIKE A MATHEMATICIAN Simple Tools for Complex Everyday Problems

MUBEEN Junaid · 2025

£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)

Profile Books, 2025. 9781788167345 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered white cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 343, with figures in text (no inscriptions).

THE PATTERN OF CHANGE A Mathematical and Philosophical Study of How We See the World

MOODY Robert V., MING-DAO Deng · 2025

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)

Cambridge University Press, 2025. 9781009546539 Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xvi + 584, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

ASPECTS OF VAGUENESS

SKALA Heinz J., TERMINI S., TRILLAS E. · 1984

£15.00 (€17.97 | $20.18 | ¥3,188)

Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1984 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (spine and edges of boards faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii + 304, illus with b&w figures (ex academic library with usual stamps and marks; previous owner's neat inscription on front endp...

COME LET'S PLAY Scenario-Based Programming Using LSCs and the Play-Engine

HAREL David, MARELLY Rami · 2003

£15.00 (€17.97 | $20.18 | ¥3,188)

Springer, 2003 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG. Pp. xviii + 382, illus with coloured and b&w figures (lacks CD; no inscriptions).

MATHEMATICAL RECREATIONS AND ESSAYS

ROUSE BALL W.W., COXETER H.S.M. · 1959

£14.00 (€16.77 | $18.83 | ¥2,975)

Macmillan and Co., 1959 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (light spotting on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 418, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions).

THE MATHEMAGICIAN AND PIED PUZZLER A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner

BERLEKAMP Elwyn, RODGERS Tom · 1999

£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)

Natick MA: A K Peters, 1999. 9781568810751 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. x + 266, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions).

HOMAGE TO A PIED PUZZLER

PEGG Ed, SCHOEN Alan H., RODGERS Tom · 2009

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)

Wellesley MA: A K Peters, 2009. 9781568813158 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. xxviii + 285, illus with b&w photos and figures in text (no inscriptions).

TRIBUTE TO A MATHEMAGICIAN

CIPRA Barry, DEMAINE Erik D., DEMAINE Martin L., RODGERS Tom · 2005

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)

Wellesley MA: A K Peters, 2005. 9781568812045 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. xli + 262, illus with b&w photos and figures in text (no inscriptions).

MARTIN GARDNER 4 Volumes Knotted Doughnuts, Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers, Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments, Fractal Music Hypercards and More

GARDNER Martin · 1986

£30.00 (€35.93 | $40.35 | ¥6,376)

New York: W.H. Freeman & Co., 1986-1991 4 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (near Fine). Pp. various, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions). Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments (1986), Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers and the...

HEX STRATEGY Making the Right Connections

BROWNE Cameron · 2000

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)

Natick MA: A K Peters, 2000 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. xiii + 363, illus with b&w figures in text (no inscriptions).

FROM PAST TO FUTURE Grassmann's Work in Context Grassmann Bicentennial Conference September 2009

GRASSMANN Hermann, PETSCHE Hans-Joachim, LEWIS Albert C., LIESEN Jorg, RUSS Steve [Editors] · 2011

£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)

Basel: Birkhäuser, 2011. 9783034604048 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (small mark on fore-edge - otherwise near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xx + 580, illus with coloured and b&w photos, tables and figures (previous owner's neat inscription on fro...

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS Volume I General Survey of the History of Elementary Mathematics [&] Volume II. Special Topics of Elementary Mathematics

SMITH David Eugene · 2003

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)

New York: Dover Publications, c. 2003 2 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (small crease at fore-edge of upper cover of vol I - otherwise VG). Pp. xxii + 596 [&] xii + 725, with b&w illus (previous owner's neat inscription on title pages).

A TREATISE OF ALGEBRA With the Application of It to a Variety of Problems in Arithmetic to Geometry Trigonometry and Conic Sections with the Several Methods of Solving and Constructing Equations of the Higher Kind

WOLFIUS Christian [Christian Freiherr von Wolff], HANNA John [Translator] · 1739

£200.00 (€239.55 | $269.01 | ¥42,504)

Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1739 1st edn. 8vo (8 x 4¾ ins). Contemporary polished calf, spine and part of lower board replaced in modern calf, with new gilt lettered label, red sprinkled edges (corners rather worn). Pp. (lacks prelims prior to title) xii + 340, il...