Buy this book on-line Puckle, William : Tables for the calculation of interest, on any sum, from one pound to one thousand(Port Elizabeth, printed at the "Herald" Office, Main-Street, 1856)
Progressively from one to three hundred and sixty-five days. To which are added: a table of discount on bills, at a certain number of days from any day throughout the year to 31st December. 185 x 130 mm, pp. (iii) + 124. Cloth worn, with lower section of backstrip detached and inserted loose. Browning throughout. Pencilled signature of E. Cohen. A colonial binding. Carries the rare binder's ticket of 'D. Hurley, bookbinder, Port Elizabeth' on the front pastedown endpaper. This is one of the earliest books printed in Port Elizabeth. Anna Smith, in The spread of printing ... South Africa, p. 84, notes that two books published in 1852 (i.e., four years before the work on offer here) 'seem to be the earliest books printed in Port Elizabeth.' Preface: 'The object in circulating this little Volume amongst an indulgent Public, is to facilitate the Calculation of Interest at our Colonial Rate. ... The patronage of the commercial body is therefore respectfully solicitated.' Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Puckle, William : Tables for the calculation of interest, on any sum, from one pound to one thousand. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, libri antichi, livres rares, first editions and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |