[Rarebooks] For Sale: "The Bell, Its Origin, History & Uses"

[Norman Kane]

GATTY, ALFRED.   THE BELL: ITS ORIGIN, HISTORY AND USES.  London:
George Bell [!!], 1848.  Octavo, original vertically-ribbed cloth 
with blindstamped bells & wreath design, front cover and spine 
lettered in gilt.  Title page vignette & text-illustrations.   [2], 
vii, [3], 117 pages.  Just the slightest wear, otherwise 
excellent.  Signature on end paper of John W. Nystrom, American 
inventor and originator of the hexadecimal system of notation, 
arithmetic & metrology. (Gatty, husband of the popular author of 
juveniles, Margaret Gatty, wrote other books, among them one on sun 
dials. An uncommon 
title.)    $175.00                            (Trade Discount Available)


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