ADAMS'S NEW ARITHMETIC

New Hampshire: J. & J. W. Prentiss, 1827. First printing. Very good minus.. First edition of this late Regency arithmetic textbook for American schools — by the author of THE SCHOLAR'S ARITHMETIC, one of the era's most popular mathematical textbooks. 4.5" x 6.75" Original brown quarter calf with green typographically printed paper boards. 264 pages. Previous owner names/notes to endpapers. Rubbing to spine, large abrasion with some paper loss to front board, some chipping and bumping to corners. A bit of foxing and soiling to textblock, several leaves with a bit of loss to bottom edge. A touch fragile, but firm.