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Hall, Trevor. Mathematicall Recreations. An Exercise in Seventeenth-Century Bibliography. Leeds, 1969. Red textured leather stamped in gold with textured endsheets. Number 4 from an edition of 12 specially bound presentation copies. 8vo. Pages uncut; very good condition. Inscribed and signed by the author to Roland Winder. Rare. The “trade” edition of this work was limited to 200 copies. Hall’s holographic notations on the copyright page state that only 12 copies were bound as this one was, and presented as gifts to friends.


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