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Mathematics And The Imagination first edition, first printing (Simon and Schuster, 1940) dust jacket

Mathematics And The Imagination First Edition

Edward Kasner and James Newman · Simon and Schuster, 1940 · First edition, first printing

For a first edition, first printing of Mathematics And The Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman (Simon and Schuster, 1940), the first point to check: Title page: “SIMON AND SCHUSTER · NEW YORK · 1940”, dated 1940 (later printings carry a later year).

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These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Mathematics And The Imagination.

✓ Title page: “SIMON AND SCHUSTER · NEW YORK · 1940”, dated 1940 (later printings carry a later year)

✓ Copyright page: “Copyright, 1940, by Edward Kasner and James Newman”, publisher’s address “1230 Sixth Avenue, New York, N. Y.”, and no printing statement

✓ Binding: red cloth, gilt aleph-null on the front board, gilt spine lettering

✓ Dust jacket: black, title in cream with “Imagination” in script, red blurb, “by Edward Kasner and James Newman”

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✓ Title page: “SIMON AND SCHUSTER · NEW YORK · 1940”, dated 1940 (later printings carry a later year) ✓ Copyright page: “Copyright, 1940, by Edward Kasner and James Newman”, publisher’s address “1230 Sixth Avenue, New York, N. Y.”, and no printing statement ✓ Binding: red cloth, gilt aleph-null on the front board, gilt spine lettering ✓ Dust jacket: black, title in cream with “Imagination” in script, red blurb, “by… The identification points above show each one.
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