Van Driel M J (11 results)

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Good. 1st Edition. Text is entirely in DUTCH. First edition. Quarto hardback. xvi, 597 pp. Numerous black and white and colour illustrations. Slight embrowning on free end papers and inside covers, otherwise Very Good condition. Dust jacket is complete almost totally complete, but has 6 or 7 closed tears, and a little staining on top right, otherwise near Good.…

Zwolle, 1956. Omslag. 127 pp.

Paperback. Volume VII and VIII, in two volumes. Very good condition. 258, 240 pages. Heavy item, will require additional shipping fees. pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good hardcover in Fair DJ. Also includes softcover supplement. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Edges show some tanning. Binding is tight, hinges strong. DJ is soiled and edge worn.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Condition: Sehr gut. Als Typoskipt gedruckt. 82 Seiten. Very good copy. Sprache: Niederländisch Gewicht in Gramm: 990 4° (25-35 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 509pp. Few very minor pencil marks by a scholar at the Oriental Institute of Chicago.

vi, 509 pp. A few illustrations. 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. First edition. A very few neat marginal scholarly ink notes; tiny bump to corners of cloth; otherwise fine. Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten Studia Francisco Scholten Memoriae Dicata, Volumen Quintum.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce! Foxing to exterior page edges. Dust jacket in protective mylar. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. There are two books within this specific sale. One is the black cloth hardback book titled "Magic Squares of (2n + 1)2 Cells by M.J. van Driel" and the other book is an ivory coloured soft cover book titled "A Supplement to Magic Squares of (2n + 1)2 Cells. Both books are in really good condition and neither have dust jackets. The hardback book has a personal inscription on the first blank page, dated 1947, there is a small amount of wear to the corners of the hardback, hardly noticeable please see images. The hardback book has 90 pages all intact, and all pages, text and diagrams are in good, clean, readable order. The softcover supplement has 31 pages all intact, all pages, text and diagrams are in good, clean, readable order, however pages 25/26 do have a small tear at side and the last page 31/back cover has two small tears, this does not impact on any of the content and could easily be repaired by someone knowledgeable in repairing small tears. Normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Two really nice interesting books that have survived over eighty years of use and still have so much to offer those interested in books pertaining to mathematical equations.…

FIRST EDITION. Numerous text diagrams. Publisher's cloth, author and title in gilt on front cover and spine, original dust wrapper a bit worn around the edges and spine with small tears to the edges. First edition. For those of you who don't know, "a square of (2n+1)2 cells containing the numbers from 1 to (2N+1)2 is called magic when the numbers in each column, in each row and in each of the two diagonals sum to the same amount." Recognizing that magic squares have always been a source of interest to the mathematically-minded, the author here offers this work as a curiosity to the public, explaining how magic squares are obtainable from what is called "order 5" all the way through "order 15." The public is treated to an explanation of the step-by-step process of how to obtain the various magic squares. A summary in French is included at the end. This work proved popular enough for a follow-up, a Supplement to magic squares, published in 1939.…