Add this copy of George Parker Bidder the Calculating Boy With an to cart. $35.87, very good condition, Sold by Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dulverton, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1983 by Bedford: KSL Publications, 1983. 0950854301.
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1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover). Pp. xxvi + 518, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w photos in text (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper).
Add this copy of George Parker Bidder: the Calculating Boy. With an to cart. $44.21, like new condition, Sold by Tom Costin rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Horsham, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1983 by KSL Publications.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0950854301. Fine blue faux leather with silver titles. No inscriptions or marks. Coloured frontis and a further 90 black & white illustrations. Fine dust jacket. An excellent copy. Loosley laid in is a copy of a facsimile of text of the1850 edition of the account of "Difficult questions and his surprising rapid answers" Despite receiving little formal schooling it wasn't long before his family realised that George had a remarkable facility for memorising and manipulating large numbers in his head. His father William capitalised on his son's extraordinary gift by presenting George as the Calculating Prodigy in local fairs. He later became a respected railway and civil engineer being elected President of The Institute of Civil Engineers.; Black & white photographs and maps.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; xxii + 518 pages.
