Vintage Mid Century Math Textbook Lot 1945 1951 Industrial Algebra Ford School
$ 31.66
Description
Vintage Mid Century Math Textbook Lot 1945 1951 Industrial Algebra Ford School. Lot Includes: 1. Features a striking, mid-century red cloth cover with an atomic coordinate grid graphic. Features the matching atomic coordinate grid graphic on a deep teal cloth cover. Spines are strong and bindings remain structurally intact with no loose pages. Up for sale is a fantastic three-volume lot of mid-century industrial and academic mathematics textbooks dating from 1945 to 1951. This collection offers a perfect blend of period-correct atomic era graphic design and practical, historical STEM pedagogy. Lot Includes: 1. A First Course in Algebra (Second Edition, 1951) - Walter W. Hart - Publisher: D.C. Heath and Company - Condition: Clean interior text. Features a striking, mid-century red cloth cover with an atomic coordinate grid graphic. Features a clean, unfilled vintage Durham County, NC Board of Education pupil check-out plate on the inner cover. 2. A Second Course in Algebra (Second Edition Enlarged, 1951) - Walter W. Hart - Publisher: D.C. Heath and Company - Condition: Companion volume to the first book. Features the matching atomic coordinate grid graphic on a deep teal cloth cover. 3. Industrial Algebra and Trigonometry with Geometrical Applications (First Edition, 1945) - Authors: John H. Wolfe, William F. Mueller, and Seibert D. Mullikin - Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company - Historical Significance: This text was authored directly by directors and instructional superintendents of the Ford Apprentice Training Operations and the Henry Ford Trade School in Dearborn, Michigan. It focuses on precision tool-and-die shop floor engineering, gear layouts, and automotive manufacturing calculations during the WWII era. Condition Notes: All books are solid vintage hardcovers. Spines are strong and bindings remain structurally intact with no loose pages. Standard minor rubbing along corners and outer edges. Page blocks show natural uniform age-toning but text remains clean, crisp, and free of heavy structural damage. Perfect for educators, historians, home decor book staging, or as an addition to a vintage machinist/engineering bookshelf collection.
