Canada Publishing Company, Toronto, 1886.  Hard cover, approx. 390 pages including answers (answers begin with Exercise XIV b).  Brown cloth with embossed lettering and designs on front and rear boards and spine; some soil/stains.  Edge, corner and spine end wear, some losses to cloth along front spine edge, some fraying; small stain near lower spine end; binding sound.  Prior owner’s name inked on front paste-down, front end paper and title page.  Tear to paper at front gutter with webbing exposed; binding sound.  Some inked answers/writing on 9 pages, occasional stray mark, a few short edge tears, pages tanned.  ‘The Elementary Algebras in common use no longer meet the requirements of Canadian Schools, and there has, therefore, arisen among mathematical teachers and students, an imperative demand for a New Elementary Algebra which, in matter and methods, shall more fully represent the training that our schools now give in the elements of the science.’ (from Preface)