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Reed, Thomas Allen (editor) . THE PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTER FOR THE YEAR 1854
London 1854.The magazine, fully in shorthand, mostly summarizes the news of the day. Hardcover. 12mo., 188p., full pressed cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-library but no spine numbers and no pocket. VG, text clean. (a22001)
$35.00 Longley, Elias . AMERICAN MANUAL OF PHONOGRAPHY
Cincinnati 1853 Longley. Being a complete guide to the acquisition of Pitman's phonetic shorthand. Hardcover. 12mo, 139pp., original light brown cloth with gilt lettering. A few institution stamps. VG, occasional light spots in text. (a22006)
$29.00 Clement . LA STENOGRAPHIE OU L'ART D'ECRIRE AUSSI VITE QU'ON PARLE
Paris An IX (1801) Chez l'Auteur. In French. Hardcover. 12mo., 70pp., half leather and marbled boards. Owner signed. Near Good, boards quite worn on edges. (a33033)
$85.00 Reed, Thomas Allen . A BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC PITMAN (INVENTOR OF PHONOGRAPHY)
London (1890). Hardcover. Small octavo, 191pp., illustrations, index, printed boards. VG, fore-edges spotted, tiny chip along top margin of final few leaves (roughly opened). (a44691)
$50.00 Holmyard, F. ; E. Howard and H. Morton Jones (editors) . THE NATIONAL PHONOGRAPHER; THE PHONOGRAPHERS' MONTHLY SHORTHAND MAGAZINE (25 journal issues bound in one volume)
England 1892-1894. Volume 1 Numbers 1 thru 12 and Volume 2 Nos. 1 thru 7, March 1892 thru April 1894. (112pp.) Bound with: The Phonographers Monthly Shothand Magazine, Volume 1 No. 1, September 1892; No. 2, October 1892; No. 6, February 1893; No. 7, March 1893, and No. 8 8 April 1893. Except for article titles, the text is written in shorthand. Includes illustrations of early typewriter, famous stenographers and stenography teachers. Interesting articles as: Phonography as a Recreation, by T. A. Reed; A Phonographer of 21 Years Ago, by E. A. Cope; Swan Fountain Pen Competition; British and American Stenographers Compared. Bound in one volume, 8vo., original green cloth with mounted brown leather spine label. A few exceedingly light pencil circles in text on a few pages. VG, corners lightly bumped. (a44726)
$220.00 Vassallo, Edgard V. . COURS RATIONNEL DE STENOGRAPHIE PITMAN
London 1953. In French. Hardcover. 12mo., 109pp., original printed cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a56153)
$20.00 Gould, M. T. C. . THE ART OF SHORT-HAND WRITING , BY WHICH THE LANGUAGE OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER MAY BE RECORDED IN A STYLE BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND LEGIBLE AS FAST AS DELIVERED COMPILED FROM THE LATEST EUROPEAN PUBLICATIONS WITH SUNDRY IMPROVEMENTS ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES
Philadelphia 1832 revised stereotype edition, with new additions. Published and sold by the Author. Hardcover. 12mo., 60pp., two page frontis (engraved illustration of Elements of Short Hand and calligraphic rendering of titlepage), original cloth. Very old bookplate. District Library and number in ink inside front cover.Tiny old book seller stamp. Good. (a56947)
$35.00Mavor, William. UNIVERSAL STENOGRAPHY OR A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF SHORTHAND
London 1807 new edition Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme and Brown. Octavo, 55pp., 9 plates illustrating the shorthand, wraps with later spine. Good. (a6241)
$75.00 Addy, Guliemus (William) . HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT WITH SINGING PSALMS, IN SHORTHAND
London 1687 Printed for the Author and sold by Dorman Newman. William Addy was an early innovator of shorthand. Very Small. Hardcover. 16mo. 4-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches. (6), 396pp., (1), double page engraved frontis piece, small engraved vignette of Garden of Eden, full gilt decorated leather with marbled end papers. Double column text. All pages have decorative red line borders. All edges brightly gilt. Key to the shorthand code neatly handwritten in ink on rear end paper. VG plus, light wear. Excellent condition - beautiful book. Rare. (a66076)
$2900.00 Albrecht, Dr. Karl . LESEBUCH FUR ANGEHENDE STENOGRAFEN
Hamburg 1878 dritte, verbesserte Auflage, Haendcke & Lehmfuhl. In German. Hardcover. 12mo., 76pp., 3/4 cloth. VG, light wear. (a73158)
$45.00 Irving, Washington . THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW PRINTED IN GREGG SHORTHAND
NY c. 1850 Gregg. Hardcover. Octavo, 58pp., cloth. Good plus, some cover wear and fading. (a77582)
$50.00 Pitman, Benn and Jerome B. Howard . THE PHONOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY AND PHRASE BOOK
Cincinnati 1913 first edition Phonographic Institute. Hardcover. Octavo, 552p., publisher's catalogue, greygreen cloth. Ex-exlibrary with spine numbers and bookplate but no pocket. VG. (a85961)
$29.00 Pitman, Benn . THE PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTER
Cincinnati 1855 first edition Phonographic Institute. Many interesting articles - Phonetic State Convention, The Philosophy of War by W. Hepworth Dixon, The Catacombs of Rome; Remarkable Spring in Florida, Botany by Leo Grindon and much more - all written in shorthand. Hardcover 12mo., 190p., 3/4 leather with raised spine bands and mounted black and red spine labels. Library name stamp on title page and a few numbers but no spine numbers, bookplate removed from front end paper (some residue), no pocket. Good plus, light cover wear. Binding secure. (a86336)
$75.00Graham, Andrew J. (editor). THE UNIVERSAL PHONOGRAPHER VOLUME III and VOLUME IV - JANUARY THRU DECEMBER 1854 AND 1855 (2 hardcover volumes)
New York 1854 , 1855 first edition. Graham. 24 issues of this stenography journal for 1854 and 185 , bound in two hardcover volumes. Written almost entirely in shorthand. Octavo, 3/4 leather. Some old library marks - remnants of library bookplate inside front cover; a few name stamps and numbers. Good, leather worn and beginning to crack along outer hinges, a few tiny spots in text. Binding secure. Quite scarce. (a86421)
$129.00 Reed, Thomas Allen (editor) . THE PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTER FOR THE YEAR 1855
London 1855.The magazine, fully in shorthand, mostly summarizes the news of the day. Hardcover. 16mo., 188pp., cloth. Ex-library but no spine numbers and no pocket. Good, text clean and binding secure. (a86624)
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