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Field Museum stylebook : an editorial and typographical manual for guidance of all members of the staff concerned in the writing, editing, and printing of publications, leaflets, labels, posters, post cards, advertising, and all other printed matter of…

Field Museum stylebook : an editorial and typographical manual for guidance of all members of the staff concerned in the writing, editing, and printing of publications…

A Manual of Chinese Running-hand Writing: Especially as it is Used in Japan

A Manual of Chinese Running-hand Writing: Especially as it is Used in Japan is a public domain book, originally published in 1861. The complete text is available to read online.…

Palmer plan handbook : volume one : an elementary treatise on the theory and practice of photoplay scenario writing

Palmer plan handbook : volume one : an elementary treatise on the theory and practice of photoplay scenario writing

Essays, in a series of letters, on the following subjects: I. On a man's writing memoirs of himself. II. On decision of character. III. On the application of the epithet romantic. IV. On some of the causes by which evangelical religion has been…

Essays, in a series of letters, on the following subjects: I. On a man's writing memoirs of himself. II. On decision of characte is a public domain book, originally published in…

Mahan on naval warfare; selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan

Mahan on naval warfare; selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan is a public domain book, originally published in 1840. The complete text is available to read…

Longinus on the Sublime, in Writing

Longinus on the Sublime, in Writing is a public domain book, originally published in 1836. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work…

The art of show card writing; a modern treatise on show card writing, designed as an educator in all branches of the art...With two hundred and fifty-six illustrations and thirty-two lettering plates, comprising all the standard ancient and modern styles

The art of show card writing; a modern treatise on show card writing, designed as an educator in all branches of the art...With two hundred and fifty-six illustrations and…

The Survival of the Mediæval Art of Illuminative Writing among Pennsylvania Germans

"The Survival of the Mediæval Art of Illuminative Writing among Pennsylvania Germans" is an article from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 36 . View more…

Horne's Pennsylvania German manual: How Pennsylvania German is spoken and written, for pronouncing, speaking and writing English

Horne's Pennsylvania German manual: How Pennsylvania German is spoken and written, for pronouncing, speaking and writing English

Manual of general medical technology including prescription-writing

Manual of general medical technology including prescription-writing is a public domain book, originally published in 1838. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…

Helpful hints on writing and reading

Helpful hints on writing and reading is a public domain book, originally published in 1868. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work…

Patent of Mr. Frederick Bartholomew Folsch, of Oxford Street, for Improvements on Instruments, and Pens to Facilitate Writing

"Patent of Mr. Frederick Bartholomew Folsch, of Oxford Street, for Improvements on Instruments, and Pens to Facilitate Writing" is an article from The Belfast Monthly Magazine…

A first Latin book; or, Progressive lessons in reading and writing Latin

A first Latin book; or, Progressive lessons in reading and writing Latin is a public domain book, originally published in 1787. The complete text is available to read online.…

Essentials of materia medica and prescription writing : so arranged as to conform with the classification adopted in the last edition of Prof. H.C. Wood's "Therapeutics", making it of special value to students of those institutions in which the above…

Essentials of materia medica and prescription writing : so arranged as to conform with the classification adopted in the last edition of Prof. H.C. Wood's "Therapeutics", making…

A Manual of prescription writing

A Manual of prescription writing is a public domain book, originally published in 1878. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include…

The Physical Processes of Writing in the Early Orient and Their Relation to the Origin of the Alphabet

"The Physical Processes of Writing in the Early Orient and Their Relation to the Origin of the Alphabet" is an article from The American Journal of Semitic Languages and…

an analysis of writing

an analysis of writing is a public domain book, originally published in 1923. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include Analysis…

Writing to sell; a text-book of literary craftsmanship

Writing to sell; a text-book of literary craftsmanship is a public domain book, originally published in 1867. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated…

An exposition and explanation of the modern phenomena called spirit manifestations. Comprising the rappings, movements, writing mediums, and various other phenomena ... with extracts from different writers, of remarkable instances of presentiment…

An exposition and explanation of the modern phenomena called spirit manifestations. Comprising the rappings, movements, writing mediums, and various other phenomena ... with…

A text book on prescription writing and pharmacy, with practice in prescription-writing, laboratory exercises in pharmacy, and a reference list of the official drugs, especially designed for medical students

A text book on prescription writing and pharmacy, with practice in prescription-writing, laboratory exercises in pharmacy, and a is a public domain book, originally published in…

Conjectures on the Origin of the Oriental Practice of Writing from Right to Left, Deduced from a Consideration of the Names and Forms of the Hebrew Characters

"Conjectures on the Origin of the Oriental Practice of Writing from Right to Left, Deduced from a Consideration of the Names and Forms of the Hebrew Characters" is an article…

Essentials of materia medica, pharmacy and prescription writing: Arranged in Conformity with the ...

Essentials of materia medica, pharmacy and prescription writing: Arranged in Conformity with the ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1897. The complete text is…

Horne's Pennsylvania German manual : how Pennsylvania German is spoken and written : for pronouncing, speaking and writing Engli

Horne's Pennsylvania German manual : how Pennsylvania German is spoken and written : for pronouncing, speaking and writing Engli is a public domain book, originally published in…

Chinese Local Dialects Reduced to Writing: An Outline of the System Adopted for Romanizing the Dialect of Amoy

"Chinese Local Dialects Reduced to Writing: An Outline of the System Adopted for Romanizing the Dialect of Amoy" is an article from Journal of the American Oriental Society…

A Guide to Technical Writing.

A Guide to Technical Writing. is a public domain book, originally published in 1910. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include…

A Manual of Writing

A Manual of Writing is a public domain book, originally published in 1896. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include Manual, Writing.

On the writing of the insane with illustrations

On the writing of the insane with illustrations is a public domain book, originally published in 1870. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this…

On the Third Persepolitan Writing, and on the Mode of Expressing Numerals in Cuneatic Characters

"On the Third Persepolitan Writing, and on the Mode of Expressing Numerals in Cuneatic Characters" is an article from The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume 21 .…

Discoveries in Chinese, or, The symbolism of the primitive characters of the Chinese system of writing. As a contribution to philology and ethnology and a practical aid in the acquisition of the Chinese language

Discoveries in Chinese, or, The symbolism of the primitive characters of the Chinese system of writing. As a contribution to phi is a public domain book, originally published in…

The Elements of Specification Writing: A Text-book for Students in Civil Engineering

The Elements of Specification Writing: A Text-book for Students in Civil Engineering is a public domain book, originally published in 1921. The complete text is available to…

The Elements of Specification Writing: A Text-book for Students in Civil ...

The Elements of Specification Writing: A Text-book for Students in Civil ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1921. The complete text is available to read…

A Survey Of American Slate Writing Mediumship

A Survey of American Slate-Writing Mediumship by Walter Franklin Prince. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research. Volume XV, 1921.

Essays, in a series of letters, on the following subjects : I. On a man's writing memoirs of himself : II. On decision of character : III. On the application of the epithet romantic : IV. On some of the causes by which evangelical religion has been…

Essays, in a series of letters, on the following subjects : I. On a man's writing memoirs of himself : II. On decision of character : III. On the application of the epithet…

Praxis primaria: progressive exercises in the writing of Latin. [With] Key

Praxis primaria: progressive exercises in the writing of Latin. [With] Key is a public domain book, originally published in 1871. The complete text is available to read online.…

Prescription writing. Designed for the use of medical students who have never studied Latin

Prescription writing. Designed for the use of medical students who have never studied Latin is a public domain book, originally published in 1845. The complete text is available…

Thought and its expression ;: A course in thinking and writing for college students,

Thought and its expression ;: A course in thinking and writing for college students,

The Mother Tongue: Book I : Lessons in Speaking, Reading and Writing English

The Mother Tongue: Book I : Lessons in Speaking, Reading and Writing English is a public domain book, originally published in 1900. The complete text is available to read…

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