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Shorttyping; a system of shorthand for the typewriter

Shorttyping; a system of shorthand for the typewriter Author: Brant, John Ira, 1872- Year: 1914 vi, 94 p. 18 cm View on Archive.org

Lichtentag paragon shorthand : a vast improvement in the art of shorthand : seven easy lessons...

Lichtentag paragon shorthand : a vast improvement in the art of shorthand : seven easy lessons... Author: Lichtentag, A. (Alexander), b. 1868 Year: 1918 viii, 26 p. ; 18 cm View…

Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand. Canadian New Era Edition.

Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand. Canadian New Era Edition. Author: Isaac Pitman Year: 1924 View on Archive.org

Lessons in Graham Shorthand

Lessons in Graham Shorthand is a public domain book, originally published in 1902. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include…

The Essentials of Lettering

The Essentials of Lettering Author: Thomas E. French and Robert Meiklejohn Year: 1912 View on Archive.org

Aesop’s Fables in Gregg Shorthand-Preanniversary 1893-2nd Ed.

This 2nd edition of Aesop’s Fables Translated into Gregg Shorthand was published in 1895. The 1st edition was published in 1893. Both editions were published in Edinburgh…

Pitman's Shorthand Instructor (Centenary Edition)

Pitman's Shorthand Instructor (Centenary Edition)

The diary of Samuel Pepys : clerk of the Acts and secretary to the admiralty : transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian library Magdalene college, Cambridge

The diary of Samuel Pepys : clerk of the Acts and secretary to the admiralty : transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian library Magdalene college, Cambridge…

Architectural Drawing and Lettering

Architectural Drawing and Lettering Author: Frank A. Bourne, S.M., A.A.A.I.A.,H.V. von Holst, A.B.,S.B., Frank Chouteau Brown Year: 1910 View on Archive.org

Rowe shorthand : composed of the principles and rules of new rapid shorthand

Rowe shorthand : composed of the principles and rules of new rapid shorthand Author: Rowe, Harry Marc, 1860-1926 Year: 1920 vi, 133 p. ; 20 cm View on Archive.org

Lettering in Ornament: An Enquiry Into the Decorative Use of Lettering, Past, Present, and Possible

Lettering in Ornament: An Enquiry Into the Decorative Use of Lettering, Past, Present, and Possible is a public domain book, originally published in 1902. The complete text is…

Key to reporting exercises in the reporting style of Pitman's shorthand

Key to reporting exercises in the reporting style of Pitman's shorthand Author: Pitman, Isaac, Sir, 1813-1897 Year: 1900 48 p View on Archive.org

A text-book of free-hand lettering

A text-book of free-hand lettering Author: Daniels, Frank Thomas, 1865- Year: 1895 3 p. l., [3]-34 p. 15 x 20 cm View on Archive.org

Which system of shorthand should we learn?

Which system of shorthand should we learn? Author: Barker, Enoch, b. 1828 Year: 1900 32 p. 18 cm View on Archive.org

A system of easy lettering

A system of easy lettering Author: Cromwell, John Howard, 1857- Year: 1887 2 p. l., 29 numb. l. 16 x 21 cm View on Archive.org

Graded Lessons in Shorthand: A Series of Easy Steps ... for the Use of ...

Graded Lessons in Shorthand: A Series of Easy Steps ... for the Use of ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1888. The complete text is available to read online.…

Pitman's shorthand dictionary: based on the original work of Sir Isaac Pitman.

Pitman's shorthand dictionary: based on the original work of Sir Isaac Pitman.

Gulliver’s Travels in Gregg Shorthand-Preanniversary 1893

Gulliver’s Travels Translated into Gregg Shorthand was published circa 1897 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The shorthand matches the rules of the 1893 Gregg’s Shorthand manual. The…

Gulliver’s Travels in Gregg Shorthand-Preanniversary 1893-English Key

This is the English Key for Gulliver’s Travels Translated into Gregg Shorthand , published circa 1897 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The shorthand in the book matches the rules of the…

Lockett's Shorthand Instructor

Lockett's adaptation of the Duployé system of shorthand for the English language.

Marshall's business speller and technical word book. For business and shorthand schools

Marshall's business speller and technical word book. For business and shorthand schools Author: Marshall, Carl C. (Carl Coran), 1852-1929 Year: 1920 160, 46, [1] p View on…

A Christmas Carol - 1st Ed - Printed in Gregg Shorthand

Here is the first Gregg Shorthand version of A Christmas Carol. It was published in 1918. It matches the 1916 Gregg Shorthand Manual. The same plates by Winifred Kenna were used…

Shorthand instructor; an adaptation of Sir Isaac Pitman's system of phonography or phonetic shorthand to verbatim reporting. Designed for class or self-instruction

Shorthand instructor; an adaptation of Sir Isaac Pitman's system of phonography or phonetic shorthand to verbatim reporting. Designed for class or self-instruction Author…

Simplified phonetic shorthand. An American exposition of the Isaac Pitman phonography

Simplified phonetic shorthand. An American exposition of the Isaac Pitman phonography Author: Hope, William, 1848-1909 Year: 1896 147, [45] p. 21 cm View on Archive.org

Elements of lettering and sign painting;

Elements of lettering and sign painting; Author: International Correspondence Schools Year: 1899 vii, [134] p. 24 cm View on Archive.org

The phonographic reader: a series of lessons in phonetic shorthand

The phonographic reader: a series of lessons in phonetic shorthand Author: Pitman, Isaac, Sir, 1813-1897 Year: 1864 32 p. 16 cm View on Archive.org

The diary of Samuel Pepys ... for the first time fully transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian library

The diary of Samuel Pepys ... for the first time fully transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian library

Copy-book of Sir Amias Poulet's letters, written during his embassy to France (A.D. 1577)

Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

Gurtler's shorthand efficiency

Gurtler's shorthand efficiency Author: Gurtler, Frederick Hillery, 1884-1927 Year: 1917 v.10. Looking ahead View on Archive.org

The Man Without a Country - Printed in Gregg Shorthand - 1922

Here is the first Gregg Shorthand edition of The Man Without a Country. It was published in 1922 with Plates by Harriet M. Johnson. It matches the 1916 Gregg Shorthand Manual.…

Gregg's Shorthand Reading Book - 1900

Gregg's Shorthand Reading Book was published in 1900. It matches the 1898 Gregg Shorthand Manual. The book consists of short readings in Gregg Shorthand. Each reading is…

Classified commercial correspondence for dictation to shorthand students

Classified commercial correspondence for dictation to shorthand students Author: Locke, Carolyn H[owe], 1868- [from old catalog] comp Year: 1903 144 p., 1 l. 18 cm View on…

Shorthand dictation exercises

Shorthand dictation exercises is a public domain book, originally published in 1911. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include…

Architectural drawing and lettering ...

Architectural drawing and lettering ... Author: American School of Correspondence Year: 1913 p. cm View on Archive.org

Daniel's practical shorthand

Daniel's practical shorthand Author: Daniel, Franklin M Year: 1912 90 p. 18 cm View on Archive.org

The compendium of tachygraphy: or, Lindsley's phonetic shorthand ..

The compendium of tachygraphy: or, Lindsley's phonetic shorthand .. Author: Lindsley, David Philip, 1834-1897 Year: 1865 34 p., 1 L. 24 cm View on Archive.org

The use of shorthand by the practitioner with examples

The use of shorthand by the practitioner with examples Author: Royal College of Surgeons of England Year: 1895 The Royal College of Surgeons of England View on Archive.org

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