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Letterpress copybook, 1879 May-1880 December

Part of the Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers (MS 190)

Letterpress copybook, 1878 June-1879 May

Part of the Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers (MS 190)

Letterpress copybook, 1864 January-November

Includes partial correspondent index

Letterpress copybook, 1876 February-1877 March

Lyman describes a visit in which the guest suggests a Japanese woman as a possible wife for him (leaf 12)

Letterpress copybook, 1864 November-1865 August

Includes partial correspondent index

Lettering for students & craftsmen

336 p. : 21 cm

Lettering

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

Standard lettering

44 p. : ill., diagrs. ; 15 x 24 cm

A chapter on lettering

iv. 6 cm

Architectural drawing and lettering: A manual of practical ..., Part 2

Book digitized by Google from the library of New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

Hand lettering

16 p. 19 cm

A System of Easy Lettering

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

The teaching, practice, and literature of shorthand. [With] Additions

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

Combination shorthand dictionary and reader ..

With : The universal dictation course of Taylor's Graham phonography. St. Louis, Mo. : W. L. Musick publishing co., [1903]. Bound together subsequent to publication

Special Case and Shorthand Writer's Notes of Judgment of Judges of Court of Commons Pleas in Ireland in Matter of County Mayo El

In: Parliamentary Papers, Session 1874, Vol. LIII, p.747 Cockton Parliamentary papers vol. barcode: 00318373 1 Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on the…

Special Case and Shorthand Writer's Notes of Judgment of Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, in Matter of Athlone Election Petitio

In: Parliamentary Papers, Session 1874, Vol. LIII, p.573 Cockton Parliamentary papers vol. barcode: 00318373 1 Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on the…

Shorthand Writer's Notes of Trials at last Assizes at Armagh, arising out of Riots at Derrymacash

In: Parliamentary Papers, Session 1861, Vol. LII, p.315 Cockton Parliamentary papers vol. barcode: 00317960 1 Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on the…

Shorthand writer's notes of evidence on trial of Borough of Galway election petition, May 1874, and judgment

In: Parliamentary Papers, Session 1874, Vol. LIII, p.577 Cockton Parliamentary papers vol. barcode: 00318373 1 Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on the…

Mathematical copybook

Mathematical copybook is a public domain book, originally published in 1800. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include…

Reynard the Fox: a Story: Engraved in Phonic Shorthand with New and Revised Plates

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

Zaner Method Writing: Arm Movement: Manual 144

Ad from Zaner & Bloser Co., 1919: "Manual 144, 6 x 8 [inches], 112 pages, is Mr. Zaner's latest work on practical handwriting. It is undoubtedly the most valuable…

Pernin's universal phonography; the simplest, most legible and rapid shorthand method in the world, and the only strictly phonetic, light-line, non-position, and connective vowel system in use. For schools and self-study

xx, 209 p. incl. illus. 18 cm

The Rogers compendium of the Graham system of shorthand; a practical, synthetic method; being a concise presentation of preporting-style principles, and epitome of the principles of phrasing and abbreviation

349 p. 19 cm

Lincoln letters, hitherto unpublished, in the Library of Brown University and other Providence libraries

Appendix I. Lincoln letters from the Annmary Brown Memorial and the Rhode Island Historical Society: leaves [54]-60.--Appendix II. List of legal papers in Lincoln's handwriting…

Letterpress copybook, 1869-1870 November

Includes partial correspondent index

Letterpress copybook, 1875 May-November

Includes partial correspondent index

Letterpress copybook, 1874 January-August

Part of the Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers (MS 190)

Letterpress copybook, 1875 November-1876 June

Includes partial correspondent index

Letterpress copybook, 1865 August-1866 December

Includes partial correspondent index

Letterpress copybook, 1875 March-1876 January

Includes partial correspondent index

Lettering

113, [8] p. 26 cm

Lettering for Beginners

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

Free-hand Lettering

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

Lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students;

32 p. 30 x 28 cm

Notes on technical sketching and free hand lettering for engineering students

159 p. 16 x 25 cm

The Diamond Necklace - English Text Key for All Gregg Shorthand Versions

The is the English text version of the 1914 Pre-Anniversary (1902 Gregg Manual) Serialization of "The Diamond Necklace." This key is from the September and October 1914 Gregg…

Shorthand Writer's Notes of evidence and Judgment on Trial of Louth County Election Petition

In: Parliamentary Papers, Session 1880, Vol. LVIII, p.403 Cockton Parliamentary papers vol. barcode: 00362950 1 Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on…

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