Speedwriting Dictionary and Books 2,3,4,5, and 6 for Home Study
by Charles E. Smith with Miss Emma Dearborn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: School of Speedwriting, Inc., 1947 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Speedwritimg uses only the letters of the English alphabet, together with a few basic punctuation characters. It can be written by hand or machine. Part I of the Dictionary gives a Synopsis, or Principles. Part II gives individual words. Part III gives popular phrases. The Dictionary has 334 pp. Book I of the Home Study Course is missing, but contains "How to study the course,", Lesson One, Review Letters, and Summary of Principles. Book II gives Lesson Eleven, Review Letters, and Summary of Principles. Book III gives Lesson Twenty-one, Review Letters, "As it was in the Beginning" (in code), and Summary of Principles. Book IV contains Lesson Thirty-one, "As it was in the Beginning (continued), and Summary of Principles. Book V contains Lesson Forty-one, Business Letters, and Summary of Principles. Book VI contains Lesson Fifty-one, "Acres of Diamonds"(in code), and Summary of Principles. Each of the five Lesson Books has approx. 40 pp. and matches the red cloth cover of the Dictionary. There are no marks in the set. Book IV and Book V have a small nick, or snag on the spine..
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- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010216
- Title
- Speedwriting Dictionary and Books 2,3,4,5, and 6 for Home Study
- Author
- Charles E. Smith with Miss Emma Dearborn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- School of Speedwriting, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NOISBN Technical. Business. Correspondence.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technical;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Cloth
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