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A Treatise on Stenography. Prepared for students of the International Correspondence Schools. 2 volumes. . Scranton: Colliery Engineer Co. 1899. Hard Cover. First edition. Two volumes bound in brown leatherette, marbled endpapers. Contains all the instructions of the "complete stenographic course" of penmanship, letter writing, grammar, punctuation, and shorthand marks (not Gregg). Date 1951 stamped on title page of each volume below publication date of 1899. Slight rubbing on board edges. Near Fine
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Bunker, M. N. . Handwriting Analysis: The Science of Determining Personality by Graphoanalysis. . Chicago: Nelson-Hall 1979. Hard Cover. "New Edition" 256 pages. Black board edges rubbed at bottom. Pages clean and unmarked but browning from age. Dust jacket has edgewear, few tears and small chips. Very Good in Good DJ
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Carver, Craig M. . A History of English in Its Own Words. . NY: HarperCollins 1991. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. History of the development of the English language by explaining the etymologies of over 750 words. 275 pages, index. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Heath, Eric. . Story Plotting Simplified. . Boston: The Writer 1946. Hard Cover. Reprint. Analysis of the classic "Thirty-six Fundamental Dramatic Situations" complied by Georges Polti, and their application to modern plotting. 243 pages. Clean and unmarked. Board corner bumps. No dust jacket. Very Good
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Herman, Lewis & Marguerite Shalett. . Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors and Writers. . NY: Theatre Arts Books 1981. Hard Cover. Thirteenth printing. Publisher's reference card laid in for handy reference. 415 printed pages plus several blank note pages at end. Dust jacket slightly darkened on spine. One inch tear at bottom front of dj. Fine in Very Good DJ
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Hogrefe, Pearl. . The Process of Creative Writing. . NY: Harper & Row 1963. Hard Cover. Third edition. Practical assistance in techniques of creative writing: narrative, character, plot, short stories, essays, etc. Light rubs on board edges, but clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Honan, Park. . Authors' Lives: On Literary Biography and the Arts of Language. . NY: St. Martins 1990. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Methods in reconstructing authors' lives, with chapters devoted to Jane Austen, Ginsberg & Kerouac, Ezra Pound, Robert Browning, Trollope, etc. 279 pages, index. Slight edgewear on dust jacket. Fine in VG+ DJ
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Jeffers, Janet & Margaret Barley. . Speechreading (Lipreading). . Springfield: Chas C. Thomas 1978. Hard Cover. Sixth printing. The history, principles, methodology, tests, etc. of lipreading. 392 pages. Dust jacket has a 1/2 inch tear and light crease on back panel. Near Fine in VG+ DJ
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Katzner, Kenneth. . The Languages of the World. . NY: Funk & Wagnalls 1975. Hard Cover. First edition. Survey of 500 of the world's living languages. Foreword by Charles Berlitz. Dust jacket has light edgewear and rubbing. Fine in Very Good DJ
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Kleiser, Grenville. . Radio Braodcasting: How to Speak Convincingly. . NY: Funk & Wagnalls 1935. Hard Cover. The Grenville Kleiser Course in Public Speaking. 286 pages Couple of creases and small tear on a couple of pages. Green and red dust jacket has two one-inch tears at spine and a few stains on the rear panel. . Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Singer, Eric. . A Manual of Graphology . . NY: Crescent (1974). Hard Cover. Reprint. 245 pages, over 800 illustrations. Fine in Fine DJ
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Solomon, Shirl. . How to Really Know Yourself Through Your Handwriting. . NY: Taplinger 1973. Hard Cover. First edition. Handwriting analysis with illustrations. 189 pages. Dust jacket has chips at top and bottom. Book is clean and unmarked. Very Good in Fair DJ
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