Speedwriting Dictionary (English Edition)
New York: Brief English Systems, 1927. Very Good-. Item #47952
New York: Brief English Systems, [1927]. First Edition Stated. Narrow octavo (21cm); publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt; vi,[2],324pp. Cloth sizing a bit stripped and spotted, narrow but rather deep strip of chewing to bottom edge of rear cover; Good to Very Good with contemporary ownership inscription of an Emily A. Spelman to front flyleaf and recent possum-themed ownership ex libris to front pastedown.
Dictionary of Emma B. Dearborn's new speedwriting system developed "after watching failures and disappointments through twenty years of teaching conventional shorthand systems" (from a speedwriting ad placed in the Kansas City Journal, May 6, 1928).
Five copies in OCLC as of May, 2026.
Price: $50.00
Status: On Hold