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	Collection of Tamblyn School of Penmanship Letters and Ephemeral Items (35 items). Kansas City, Missouri, Tamblyn School of Penmanship.. circa.1913-14. Collection includes 13 typed letters signed by F.W. Tamblyn; 22 ephemeral items (lesson instuctions, pamphlets, etc) along with 57 student lesson writing samples by Jens Jensen of Portland, Oregon which have annotations by Tamblyn. Frederick William Tamblyn (1870-1947) founded the Tamblyn School of Penmanship in Kansas City in 1895. In addition to conducting the school for many years, he authored books on penmanship and also served as an expert witness on handwriting at criminal trials. Part of the business he founded continues today as "Ziller of Kansas City".The collection of letters, ephemeral items and penmanship samples represents correspondence between F.W. Tamblyn and Jens Jensen of Portland, Oregon, while Jensen was taking a correspondence cource on Business Writing from the Tamblyn School. Tamblyn would send lessons and criticism and Jensen would respond with submissions of his penmanship, following the lessons. Some of Jensen's penmanship is corrected and annotated by Tamblyn in red ink. Tamblyn's Lesson Instructions are on small sheets, typewritten and mimeographed. Of the 20 Lesson Instructions for Business Writing, 16 are present in this collection. Fifteen of Jensen's submissions are also present. Included also are 3 Lesson Instructions for Tamblyn's Artistic Writing course and 7 responses by Jensen. Very Good. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 10623 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Encyclopedia Britannica: a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information ... Eleventh Edition New York, The Encyclopedia Britannica Company. 1910. 29 volumes, complete. Labeled "Handy Volume Issue" by publisher on spine. Flexible pebbled leather, Printed on thin paper. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some creasing to text pages, here and there. One volume with some short chipping at top of spine. An altogether clean and attractive set. Media mail postage in the United States included in price. Very Good. USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.25 \| £UK 225.5 \| JP¥ 33097] Book number: 8635 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Progressive Speaker Containing the Best Readings and Recitations for all Occasions from the Most Celebrated Authors including Grave and Pathetic, Moral and Didactic, Dramatic, Descriptive, Religious and Humorous (continued) The N. G. Hamilton Publishing Co. (1897). Cleveland, Ohio.. Illustrated cloth. With more than 100 superb illustrations. 480 pages. Title continued: ".Selections; Programmes for Special Occasions.; How to Organize and Conduct Literary Societies.". Contents include sections on: Elocution (the arms , the bod y, the eyes, gestures, lisping and stammering, whole figure gestures and attitudes, etc.); Little Folks' Department (children's recitations, dialogues, motion songs, speeches, etc.); Youth's Department (entertaining recitations, readings, amateur pl ays, etc. suitable for performing in schools, concerts, parlors, holidays, etc); Great Orators and Their Orations (Cicero - against Catiline; Alexander Hamilton, The General Government and the States; John Randolph, In Favor of a State La w Against Duelling; Robespierre, Morality the Basis of Civilized Society--Belief in God the Basis of Morality; Robert Emmett, On Being Found Guilty of High Treason; S. S. Prentiss, Relief for Starving Ireland, 1847; Patrick Henry, War Inevitable, Ma rch, 177 5; etc.); Speeches of Great Warriors (Mark Antony to the People, on Caesar's Death; E. Kellogg, Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua; Gen. Geo. Washington, Washington to his Soldiers; etc.); Miscellaneous Selections (Sir Walter Scott, Combat of Fitz -James and Roderick; John Poole, The Disagreeable Meddler; Chas. Dickens, Mr. Pickwick in the Wrong Room; Manifest Destiny; Brooklyn Eagle, Thirty Years With a Shrew, etc.); and others. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 2749 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Style Book: O.A.C. Daily Barometer. Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State Agricultural College. "O.A.C. Daily Barometer" 25 pages; brown wrapper (3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch) with evidence of use to the covers. Some pencil notations in the back. For use as an aid to students to learn the proper syle in the College paper 'Daily Barometer''. Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 10191 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BAKER, GEORGE M., EDITOR The Reading Club and Handy Speaker; Being Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry, for Readings and Recitations Lee and Shepard, Publishers. 1880. Boston.. First edition. Illustrated cloth. Contents include numerous writings (with and without authors or sources): The Defense of Lucknow, Tennyson; The Outlaw's Yarn, Michael Lynch; People Will Laugh; Ballad of the Bell-Tower, Margaret J. Preston; Mrs. Br own at the Play, Arthur Sketchley; Apples -- A Comedy, Blackwood's Magazine; The Fast Mail, John H. Yates; The City Man and Setting Hen; Miss Edith's Modest Request, Bret Harte; etc. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 2751 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BECKER, DAVID P., CATALOGER The Work of Stephen Harvard; A Life in Letters Harvard College Library. The Houghton Library. 1990. Cambridge, Mass.. Illustrations. 2,000 copies printed. From the Foreword: "The Houghton Library has long cherished its close relationship with Stephen Harvard, which began when he was an undergraduate at Dartmouth. He frequently visited the Departm ent of Printing and Graphic Arts, where his interest in the world of letters. was encouraged by Philip Hofer". From the Introduction: "Born in Rochester, Minnesota in 1948, Stephen grew up in Connecticut, where his first interest was natural his tory. " "Along with his boyhood museum of natural history in the basement came the self-taught practice of calligraphy, a correspondence course in cartooning, and courses in etching and oil painting. Entering Dartmouth in 1966 with these developi ng skill s, he was fortunate to become a student of Ray Nash, whose legendary courses in book design, printing, and printmaking focussed Stephen's gifts toward the area in which he was to perform so brilliantly". Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 2787 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BROWN, IVOR Collection of 12 First Editions All in Fine Condition . The collection consists of: "No Idle Words." Jonathan Cape. London. (1948). "I Give You My Word." Cape. London. (1945). "Words in Our Time." Cape. London. (1958). "A Few Words Edgeway." Cape. London. (1953). "Just Another Word." Cape. London. (1943). "Words in Season." Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1961. "Chosen Words." Cape. London. (1955). "A Rhapsody of Words." Bodley Head. London. (1969). "Say the Word." Cape. London. (1947). "I Break My Word." Cape. London. (1951). "Having the Last Word." Cape. London. (1950). "The Way of My World." London. 1954. All are fine copies in unworn dust wrappers. USD 137.50 [Appr.: EURO 91.75 \| £UK 82.75 \| JP¥ 12135] Book number: 7499 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BUCK, CHARLES, (THE LATE REV.) A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of all Religious Terms; A Comprehensive View of Every Article in the System of Divinity; An Impartial Account of All the Principal Denominations Which Have Subsisted (continued) Published by Joseph J. Woodward. 1833. Philadelphia.. Leather. Some illustrations. 624 pages. Title continued: ".in the Religious World From the Birth of Christ to the Present Day; Together with an Accurate Statement of the Most Remarkable Transactions and Events Recorded in Ecclesiastical History ; W oodward's New Edition, Published From the Last London Edition; to Which is Added an Appendix; Containing an Account of the Methodist Episcopal, and Presbyterian Churches, in the United States, to the Present Period". Front cover partially separa ted from lower spine. Front end papers split at spine. Chipping to bottom of spine. Newspaper article pasted to front end paper. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 2768 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	LENGLET DUFFRESNOY, NICOLAS Chronological Tables of Universal History,Sacred and Profane, Ecclesiastical and Civil from the Creation of the World to the Year One Thousan Seven Hundred and Forty Three with a Preliminary Discourse on the Short Method of Studying History (cont). London, Printed for A. Miller.. 1762, First English Language Edition..and a Catalogue of Books Necessar for that Purpose with Some Remarks on Them..In Two Parts, Tr. from the Last French Edition and Continued Down to the Death of King George II. Two volumes. csiii, 332; x, 446. Full contemporary calf, leather title and volume labels. Former owner's bookplate on pastedown of vol. one. Very Good. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 133.5 \| £UK 120.25 \| JP¥ 17651] Book number: 5170 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	EGE, OTTO F. The Story of the Alphabet Norman T. A. Munder & Co. (1921). Baltimore, Maryland.. Boards. Page edges are uncut. Quotes from pages 3-7. "Each letter character has a history and a reason for its present form". We can "trace back with certainty a number of our letters to the Phoenician alphabet of 1000 B. C." The letter A "r epresen ts one of the commonest vowel sounds in ancient languages. Naturally the Phoenician alphabet makers selected a familiar object in the name of which this particular vowel sound was emphasized. Since food is of primal importance, it is not su rprising to find that he chose the ox -- 'Alef' (ah'lef), or rather the head of the ox." "The second letter of the alphabet represents a crude house, roughly outlined. After food, shelter is an important consideration and this fact was expressed by the ear ly alphabet maker". USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2782 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	FROST, S. A. Frost's School and Exhibition Dialogues; Comprising Frost's Humorous Exhibition Dialogues, and Frost's Dialogues for Young Folks, Combined in One Volume Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers. (1871). New York.. Cloth. In the Preface, the author states: "In preparing this little volume of Dialogues for the use of the young folks, the author is aware that she has departed from the usual aim of such works, which is to combine moral maxims and improving ideas with a certain amount of recreation. In defiance of all established rules, the author frankly confesses that she is not writing for their instruction at all, but simply aims at their amusement, in the fulle st sense of the term. The Dialogues are wr itten with a view to recreation only, and are specially adapted for celebrations, juvenile parties, or other occasions where a pleasant hour is devoted to innocent entertainment". USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2765 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GRAHAM, ANDREW J. The Hand-Book of Standard or American Phonography New York, Andrew J. Graham & Co. 1894. Cloth. New and Revised Edition. (First Edition 1858). Illustrations. Gilt decoration and lettering front cover. Front end papers partially split at spine. This book provides background information about phonography, or phonetic shorthand. The word 'phonograph' (noun) is the graphic or written sign of a vocal element. 'Phonetic Shorthand' is writing produced with an alphabet composed of very simple signs. Book provides an Introduction to Phonography; Simple Consonants; Simple Vowels; Contractions and Expedients; Punctuation - Accent - Numbers; Diphthongs; Writing Exercises; etc. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 4582 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GREENE, SAMUEL S. Green's Introduction: An Introduction to the Study of English Grammar Philadelphia, H. Copperthwait & Co. 1857, First Edition. Original leather backed illustrated boards. Signatures of Nathan Newton, Lime Road, Smithfield, Rhode Island, dated 1858 on front end paper and pastedown. 192 pages. Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 8644 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GREGG, JOHN ROBERT Gregg Shorthand Dictionary. New York, New York, The Gregg Publishing Company. 1901, First Edition. Ill.: Power, Pearl A. 146 pages; bound in leather with golt title on the cover (2 3/4 x 5 1/2 inch). Examples of the proper style for shorthand script. Very good clean copy of the First Edition. Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 10290 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GREIG, J. Y. T. Breaking Priscian's Head or English as She Will be Spoke and Wrote E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. (1929). New York.. Cloth. In this small book the author writes about the spoken language and makes comparisons between the English as spoken in England and that spoken in America. He quotes: "Perhaps the most apparent general characteristic of American speech, so f ar as cadence is concerned, is its levelness of tone. The voice rises and falls within a relatively narrow range, and with few abrupt transitions from high to low or low to high. To British ears American speech often sounds hesitating, monotonous and indecisive, and British speech, on the other hand, is likely to seem to Americans abrupt, explosive and manneristic". USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 2752 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	HUNTER, ESTELLE B. A New Self-Teaching Course in Practical English and Effective Speech: Comprising Vocabulary Development, Grammar, Pronunciation, Enunciation, and the Fundamental Principles of Effective Oral Expression. Chicago, Illinois, The Better-Speech Institute of America. 1935. Fifteen pamphlets [28 to 32 pages each] boxed with cover sheet discusing the home course, complete. Title band across the cover of the box. Deals with the correct standard-english version usage in conversation and correspondence along with lessons to achieve it. In very good condition. Complete sets are uncommon. Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 9588 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	JOHNSTON, SIR HARRY H. The Story of My Life London, Chatto & Windus. 1923, First Edition. Four illustrations, including a frontispiece engraving of the author. Dust wrapper with dampstain running down middle of spine, but not affecting the book. Dust wrapper has some small chips and a closed tear. From the promotional material by the publisher: "Sir Harry Johnston's rich life as explorer began while he was still in his teen, shen, as an artist, he stayed in Tunis and made adventurous excursions therefrom. All Africa, since that time, has been his province, as this fascinating book clearly shows. He has made intelligible to strangers the many dialects of the Bantu languages; his specimens of previously unknown birds and animals are in our national collections; year after year he has contributed brillant studies of plumage and jungle splendours to the Royal Academy. Artist, explorer, linguist and philologist; ardent politician and administrator; and one who has lived fully and observantly amoung the most notable men and women of the last fifty years, Sir Harry Johnston covers the who of his life in one absorbing narrative. The book is crowded with memories of a long life of extraordinary varied interests, and its portraits and pictures are those of wide and vivid experience." Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering. 536 pages, including index. Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 7584 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	LILY, WILLIAM A Shorte Introduction of Grammar ... With an Introduction By Vincent J. Flynn, President, College of St. Thomas New York, Scholars' Fascimilies & Reprints. 1945. Publisher's black cloth with gold lettering. A fascimile of the 1567 edition that is housed in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C. 12 page introduction by Flynn. Fascimile text unpaginated. Fine. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 8534 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	LOPES, A. SIMOES Selecta de Manuscripto Para uso das escolas densino primario Livraria Portuense de Lopes & C. 1892. Porto.. Portugese handwriting. 1/4 leather with patterned boards. Slight chipping to top of spine and some wear to cover edges. Ink notation front end paper dated 1893. Split at spine after title page. Contents include: Iniciaes e abreviaturas mais vu lgare s; Abreviaturas no commercio; Mezes do anno; Nomes e appellidos; Breves mais communs. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2792 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	MCDEVITT, WM. "Rite-It-Rite"; The Complete Shorthand Based on the Laws of Linear, Vocalized, Connective-vowel Phonography, and Originating a Fundamental Scientific Principle of Brevity with Legibility -- The Fonetic Root (cover title) San Francisco, Unknown. 1937, Third Revised Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. 36-page booklet. Illustrations. Directions and examples for this shorthand method. Eight-page pamphlet laid in: "American Typewriter Shorthand", Designed Especially for Typing and Typists by Wm. McDevitt. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 4972 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	MCKEE, C.E. McKee's New Standard Shorthand: A New and Simplified Method of Brief Phonographic Writing Adapted to All the Uses Made of Shorthand Writing in Modern Times.... Buffalo, N.Y. Perrin Publishing Company. 1892, First Edition. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Illustrated. Charles E. McKee was also the author of "The New Rapid System of Shortland." 150 pages. Fine. USD 47.50 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 \| £UK 28.75 \| JP¥ 4192] Book number: 7842 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	MUNSON, JAMES E. Munson's System of Phonograpy: The Dictionary of Practical Phonography, Giving the Best Phonographic Forms for the Words of the English Language (Sixty Thousand) and for Over Five Thousand Proper Names, Also Illustrating the Principles (Title Cont.) Boston, Houghton Mifflin and Company: The Riverside Press. 1881. (title continued). " ..of Phrase-Writing, Altogether Representing a Much Larger Number of Words Than Any Previous Short-Hand Dictionary." Later printing. 328 pages. Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7491 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	PARKER, WILLIS C. The Modern Business Letter Writer Containing Speciman Business Letters on a Great Variety of Subjects, Together with All the Standard Business Forms Used in Modern Commercial Intercourse, Also Concise and Simplified Rules (continued) M. A. Donohue & Co. (1912). Chicago.. Cloth with illustration on front cover. Title continued: ".for Punctuation, the Use of Capital Letters and the Forms of Salutation, Courteous Closing, Addresses, etc.". USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2773 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	PARSONS, JAMES Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries Into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languages. London, Printed for The Author. 1767, First Edition. xxxii, 419 pages, 3 folded plates, full leather, 5 raised bands, gilt stamped red morocco spine label, 11 x 8.5". Rebacked, clean and tight, some scuffing of edges, owner signature "David James. Clk.-1833" and with occasional annotations and underscoring; very good. Some irregularities in numbering between pages 51-60 and 265-272, but complete. An interesting work, Remains of Japhet marks the beginnings of comparative philology in England. It did much to stimulate curiosity in the relationship between language and alphabets during the latter part of the 18th century and has an undoubted historical significance. The book has a peculiar interest for the historian of Celtic studies, since the work is, in large part, devoted to proving that the inhabitants of Ireland speak a language directly descended from Japhetan. The Welsh and Irish languages are compared. James Parsons (1705-1770), physician, learned antiquary, and author. He studied medicine in Paris, and received his degree at Rheims in 1736. He then went to London, where he assisted Dr. James Douglas in his anatomical studies and was appointed physician to the public infirmary of St. Giles in 1738. In 1741 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Antiquarian Society; serving as Assistant Foreign Corresponding Secretary of the Royal Society. He published many papers on subjects of natural history in Philosophical Transactions (1742-1768), and a number of professional and other works. USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 200.25 \| £UK 180.5 \| JP¥ 26477] Book number: 5913 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	PITMAN, BENN The Reporter's Companion. Cincinnati, Ohio, Phonographic Institute. 1877. 176 pages; plates of examples; publishers cloth binding with title and design on the cover. Wear to the cover and bumped corners, tear to the bottom of the spine. Former owner's name and date '1878' on the front flyleaf. Clean copy inside. Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 10291 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.

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	Collection of Tamblyn School of Penmanship Letters and Ephemeral Items (35 items). Kansas City, Missouri, Tamblyn School of Penmanship.. circa.1913-14. Collection includes 13 typed letters signed by F.W. Tamblyn; 22 ephemeral items (lesson instuctions, pamphlets, etc) along with 57 student lesson writing samples by Jens Jensen of Portland, Oregon which have annotations by Tamblyn. Frederick William Tamblyn (1870-1947) founded the Tamblyn School of Penmanship in Kansas City in 1895. In addition to conducting the school for many years, he authored books on penmanship and also served as an expert witness on handwriting at criminal trials. Part of the business he founded continues today as "Ziller of Kansas City".The collection of letters, ephemeral items and penmanship samples represents correspondence between F.W. Tamblyn and Jens Jensen of Portland, Oregon, while Jensen was taking a correspondence cource on Business Writing from the Tamblyn School. Tamblyn would send lessons and criticism and Jensen would respond with submissions of his penmanship, following the lessons. Some of Jensen's penmanship is corrected and annotated by Tamblyn in red ink. Tamblyn's Lesson Instructions are on small sheets, typewritten and mimeographed. Of the 20 Lesson Instructions for Business Writing, 16 are present in this collection. Fifteen of Jensen's submissions are also present. Included also are 3 Lesson Instructions for Tamblyn's Artistic Writing course and 7 responses by Jensen. Very Good. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 10623 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Encyclopedia Britannica: a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information ... Eleventh Edition New York, The Encyclopedia Britannica Company. 1910. 29 volumes, complete. Labeled "Handy Volume Issue" by publisher on spine. Flexible pebbled leather, Printed on thin paper. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some creasing to text pages, here and there. One volume with some short chipping at top of spine. An altogether clean and attractive set. Media mail postage in the United States included in price. Very Good. USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.25 \| £UK 225.5 \| JP¥ 33097] Book number: 8635 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Progressive Speaker Containing the Best Readings and Recitations for all Occasions from the Most Celebrated Authors including Grave and Pathetic, Moral and Didactic, Dramatic, Descriptive, Religious and Humorous (continued) The N. G. Hamilton Publishing Co. (1897). Cleveland, Ohio.. Illustrated cloth. With more than 100 superb illustrations. 480 pages. Title continued: ".Selections; Programmes for Special Occasions.; How to Organize and Conduct Literary Societies.". Contents include sections on: Elocution (the arms , the bod y, the eyes, gestures, lisping and stammering, whole figure gestures and attitudes, etc.); Little Folks' Department (children's recitations, dialogues, motion songs, speeches, etc.); Youth's Department (entertaining recitations, readings, amateur pl ays, etc. suitable for performing in schools, concerts, parlors, holidays, etc); Great Orators and Their Orations (Cicero - against Catiline; Alexander Hamilton, The General Government and the States; John Randolph, In Favor of a State La w Against Duelling; Robespierre, Morality the Basis of Civilized Society--Belief in God the Basis of Morality; Robert Emmett, On Being Found Guilty of High Treason; S. S. Prentiss, Relief for Starving Ireland, 1847; Patrick Henry, War Inevitable, Ma rch, 177 5; etc.); Speeches of Great Warriors (Mark Antony to the People, on Caesar's Death; E. Kellogg, Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua; Gen. Geo. Washington, Washington to his Soldiers; etc.); Miscellaneous Selections (Sir Walter Scott, Combat of Fitz -James and Roderick; John Poole, The Disagreeable Meddler; Chas. Dickens, Mr. Pickwick in the Wrong Room; Manifest Destiny; Brooklyn Eagle, Thirty Years With a Shrew, etc.); and others. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 2749 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Style Book: O.A.C. Daily Barometer. Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State Agricultural College. "O.A.C. Daily Barometer" 25 pages; brown wrapper (3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch) with evidence of use to the covers. Some pencil notations in the back. For use as an aid to students to learn the proper syle in the College paper 'Daily Barometer''. Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 10191 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BAKER, GEORGE M., EDITOR The Reading Club and Handy Speaker; Being Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry, for Readings and Recitations Lee and Shepard, Publishers. 1880. Boston.. First edition. Illustrated cloth. Contents include numerous writings (with and without authors or sources): The Defense of Lucknow, Tennyson; The Outlaw's Yarn, Michael Lynch; People Will Laugh; Ballad of the Bell-Tower, Margaret J. Preston; Mrs. Br own at the Play, Arthur Sketchley; Apples -- A Comedy, Blackwood's Magazine; The Fast Mail, John H. Yates; The City Man and Setting Hen; Miss Edith's Modest Request, Bret Harte; etc. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 2751 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BECKER, DAVID P., CATALOGER The Work of Stephen Harvard; A Life in Letters Harvard College Library. The Houghton Library. 1990. Cambridge, Mass.. Illustrations. 2,000 copies printed. From the Foreword: "The Houghton Library has long cherished its close relationship with Stephen Harvard, which began when he was an undergraduate at Dartmouth. He frequently visited the Departm ent of Printing and Graphic Arts, where his interest in the world of letters. was encouraged by Philip Hofer". From the Introduction: "Born in Rochester, Minnesota in 1948, Stephen grew up in Connecticut, where his first interest was natural his tory. " "Along with his boyhood museum of natural history in the basement came the self-taught practice of calligraphy, a correspondence course in cartooning, and courses in etching and oil painting. Entering Dartmouth in 1966 with these developi ng skill s, he was fortunate to become a student of Ray Nash, whose legendary courses in book design, printing, and printmaking focussed Stephen's gifts toward the area in which he was to perform so brilliantly". Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 2787 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BROWN, IVOR Collection of 12 First Editions All in Fine Condition . The collection consists of: "No Idle Words." Jonathan Cape. London. (1948). "I Give You My Word." Cape. London. (1945). "Words in Our Time." Cape. London. (1958). "A Few Words Edgeway." Cape. London. (1953). "Just Another Word." Cape. London. (1943). "Words in Season." Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1961. "Chosen Words." Cape. London. (1955). "A Rhapsody of Words." Bodley Head. London. (1969). "Say the Word." Cape. London. (1947). "I Break My Word." Cape. London. (1951). "Having the Last Word." Cape. London. (1950). "The Way of My World." London. 1954. All are fine copies in unworn dust wrappers. USD 137.50 [Appr.: EURO 91.75 \| £UK 82.75 \| JP¥ 12135] Book number: 7499 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	BUCK, CHARLES, (THE LATE REV.) A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of all Religious Terms; A Comprehensive View of Every Article in the System of Divinity; An Impartial Account of All the Principal Denominations Which Have Subsisted (continued) Published by Joseph J. Woodward. 1833. Philadelphia.. Leather. Some illustrations. 624 pages. Title continued: ".in the Religious World From the Birth of Christ to the Present Day; Together with an Accurate Statement of the Most Remarkable Transactions and Events Recorded in Ecclesiastical History ; W oodward's New Edition, Published From the Last London Edition; to Which is Added an Appendix; Containing an Account of the Methodist Episcopal, and Presbyterian Churches, in the United States, to the Present Period". Front cover partially separa ted from lower spine. Front end papers split at spine. Chipping to bottom of spine. Newspaper article pasted to front end paper. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 2768 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	LENGLET DUFFRESNOY, NICOLAS Chronological Tables of Universal History,Sacred and Profane, Ecclesiastical and Civil from the Creation of the World to the Year One Thousan Seven Hundred and Forty Three with a Preliminary Discourse on the Short Method of Studying History (cont). London, Printed for A. Miller.. 1762, First English Language Edition..and a Catalogue of Books Necessar for that Purpose with Some Remarks on Them..In Two Parts, Tr. from the Last French Edition and Continued Down to the Death of King George II. Two volumes. csiii, 332; x, 446. Full contemporary calf, leather title and volume labels. Former owner's bookplate on pastedown of vol. one. Very Good. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 133.5 \| £UK 120.25 \| JP¥ 17651] Book number: 5170 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	EGE, OTTO F. The Story of the Alphabet Norman T. A. Munder & Co. (1921). Baltimore, Maryland.. Boards. Page edges are uncut. Quotes from pages 3-7. "Each letter character has a history and a reason for its present form". We can "trace back with certainty a number of our letters to the Phoenician alphabet of 1000 B. C." The letter A "r epresen ts one of the commonest vowel sounds in ancient languages. Naturally the Phoenician alphabet makers selected a familiar object in the name of which this particular vowel sound was emphasized. Since food is of primal importance, it is not su rprising to find that he chose the ox -- 'Alef' (ah'lef), or rather the head of the ox." "The second letter of the alphabet represents a crude house, roughly outlined. After food, shelter is an important consideration and this fact was expressed by the ear ly alphabet maker". USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2782 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	FROST, S. A. Frost's School and Exhibition Dialogues; Comprising Frost's Humorous Exhibition Dialogues, and Frost's Dialogues for Young Folks, Combined in One Volume Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers. (1871). New York.. Cloth. In the Preface, the author states: "In preparing this little volume of Dialogues for the use of the young folks, the author is aware that she has departed from the usual aim of such works, which is to combine moral maxims and improving ideas with a certain amount of recreation. In defiance of all established rules, the author frankly confesses that she is not writing for their instruction at all, but simply aims at their amusement, in the fulle st sense of the term. The Dialogues are wr itten with a view to recreation only, and are specially adapted for celebrations, juvenile parties, or other occasions where a pleasant hour is devoted to innocent entertainment". USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2765 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GRAHAM, ANDREW J. The Hand-Book of Standard or American Phonography New York, Andrew J. Graham & Co. 1894. Cloth. New and Revised Edition. (First Edition 1858). Illustrations. Gilt decoration and lettering front cover. Front end papers partially split at spine. This book provides background information about phonography, or phonetic shorthand. The word 'phonograph' (noun) is the graphic or written sign of a vocal element. 'Phonetic Shorthand' is writing produced with an alphabet composed of very simple signs. Book provides an Introduction to Phonography; Simple Consonants; Simple Vowels; Contractions and Expedients; Punctuation - Accent - Numbers; Diphthongs; Writing Exercises; etc. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 4582 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GREENE, SAMUEL S. Green's Introduction: An Introduction to the Study of English Grammar Philadelphia, H. Copperthwait & Co. 1857, First Edition. Original leather backed illustrated boards. Signatures of Nathan Newton, Lime Road, Smithfield, Rhode Island, dated 1858 on front end paper and pastedown. 192 pages. Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 8644 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GREGG, JOHN ROBERT Gregg Shorthand Dictionary. New York, New York, The Gregg Publishing Company. 1901, First Edition. Ill.: Power, Pearl A. 146 pages; bound in leather with golt title on the cover (2 3/4 x 5 1/2 inch). Examples of the proper style for shorthand script. Very good clean copy of the First Edition. Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 10290 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	GREIG, J. Y. T. Breaking Priscian's Head or English as She Will be Spoke and Wrote E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. (1929). New York.. Cloth. In this small book the author writes about the spoken language and makes comparisons between the English as spoken in England and that spoken in America. He quotes: "Perhaps the most apparent general characteristic of American speech, so f ar as cadence is concerned, is its levelness of tone. The voice rises and falls within a relatively narrow range, and with few abrupt transitions from high to low or low to high. To British ears American speech often sounds hesitating, monotonous and indecisive, and British speech, on the other hand, is likely to seem to Americans abrupt, explosive and manneristic". USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 2752 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	HUNTER, ESTELLE B. A New Self-Teaching Course in Practical English and Effective Speech: Comprising Vocabulary Development, Grammar, Pronunciation, Enunciation, and the Fundamental Principles of Effective Oral Expression. Chicago, Illinois, The Better-Speech Institute of America. 1935. Fifteen pamphlets [28 to 32 pages each] boxed with cover sheet discusing the home course, complete. Title band across the cover of the box. Deals with the correct standard-english version usage in conversation and correspondence along with lessons to achieve it. In very good condition. Complete sets are uncommon. Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 9588 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	JOHNSTON, SIR HARRY H. The Story of My Life London, Chatto & Windus. 1923, First Edition. Four illustrations, including a frontispiece engraving of the author. Dust wrapper with dampstain running down middle of spine, but not affecting the book. Dust wrapper has some small chips and a closed tear. From the promotional material by the publisher: "Sir Harry Johnston's rich life as explorer began while he was still in his teen, shen, as an artist, he stayed in Tunis and made adventurous excursions therefrom. All Africa, since that time, has been his province, as this fascinating book clearly shows. He has made intelligible to strangers the many dialects of the Bantu languages; his specimens of previously unknown birds and animals are in our national collections; year after year he has contributed brillant studies of plumage and jungle splendours to the Royal Academy. Artist, explorer, linguist and philologist; ardent politician and administrator; and one who has lived fully and observantly amoung the most notable men and women of the last fifty years, Sir Harry Johnston covers the who of his life in one absorbing narrative. The book is crowded with memories of a long life of extraordinary varied interests, and its portraits and pictures are those of wide and vivid experience." Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering. 536 pages, including index. Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 7584 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	LILY, WILLIAM A Shorte Introduction of Grammar ... With an Introduction By Vincent J. Flynn, President, College of St. Thomas New York, Scholars' Fascimilies & Reprints. 1945. Publisher's black cloth with gold lettering. A fascimile of the 1567 edition that is housed in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C. 12 page introduction by Flynn. Fascimile text unpaginated. Fine. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 8534 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	LOPES, A. SIMOES Selecta de Manuscripto Para uso das escolas densino primario Livraria Portuense de Lopes & C. 1892. Porto.. Portugese handwriting. 1/4 leather with patterned boards. Slight chipping to top of spine and some wear to cover edges. Ink notation front end paper dated 1893. Split at spine after title page. Contents include: Iniciaes e abreviaturas mais vu lgare s; Abreviaturas no commercio; Mezes do anno; Nomes e appellidos; Breves mais communs. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2792 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	MCDEVITT, WM. "Rite-It-Rite"; The Complete Shorthand Based on the Laws of Linear, Vocalized, Connective-vowel Phonography, and Originating a Fundamental Scientific Principle of Brevity with Legibility -- The Fonetic Root (cover title) San Francisco, Unknown. 1937, Third Revised Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. 36-page booklet. Illustrations. Directions and examples for this shorthand method. Eight-page pamphlet laid in: "American Typewriter Shorthand", Designed Especially for Typing and Typists by Wm. McDevitt. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 4972 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	MCKEE, C.E. McKee's New Standard Shorthand: A New and Simplified Method of Brief Phonographic Writing Adapted to All the Uses Made of Shorthand Writing in Modern Times.... Buffalo, N.Y. Perrin Publishing Company. 1892, First Edition. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Illustrated. Charles E. McKee was also the author of "The New Rapid System of Shortland." 150 pages. Fine. USD 47.50 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 \| £UK 28.75 \| JP¥ 4192] Book number: 7842 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	MUNSON, JAMES E. Munson's System of Phonograpy: The Dictionary of Practical Phonography, Giving the Best Phonographic Forms for the Words of the English Language (Sixty Thousand) and for Over Five Thousand Proper Names, Also Illustrating the Principles (Title Cont.) Boston, Houghton Mifflin and Company: The Riverside Press. 1881. (title continued). " ..of Phrase-Writing, Altogether Representing a Much Larger Number of Words Than Any Previous Short-Hand Dictionary." Later printing. 328 pages. Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7491 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	PARKER, WILLIS C. The Modern Business Letter Writer Containing Speciman Business Letters on a Great Variety of Subjects, Together with All the Standard Business Forms Used in Modern Commercial Intercourse, Also Concise and Simplified Rules (continued) M. A. Donohue & Co. (1912). Chicago.. Cloth with illustration on front cover. Title continued: ".for Punctuation, the Use of Capital Letters and the Forms of Salutation, Courteous Closing, Addresses, etc.". USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2773 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	PARSONS, JAMES Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries Into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languages. London, Printed for The Author. 1767, First Edition. xxxii, 419 pages, 3 folded plates, full leather, 5 raised bands, gilt stamped red morocco spine label, 11 x 8.5". Rebacked, clean and tight, some scuffing of edges, owner signature "David James. Clk.-1833" and with occasional annotations and underscoring; very good. Some irregularities in numbering between pages 51-60 and 265-272, but complete. An interesting work, Remains of Japhet marks the beginnings of comparative philology in England. It did much to stimulate curiosity in the relationship between language and alphabets during the latter part of the 18th century and has an undoubted historical significance. The book has a peculiar interest for the historian of Celtic studies, since the work is, in large part, devoted to proving that the inhabitants of Ireland speak a language directly descended from Japhetan. The Welsh and Irish languages are compared. James Parsons (1705-1770), physician, learned antiquary, and author. He studied medicine in Paris, and received his degree at Rheims in 1736. He then went to London, where he assisted Dr. James Douglas in his anatomical studies and was appointed physician to the public infirmary of St. Giles in 1738. In 1741 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Antiquarian Society; serving as Assistant Foreign Corresponding Secretary of the Royal Society. He published many papers on subjects of natural history in Philosophical Transactions (1742-1768), and a number of professional and other works. USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 200.25 \| £UK 180.5 \| JP¥ 26477] Book number: 5913 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	PITMAN, BENN The Reporter's Companion. Cincinnati, Ohio, Phonographic Institute. 1877. 176 pages; plates of examples; publishers cloth binding with title and design on the cover. Wear to the cover and bumped corners, tear to the bottom of the spine. Former owner's name and date '1878' on the front flyleaf. Clean copy inside. Very Good. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 10291 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.