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(PITMAN, ISAAC.)  The Manual of Phonography. (Being Part 1 of Pitman's Shorthand Instructor) an Exposition of Sir Isaac Pitman's System of Phonography or Phonetic Shorthand. Designed for Class or Self-Instruction
London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, N.D.. Reprint. Paperback. Original printed card covers, lacking spine but sewing intact, some wear with pencil annotations. ; Not dated. Published late nineteenth century. ; 130 pages. Fair .
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 25530
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ADKINS, LESLEY.  Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon.
London:: HarperCollins, 2003. Hardcover. ISBN: 0007128991. xxiii+424pp, b/w plates, chronology, maps.. New in New dust jacket .
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 24054
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BARRETT, JOHN IREDALE, DAVID.  Discovering Old Handwriting.
Buckinghamshire:: Shire Publications, 1995. Paperback. ISBN: 0747802688. 11cmx18cm, 184pp, b/w illustrated, specimen texts, glossary, index. Small crease to gutter else V.G.. Very Good .
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 23438
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BERNAL, MARTIN  Cadmean Letters the Transmission of the Alphabet to the Aegean and Further West Before 1400 B. C
Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0931464471. From the library of Cristofr Upward. With related scholarly article copied from journal loosely inserted. ; 156 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 | JP¥ 2846] Book number: 26271
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BERNAL, MARTIN  Cadmean Letters the Transmission of the Alphabet to the Aegean and Further West Before 1400 B. C
Winona: Eisenbrauns, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0931464471. Dust-wrapper a little rubbed else excellent.; 11 tables, 2 charts, 3 maps. ; 0.8 x 9.3 x 6.2 Inches; 156 pages. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 25860
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BISCHOFF, GEORGE ALFRED  1975 Improved Spelling and the Metric System
London: Saint Catherine Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor damp spotting to endpapers else very god.; Presentation copy to C. A. W. Foster. From the library of Cristofr Upward, author of 'Cut Spelling' . ; 87 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 26176
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BLUM, RALPH.  The Book of Runes. A Handbook for the Use of an Ancient Oracle: The Viking Runes.
London:: Guild Publishing, 1985. Hardcover. 121pp, illus. eps, b/w. illus.. Very Good .
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 | JP¥ 925] Book number: 16386
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CATACH, NINA (ED.)  L'Orthographie en Débat. Dossiers Pour Un Changement. Avec la Liste Complète Des Mots Rectifiés.
Paris: Nathaniel L. Dayton, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 2091907626. Upper cover a little creased but a good, clean, tight copy. ; From the library of Cristofr Upward. With many related scholarly articles and reviews copied from journals loosely inserted. ; 304 pages. Very Good .
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 26300
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 - DANIELS, PETER T. & BRIGHT, WILLIAM  The World's Writing Systems.
New York and Oxford:: OUP, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195079930. "The only comprehensive resource covering every major wrtiing system " .From the library of Cristofr Upward author of Cut Spelling. With many related scholarly articles and reviews copied from journals loosely inserted.; 968 pages. As New in As New dust jacket .
GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 104.25 US$ 157.13 | JP¥ 13517] Book number: 26126
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DOBLHOFER, ERNST  Voices in Stone: The Decipherment of Ancient Scripts and Writings
New Jersey.: Kelley, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight.; Many b/w plates and in-text illustrations. From the library of Cristofr Upward.; 327 pages. Very Good+ .
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 | JP¥ 925] Book number: 26173
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DRUCKER, JOHANNA  The Alphabetic Labyrinth Letters in History and Imagination
London: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0500016089. From the library of Cristofr Upward with scholarly articles and jottings loosely enclosed, his neat pencil annotations to f.e.p.. Drawing on a wide variety of little-known sources, both literary and artistic, this book is the first to fully expolore the colourful, poetic and frequently eccentric realm of the history of our alphabet. From the library of Cristofr Upward.; 320 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 | JP¥ 2846] Book number: 26210
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 - ECKLER, ROSS  Making the Alphabet Dance Recreational Wordplay
St Martins Pr, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0312155808. Paperback edition.; 277 pages. Very Good .
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 26240
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FIRMAGE, RICHARD A.  The Alphabet Abecedarium Some Notes on Letters
Boston, Mass.:: David R. Godine, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 9780879239985. A few neat pencil annotations to f.e.p.. ; In chapters that are descriptive, illustrative, and diverse, we are shown the history and development of every letter. ; 320 pages. Very Good+ .
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.75 | JP¥ 925] Book number: 26207
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FRIEDRICH, JOHANNES.  Geschichte Der Schrift Unter Besonderer Berücksichtigung Ihrer Geistigen Entwicklung.
Heidelberg:: Carl Winter, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. The history of writing from ancient times, plentifully illustrated, text in German. 408pp, 424 b/w illustrations. Top edge a little dusty else in excellent condition.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 25054
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GAUR, ALBERTINE  A History of Writing
London: British Library Publications, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0712300287. A very nice bright copy in original dust-wrapper.; From the library of Cristofr Upward. With many related scholarly articles and reviews copied from journals loosely inserted. ; 4to; 208 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: 26227
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GAUR, ALBERTINE.  A History of Writing.
London:: The British Library,, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0712301453. 236pp, 8 colour illustrations, with b/w ilustrations throughout, small quarto. A good, clean, tight copy. First paperback edition with corrections.. Very Good .
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 | JP¥ 2846] Book number: 24984
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GODOLPHIN, MARY (PITMAN, ISAAC)  Aesop's Fables in Words of One Syllable. Printed in the Learners' Style of Phonography, or Phonetic Shorthand.
London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1888. First thus edition. Paperback. Original printed wrappers just a little rubbed,contemporary owner's name to upper cover a lovely bright copy apart from the remains of a label to the lower cover. ; Not dated.; 48 pages. Very Good+ .
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33 US$ 49.62 | JP¥ 4269] Book number: 25528
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 - GORDON,  Forgotten Scripts. Their Ongoing Discovery and Decipherment. Revised and Enlarged Edition.
New York: Dorset Press, 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0880291702. From the library of Cristofr Upward with light pencil annotations to f.e.p..; xxi+226 pages. As New in As New dust jacket .
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 26213
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HAAS, W. (ED.).  Alphabets for English. [Subtitle]: Mont Follick Series. Volume I.
Manchester:: University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 120pp, index, d.w. Ex lib, lacks f.e.p.. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 24679
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HARRIS, ROY  The Origin of Writing
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0715620746. Usual slight yellowing of dust-wrapper edges. A very nice bright copy in original dust-wrapper. ; A new approach with some iconoclastic solutions to the theories of the history of writing. From the library of Cristofr Upward. With related scholarly articles and reviews copied from journals loosely inserted. ; 166 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 26286
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HILL, JAMES & HILL, IVY CONSTANCE  Basic Teeline a Textbook of Fast Writing.
London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1971. Corrected reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 0435453319. some scuffing to edges, light wear, owner insc. to f.e.p, makr to lower cover, but clean and tight. ; A revolutionary new method at the time, designed as much simpler and easier than conventional shorthand. The system was successfully demonstrated at 200 words per minute. From the library of Cristofr Upward.; 128 pages. New .
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 26093
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HOLT, ARTHUR G.  Handwriting in Psychological Interpretations.
Springfield:: Charles C. Thomas, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 262pp, d.w. A very nice copy. Loosely enclosed cutting entitled: "How Bright is Your Child? This child's handwriting reveals .potential genius .Dr. Herry O. Teltscher expalins .".. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: 16596
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HOOKER, J.T. (ED.)  Reading the Past Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet
London: British Museum Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0714180726. This is the hardback copy in a dust-wrapper. Very occasional pencil underscoring but a good, clean, tight copy. ; Profusely illustrated, indices. From the library of Cristofr Upward. With many related scholarly articles and reviews copied from journals loosely inserted. ; 364 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 26178
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HOSKING, R. F. AND MEREDITH-OWENS, G. M. (EDS.).  A Handbook of Asian Scripts.
London:: British Museum, 1966. First Edition. Wrappers. vii+71pp, colour frontis, 18 b/w plates.. Very Good .
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 21182
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JEAN, GEORGES  Writing. The Story of Alphabets and Scripts.
New York: Abrams, 1992. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 0810928930. Faint pencil annotation to title page. ; Profusely illustrated in colourand b/w throughout with alphabet tables and indices. Translated from the French. From the library of Cristofr Upward.; Discoveries; 207 pages. As New .
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 26172
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