Pitman alfred (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: G+. First Edition. 8vo. Ex-Library, rough edges. Book.

Zustand: New. In English.

First Edition, xii,155pp., frontis., 5 plates, orig. decorated cloth, unopened, uncut, t.e.g. a fine copy.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; vol. II (only): vi, 497 pages. Subjects; Falloux du Coudray, Alfred-Fre?de?ric-Pierre comte de (1811-1886). Memoirs. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; vol. I (only): 484 pages. Subjects; Falloux du Coudray, Alfred-Fre?de?ric-Pierre comte de (1811-1886). Memoirs. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xi, 154, [1]. 6 photogravures (incl. frontis. portrait). index. cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Inserted TLS, dated Nov. 7, 1932, from the Manager of Isaac Pitman & Sons, presenting this copy to B.Mathews, Editor of Buffalo Courier-Express. Printed for Private Circulation.

Hardback. Fd: Sir Francis Goodenough. 164pp, 6 plates For private circulation. (Bath 1932). *Not in Goodall. Very good ex-library copy.

xii+392pp. 8vo. Original cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Black and white portrait frontispiece and monochrome plates, including folding. Contains related ephemera pasted onto front endpapers. Ink inscriptions on front endpapers. A very good copy. Contains two related aerogrammes, signed by Sir James Pitman.…

London, 1913. X,392 pp. Ills. Cloth.

14. Bath, The Pitman Press, s.d. (23rd August 1953), printed for private circulation, in-8°, frontispiece portrait of the author + 154 pp + 4 photo-ills., index. Bound in full dark blue morocco, front and back cover with elaborate gilttooling with fillets and fleurons, the petals of the large fleurons are inlaid with red leather, centerpiece contains the motto Fortiter Agendo. The back cover has as its centerpiece the initials of the author A.P., top edge gilt, raised decorated spine. Kept in box. Very fine unsigned binding but almost certainly made at the Bath workshop Bayntun. Presentation copy from the publisher, the Pitman Company, to the author and former director on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Tipped-in at the second fly-leaf is a typescripted note; ''Presented to Alfred Pitman.''. The history of ''Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.'' written by his son Alfred Pitman. In 1837 Sir Isaac invented a shorthand system called ''Phonography'' which was to become a widely used shorthand system . He founded the company to publish handbooks and periodicals to promote his system. Later on when Remington patented his typewriter (1867), Pitman devised also educational systems for efficient use of the typewriter and office automation in general. His company became a leading provider of commercial education systems during the last quarter of the 19th and first half of the 20th century.…