Pitman, Benn

The phonographic manual

Cincinnati: Phonographic Institute, 1856. 12mo, pp. 92, [40]; lithograph title page and lithographic plates of shorthand throughout; original black calf blind- and gilt-stamped, marbled edges; textblock shaken edges worn, good and sound. An early (possibly second) edition of Benn Pitman's American shorthand manuals. Benn moved to Cincinnati soon after arriving in the US in 1853 and worked diligently to spread his brother Isaac's system of shorthand through the states. His manuals on Pitman shorthand became the most important and most often reprinted text on the subject in the US. Item #53864

Price: $75.00