1816. No edition remarks. 214 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound red leather with marbled paper covered boards. Presented to library of London Phonetic Shorthand Writers' Association by J Westby Gibson, with expected library stamping and inscriptions. Full-page engravings of shorthand. Copy no 5004, with author's red seal and signature to limitation page. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Heavy cracking to gutters, with some mildly loose pages. Moderate thumb-marking present. Occasional minor marginalia, underlining and ink stains. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Notable scuffing to edges and spine. Sticker to front board. Books has a backward lean. Mild peeling to front board. Library sticker to front with traces of one to spine.