Gaskell

1888 · rif. 2000041996 — R. S. Peale & Co. 1888. R. S. Peale & Co. 1888 16th Edition Very Good/ Heavy cloth binding is dark-red blank spine and burgundy probably a rebinding. Page edges dyed red are slightly faded. Encyclopedia of how things used to be. Title on decorative paste down on front. After the title page and table of contents; text starts with a page 17 English Grammar and goes for 830 pages with multiple indexes. publication date is approximate based on the contents. Edition is an estimate. LARGE HEAVY ITEM 5.63 Pounds. Size: 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Gaskell's Compendium of Forms Educational Social Legal And Commercial Embracing A Complete Self-Teaching Course in Penman and Bookkeeping and Aid To English Composition; Together With The Laws And By-Laws of Social Etiquette And Business Laws and Commercial Forms A Manual of Agiculture Mechanics And Mining And A Complete Guide to Parliamentary Practice The Whole Forming A Complete Encyclopedia of Reference. Hardcover. Condition: No Jacket. A Very Good solid binding of a title which is "Elegantly illustrated with examples of penman to allow for self-teaching. Covers origin of proverbial expressions commonly used business letters letters of credit love letters evening parties and much more." Edition is approximate. Light wear to two tone cloth with no lettering. Very little exterior wear. Pages 17 has the corner missing some of the other pages have small tears but very readable. Solid structure. "Elegantly Illustrated; spotting to some pages and wear to others. "Contents: The English Language; Composition Elocution and Oratory; Writing Penman And Pen Flourishing; Bookkeeping; Dictionaries; Letter Writing; Letters Of Correspondence; Social Correspondence And Forms; Success In Business; Commercial Forms; Laws And Forms of Business; Mechanical and Scientific Tables and Facts; Agriculture asnd Mining; Tables of Reference; Parliamentary Etiquette and Rules; The Home and Family Life; Social Etiquette; English And American Literature; Familiar Poems" "illustrations" Some color illustrations. of this volume International postage will only be processed with additional charges for from the buyer. Astronomy: There are 8 planets and the planet Vulcan is theorized in this volume but later debunked by Einstein's theory of relativity which explained the unusual planetary rotation of Mercury due to theory of General Relativity providing a new understanding of gravity as a curvature of spacetime caused by massive objects. WOW!. 16th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Exp. R. S. Peale & Co. Hardcover