Office Routine Introduction Work by Vincent E Collinge (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Formerly published under the title "Counting House Rules." No D/Jacket. Inside blank page in front of title page has been torn out. Grey fabric covers show signs of use. 'Underwood Secretarial College' handwritten in red ink & underscored at foot of front cover. Contents contain some hand written annotations to text and check marks otherwise interior is unmarked and tight. This introduction to office work was taught to students of the secretarial arts in the early to late 20th century. This particular copy was issued to students of Underwood Secretarial College, Carlisle, England, in the early 1960s. Contents: spelling & punctuation; grammar; writing & block-lettering; letters received; filing; methods of copying correspondence; preparing letters for the post; indexing; postal rates & regulations; money & postal orders; the telegraph & the telephone; transport of goods; commercial forms & documents; letters & letter writing; specimen business letters & receipts; circular letters; indexing & precis-writing; commercial abbreviations.

Condition: Fair. 1951. Revised & Reprinted. 140 pages. Paperback book with blue cover. Contains black and white photographs. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages and photographs have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to first page. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.