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Vintage - The Secretary’s Desk Book by Thomas Kite Brown © 1937

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© 1937 Hardcover officially but is somewhat soft Cover in fair condition; no jacket Major crease the length of the spine Thumb index Some fraying of the cover material at top left front corner of cover; refer to photo 3 Lower right corner of cover is a bit damaged; refer to photo 4 The front cover’s ability to remain intact is tested the length of left side of cover; a bit loose Inside pages are almost entirely in good to very good condition Previous owner’s name and address on inside page prior to cover page This is a 1200+ page book Book is divided into two distinct sections - The Secretary’s Desk Book detailing how to accomplish an outstanding career as a secretary Described as a modern guide to correct English with approved forms for business, official and social correspondence Followed by a full descriptive Winston Simplified Dictionary, Comprehensive Edition, with every word defined so that its use and meaning can be easily understood; it is the second major section of the book The Secretary’s Desk Book is comprised of 327 pages The Winston Simplified Dictionary contains 836 pages And, that’s not all . . . . There are a few very minor tears here and there in the Desk Book Desk Book leading pages include a cover page, 2-page Table of Contents, 2 pages of Acknowledgments and a 4-page Introduction (Description continued in "Comments" section; left side of this screen . . . .)

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vinny_media Description continued . . . . Following The Secretary’s Desk Book portion of the book are 4 blank pages followed by a full page entitled “Flags of the Leading Nations of the World” The title page of The Winston Simplified Dictionary comes next; then 20 pages lead to the letter “A” in the dictionary

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media Within those 20 pages is the title page, copyright information, table of contents, list of illustrations, 2-page preface, 8 pages on “How Our Language Has Grown” and 6 pages on “Directions For the Use of This Book” The illustrations contained in the dictionary are printed on full page colour plates that do not have page numbers

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media The letter “A”- in the Winston Dictionary - commences with the word “a” Following the Winston Dictionary is a 12-page “Dictionary of Mythological Names” There are red-ink underlinings on some of those pages

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media The pages following the Mythological Names contain “Foreign Words and Phrases”, “Names of Persons and Places”, “Glossary of Business Terms”, “Word Formation”, Abbreviations Used in Writing and Printing”, “Signs and Symbols” and “Tables of Weights, Measures and Standards” The book ends with a blank page as well as a blank decorative page

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media There is some separation mid-book likely due to age; also some close to the end of the book Mending tape has been used on a few consecutive pages; separation has occurred with those pages as well; refer to photo 7

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media There are 3 pages with minor ink marks and 5 pages with minor red underlining 2 pages – back to back – have a 3-inch tear; no missing information 10 pages have mending tape and/or page separation

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media The foregoing deficiencies have Post-it markers affixed to the pages involved The number of pages affected is very low – 20 in total (out of 1200+ pages) We have carefully looked at each and every page of The Secretary’s Desk Book and noted any deficiencies

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media Considering its age, this book is in spectacular condition and is a valuable addition to any vintage library collection

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media Photo 1 – Front cover, The Secretary's Desk Book by Thomas Kite Brown c1937 2 - Back cover, The Secretary's Desk Book by Thomas Kite Brown c 1937 3 - Frayed upper left corner; The Secretary's Desk Book 4 - Lower right corner, front cover, The Secretary's Desk Book; noted damage full spine crease, The Secretary's Desk Book

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media 5 – Full spine crease, The Secretary's Desk Book 6 - Close Up of Upper Spine 7 - Mending tape and separation; determined to be most extensive; pages 172, 173 – Winston Dictionary 8 - Further mending tape and separation; Pages 171 through 176 - Winston Dictionary

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media 9 - Separation occurring; pages 140, 141 - Winston Dictionary 10 - Additional separation occurring; pages 910, 911 – “Word Formation” 11- Horizontal view; thumb index, The Secretary's Desk Book 12 - Thumb index; complements content pages of The Secretary's Desk Book

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media 13 - Close up; vertical thumb index 14 - Close up; looking downward; open book thumb index, The Secretary's Desk Book 15 - The book's former owner's name and address found on upper right page preceding the title page - The Secretary's Desk Book 16 - Ruth formerly owned the book; photo shows owner information inside the book circled in black with electronic pen

Mar 23Reply

vinny_media Based on the condition of the book Appraised to $45 Asking $40 Sold “As is” All sales final Whenever possible, we ship items using recycled materials.

Mar 23Reply