Ca. 1890s promotional book & course guide for Duff's Mercantile College, Pittsburgh: penmanship, bookkeeping, shorthand, phonography, typing, etc.

Pittsburgh: Duff's Mercantile College, Ca. 1895-1899. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5 inches, publisher's dark blue cloth gilt, very good, light wear, pages beginning to tan. 80 pp, printed in black & red, illustrated, with a history of the college, founded in 1840 (and "nearly sixty years old"), course descriptions, description of the building, information on coursework, examinations, tuition, testimonials, remarks on the "revolution" caused by the typewriter, examples of penmanship, and the usefulness of getting an education via Duff's. Very uncommon. OCLC locates 4 copies: two in Pittsburgh, one in Japan, and one at Trinity College in CT. Very good. Item #H29263

Price: $95.00