This lot features two vintage instructional guides specializing in the Pitman system of shorthand, a globally influential phonetic notation method developed by Sir Isaac Pitman in the mid-19th century. The first volume, Pitman’s Commercial Correspondence in Shorthand (Advanced Stage), is a "New Era Edition" designed to train professional stenographers in complex business communication. The second volume, Afrikaanse Snelskrif (Nuwe Kursus) by H.J. Labuscagne and C.J.F. Jacobs, is a significant regional adaptation of the Pitmanstelsel for the Afrikaans language, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons in Johannesburg. Both books are in fair to good vintage condition; the blue cloth-bound Commercial Correspondence shows minor rubbing and shelf wear but remains structurally sound, while the green Afrikaanse Snelskrif paperback exhibits more pronounced age-related wear, including some water staining and foxing to the front cover and spine. The interiors of both volumes remain legible and serve as fascinating artifacts of 20th-century secretarial and linguistic history.