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• English language -- Great Britain -- Orthography and spelling
• English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

• Dictionary of the British English Spelling System (version 1.1; Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2017), by Greg Brooks (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

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• A Plea for The Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling (10th thousand; London: Strahan; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co., 1866), by Henry Alford
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  • multiple formats at Google
• The Queen's English: A Manual of Idiom and Usage (third edition; London: Strahan and Co.; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co., 1870), by Henry Alford (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Queen's English: A Manual of Idiom and Usage (seventh edition; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1888), by Henry Alford (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling (London: Strahan and Co.; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co., 1864), by Henry Alford (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A plea for the Queen's English; stray notes on speaking and spelling (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1864), by Henry Alford (page images at HathiTrust)
• A plea for the Queen's English; stray notes on speaking and spelling (Strahan, 1864), by Henry Alford (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dictionary of the British English Spelling System (version 1.1; Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2017), by Greg Brooks (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• A hand-book of the engrafted words of the English language (D. Appleton and company, 1854), by James Scott and John Liddel Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English spelling book with reading lessons adapted to the capacities of children, in three parts : calculated to advance the learners by natural and easy gradations, and to teach orthography and pronunciation together (S.B. Collins, 1823), by Lindley Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English spelling book with reading lessons adapted to the capacities of children, in three parts : calculated to advance the learners by natural and easy gradations, and to teach orthography and pronunciation together (Printed by T. Wilson for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836), by Lindley Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English spelling book with reading lessons for the use of the parish and other schools of New Brunswick (s.n.], 1841), by William Corry (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English spelling-book with reading lessons adapted to the capabilities of children : in three parts, calculated to advance the learners by natural and easy gradations, and to teach orthography and pronunciation together (W. Stanley, 1857), by Lindley Murray (page images at HathiTrust)

• Friedrich Ludew. Ant. Hörschelmanns Kern der geschichte und staatsverfassung Grosbritaniens (Leipzig und Frankfurt, 1763), by Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hoerschelmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The case for the Labour Party : a handbook of facts & figures for workers. (Garden City Press, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vade mecum, or The necessary companion Containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's Perpetual almanack, in copper plates, with many useful tables proper thereto. 2. Christian and regal years compar'd from the Norman conquest. 3. The reduction of weights, measures. 4. The ready casting up any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, shillings, nobles, marks, and guinneys. 5. The interest, and rebate of money, the forebearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. 6. The rates of post-letters, both inland and outland, with the post-stages. 7. The usual and authorized rates or fares for coach-men, carr-men, and water-men. (London : printed by A.G. and J.P. and are to be sold by T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1680), by John Playford, Samuel Morland, and John Mayne (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The cavalry brigade movements. ([W. Clowes & sons], 1861), by James Thomas Brudenell Cardigan (page images at HathiTrust)

• The case for the Labour Party : a handbook of facts & figures for workers. (Garden City Press, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Handbook on liberal industrial policy (Liberal Publication Dept., 1928), by Hubert Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)

• Geräthe und Maschinen, Englands (Friedrich Bieweg und Sohn, 1858), by Wilhelm Hamm (page images at HathiTrust)

• Small farms : a practical treatise intended for persons inexperienced in husbandry but desirous of employing time and capital in the cultivation of the soil (G. Routledge, 1850), by Martin Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stephens' Book of the farm : dealing exhaustively with every branch of agriculture (William Blackwood, 1908), by Henry Stephens and James Macdonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• On landed property, and the economy of estates : comprehending the relation of landlord and tenant, and the principles and forms of leases--farm buildings, enclosures, drains, embankments, roads, and other rural works--minerals--and woods (Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856), by David Low (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical husbandry. (Printed for the author and sold by J. Brockwell, 1799), by John Trusler (page images at HathiTrust)

• Structural defence (H.M.S.O., 1939), by Great Britain. Air Raid Precautions Dept (page images at HathiTrust)

• The licence-holder's handy guide : in the every-day conduct of his business (W.C. Hemmons, 1912), by Ajay Harris (page images at HathiTrust)

• The bombardier, and pocket gunner. (T. Egerton, 1802), by Ralph Willett Adye (page images at HathiTrust)
• The artillerist's manual, and British soldier's compendium. (Parker & Son, 1862), by F. A. Griffiths (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from handbook for the 60-P.R. bl. gun, mark 1. (Land service.) 1907. (Harrison & Sons, 1907), by Great Britain War Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Extracts from handbook for the 13-P.R. Q.F. gun. Land service. 1907. (Harrison & Sons, 1907), by Great Britain War Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Drill for 9 2-inch B.L. mark IX gun on mark IV mounting. (Land service.) 1914. (Harrison and Sons, 1914), by Great Britain War Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Asbestos Essentials: A Task Manual for Building, Maintenance and Allied Trades on Non-Licensed Asbestos Work (second edition, c2008), by Great Britain Health and Safety Executive (PDF with commentary in the UK)

• Asbestos Essentials: A Task Manual for Building, Maintenance and Allied Trades on Non-Licensed Asbestos Work (second edition, c2008), by Great Britain Health and Safety Executive (PDF with commentary in the UK)

• Asbestos Essentials: A Task Manual for Building, Maintenance and Allied Trades on Non-Licensed Asbestos Work (second edition, c2008), by Great Britain Health and Safety Executive (PDF with commentary in the UK)

• The licence-holder's handy guide : in the every-day conduct of his business (W.C. Hemmons, 1912), by Ajay Harris (page images at HathiTrust)

• A handbook of field botany : comprising the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to the British Isles, arranged according to the natural system, the orders, genera, and species carefully analyzed, so as to facilitate their discrimination : with a synoptical table of the genera according to the Linnæan classification, and a glossary of terms most commonly in use (J. McGlashan, 1851), by William Edward Steele (page images at HathiTrust)

• Builder's new price-book, for 1805 (Printed for B. Crosby and Co., 1805), by J. Phillips and B. Crosby and Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lessons on the laws and customs of British trade : with Italian notes (Tipografia del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti, 1890), by Raffaele Gambaro and Stoakley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Instructions for the armed yeomanry. ([London], 1797), by William Young (page images at HathiTrust)

• How to Help Cases of Distress: A Handy Reference Book for Almoners and Others (fourth edition; London: Charity Organisation Society and Longmans, Green and Co., 1890), by Charles Stewart Loch (page images at HathiTrust)

• A practical guide of procedure in the preparation of a town planning scheme : in accordance with the Ministry of Health (town planning) regulations, 1912 : and diary of dates as preparation of scheme proceeds (A.G. Thornton, 1922), by Herbert J. Jenkinson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Structural defence (H.M.S.O., 1939), by Great Britain. Air Raid Precautions Dept (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lessons on the laws and customs of British trade : with Italian notes (Tipografia del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti, 1890), by Raffaele Gambaro and Stoakley (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order; a synopsis of the hardy kinds cultivated in Great Britain; their place and use in horticulture, etc., etc. (James Veitch & Sons, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The secretary's manual on the law and practice of joint stock companies : with forms and precedents (Jordan, 1901), by James Fitzpatrick and Villiers de S. Fowke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fitzpatrick & Haydon's Secretary's manual (Jordan, 1907), by James Fitzpatrick and Thomas Edmett Haydon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The new code, 1891, of regulations of the Education department... (Grant :, 1891), by Great Britain. Board of Education and Richard Gowing (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or, Solecisms to be Avoided (Gutenberg ebook)

• Geräthe und Maschinen, Englands (Friedrich Bieweg und Sohn, 1858), by Wilhelm Hamm (page images at HathiTrust)

• The young angler's guide; shewing the best methods of angling, with proper baits and tackle for each description of fish. (Alfred & son, 1867), by Otter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Air raid precautions for government contractors (H.M.S.O., 1939), by Great Britain Admiralty (page images at HathiTrust)

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