Pitman Shorthand Instructor and Key: A complete exposition of Sir Isaac Pitman’s system of shorthand

This book from Pitman Publishing will teach you how to read, copy and write shorthand, in which one writes “by sound” using 36 phonetic characters. The book includes 224 exercises for the student and a detailed index.

The book does not specify the date of publishing, however, the ISBN search indicates it is from 1974.