Riverbank Publications No. 75 : Memorization Methods : Specifically Illustrated in Respect to Their Applicability to Codes and Topographic Material
First Edition. 50 pages 28.7 cm x 22.2 cm. Publisher's stiff tan wrappers with black printed front cover duplicating title page. No statement of limitation. Number "116" circled at top of front wrapper. Staples rusted and should be replaced, occasional light staining from damp, center pages coming loose at staples. Wraps. Not normally included in the so-called 'Riverbank Publications' which included numbers 15-22, this is one example of other work published by Riverbank in related fields. Shulman, An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography, 1976, p. 83 (which attributes authorship to H. O. Nolan).
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