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See More... (Autographs) Crum, Margaret. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTOGRAPHS IN THE BODMERIANA.
Cologny-Geneve Foundation Martin Bodmer 1977 8vo. paper-covered boards. 104, (2) pages.
First edition. List of autographed manuscripts from the collection of Martin Bodmer at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Separated into British writers, American writers, Miscellanea, and John Augustine Daly. Several facsimile of manuscripts interspersed. Indexed.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 56044

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See More... (Autographs) Geiger, Maynard CALIFORNIA CALLIGRAPHY
Identified Autographs of Personages Connected with the Conquest and Development of the Californias Ramona, CA Ballena Press 1972 4to. stiff paper wrappers 59+(1) pages
Limited to an edition of 750. Collection of nearly 200 autographs of important figures in California history, reproduced from cuts prepared by Father Zephyrin Engelhardt. In alphabetical order with the writer's full name and occupation included with each signature. Wrappers beginning to fade, spine sunned, rear wrapper slightly soiled, minor shelf wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 92544

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See More... (Beatty, Chester) SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY
(Princeton, New Jersey) Princeton University Library 1967 8vo stiff paper wrappers (vi), 58 pages
Catalogue of a "representative sampling of one of the most remarkable collections in the world"--consisting of 116 items, the inaugrial exhibition of an ongoing collaboration to make materials from the Chester Beatty Library in Ireland available to scholars in the United States.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 90434

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See More... (Biblio Novel) Callenbach, Ernest PUBLISHER'S LUNCH
A Dialogue Concerning the Secrets of How Publishers Think and What Authors Can Do About It Berkeley, CA Ten Speed Press (1989) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket vi, 141 pages
First edition. Novel that chronicles the process of publishing a manuscript through conversations between an author and publisher out to lunch. Includes a signed letter from the author to the University of California Press.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 105674

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See More... (Bookbinding) EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND HAND-DECORATED PAPERS.
Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. New York The Guild of Book Workers 1959 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages.
One page introduction by Laura Young. Contains descriptions of the books in the exhibition, incluindg 24 black-and-white photographs. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 24.00 other currencies Order nr. 11966

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See More... (Bookbinding) EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND HAND-DECORATED PAPERS.
Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. New York The Guild of Book Workers 1966 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages.
Two page introduction by Laura Young. Contains descriptions of the books in the exhibition, incluindg 8 black-and-white photographs. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 22.00 other currencies Order nr. 105717

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See More... (Calligraphy) CALLIGRAPHICS - HANDS & FORMS, RENDERED BY TWENTY-FIVE AMERICAN SCRIBES FOR THE TYPOPHILES.
New York The Typophiles 1955 oblong 12mo. cloth, slipcase. xv, 119, (3) pages.
First edition, limited to 800 copies. Chapbook 28. Foreword by Paul Bennett followed by 25 short sayings on calligraphy and writing written in calligraphic form by 25 American calligraphers. With biographical information on each in the back. Includes Dwiggins, Beilenson, Armitage, Arnold Bank, etc.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 17183

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See More... (Calligraphy) CALLIGRAPHY & HANDWRITING IN AMERICA, 1710-1962
Caledonia Italimuse 1963 4to. paper wrappers. Not paginated.
Peabody Institute Library Exhibition catalogue. With many illustrations. Covers age darkened. Ink inscription.
Price: $ 16.00 other currencies Order nr. 7959

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See More... (Calligraphy) Copley, Frederick S. A SET OF ALPHABETS OF ALL THE VARIOUS HANDS IN MODERN USE WITH EXAMPLES IN EACH STYLE.
New York Geo. E. Woodward (1870) oblong 12mo. original brown cloth stamped in gilt. (2) pages, 47 plates.
First edition. Engraved by Korff Bros. of New York. Price list tipped in. Table of contents includes mechanical method of constructing letters and figures, "analyzed letters," Roman letters, writing, Gothic print, numerals and construction of titles. Minor wear at spine ends, edges scuffed.
Price: $ 210.00 other currencies Order nr. 109162

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See More... (Calligraphy) Henning, William E. AN ELEGANT HAND, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP & CALLIGRAPHY.
Edited by Paul Melzer New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2006 4to. cloth, dust jacket 320 pages
This work chronicles the history of the Golden Age of American penmanship and calligraphy. The author guides the reader through the lives and careers of some of the most important American penmen, including Platt Rogers Spencer, the Father of American Handwriting, and Spencer's gifted student, George A. Gaskell, whose books and periodicals reached hundreds of thousands of students throughout the second half of the 1800s. Paul Melzer, the editor of this work, added more than 400 examples taken from original specimens to handsomely illustrate Henning's manuscript.
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 68991

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See More... (Calligraphy) Knight, Stan HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM CLASSICAL TIMES TO THE RENAISSANCE.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press and John Neal, Bookseller 1998 4to. hardcover, dust jacket 112 pages.
Reprint with minor corrections of second edition. The craft of calligraphy has a 2000-year history in the Western world. Up to the time of the Renaissance, calligraphy was the only means of preserving literature, and so, it played a vital role in the spread of learning, culture, and religion. Historical scripts were not rigidly-fixed "styles;" they represented the high peaks in an endlessly shifting landscape. Throughout centuries, styles of writing were continually being modified and developed in response to a multitude of influences encompassing political, religious, aesthetic, intellectual, sociological, and pragmatic changes in the ways that books were made and scripts were written. The modern calligrapher, typographer, historian, and anyone interested in western lettering and documents benefits from studying the methods, skills, and attitudes of generations of historical scribes who produced such outstanding and accomplished works for so many centuries.
Revised and expanded, this book is an excellent survey of bookhands with its full-page, enlarged illustrations and solidly researched sources. It is a useful text for studying the history of manuscripts as well as the details of letter construction. This work also helps one make judgments about the technical condition of letter writing and its qualities of rhythm and movement, possible only when consulting an original manuscript. The author has gone to considerable lengths to obtain photographs that are well-focused and lit so that the tactile qualities of surfaces, ink tone, and flow are revealed. The author has chosen examples of formal writing that show a coherent and reasonably consistent relationship between methods of tool use and letter formation, making the construction of a script much easier to grasp in practice. He has also made the effort of selecting writing without idiosyncrasies of style.

Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 52752

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See More... (Calligraphy) Nash, Ray AMERICAN PENMANSHIP, 1800-1850. A HISTORY OF WRITING AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COPYBOOKS FROM JENKINS TO SPENCER.
Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1969 8vo. cloth. xii, 303 pages.
Best bibliography of the subject.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 7237

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See More... (Calligraphy) Nash, Ray AMERICAN PENMANSHIP, 1800-1850. A HISTORY OF WRITING AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COPYBOOKS FROM JENKINS TO SPENCER.
Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1969 8vo. cloth. xii, 303 pages.
Best bibliography of the subject.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 62092

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See More... (Calligraphy) Valpey, F.B. THE ART OF LETTERING FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS, CIVIL ENGINEERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, DESIGNERS, ILLUMINATORS, MARBLE WORKERS AND THE DECORATIVE ARTIST.
Lynn, MA F.B. Valpey n.d., circa. 1890 oblong small 8vo. original quarter cloth, paper-covered boards Unpaginated
A collection of specimens including letters, numerals, scenery vignettes and punctuation. Designed for advertising and show-card work, as well as sign and decorative painters. Rear cover is stamped "Press of Thos. P. Nichols, Lynn, Mass." Includes one page of advertising before, and one page after, text. Printed recto only. OCLC lists three North American copies. A Fred B. Valpey is listed on the 1913 tax assessment list of Lynn, living in Ward Six at 15 Anoka Place, occupation designer (www.lynnhistory.com/Taxlists/1913JuryList.html). A March 14, 1893, account from the Worcester Daily Spy described the destruction of Valpey's office by fire. Boards soiled and worn at edges. Free endpapers detached. Hinges cracked. Facsimile of newspaper account cited above laid in.
Price: $ 295.00 other currencies Order nr. 109405

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See More... (Cassel, Lili) Kent, Norman THE GRAPHIC ART OF LILI CASSEL.
Reprinted from American Artist, February 1958, small 4to., stiff paper wrappers. pp.45-51.
Illustrated article on this calligraphy - artist. Former owner has added his name in calligraphic hand to front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 38483

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See More... (Catfish Press) Catich, Edward M. LETTERS REDRAWN FROM THE TRAJAN INSCRIPTION IN ROME
Davenport Catfish Press (1961) 8vo. cloth. xi, 244 pages. With 93 4to. broadside plates, the two sections enclosed in a cloth bound case specially constructed to hold the two different sized parts.
With a three page introduction by W.A. Dwiggins followed by the text in the calligraphic handwriting of Catich. Catich has based his work on the original Trajan columns in Rome and included short critiques of the sources of these letters. Dwiggins, in his introduction, states that this work "will be a good tool in art schools - and elsewhere - for renovating standards that have become a trifle frayed in these revolutionary years. It will stimulate a return to an understanding of the true function of letters ..." His words still hold true 40 years later. First plate age yellowed as usual from cloth in case. Signed by Catich on first blank page and he has also added a presentation "to John Michael, E.M. Catich." In addition, the preface has been signed and dated by Dwiggins.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 41601

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  (Catfish Press) Catich, Edward M. REED, PEN, & BRUSH ALPHABETS FOR WRITING AND LETTERING
2 volumes. Davenport, Iowa Catfish Press (1972) 8vo. and 4to. half cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover labels. 32 pages in book and 28 heavy leaves printed on both sides loosely inserted in 4to. portfolio.
Beautifully printed in red, blue and black. The portfolio contains reproductions of alphabets while the book describes the art of calligraphy and explains the plates. Presentation on first blank page "To Dr. Robt. Leslie with warmest regards, E.M. Catich" and with Leslie's bookplate on verso of free endpaper.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 114279

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See More... (Catfish Press) Catich, Edward M. REED, PEN, & BRUSH ALPHABETS FOR WRITING AND LETTERING
2 volumes. Davenport, Iowa Catfish Press (1972) 8vo. and 4to. half cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover labels. 32 pages in book and 28 heavy leaves printed on both sides loosely inserted in 4to. portfolio.
Beautifully printed in red, blue and black. The portfolio contains reproductions of alphabets while the book describes the art of calligraphy and explains the plates. Presentation on first blank page "To Alan Fern with warmest regards, E. Catich" and with a typed note from Catich addressed to Fern meant to accompany this gift copy.
Price: $ 220.00 other currencies Order nr. 114280

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See More... (Catfish Press) Catich, Edward M. REED, PEN, & BRUSH ALPHABETS FOR WRITING AND LETTERING
2 volumes. Davenport, Iowa Catfish Press (1972) 8vo. and 4to. half simulated leather over marbled paper-covered boards, paper cover labels. 32 pages in book and 28 heavy leaves printed on both sides loosely inserted in 4to. portfolio.
Beautifully printed in red, blue and black. The portfolio contains reproductions of alphabets while the book describes the art of calligraphy and explains the plates. Presentation on half title "to John & Jean Michael with warmest regard, E.M. Catich" and another inscription to the Michael's on inside cover of the portfolio.
Price: $ 235.00 other currencies Order nr. 114281

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See More... (Cherryburn Press) James, Jean M. SIGNS.
N.P. The Cherryburn Press 1981 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards 16 pages
An essay on legibility in sign systems, focusing in Chinese calligraphy. Samples laid in. Binding torn at back center of spine.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 112216

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See More... Civen, Janice Davis ILLUMINATIONS: A RO-MLEN ALPHABET.
New York Dodd, Mead & Company (1984) 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket unpaginated
A unique calligraphic alphabet combining the traditional and the modern with a commentary on each letter. Color frontispiece and color illustrations throughout. Preface by the author.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109617

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See More... (Daboll, Ray) Mangan, James Thomas SECOND REPORT TO THE UNIVERSE, NATION OF CELESTIAL SPACE
Evergreen Park, IL n.p. 1958 8vo. paper wrappers. 30 pages.
Entire pamphlet done in the calligraphic hand of Raymond F. DaBoll. Slightly bumped along top.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 115445

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See More... (Daboll, Raymond) Shakespeare, William HAMLET: TO THE PLAYERS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616).
N.P. (Herbert W. Simpson 1955) 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages.
Done entirely in the calligraphic hand of Raymond DaBoll. Folded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 17325

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See More... Davies, Robertson READING AND WRITING
Salt Lake City University of Utah Press (1992) 8vo. quarter leather, cloth (vi), 64 pages
First edition of the special edition. Originally published in 1992 as part of the Tanner lectures on Human Values, vol 13. No dust jacket as issued. There are two lectures: one on Reading and one on Writing. The titles are deceptively simple for the complex lectures. A little underlining in the Writing lecture.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 90915

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See More... Dunning, John THAT SUMMER WITH MICHAEL
Santa Barbara Santa Teresa Press 2004 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (ii), 24, (2)
Edition limited to 535 copies of which this is one of 500 numbered in Arabic numerals, printed on white paper and signed by the author. Printed as a benefit publication for the Antiquarian Booksellers' Benevolent Fund; a non-profit charity. This is a recollection of Dunning's friendship with Michael Shaara ( The Killer Angels) over one summer and, simultaneously, a meditation on writing and what it is to be a writer. Dunning, owner of the Old Algonquin Bookstore in Denver for many years, is perhaps best known for his mysteries involving former policeman turned book dealer, Cliff Janeway.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 79270

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