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  (Calligraphy) Fairbank, Alfred J. A HANDWRITING MANUAL.
London Faber and Faber (1968) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 95 pages and 40 plates.
Reprint of the 6th edition. (See Bonacini no.601 for first edition). An excellent manual.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 78002

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See More... (Calligraphy) Gordon, Wm. Hugh LETTERING FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
Cincinnati Signs of the Times Publishing Co. (1918) oblong small 4to. cloth. 173 pages.
Fifth edition. Filled with illustrations of lettering. Covers rubbed along edges and along spine.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 13737

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See More... (Calligraphy) Gordon, Wm. Hugh LETTERING FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
Cincinnati Signs of the Times Publishing Co. (1918) oblong small 4to. cloth. 173 pages.
Fourth edition. Filled with illustrations of lettering. Covers rubbed along edges and along spine.
Price: $ 32.50 other currencies Order nr. 108339

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See More... (Calligraphy) Gourdie, Tom. CALLIGRAPHY FOR THE BEGINNER.
New York Taplinger Publishing Company (1979) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 60 pages.
A basic practical manual for those who have never tried this art before.
Price: $ 5.95 other currencies Order nr. 23230

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See More... (Calligraphy) Greer, Alan and Rita. AN INTRODUCTION TO LETTERING.
New York The Viking Press (1973) small 8vo. printed paper-covered boards. vi, 121 pages.
First U.S. edition. A beginner's guide to the basic elements of the craft of lettering. Arranged in eighteen sections with numerous illustrations.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 62425

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  (Calligraphy) Greer, Alan and Rita. AN INTRODUCTION TO LETTERING.
(Harmondsworth) Penguin Books (1978) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 121 pages.
Reprint. A beginner's guide to the basic elements of the craft of lettering. Arranged in eighteen sections with numerous illustrations.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 63446

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See More... (Calligraphy) Hart, Tony. THE YOUNG LETTERER.
New York and London Frederick Warne & Co. (1965) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 64 pages.
First U.S. edition. A well-illustrated how to book in which Tony Hart describes two ways of lettering with a pen and then with a brush. Jacket chipped.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 63093

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See More... (Calligraphy) Harvey, Michael LETTERING DESIGN, FORM & SKILL IN THE DESIGN & USE OF LETTERS.
New York Bonanza Books (1980) 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 159+(1) pages.
Reprint of the first U.S. edition. With a foreword by John Ryder. Wide experience on the field of lettering enables the author to recognize and address many problems which face those who work with letters. Illustrated by the author, with a glossary of printing terms.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 44479

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See More... (Calligraphy) Heller, Maxwell HOW TO LETTER
Pelham Bridgman Publishers (1930) 8vo. cloth. 64 pages.
Second edition. Contains 47 figures to help the student. Jacket tape repaired at spine ends. Ink stamp of previous owner on free endpaper.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102615

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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) Hewitt, Graily LETTERING, FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN
New York Pentalic Corp. (1976) thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 336 pages.
Reprint of the first edition, part of the New Art Library. With 403 illustrations. An essential book for the reference library of anyone interested in lettering. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 32172

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See More... (Calligraphy) Holme, C.G. (editor) LETTERING OF TO-DAY.
London The Studio Limited (1949) 4to. cloth. 144 pages.
Reprint of revised edition. Eberhard Holscher on the Principles of hand-lettering, Calligraphy by Alfred Fairbank, Lettering in Book Production by Anna Simons, Lettering in Association with Architecture by Percy J. Smith and others. Lacks jacket.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 112206

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See More... CALLIGRAPHY IDEA EXCHANGE Volume III, No.2
(Norman 1985) 4to. stiff paper wrappers 64 pages.
Jerry Kelly on Calligraphy and Book Typography, Alice on MSS, Brady on Gottfried Pott, and contributions by Sheila Waters and P.W. Filby, etc.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 17144

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See More... (Calligraphy) INTERNATIONAL CALLIGRAPHY TODAY.
New York Watson-Guptill Pubs. (1982) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages.
Based on an exhibition organized by International Typeface Co., "the book represents the best work ... judged by a blue-ribbon ... jury of world-renowned calligraphers - Hermann Zapf (chairman),..." (dust jacket). One hundred fifty-five illustrations, mostly black-and-white, of work from twenty-one countries. With biographical sketches of jurors and index of calligraphers. With a foreword by Zapf and an introduction by Philip Grushkin and Jeanyee Wong.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 51916

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See More... (Calligraphy) Jacobs, Harry W. ALPHABETS & LETTERS FOR LETTERING, A SERIES OF FORTY TWO PLATES IN THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LETTERING FOR STUDENTS AND DESIGNERS OF COMMERICAL WORK.
Springfield, MA Milton Bradley 1924 4to. box containing broadsides. 42 pages.
Box containing 42 broadsides printed on heavy paper stock. Box is tape repaired and heavily worn. Internally fine.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 94997

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See More... (Calligraphy) Judson, Muriel. LETTERING FOR SCHOOLS.
Manchester Square Dryad Handicrafts n.d. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 40 pages.
A manual for those who wish to teach lettering. It's aim is to help with the fundamental principle of good placing whether in writing or in pattern. Illustrated with examples of calligraphy and diagrams. Covers faded.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 60223

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See More... (Calligraphy) Koch, Rudolf THE LITTLE ABC BOOK OF RUDOLF KOCH, A FACSIMILE OF DAS ABC BUCHLEIN.
With a Memoir by Fritz Kredel and a Preface by Warren Chappell. Boston David R. Godine, The Typophiles, Friends of the Klingspor-Museum, Merrion Press. (1976) oblong 8vo. cloth. Not paginated.
Limited to 2500 copies; 550 for The Typophiles (as Chapbook 53), 1000 for Godine, 650 for Friends, and 300 for the Merrion Press. Designed by Warren Chappell. Signed by Chappell on the colophon page.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 22716

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See More... (Calligraphy) Laker, Russell ANATOMY OF LETTERING
New York The Viking Press (1965) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages.
Revised edition. Part of the "How to Do It" Series. Jacket chipped with pieces missing at spine ends.
Price: $ 32.50 other currencies Order nr. 1085

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See More... (Calligraphy) Lesiak, Michaeline THE ART OF FINE LETTERING, BASIC SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES.
Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Press (1965) tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 286 pages.
First edition. Over 180 illustrations. Jacket with wear at spine ends and with spine faded.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 63400

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See More... (Calligraphy) Lesiak, Michaeline THE ART OF FINE LETTERING, BASIC SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES.
Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Press (1972) tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 286 pages.
First edition, second printing. Over 180 illustrations. Jacket rubbed and chipped along edges.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 89348

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See More... (Calligraphy) LETTERING ARTS IN THE 80'S
(St. Paul) Ampersand Publications (1984) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 111 pages.
First edition. Exhibition staged by the Society of Scribes and the Colleagues of Calligraphy. Filled with illustrations of the work of modern calligraphers. With biographical notes on modern practioners.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 7003

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  (Calligraphy) LETTERING ARTS IN THE 80'S
(St. Paul) Ampersand Publications (1984) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 111 pages.
First edition. Exhibition staged by the Society of Scribes and the Colleagues of Calligraphy. Filled with illustrations of the work of modern calligraphers. With biographical notes on modern practioners. Large piece of front cover of jacket missing.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 8419

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See More... (Calligraphy) Mitchell, F.J. PRACTICAL LETTERING & LAYOUT
London A.C. Black Ltd. (1935) square 8vo. cloth. (iv), 44 pages.
First edition. A practical guide to lettering and design. Design ideas, paper specimens and other ephemera loosely inserted in the back. Covers faded.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 13224

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See More... (Calligraphy) Neugebauer, Friedrich KALLIGRAPHIE ALS ERLEBNIS, BAUGESETZE DER SCHRIFT - SCHULE DES SCHREIBENS.
Salzburg Neugebauer Press (1981) 4to paper-covered boards, dust jacket unpaginated
Text in German. Calligraphy as Experience, Fundamental Laws of Writing--School of Writing. A collection of artistically designed writing samples. Neugebauer (1911-2005) taught at the Linz School of Art. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Chronology of Neugebauer's life. Autographed by the author on the title page. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 108135

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See More... (Calligraphy) Neugebauer, Friedrich THE MYSTIC ART OF WRITTEN FORMS AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK FOR LETTERING.
Salzburg Neugebauer Press (1980) square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 141 pages.
The first English Language edition. A lavishly illustrated book that offers instruction for the beginner and a refreshing philosophy on the role of the calligrapher in modern society. It is also a finely printed record of a master calligrapher's work.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 1109

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