Brindley, William and W Samuel Weatherley.

ANCIENT SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS, CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF OVER SIX HUNDRED EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES, AND FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS DOWN TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

London: printed for the authors by Vincent Brooks, Day and son, 1887. small folio. Original cloth, gilt on spine. 212 plates. First edition. Corners bumped. Covers lightly rubbed. Lightly shaken. Light foxing throughout. Overall a great copy. List of subscribers at rear. READ MORE about ANCIENT SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS, CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF OVER SIX HUNDRED EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS...

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136735

Brown, Michelle P.

A GUIDE TO WESTERN HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1600.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1990). small 4to. pictorial paper boards. (vi), 138 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Traces the evolution of scripts in the West from Antiquity to the early modern period. A summary of each major stage of development is provided, along with illustrations and accompanying text of actual examples. A well written, nicely produced book. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO WESTERN HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1600

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136570

Burlingham, Cynthia and Bruce Whiteman (editors).

THE WORLD FROM HERE, TREASURES OF THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF LOS ANGELES.

Los Angeles: UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, (2001). small 4to. cloth, paper cover label. 464 pages. Catalogue for an exhibition at the Hammer Museum, L.A., Oct., 2001-Jan.,2002. A fine copy. A celebration of special collection treasures borrowed from 30 libraries in the Los Angeles area, ranging from the first English edition of Euclid with three-dimensional illustrations to Amelia Earhart's log of a flight across the Atlantic to the orginal diaries kept by Anais..... READ MORE about THE WORLD FROM HERE, TREASURES OF THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF LOS ANGELES

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70427

Cahn, Walter.

ROMANESQUE BIBLE ILLUMINATION.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1982). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket, cardboard slipcase. 304 pages. First U.S. edition. A fine copy. A history of these Bibles including a look at the social conditions which inspired the Bibles and a descriptive catalogue of 150 Bibles. 200 black and white illustrations and 60 color plates. READ MORE about ROMANESQUE BIBLE ILLUMINATION

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39973

(Calligraphy). Acar, M. Sinasi.

TÜRK HAT SANATI (ARAÇ, GEREÇ VE FORMLAR) / TURKISH CALLIGRAPHY (MATERIALS, TOOLS AND FORMS).

Istanbul: Antik A.S., 1999. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 306 pages. First edition. A fine copy. A detailed study on the Turkish art of calligraphy. READ MORE about TÜRK HAT SANATI (ARAÇ, GEREÇ VE FORMLAR) / TURKISH CALLIGRAPHY (MATERIALS, TOOLS AND FORMS

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136724

(Calligraphy). Derman, M. Ugur.

LETTERS IN GOLD. OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHY FROM THE SAKIP SABANCI COLLECTION, ISTANBUL.

New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, (1998). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 196 pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about LETTERS IN GOLD. OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHY FROM THE SAKIP SABANCI COLLECTION, ISTANBUL

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136603

(Calligraphy). Fairbank, Alfred.

THE STORY OF HANDWRITING, ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1970). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 108 pages. First U.S. edition. With four color plates, 38 monochrome illustrations and 21 line drawings. History from the earliest times to the present. READ MORE about THE STORY OF HANDWRITING, ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 63453

(Calligraphy). Whalley, Joyce Irene.

THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY, WESTERN EUROPE & AMERICA.

London: Bloomsbury Books, (1980). thick small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 400 pages. First edition. Spine lightly faded, else near fine. "This book is the first to provide for the interested layman and the designer a full pictorial history of calligraphy among those nations using the Roman alphabet." Composed mostly of illustrations. READ MORE about THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY, WESTERN EUROPE & AMERICA

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39971

(Cambridge Christmas Books). Balston, Thomas.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLECTION OF PRIVATE PRESS TYPES, KELMSCOTT, ASHENDENE, ERAGNY, CRANACH.

Cambridge: Printing Historical Society, 2013. small 4to. cloth. ix, 46 pages. Reissued edition for members of the Printing Historical Society. Contains a new introduction by David McKitterick. Originally issued by the University as a Christmas book. One of the smaller limitations of these special books and one of the most interestingly produced books in the series. Shows examples of the fine press work of the presses mentioned. Spine slightly faded. READ MORE about CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLECTION OF PRIVATE PRESS TYPES, KELMSCOTT, ASHENDENE, ERAGNY, CRANACH

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136562

Carter, John.

PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

Compiled and Edited by John Carter & Percy H. Muir.
London and New York: Cassell and Co. and Holt, Rinehart, Winston. (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, xxxvi, 280 pages. Compiled and Edited by John Carter & Percy H. Muir. First U.S. edition. One of the most important exhibitions held in the last century. Jacket price clipped. Else near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123328

(Caxton, William). Blake, N.F.

CAXTON: ENGLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHER.

New York: Barnes & Noble, (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 319 pages. First U.S. edition. Interesting look at Caxton, the publisher, and his effect on publishing in his time. Fine in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about CAXTON: ENGLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHER

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13770

(Christie's).

YATES, THOMPSON AND BRIGHT : A FAMILY OF BIBLIOPHILES.

London: Christie's, 2014. 4to. paper wrappers. 258 pages. Lovely illustrated catalogue in fine condition. Features 376 items. Prices realized loosly inserted. READ MORE about YATES, THOMPSON AND BRIGHT : A FAMILY OF BIBLIOPHILES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136711

Cloonan, Michele Valerie.(editor).

RECENT TRENDS IN RARE BOOK LIBRARIANSHIP.

(Champaign): University of Illinois, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 259 pages. Being the entire issue of Library Trends, Summer 1987. A fine copy. Includes 15 articles on library trends by authors such as Paul S. Koda, Sidney Berger. Illustrated. READ MORE about RECENT TRENDS IN RARE BOOK LIBRARIANSHIP

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136530