DECORATIVE ALPHABETS AND INITIALS.
New York: Dover Publications, (1959). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x) pages followed by 123 plates. Reprint. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about DECORATIVE ALPHABETS AND INITIALS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1095
New York: Dover Publications, (1959). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x) pages followed by 123 plates. Reprint. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about DECORATIVE ALPHABETS AND INITIALS
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New York: Dover Publications, (1957). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xx, 300 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Many illustrations. Near fine. READ MORE about THE HISTORY AND TECHNIQUE OF LETTERING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22533
New York, London, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1945. 8vo. cloth. 273 pages. First edition. Near fine. Private bookplate on front pastedown. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A MANUAL OF COPYRIGHT PRACTICE, FOR WRITERS, PUBLISHERS, AND AGENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 136916
Pittsburgh: University Art Gallery, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Exhibition catalogue with a history of book illumination and descriptions of 86 books. Illustrated. A fine copy. READ MORE about COLOR OF THE MIDDLE AGES, A SURVEY OF BOOK ILLUMINATION BASED ON COLOR FACSIMILES OF MEDIEVAL...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 36374
Baltimore: The Peabody Institute, (1965). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 174 pages. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A near fine copy. Illustrated history of writing from Egypt to Sinai, Phoenicia, Greece, Etruria and Rome. READ MORE about WRITING, MAN'S GREAT INVENTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22418
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 294 pages. Revised edition. Spine of jacket slightly faded, with minor shelfwear. A very good copy. More than 275 black-and-white with some color drawings by the author in this history of writing. READ MORE about THE 26 LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9835
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1956). 8vo. cloth. (xii), 254, (3) pages. Reprint of first edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine faded. Covers rubbed with spotting on back. Ink inscription on free endpaper. More than 275 illustrations by the author to enhance the text. Executed in black and orange. READ MORE about THE 26 LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 54287
N.P. Dover Publications, (1953). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 272 pages. First edition thus. Minor rubbing to covers, else near fine. READ MORE about THREE CLASSICS OF ITALIAN CALLIGRAPHY AN UNABRIDGED REISSUE OF THE WRITING BOOKS OF ARRIGHI,...
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New York: Wings Books, (1995). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A one volume history of the book illustrated with 350 photographs. With an introduction by Christopher de Hamel. This book received excellent reviews. READ MORE about THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 93811
Paris: Bibliothèques nationales de France, 1935. 8vo. softcover. 227 pages. Third edition by Phillipe Lauer. Near fine condition. READ MORE about LISTES DES RECUEILS DE FAC-SIMILES ET DES REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRITS CONSERVÉS À LA...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136716
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1948. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32, xx pages. Contains 101 described items with 20 plates in the back. Minor wear, very good condition. READ MORE about ITALIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM 1400 TO 1550
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Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e Ilustrada con Muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero Magisterio de Primeras Letras
Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1776. small folio. modern wrappers. (iv) xxviii, 136 pages. Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e Ilustrada con Muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero Magisterio de Primeras Letras. First edition. Forty engraved plates of calligraphic specimens. "Influential text, the result of a commission to design a more efficient national script." (Harvard/Becker 141. Bonacini 1353; Berlin 5248; Cotarelo y Mori II, 145; Palau 210612, 299945). Includes engraved additional..... READ MORE about ARTE NUEVA DE ESCRIBIR
Price: $900.00 Order nr. 96419
London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. square 4to. cloth, slipcase, silk ribbon. (95) pages. First edition. Spine slightly faded, else fine in near fine slipcase. "The Macclesfield Psalter is a revealing product of artistic and patronage exchange in the Middle Ages. A complete reproduction of the manuscript at its original size is accompanied by an authoritative text that not only interprets the textual and artistic content but also beguiles the reader through its vivid descriptions and..... READ MORE about THE MACCLESFIELD PSALTER
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 136568
London: Eugrammia Press, 1964. folio. broadside, folded once. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. Facsimile edition, with commentary, limited to 535 numbered copies. A near fine copy. English and German text. Illustrated with 15 black & white woodcuts, also incl. separate pamphlet containing intro text and notes. Printed in collotype by L. van Leer & Co Ltd of Amsterdam, Holland on mould-made paper specially made in Sweden for this edition and supplied by Lepard..... READ MORE about PROSPECTUS for DÜRER APOCALYPSE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138305
Washington: American Council on Education, (1932). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Achievement of Civilization, number 1. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE STORY OF WRITING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22637
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 32, (2) pages. Illustrated. Name in ink in corner of title page. READ MORE about SAINTS, SCRIBES, AND SCHOLARS, AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT S AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31438
London: Scolar Press, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 395 pages. First edition. Includes papers by Pierre Chaplais, John C. Pope, T.A.M. Bishop, J.J.G. Alexander, R.M. Thomson, Graham Pollard, A.I. Doyle, A.J. Piper, R.W. Hunt, A.G. Rigg, Richard and Mary Rouse and a bibliography of Ker's writings by Joan Gibbs. Jacket chipped along edges with small tears. Ink ownership inscription in corner of front free endpaper. An uncommon festschrift. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL SCRIBES, MANUSCRIPTS & LIBRARIES, ESSAYS PRESENTED TO N.R. KER
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 33991
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, (1996). small 4to. boards, dust jacket. 384 pages. First U.S. edition. One of the remarkable things about William Morris is the diversity of his activities. This well-illustrated catalogue, "published to coincide with the exhibition William Morris 1834-1896 held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 9 May -1 September, 1996" (dust jacket), surveys the artistic, literary, social, political and business activities of Morris and his associates. Various writers..... READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS
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With a Foreword by Frank Pick.
Leicester: Dryad Press, (1948). tall 12mo. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards. viii, 141+(1) pages. With a Foreword by Frank Pick. Fourth impression of the first edition. Exlibrary bookplate on front pastedown, else a near fine copy. With sections on writing and printing, painting and woodcuts. Printed by The Curwen Press. READ MORE about CRAFTSMEN ALL, AN ANTHOLOGY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106266
New York: Orchard, (1996). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. Reprint of first edition. An elegant alphabet book in full color. READ MORE about THE GRAPHIC ALPHABET
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New York: Doubleday, 1981. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xvi, (iv), 347+(1) pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. Story of the discovery of the royal library, containg over 15,000 clay tablets written in cuneiform, during excavations in the ancient Syrian city of Ebla, which date to 2500. B.C. The archives tell the story of an entire vanished civilization, its alliances, wars, treaties, economy, daily life, and social classes. With..... READ MORE about THE ARCHIVES OF EBLA, AN EMPIRE INSCRIBED IN CLAY
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N.P. (G. Harvey Petty, 1974). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 29, (3) pages. Limited to 2000 copies. Near fine. Printed in two colors and filled with examples of the calligraphic work of Da Boll. READ MORE about A VISIT WITH RFD, "OZARKALLIGRAPHER."
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 38482
N.P. n.p., 1977. folio. stiff paper wrappers, later archival paper slipcase. unpaginated. Text in English and German. Signed by Friedrich Neugebauer on front free endpaper. Poetry by Pietzner, calligraphy by Neugebauer. READ MORE about A LAST ODE TO VENICE/EINE LETZTE ODE AN VENEDIG
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 125303
London: Hamlyn, (1970). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 148 pages. Describes illuminated manuscripts from Italy, France, Germany, Bohemia, and England. Spine of jacket faded, else a fine copy. Illustrated reproductions in full color. READ MORE about GOTHIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
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New York: Liturgical Arts Society, (1949). tall 4to. paper wrappers. (iv), 8 pages. Reprint of the 1940 first edition. With colored drawing by Oscar Ogg. Presentation note paperclipped to covers. READ MORE about ACCOUNT OF CALLIGRAPHY AND PRINTING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY FROM DIALOGUES ATTRIBUTED TO...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 17109