New York: Dover Publications, 1982. 4to. paper wrappers. 32 pages. A selection of the unique and distinctive pages from this classic book. Full color throughout. Covers show fading along hinge. READ MORE about BOOK OF KELLS, SELECTED PLATES IN FULL COLOR
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 33959
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1913. small 4to. faux leather with gilt stamp on front cover. 209 pages with 90 illustratons. Bound Xerox of this title. Eleven chapters on all aspects of the development of the alphabet. READ MORE about THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121383
N.P. (Nancy Culmone, 1999). square small 8vo. black silk-covered binding with inlaid paper illustration, housed in a black silk handmade clamshell box lined with handpainted sides. (9) pages. Unique variant calligraphic book by Nancy Culmone. 9 accordion folded pages. Materials used were Arches Text Laid paper, wheat paste, paper dyes, acrylic paints, gouche, pastels, colored pencils, PVA and glair. Unique signed book. Nancy Culmone is a well-known excellent calligrapher. READ MORE about LUNAR LIST THREE. UNIQUE VARIANT CALLIGRAPHIC BOOK
Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 124335
Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, (1929). 4to. cloth. xl pages followed by the 240 full-page plates. First edition. well-preserved copy. READ MORE about DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18....
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 61077
Tübingen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xl pages followed by the 240 full-page plates. Third edition. 240 illustrations. Jacket has tears along edges with small pieces missing along top of back cover. READ MORE about DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18....
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 121569
4 volumes
Paris, France: Imprimerie Impériale, 1858. folio. half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. xxiv, 575+(1); x, 550, (2); viii, 529, (3) pages; plates. 4 volumes. Text in French. Foreword by the author, table of contents in each volume. Second and third volume include discussion of holdings of major French libraries. Third volume with descriptions of plates, addenda and corrigenda, and index. Fourth volume with 51 facsimile plates. A study of calligraphy, miniatures, and bookbinding from the Carolingian..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE PARIS: LE CABINET DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 126292
Westminster: J. B. Nichols, 1895. slim 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Reprinted from Archaelogia Vol. LIV. Two plates. Chipped around edges. READ MORE about ON A M. S. PSALTER FORMERLY BELONGING TO THE ABBEY OF BURY ST. EDMUNDS. COMMUNICATED TO THE...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 82632
Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries.
Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1895. 4to. original paper wrappers. 14 pages. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries. Reprint from Archaeologia, Vol. XIV, pp.411-424. With nine photographic plates. Chipped along spine with cover partially detached. READ MORE about ON A MS. PONTIFICAL OF A BISHOP OF METZ OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 82633
New York: Philosophical Library, (1953). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 607 pages. Reprint (with Amendments) of second edition. With foreword by Sir Ellis Minns. An essential reference book. Jacket has piece missing from front cover. Front inside hinge broken. Shaken. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 24658
New York: Philosophical Library, n.d. tall 8vo. cloth. 607 pages. First U.S. edition. With foreword by Sir Ellis Minns. An essential reference book. Well illustrated. Spine faded. Name in ink at top of free endpaper. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 28031
New York: Dover, (1982). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 603, (15) pages. A reprint of the 1953 edition. Diringer examines the book from its origins as clay tablets in 3500 B.C. to the introduction of printing. With 200 illustrations. Ink ownership inscription in corner of half-title. READ MORE about THE BOOK BEFORE PRINTING ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND ORIENTAL
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 2141
London: Faber & Faber, (1967). thick 8vo. cloth. 514 pages. Revised edition. "Virtually an encyclopedia of the hand-illuminated book." An historical account. Many illustrations including some in color. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED BOOK, ITS HISTORY AND PRODUCTION
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 53617
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 261 pages. First U.S. edition. Part of the series entitled Ancient Peoples and Places. History of writing well illustrated with examples from the author's collection. 78 photographs and 49 line drawings. READ MORE about WRITING
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 16876
N.P. Arthaud, (1960). 8vo. cloth. 354, (2) pages, with 41 illustrations. On the deciphering of early forms of writing, such as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Mesopotamian cuneiform, Linear B, and Etruscan. Well-illustrated with 41 plates and many in-text illustrations. Indexed. READ MORE about LE DECHIFFREMENT DES ECRITURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48872
Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, 1966. 4to. paper-covered boards. 66, (2) with plates. Text in French. No. I in the Bibliothèque des Cahiers Archéologiques series, published under the direction of André Grabar and Jean Hubert. A study of three medieval Greek psalters: Pantocrator 61, Paris Grec 20 and British Museum 40731. Preface by Grabar. Foreword and bibliography. Description of the general characteristics of each psalter, with detailed descriptive information on each folio. Two pages of color..... READ MORE about L' ILLUSTRATION DES PSAUTIERS GRECS DU MOYEN AGE
Price: $145.00 Order nr. 109436
Sankt Gallen (St.
Gall): "Ostschweiz" Druck+Verlag / Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1982. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 135 pages. Sankt Gallen (St. Did the geographical setting of the abbey of St. Gall leave any traces in the abbey's significant production of medieval manuscripts? The author discusses eight references to Lake Constance in St. Gall texts, and visual references in eight St. Gall miniatures (reproduced as plates). With references. READ MORE about DER BODENSEE IN SANKTGALLER HANDSCHRIFTEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52846
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..... READ MORE about THAT SUMMER WITH MICHAEL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 79270
24 (bound in 10, of 38).
Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1887-1919. 8vo. cloth. varied pagination. 24 (bound in 10, of 38). A significant collection of first editions from the important series begun by Karl Dziatzko (1842-1903), who was the first professor of library science in Göttingen University, Germany. This set includes volumes 1-17, 21, 24-25, 28, 31, and 37/38. Contains texts on various issues pertaining to printing, illuminated manuscripts, publishers, printers, etc. Some volumes with illustrations. Includes indexes. Many editions..... READ MORE about SAMMLUNG BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFTLICHER ARBEITEN
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 76148
London, England: The Sylvan Press, 1945. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. viii, 118, (2) pages, plates. Table of contents, introduction by the editor, A collection of essays by various English craftsmen, including essays by bookbinders Roger Powell and Anthony Gardner, and calligrapher M.C. Oliver. Illustrations follow text. Dust jacket chipped at edges and tanned. Scattered light foxing. READ MORE about FIFTEEN CRAFTSMEN ON THEIR CRAFTS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 130837
Wien: Kaiserlich-Koniglichen, 1880. small 4to. later quarter leather, marbled paper covered boards, leather tips. xii, 286, (2) pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged (See Bigmore & Wyman I,213 for first edition of 1878). "Each alphabet is preceded by an historical notice and philogical notes." Filled with plates showing various alphabets. Front hinge starting. Lightly shaken. READ MORE about DAS BUCH DER SCHRIFT ENTHALTEND DIE SCHRIFTZEICHEN UND ALPHABETE ALLER ZEITEN UND ALLER VOLKER...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 39804
(New York: Archaelogy, 1951). small 4to. Bound in library cardboard binding. 232-242 pages. Reprint from Archaeology magazine 4:4 (Winter 1951). A study of the early development of the early English language and alphabet. Black and white illustrations and transcriptions/translations of some old English manuscripts. Label on front board notes "Copy 2." READ MORE about THE ANCESTRY OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 109308
Stuttgart: Belser, (1984). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 222 pages. Second, special edition. A history of writing from the earliest times down to the present day, beginning with cave paintings and ending with modern alphabets. 242 illustrations, some in color. Indexed. Jacket spine slightly age yellowed. READ MORE about VOM FELSBILD ZUM ALPHABET
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 50966
Dresden: Verlag der Kunst, (1970). large 4to. cloth. (ii), 222 pages. First edition. A history of writing from the earliest times down to the present day, beginning with cave paintings and ending with modern alphabets. 242 illustrations, some in color. Indexed. Contains tipped-in illustrations. Page 35 has tear. Spine lettering partially rubbed off. READ MORE about VOM FELSBILD ZUM ALPHABET
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 58839
Stuttgart: Belser, (1984). large 4to. cloth. (ii), 222 pages. Second, special edition. A history of writing from the earliest times down to the present day, beginning with cave paintings and ending with modern alphabets. 242 illustrations, some in color. Indexed. No dust jacket. Minor spotting of front cover. READ MORE about VOM FELSBILD ZUM ALPHABET
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 61079
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1984). small 4to. paper over boards, dust jacket. 224 pages. First U.S. edition. A highly readable and informative guide to the history of various writing systems. Well-illustrated throughout, many in color. With a selected bibliography for more reading. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WRITING
Price: $11.50 Order nr. 63144
