Chicago: Arts Club of Chicago, 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Well-illustrated. Describes 104 items. READ MORE about THE CALLIGRAPHIC STATEMENT, AN EXHIBITION OF WESTERN AND EASTERN CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING FROM...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6234
New York: Taplinger Publishing Co. Inc., (1984). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 83 pages. Reprint of first edition. Helps understand and recognize formal writing with many illustrations. Foreword by John Farleigh. READ MORE about PEN LETTERING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 121577
Paris, France: (Bethune et Plon), 1845. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 7+(1); 19+(1) pages. Text in French. A scarce study of the creation of Arabic numerals, with some plates signed by the author. With 19 plates, 10 hand-colored. An absolutely beautiful example of calligraphy. Light chipping to spine and rear corner. Near fine, and very scarce in this condition. READ MORE about ÉTUDES DE CHIFFRES ARABES
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New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., (1988). 4to. boards. 128 pages. Reprint of the revised edition. Survey of calligraphy in Britian, Europe and America. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, A SURVEY OF TRADITION AND TRENDS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38173
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1964). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. First U.S. edition. Survey of calligraphy in Britain, Europe and America. Jacket rubbed and chipped. Bookplate on free endpaper. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, A SURVEY OF TRADITION AND TRENDS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 38176
London: A & C Black, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Reprint of the revised edition. Survey of calligraphy in Britian, Europe and America. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, TWENTIETH-CENTURY TRADITION & PRACTIVE
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 123879
(Los Angeles: Prince Stern Sloan), n.d. square 4to. printed paper-covered boards with tray holding brush set and inks. Book and brush/paint set still in shrink wrap. From the back cover: " The first 48 pages of the book offer an introduction to this beautiful subject with clear, full-color illustrations. The last 32 pages are of fine quality Chinese paper with which to begin Chinese painting." Quite attractive. READ MORE about CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 91358
12 volumes.
London, England: Society of Scribes and Illuminators, 1922-68. various. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 12 volumes. A collection of items published by the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, London. Includes ten exhibition catalogues, a 1943 membership list, and the library list and rules. From the collection of Dorothy Hutton who was often mentioned as an exhibitor in the exhibition catalogues. Many items with lightly soiled covers and chipped at edges. Many with pencil and ink..... READ MORE about Collection of publications of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators
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London: Trefoil Publications, (1990). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 168 pages. First paperback edition. A catalogue which is a selection of work which represents the calligraphy and lettering of 124 scribes and letterers from 12 countries. The examples represent works on paper, vellum, fabric, slate, stone and glass and are done with brush, pen and chisel, with illustrations in color and black and white. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY CALLIGRAPHY, MODERN SCRIBES AND LETTERING ARTISTS II
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With text by George L. Harding, Roby Wentz, and Ray Nash.
Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1974. small 4to. cloth. (xviii) page followed by 7 leaves of facsimile. With text by George L. Harding, Roby Wentz, and Ray Nash. Limited to 250 copies printed by Ward Ritchie for the Zamorano Club. A facsimile of this early 19th century copybook prepared by Zamorano for his friend Don Ignacio Coronel, Los Angeles' first school teacher. READ MORE about A COPYBOOK FROM THE HAND OF AGUSTIN V. ZAMORANO
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With a Preface by Alfred Fairbank.
New York: Pentalic Corporation, (1965). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages of description followed by 240 full page plates. With a Preface by Alfred Fairbank. Reprint of the second edition. Covers soiled and partially detached from book block. READ MORE about LETTERING, MODES OF WRITING IN WESTERN EUROPE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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How Medieval People Wrote, and How You Can Too.
New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., 1982. small 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 95 pages. How Medieval People Wrote, and How You Can Too. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Calligraphy instruction for young people in early medieval Roman Rustic, early uncial, Carolingian, and late medieval Gothic Textura. With diagrams showing successive strokes for forming letters in the various styles, finished letters and alphabets, and a few facsimiles. Previous ownership inscription on front..... READ MORE about YOURS TRULY, KING ARTHUR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 54953
Baltimore: Peabody Institute Library, 1959. 4to. stapled paper wrappers. 28 leaves. Reproduced from typesript. No illustrations but much of interest in the textual comments. Worn along edges. READ MORE about AN EXHIBITION OF CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17096
London: The Society of Scribes and Illumators, 1956. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Exhibition of 137 calligraphic works sponsored by the Society, October-November 1956. List of officers and members. Advertisements. Cockerell designed and produced the marbled paper covers. Wrappers lightly soiled. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF CALLIGRAPHY LETTERING & ILLUMINATING, 1956
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London, England: Architectural Association, 1936. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Foreword by C.H. St. J. Hornby, list of exhibitors. Black and white frontispiece. Covers soiled; light spotty soiling in text. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF PRESENT-DAY CALLIGRAPHY AND ILLUMINATION ORGANISED BY THE SOCIETY OF SCRIBES AND...
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New York: Society of Scribes, 1986. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. Accompanies an exhibition of fine calligraphy. Reproduces many fine works from the exhibit. READ MORE about FACULTY EXHIBIT, INNOVATIONS '86
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51048
France: n.p., n.d., but circa 1840. oblong 4to. leather, marbled endpapers. (32) pages. Text in French. A collection of French calligraphy. 32 leaves, one blank, some highlighted in gold. Some leaves signed either by Martha Kingdon or Virginie Riballiere. Includes four maps, nicely rendered, and one portrait, thought to be of either Kingdon or Riballiere. Printed on recto only. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Some leaves chipped at edges. READ MORE about Fine French Calligraphic Manuscript
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Berlin, Germany: Museum für Islamische Kunst, (2006). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. Table of contents, foreword, introduction, bibliography, acknowledgments, photographic credits. A catalogue of over forty pieces of Islamic calligraphy and illumination, including religious, political and literary works. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about INK AND GOLD: ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134513
Chelmsford, England: Essex County Council, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 30 pages. Foreword, table of contents. Includes transcripts and translations. Short list of works for study and reference follows text. Black and white plates. Covers sunned at spine edge. Newspsper clipping attached to inside front cover. Scattered foxing. READ MORE about SOME EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH HANDWRITING FROM ESSEX OFFICIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, ESTATE AND FAMILY...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131394
Edited by Paul Melzer
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, (2012). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. Edited by Paul Melzer. 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..... READ MORE about AN ELEGANT HAND, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP & CALLIGRAPHY
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London, England: Chiswick Press, 1915. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. First edition. A guide to calligraphy and handwriting. Author was on the faculty of the L.C.C. Central School of Arts & Crafts. Printed by Charles Jacobi at the Chiswick Press. Wrappers chipped at edges and soiled. Text tanned at edges. READ MORE about HANDWRITING: EVERYMAN'S HANDICRAFT
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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. READ MORE about LETTERING, FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN
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London: The Studio Limited, (1937). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First 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. Jacket chipped with closed tears. Free endpapers show toning. READ MORE about LETTERING OF TO-DAY
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Boston, MA: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. 8vo. original cloth, paper spine label. xvi, 186 pages. Table of contents, journal of proceedings. The August 1832 meeting of the American Institute of Instruction, which met in Boston. Includes "A Prize Essay on Penmanship." Introductory discourse by Francis C. Gray. Lectures by George Ticknor, George Hayward, Walter B. Johnson, John Pierpont, B.B. Foster, A.B. Alcott, and Asa Rand. Foster's essay is on the teaching of penmanship (pp..... READ MORE about THE INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE AND THE LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF...
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New York, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2016. 4to. cloth, gilt on cover and spine. (iv), 141 pages. First edition. A first-ever compilation devoted to Alice Koeth's calligraphy and drawing. New Yorkers or any of the city's millions of visitors who walked along Madison Avenue in the 60s, 70s and 80s know her masterful posters for the Morgan Library. Scribes in the U.S. and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops. She is Alice Koeth, known professionally..... READ MORE about ALICE: A SURVEY OF THE CALLIGRAPHY OF ALICE
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