(Calligraphy).

SOCIETY FOR CALLIGRAPHY.

Los Angeles, CA: Society for Calligraphy, 1992-93. 8vo. paper wrappers. (50) pages. Members directory for the Society for Calligraphy for the 1992-1993 year. Includes honary members and board of directors. Loosely inserted is the commorative bookplate stating this book was from the reference library of antiquarian bookdealer and auctioner Dorothy Sloan. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SOCIETY FOR CALLIGRAPHY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135397

(Calligraphy).

USA USSR CALLIGRAPHIA.

N.P. International Typeface Corporation and Artists Union of the USSR, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 34, (2) pages. Text in English and Russian. Catalogue of an exhibition of calligraphic arts in the USA and USSR. Essays by Yuri Molok and Christopher Calderhead. Lists of participants and judges. Color illustrations. Covers lightly chipped. READ MORE about USA USSR CALLIGRAPHIA

Price: $17.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125828

(Calligraphy). Welch, Anthony.

CALLIGRAPHY IN THE ARTS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD.

Austin: The Asia Society and the University of Texas Press, (1979). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 216 pages. First edition. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Asia House Gallery. A collection of 100 works of art dating from the seventh to the nineteenth century. Each one is illustrated and described in detail. The introductory essay examines the origin, function and meaning of calligraphy and describes the tools and materials used. Covers soiled. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY IN THE ARTS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 47321

(Cambridge University). Smith, J.J.

CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS.

Cambridge: J. Deighton, and MacMillan & Co., 1849. 8vo. original cloth boards, otherwise disbound. viii, 329+(1) page. First edition. Describes 700 manuscript volumes. Bibliographic entries include annotations regarding contents, illuminations, and foliation. Includes a brief introduction about the catalogue. Some internal nineteenth century library markings. Spine lacking, boards detached. Last leaf provided in photocopy facsimile. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56222

Cary, Melbert B.

MODERN ALPHABETS.

Pelham: Bridgman Publishers, (1936). 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 79 pages. Second edition. Three page introduction followed by plates of alphabets. Cary is well known for his collection of books on the history of printing now at RIT and also for his Village Press. Jacket soiled. READ MORE about MODERN ALPHABETS

Price: $12.50  other currencies  Order nr. 31043

(Catfish Press). Catich, Edward M.

THE ORIGIN OF THE SERIF, BRUSH WRITING & ROMAN LETTERS.

Davenport, Iowa: Catfish Press, St. Ambrose College, 1968. 4to. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xii, 310+(1) pages. First edition. This book is rapidly becoming a minor classic. Professor Catich, a noted calligrapher, has written a scholarly essay tracing the role of the serif in brush writing and in stone cutting and has accompanied his essay with many illustrations. The book is excellently designed and artfully uses green and red colored ink throughout. READ MORE about THE ORIGIN OF THE SERIF, BRUSH WRITING & ROMAN LETTERS

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16007

Chappell, Warren.

MY LIFE WITH LETTERS.

New York: The Typophiles, 1974. tall 12mo. paper wrappers, dust jacket. (iv), 18 pages. A Typophile keepsake designed and produced by Bert Waggott. An autobiographical story of type design and calligraphy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MY LIFE WITH LETTERS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20754

Clodd, Edward.

THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 121383

(Cousins, Albert). Lister, Raymond.

THE ILLUMINATOR, A TRIBUTE TO ALBERT COUSINS.

Cambridge: Golden Head Press, 1966. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (vi), 10, (2), xii pages. Limited to 250 copies. With ten plates including two in full color showing examples of the illuminated work of Cousins. Also contains a check list of known illuminations. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATOR, A TRIBUTE TO ALBERT COUSINS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 9492

Culmone, Nancy.

LUNAR LIST THREE. UNIQUE VARIANT CALLIGRAPHIC BOOK.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 124335

(Danon, Robert).

MANUSCRITS ENLUMINES ET LIVRES RARES, COLLECTION ROBERT DANON.

Paris: Vente aux Encheres Publiques, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Auction catalogue containing 134 illuminated manuscripts from the collection of Robert Danon. Each item is illustrated, some in color. Text in French. Estimated prices loosely inserted. Minor cover soiling. READ MORE about MANUSCRITS ENLUMINES ET LIVRES RARES, COLLECTION ROBERT DANON

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35247

de Hamel, Christopher.

THE PARKER LIBRARY - TREASURES FROM THE COLLECTION AT CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.

Corpus Christi, TX: Corpus Christi College, 2000. square 8vo. paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Color illustrations. READ MORE about THE PARKER LIBRARY - TREASURES FROM THE COLLECTION AT CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136615

Delisle, Léopold.

HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE PARIS: LE CABINET DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 126292