New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1922. tall 4to. gilt stamped black cloth. (ii), 44, (2) pages. Second edition. Exlibris with markings. Rubbed along extremities. Typeset by Bertha Goudy at the Village Press. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET, FIFTEEN INTERPRETATIVE DESIGNS DRAWN AND ARRANGED WITH EXPLANATORY TEXT AND...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 72717
Revised and Enlarged with many Full-page Plates and other Illustrations Drawn & Arranged by the Author.
New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1963. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 101 pages with 27 full-page plates at the end. Revised and Enlarged with many Full-page Plates and other Illustrations Drawn & Arranged by the Author. Reprint of the revised and enlarged edition. Combines two books with revisions. With a history of lettering and examples of 15 forms of each letter. Near fine. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET AND ELEMENTS OF LETTERING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 17140
New York: Center for Inter-American Relations, Inc, (1971). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE ART OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 105105
(Boulder): Shambhala Publications, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 314 pages. First U.S. edition. Ten separate authors discuss calligraphy, illumination, miniature painting and bookbinding during this period. 250 illustrations including many in color. Minor foxing of half-title. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE ARTS OF THE BOOK IN CENTRAL ASIA, 14TH-16TH CENTURIES
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London: British Museum, 1899. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 139 pages. Revised from 1895 first edition. Chapters on Royal autographs and books, Biblical Mss., Seals, etc. Paper spine repaired. Some foxing. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, CHARTERS, SEALS, ILLUMINATIONS AND BINDINGS EXHIBITED IN...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 75082
Providence, RI: Providence Athenaeum, 2004. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 38+(1) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition by the New England Chapter, Guild of Book Workers, presented at the Providence Athenaeum November-December 2004. Shows calligraphy, private press work, fine bindings and artists' books. READ MORE about NEW ENGLAND VIGNETTES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106833
New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1928. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 10, (2) pages. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Lbbrary, June 1928. Description of an illuminated manuscript donated to the Library by library trustee Edward S. Harkness. Frontispiece and black and white plates. Handwritten notes laid in. Tearing along ends of spine. Light tanning. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about LIVRE DE PETIT ARTUS: FILS DU BON DUC JEHAN DE BRETAIGNE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126733
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953. 4to. cloth, slipcase. xii, 82 pages and 78 plates. Limited to 750 copies. Printed at the Spiral Press and containing 72 collotype and 84 other illustrations and 6 plates in color. Name in ink at bottom of free endpaper. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 38134
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953. 4to. cloth. xii, 82 pages and 78 plates. Limited to 750 copies. Printed at the Spiral Press and containing 72 collotype and 84 other illustrations and 6 plates in color. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 103786
Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2020. small 8vo. sewn paper binding, silk clamshell box. (20) pages. Eighteen aphorisms on the theme of books by Will Rueter, proprietor of The Aliquando Press with a long avocation for calligraphy. The project was conceived as an opportunity to collaborate across the 2,000 miles that separate the Heavenly Monkey and Aliquando studios. The edition of 36 numbered copies, all signed by Will, has been uniformly bound and boxed by..... READ MORE about BOOKS ARE MY UTOPIA
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 135353
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978. 8vo. cloth. x, 109 pages followed by 12 pages of plates. First edition, limited to 250 copies bound in cloth. Catalogue of this valuable gift given to the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1977. Named after the library's founder and his wife, the collection includes illuminated Mediaeval and Renaissance manuscripts, incunabula, printed books, autographed letters and manuscripts, and musical manuscripts and letters. READ MORE about THE DANNIE AND HETTIE HEINEMAN COLLECTION
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 55942
Philadelphia: Penn Libraries/Kislak Center, 2020. 8.5 x 11 inches. Paperback with French flaps. 352 pages. This exhibition catalogue examines the making of the hand-written and hand-illuminated book during a time of great political, religious, and technological transformation in Europe. Through approximately forty loans from ten regional institutions, as well another forty items from Penn's own collections, the exhibition examines the full intellectual and artistic depth of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through a varied selection..... READ MORE about MAKING THE RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPT: DISCOVERIES FROM PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 134574
London: Seeley, Service & Co., (1954). thick 8vo. cloth. 336 pages. part of the New Art Library. With 403 illustrations. An essential book for the reference library of anyone interested in lettering. READ MORE about LETTERING, FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 115715
Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 1977. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 234 pages and 89 plates. First edition. A fine copy. An impressive study issued in conjunction with an exhibition of incunables and manuscripts. READ MORE about PEN TO PRESS: ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE FIRST C ENTURY OF PRINTING
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 22016
(Evanston, IL: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 2001. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 329+(1) pages in addition to 32 leaves of color plates. First edition. Three hundred years ago, now treasured medieval manuscripts were scorned, neglected and left to vandals. An exhibit held at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art early in 2001, sought to explore new ideas and perspectives on the destruction and reconstitution of illuminated manuscripts in the..... READ MORE about MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION IN THE MODERN AGE: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 63389
Esposizione: dal 19 al 26 Aprile, Vendita: 27 Aprile, Ore 16,30
Milano: Libreria Antiqvaria di Ulrico Hoepli, 1933. 4to. dust jacket over stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 73, (iii) pages followed by 48 plates. Esposizione: dal 19 al 26 Aprile, Vendita: 27 Aprile, Ore 16,30. Text in Italian. Blogie VI 500. Catalogue of an auction listing 116 lots. Items offered include autographs, manuscripts, incunabula, and XVIth-century to modern books. Descriptions followed by 48 plates, many of which fold out. Columbia University bookplate on inside front wrapper. Corners..... READ MORE about INVNABVLI MANOSCRITTI AVTOGRAFI LIBRI ILLVSTRATI DAL SECOLO XVI AL XIX VENDITA ALL'ASTA IN ROMA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95751
Newark: University of Delaware, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label showing the Morris Library, dust jacket. 156 pages. Illustrated history. READ MORE about BOOKS, BRICKS & BIBLIOPHILES, THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 28912
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1956). small 4to. boards with metal spiral binding. 61+(1) pages. First edition. Showings of signatures used in trademarks printed in two colors. Near fine. READ MORE about SIGNATURES AND TRADEMARKS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 33623
Austin, TX: Pemberton Press, Jenkins Publishing Co, 1970. 8vo. cloth. variously paginated. Second edition. Complete eight volume set in handsome greycloth bindings with black and silver spine titles. Contains over 2,500 entries and 10,000 footnotes. Barker's annotations are an outstanding contribution to the usefulness of the work and include hundreds of biographical sketches. A comprehensive index, long and detailed discussions of virtually every entry. No names, no writing. BASIC 96(A) "Touch more aspects of American..... READ MORE about THE WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON: 1821-1847
Price: $800.00 Order nr. 135364
Boston: David R. Godine, (1985). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 274, (2) pages. First edition. A study tracing the origins of the Roman alphabet letter by letter to ancient times. Spine of jacket faded. READ MORE about A. B. C. ET CETERA, THE LIFE & TIMES OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 29893
Boston: David R. Godine, (1999). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 274, (2) pages. First edition, later printing. Spine faded, covers rubbed. Spine separating from textblock. A study tracing the origins of the Roman alphabet letter by letter to ancient times. Name in ink on half-title. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A. B. C. ET CETERA, THE LIFE & TIMES OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41499
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1980. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 155 pages. Filled with illustrations. Ownership inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS AT OXFORD: AN EXHIBITION IN MEMORY OF RICHARD WILLIAM HUNT (1908-1979), KEEPER OF...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 31786
New York: George Braziller, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 118 pages. First edition. Color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE DECORATED LETTER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 23726
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. folio. red velvet binding (silver ferrules, clasp strips and coat of arms), clamshell case. 64, 183 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 550 copies. Fine in fine clamshell box. The majestic liturgical book known as the Lezionario Farnese, produced in Rome shortly after the mid-sixteenth century for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, represents a high point for the art of illumination. Given its size the work is of monumental proportions..... READ MORE about IL LEZIONARIO FARNESE
Price: $6,500.00 Order nr. 105362
(New York): Todtri Book Publishers, (1999). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. General overview of the different periods of history and their focus on illuminated manuscripts. Fine condition. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 78032
