Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 1947. 8vo. cloth. 38 pages. First edition. Contains many illustrations. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY'S FLOWERING, DECAY, AND RESTAURATION WITH HINTS FOR ITS WIDER USE TODAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1093
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 Order nr. 47321
Madison, WI: The Meles Vulgaris Press, 1972. oblong 8vo. cloth, bottom edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by project overseers Donald M. Anderson and Phillip M. Hamilton, and translator Robert J. Rodini, on colophon. A facsimile edition of Leopardo Antonozzi's alphabets of 1638. For description of the original work, see Stanley Morison, Calligraphy 1535-1885 (Milan: La Bibliofila, 1962), pp. 87-9, item 25. Notes on Antonozzi and his alphabets, English..... READ MORE about TRAJAN LETTERS DE CARATTERI DI LEOPARDO ANTONOZZI LIBRO PRIMO ROME MDCXXXVIII
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 121687
With a foreword by James M. Wells.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). oblong 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 183 pages. With a foreword by James M. Wells. First edition. Comprehensively describes and annotates twenty-two copybooks providing information on the scribe, the printer, intended audience, etc. Also contains a chapter on letter study and a selected bibliography. Well illustrated. Well preserved copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MASTERS OF THE ITALIC LETTER, TWENTY-TWO EXEMPLARS FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 24272
New York: Dover Publications, (1973). oblong 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 155 pages. A sampling of the calligraphy of this well-known type designer. Includes 100 original alphabets as well as single letters, words, sentences and examples of Oriental and abstract calligraphy. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47305
Freeport, ME: The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1977. oblong 4to. quarter faux leather, cloth, title gilt-stamped on front board. unpaginated. The author couples the architecture of Humboldt County, California, with her calligraphic talents, a "response to Victorian architecture and to the ancient beauty of letters." Foreword by Homer P. Balabanis of Humboldt State University. Color illustrations throughout. Descriptions of buildings in illustrations at end of text. Biographical sketch of the author/illustrator. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about HOUSES AND LETTERS: A HERITAGE IN ARCHITECTURE AND CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 114831
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
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
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 124041
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
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
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 33053
London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, (1995). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. An examination of the history of lettering, printing and calligraphy. It covers the many imaginative, often idiosyncratic ways in which the letters of the alphabet have been assigned value in political, spiritual, or religious ways over thousands of years. It is richly illustrated with images never used before and includes a chapter which will be fascinating to historians and to..... READ MORE about THE ALPHABETIC LABYRINTH, THE LETTERS IN HISTORY AND IMAGINATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60338
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
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115352
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...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 125697
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
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
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 124466
Boston: David R. Godine Publishers, 1995. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, (i), 115+(1) pages. First edition. An introduction to beginners in the art of flourishing, and a new and useful way for the professional to look at and analyze flourishes. Flourishes are usually used to ornament or embellish text. Illustrated and indexed. Bookplate on inside front cover. Scarce book in fine condition.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHIC FLOURISHING, A NEW APPROACH TO AN ANCIENT ART
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 58307
Philadelphia: Wm. Penn Publishing Co., 1954. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 153 pages. Reprint of the 1946 first edition. With an Introduction by Frederic W. Goudy and a Foreword by Louis Grundin. "A manual and source book of graphic, technical and historical information covering all the classes and varieties of type and lettering styles." Minor jacket rubbing. Ex-library with markings.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about LETTERING FROM A TO Z
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1105
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...
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 121712
N.P. n.p., c. 1840. folio. leather, leather front cover label. unpaginated. Text in French. A workbook of calligraphy, focusing on business transactions, accounting, and bookkeeping. Covers lightly soiled, rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine. Inside front hinge cracked. READ MORE about TENUE DES LETTRES EN PARTIE MIXTE
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 127367
(St. Paul): Ampersand Publications, (1984). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 111 pages. First edition. Exhibition staged by the Society of Scribes and the Colleagues of Calligraphy. Filled with illustrations of the work of modern calligraphers. With biographical notes on modern practioners. Large piece of front cover of jacket missing. READ MORE about LETTERING ARTS IN THE 80'S
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 8419
Norman, OK: Calligraphy Review Editions, 1990. 8vo. paper wrappers. 118, (2) pages. Illustrated exhibition catalogue; reproduces at least one work from each participating artist. READ MORE about LETTERS, LINES, IMAGES, INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 51764
(Tokyo, Japan): Japan Letter Arts Forum, 2009. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. Text in English and Japanese. Acknowledgments, table of contents, foreword, jurors' comments. Color illustrations. READ MORE about LIFE AND SPIRIT: JAPAN-BELGIUM LETTER ARTS EXHIBITION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135065
Worcester, MA: (Henry Holland, (c. 1848. oblong 4to. original gree publisher's cloth, title embossed in gilt on upper cover, spine decoratively gilt. (16) pages. First edition. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of Martin designed by Oliver Pelton, engraved title-page, and 11 writing samples. Very nice copy of Martin's manual of penmanship illustrated with a highly detailed and attractive portrait of Martin by Oliver Pelton. Pelton was a connecticut trained engraver who produced a number of..... READ MORE about MARTIN'S SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL PENMANSHIP TAUGHT IN 24 LESSONS AT HIS WRITING AND BOOK KEEPING...
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 134309
31 Volumes.
London, England: The Society of Scribes and Illuminators, c. 1971-1984. 4to. self paper wrappers. variously paginated. 31 Volumes. Some editions without date. Dated issues include Summer and Autumn 1975; Summer and Autumn 1976; Winter, Spring, Autumn 1977; Winter, Summer, Autumn 1978; Winter, Summer, Autumn 1979; Spring, Summer, Autumn 1980; Spring, Summer, Autumn 1981; Spring, Summer, Autumn 1982; Spring, Summer, Autumn 1983; Spring. Summer 1984. READ MORE about NEWSLETTER, THE SOCIETY OF SCRIBES AND ILLUMINATORS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 126513
