Results for: Writing & Calligraphy

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PAYSON, DUNTON AND SCRIBNER'S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP IN TWELVE NUMBERS.

New York, NY: Potter, Knight, Ainsworth & Co., (1874). oblong 16mo. original stiff paper wappers. 24 pages. Revised edition. Number 7 in the series, designed to teach the fundamentals of cursive writing. With notes "analytical key to script alphabet.". Wrappers tanned, lightly soiled, and some chipping at edges.. Wrappers detached from text. READ MORE about PAYSON, DUNTON AND SCRIBNER'S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP IN TWELVE NUMBERS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121657

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PAYSON, DUNTON AND SCRIBNER'S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP.

New York, NY: Potter, Knight, Ainsworth & Co., 1876. oblong 32mo. original stiff paper wappers. 24 pages. Book A in the publisher's Pencil Series of Penmanship, designed to teach the fundamentals of cursive writing. With notes to teachers. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about PAYSON, DUNTON AND SCRIBNER'S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121643

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PAYSON, DUNTON AND SCRIBNER'S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP.

New York, NY: Potter, Knight, Ainsworth & Co., 1884. oblong 32mo. original stiff paper wappers. 24 pages. Book C in the publisher's Pencil Series of Penmanship, designed to teach the fundamentals of cursive writing. With notes to teachers. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about PAYSON, DUNTON AND SCRIBNER'S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121645

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A REPORT ON HANDWRITING IN BRITISH SCHOOLS.

(Croyden, England: Croyden Times, 1960). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. Editor's note precedes text. A reports based on the results of a survey by the Parker Pen Company. Light staining on front cover; lower spine corner bent. Lightly tanned. Bookseller sticker on lower front cover. READ MORE about A REPORT ON HANDWRITING IN BRITISH SCHOOLS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 130978

(Calligraphy).

SIGNES ET SCRIBES.

(Garches: Varth Editions Sarl, 1987). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. No. 1. Foreword by Francois Chabanian. Various articles on the book arts. Paper label of former owner on front cover. Ink ownership inscription. READ MORE about SIGNES ET SCRIBES

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 102954

(Calligraphy).

THINKING IN SCRIPT, A LETTER OF THANKS FROM EDWARD JOHNSTON TO PAUL STANDARD, 26 APRIL - 5 MAY 1944.

With an Introduction by Mark Argetsinger.
Rochester: Rochester Institute of Technology, n.d. (1995). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 51+(1) pages. With an Introduction by Mark Argetsinger. Limited to 1000 copies and printed at the Stinehour Press with design by Jerry Kelly. Standard raised funds to help Johnston and received in return a beautiful 8 page letter. This letter is reproduced in facsimile along with text describing this episode. Foreword by David Pankow. Bookplate from APHA on inside front cover. READ MORE about THINKING IN SCRIPT, A LETTER OF THANKS FROM EDWARD JOHNSTON TO PAUL STANDARD, 26 APRIL - 5 MAY 1944

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 42557

(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 Order nr. 125828

(Calligraphy). Antonozzi, Leopardo.

TRAJAN LETTERS DE CARATTERI DI LEOPARDO ANTONOZZI LIBRO PRIMO ROME MDCXXXVIII.

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

(Calligraphy). Austermann, M.

DIE KUNST UND PLAKAT-SCHRIFT.

Hamm: Reimann & Co., (1929). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64, (8) pages. First edition. A guide to learning calligraphy for schools and those who would like to teach themselves. With over 100 examples in the text and 34 specimens. Austermann guides the novice through the basics--how to position the pen, how to recreate certain scripts, etc. In German. Some very minor toning to the covers, else fine condition. READ MORE about DIE KUNST UND PLAKAT-SCHRIFT

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 129752

(Calligraphy). Barbedor, Louis.

LES ECRITURES FINANCIERE ET ITALIENNE-BASTARDE DANS LEUR NATUREL OUVRAGE COMPOSE DE QUANTITE D'EXEMPLAIRES ... DES ALPHABETS ET PIECES D'ECRITURES.

(Bale: Les Editions Holbein), n.d. oblong small 4to. boards, paper cover label, dust jacket. 63 leaf facsimile followed by colophon page. An excellent slightly-enlarged facsimile reprint of one of the most important seventeenth century writing-books, with a descriptive blurb by Jan Tschichold. Originally published in Paris in 1647 by P. Drevet. Limited to 550 copies. Little chipping along edges. READ MORE about LES ECRITURES FINANCIERE ET ITALIENNE-BASTARDE DANS LEUR NATUREL OUVRAGE COMPOSE DE QUANTITE...

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 28440

(Calligraphy). Cady, Lanore.

HOUSES AND LETTERS: A HERITAGE IN ARCHITECTURE AND CALLIGRAPHY.

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

(Calligraphy). Chauvin, Léon.

ÉTUDES DE CHIFFRES ARABES.

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

(Calligraphy). Child, Heather.

CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, A SURVEY OF TRADITION AND TRENDS.

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

(Calligraphy). Child, Heather.

CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, A SURVEY OF TRADITION AND TRENDS.

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

(Calligraphy). Child, Heather.

CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, TWENTIETH-CENTURY TRADITION & PRACTIVE.

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

(Calligraphy). Fraser, Marcus and Will Kwiatkowski.

INK AND GOLD: ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY.

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

(Calligraphy). Grieve, Hilda E.P.

SOME EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH HANDWRITING FROM ESSEX OFFICIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, ESTATE AND FAMILY ARCHIVES OF THE 12TH TO THE 17TH CENTURY.

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

(Calligraphy). Hewitt, Graily.

HANDWRITING: EVERYMAN'S HANDICRAFT.

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

(Calligraphy). Hewitt, Graily.

LETTERING, FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN.

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

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 32172

(Calligraphy). Holme, C.G. (editor).

LETTERING OF TO-DAY.

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

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 22837

(Calligraphy). Lambert, F. de Gilly.

TENUE DES LETTRES EN PARTIE MIXTE.

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: $1,250.00 Order nr. 127367

(Calligraphy). Macdonald, Byron.

CALLIGRAPHY, THE ART OF LETTERING WITH THE BROAD PEN.

New York: Pentalic Corporation, n.d. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with plastic comb spine. not paginated. Later printing. A manual on calligraphy, with many sample alphabets, and instructions for lettering using simple materials. A good basic book, with information on different letter types, and suggestions for using calligraphy for commercial or personal purposes. Name in ink. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY, THE ART OF LETTERING WITH THE BROAD PEN

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48039

(Calligraphy). Martin, E. T.

MARTIN'S SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL PENMANSHIP TAUGHT IN 24 LESSONS AT HIS WRITING AND BOOK KEEPING ACADEMY, N. 182 MAIN STREET.

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

(Calligraphy). McLean, Ruari.

PICTORIAL ALPHABETS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY RUARI McLEAN.

London: Studio Vista, (1969). square small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. Filled with different sets of alphabets that have been drawn by different artists. READ MORE about PICTORIAL ALPHABETS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY RUARI McLEAN

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3149

(Calligraphy). Palomares, Francisco Xavier de Santiago.

ARTE NUEVA DE ESCRIBIR.

Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e Ilustrada con Muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero Magisterio de Primeras Letras
Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1776. small folio. modern wrappers. (iv) xxviii, 136 pages. Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e Ilustrada con Muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero Magisterio de Primeras Letras. First edition. Forty engraved plates of calligraphic specimens. "Influential text, the result of a commission to design a more efficient national script." (Harvard/Becker 141. Bonacini 1353; Berlin 5248; Cotarelo y Mori II, 145; Palau 210612, 299945). Includes engraved additional..... READ MORE about ARTE NUEVA DE ESCRIBIR

Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 96419

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