3 Volumes.
Gosport, Hants., England: E.S. Perry, n.d. 8vo. self paper warppers. 11+(1); (12), (12) pages. 3 Volumes. Three short instructional booklets on Italic handwriting, which also advertise Osmiroid fountain pens. READ MORE about OSMIROID ITALIC WRITING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131051
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: $900.00 Order nr. 96419
(Detroit): Michigan Association of Calligraphers, (1990). square 8vo. self paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. Volume 10, Number 2. The journal of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers. Black and white illustrations throughout. A fine copy. READ MORE about QUILL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 136775
(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
(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
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 Order nr. 135397
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
Folkestone, Kent: Dawson's, (1979). 4to. paper over boards, dust jacket. 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. Lightly soiled, yet near fine. From the private reference library of..... READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY IN THE ARTS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 32564
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., (1951). 8vo. boards. 72 pages. First edition. A history of the writing book related to today. READ MORE about WRITTEN BY HAND
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 63616
London: Bloomsbury Books, (1980). thick small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 400 pages. First edition. Spine lightly faded, else near fine. "This book is the first to provide for the interested layman and the designer a full pictorial history of calligraphy among those nations using the Roman alphabet." Composed mostly of illustrations. READ MORE about THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY, WESTERN EUROPE & AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 39971
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1980. oblong small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 152 pages. Writing in manuscripts from Roman to modern times, in chonological order with a division into the periods before and after the invention of printing, along with printed works on calligraphy or containing samples of it, and other items. 280 numbered entries, most with accompanying illustrations and references. Spine faded, else fine. READ MORE about THE UNIVERSAL PENMAN. A SURVEY OF WESTERN CALLIGRAPHY FROM THE ROMAN PERIOD TO 1980, CATALOGUE OF...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51753
Mexico: n.p., 1953. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 257 pages. With an introduction by Pablo MartÃnez del Rio. Illustrated history of writing and the alphabet. Library stamp (marked duplicate) on front cover. READ MORE about NEUSTRO ALFABETO, ENSAYO DE INVESTIGACION HISTORICA Y LINGUISTICA
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 41037
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 Order nr. 31043
Davenport, Iowa: The 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: $300.00 Order nr. 16007
Davenport, Iowa: The Catfish Press, St. Ambrose College, 1968. 4to. quarter green leather over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt on spine, portfolio is quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards with paper cover label, cloth and marbled paper-covered boards slipcase with paper spine label. xii, 310+(1) pages, with 6 pages and. First edition limited to 1,400 copies, of which this is one of 50 deluxe editions bound thus and accompanied by a separate portfolio of calligraphic brush..... READ MORE about THE ORIGIN OF THE SERIF, BRUSH WRITING & ROMAN LETTERS
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 138532
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, (1975). oblong small 8vo. two-toned cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 50 pages. First edition. History of the Roman alphabet with reproductions of letters throughout text printed in red ink. Dust jacket lightly soiled.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about THE LIVING ALPHABET
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 22561
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 Order nr. 20754
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 Order nr. 121383
N.P. (Herbert W. Simpson, 1955). 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Done entirely in the calligraphic hand of Raymond DaBoll. Folded. READ MORE about HAMLET: TO THE PLAYERS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 17325
Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, (1929). 4to. cloth. xl pages followed by the 240 full-page plates. First edition. well-preserved copy. READ MORE about DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18....
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 61077
Sankt Gallen (St.
Gall): "Ostschweiz" Druck+Verlag / Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1982. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 135 pages. Sankt Gallen (St. Did the geographical setting of the abbey of St. Gall leave any traces in the abbey's significant production of medieval manuscripts? The author discusses eight references to Lake Constance in St. Gall texts, and visual references in eight St. Gall miniatures (reproduced as plates). With references. READ MORE about DER BODENSEE IN SANKTGALLER HANDSCHRIFTEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52846
Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 2004. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24, (2). Edition limited to 535 copies of which this is one of 500 numbered in Arabic numerals, printed on white paper and signed by the author. Printed as a benefit publication for the Antiquarian Booksellers' Benevolent Fund; a non-profit charity. This is a recollection of Dunning's friendship with Michael Shaara ( The Killer Angels) over one summer and, simultaneously, a meditation on writing..... READ MORE about THAT SUMMER WITH MICHAEL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 79270
Translated by R.T. Nichol from the Latin Text of the Edition of MCXXXV.
New York: Dover Publications, (1965). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 40, (4) pages. Translated by R.T. Nichol from the Latin Text of the Edition of MCXXXV. Reprint of the 1917 Grolier Club production which was designed by Bruce Rogers. Some soiling to the covers, else very good. READ MORE about OF THE JUST SHAPING OF LETTERS BY ALBRECHT DURER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31477
Baltimore: Norman T.A. Munder & Company, (1923). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 21 pages. Well printed by this Baltimore printing house. With decorations and frontispiece by Edward B. Edwards. Small spot at bottom of front cover of wrapper, else a fine copy. READ MORE about PRE-ALPHABET DAYS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15403
Baltimore: Norman T.A. Munder & Company, (1923). 8vo. boards. 21 pages. Well printed by this Baltimore printing house. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRE-ALPHABET DAYS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 69987
