GUIDE TO ITALIC HANDWRITING.
Caledonia, NY: Italimuse Inc., (1967). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83, (7) pages. Revised edition. A fine copy. READ MORE about GUIDE TO ITALIC HANDWRITING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32850
Caledonia, NY: Italimuse Inc., (1967). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83, (7) pages. Revised edition. A fine copy. READ MORE about GUIDE TO ITALIC HANDWRITING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32850
New York: Collier Books, (1976). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 113 pages followed by practice sheets. First Collier Books edition. A fine copy. READ MORE about ITALIC WAY TO BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING, CURSIVE & CALLIGRAPHIC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139408
Book II: Introducing the Broad Pen and Pen Angle.
New York: Italimuse, (1965). oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 70 pages. Book II: Introducing the Broad Pen and Pen Angle. A fine copy. A very helpful calligraphy manual. READ MORE about WRITE ITALIC! A SERIES OF TRACE & COPY BOOKS FOR AGES 8 TO 90
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25484
New York: Society of Scribes, 1986. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. Accompanies an exhibition of fine calligraphy. Reproduces many fine works from the exhibit. READ MORE about FACULTY EXHIBIT, INNOVATIONS '86
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51048
Leicester and London: The Dryad Press, (1947). small 8vo. cloth. viii, 40 pages and 21 plates. Second edition. (Bonacini no.601). Covers and hinges rubbed. Shaken. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. READ MORE about A HANDWRITING MANUAL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38152
Three volumes. Zürich: Belser, 1985. small 8vo. paper-covered boards, all inserted in a slipcase. (50); 68,(4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 200 copies. Fine in lightly soiled slipcase. This is a facsimile of the 1460 manuscript by Felice Feliciano concerning the construction of Roman capital letters according to geometric principles. The first volume contains the facsimile proper. The pages have been photographically reproduced and cut according to their original edges. Volume two contains..... READ MORE about ALPHABETUM ROMANUM. VAT. LAT. 6852
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 139834
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, (1894). large oblong 4to. later cloth with original paper-covered boards. (16) pages, followed by 13 plates. First edition. Rebacked with a cloth spine with original paper covers over boards. Minor wear, else a near fine copy of this very scarce book. B&w illustrations throughout. READ MORE about LETTERING OF WORKING DRAWINGS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 139716
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1984). 4to. paper wrappers. 54 pages. Full of advice peculiarly fitted to calligraphy, with many useful ideas and examples on creating and improving calligraphic layouts and designs. READ MORE about LAYOUT AND DESIGN FOR CALLIGRAPHERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47574
(Camden: Hunt Pen Co., 1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. Nineteenth edition. A comprehensive guide to practical lettering and poster art. Near fine. READ MORE about SPEEDBALL TEXT BOOK, LETTERING, POSTER DESIGN FOR PEN OR BRUSH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121369
New York: Pentalic Corporation, (1968). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. Reprint of the revised edition of 1963. Helps beginners learn the art of Italic handwriting with many illustrations. Minor rubbing to spine, else near fine. READ MORE about ITALIC HANDWRITING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121418
Baltimore: Penguin Books, (1970). oblong small 4to. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Reprint of 1961 first edition. Illustrated and printed in two colors. Near fine. READ MORE about PUFFIN BOOK OF LETTERING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138128
Made easy to the Meanest Capacity. The Persons Moods, & Tenses, Being comprized in such a Manner, that little more than the knowledge of the Alphabet required, to the writing, hundreds of sentences, in less time than spoken. The Whole is founded on so just a Plan, at it is wrote with greater Expedition an any yet Invented and likewise may be read with the greatest Ease Improv'd after upwards of Thirty Years Practice and Experience. By Tho: Gurney
(London: [publisher not identified], (1772?). 12mo. full leather, four raised bands. 48 pages. Made easy to the Meanest Capacity. The Persons Moods, & Tenses, Being comprized in such a Manner, that little more than the knowledge of the Alphabet required, to the writing, hundreds of sentences, in less time than spoken. The Whole is founded on so just a Plan, at it is wrote with greater Expedition an any yet Invented and likewise may be..... READ MORE about BRACHYGRAPHY, OR, SHORT-WRITING MADE EASY TO THE MEANEST CAPACITY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 140292
London: Printed for W.B. Gurney, 1835. 12mo. full leather, gilt border on front cover. 2 preliminary leaves, [3]-76 pages frontispiece (portrait) 12 facsimile on 6 leaves. Sixteenth edition. Spine faded and worn at spine ends. Rubbing to spine and edges. Very minor toning to the preliminary pages. Very scarce. READ MORE about BRACHYGRAPHY; OR, AN EASY AND COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF SHORT HAND
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 140293
London: The Studio Limited, (1949). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. Reprint of revised edition, third printing. Lacking dust jacket, else a very good copy. 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. READ MORE about LETTERING OF TO-DAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22851
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1957). small 4to. later decorated buckram. 64 pages. First edition. Rebound in decorated library buckram. Exlibris with markings, else a near fine copy. Text done in calligraphy. Illustrated. READ MORE about LETTERING SIMPLIFIED, A MANUAL FOR BEGINNERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 8337
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1957). small 4to. later decorated buckram. 64 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author to Robert Leslie on the front free endpaper, with a A.L.s. from Rand Holub to Robert Leslie loosely inserted. A near fine copy. Text done in calligraphy. Illustrated. READ MORE about LETTERING SIMPLIFIED, A MANUAL FOR BEGINNERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 140294
Oxford: Bodleian Library, (1960). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages of text followed by 24 plates. Bodleian Picture Book No. 12. Printed by Vivian Ridler, Printer to the University. Introductory note by A.J. Fairbank and R.W. Hunt. Slightly age yellowed around edges. READ MORE about HUMANISTIC SCRIPT OF THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES
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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: $162.50 Order nr. 121712
Leipzig, Germany: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1912. small folio. hard cardstock portfolio housing loose plates. 16 loose sheets and a table of contents. First German edition thus of this scarce textbook in the form of a portfolio. Chipping to the interior wrappers, very minor fading to the outer edges of the portfolio. Else a near fine copy. With 5 plates by A.E.R. Gill. Translated from the 2nd improved edition from English by Anna Simon. First published..... READ MORE about HAND & INSCHRIFT ALPHABETE FÜR SCHULEN UND FACHKLASSEN UND FÜR KUNSTGEWERBLICHE WERKSTÄTTEN
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 140243
London: Trefoil Publications, (1990). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 168 pages. First paperback edition. A fine copy. A catalogue which is a selection of work which represents the calligraphy and lettering of 124 scribes and letterers from 12 countries. The examples represent works on paper, vellum, fabric, slate, stone and glass and are done with brush, pen and chisel, with illustrations in color and black and white. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY CALLIGRAPHY, MODERN SCRIBES AND LETTERING ARTISTS II
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New York: The Typophiles, 2021. 4to. paper wrappers. 72, (4) pages. Typophiles Monograph, New Series, No. 31. Limited to 1200 copies typeset in Rilke and printed in China by C&C Offset. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. A fine copy. Beautifully illustrated in full color. A selection of calligraphically addressed envelopes & postcards send over the course of more than half a century by scribes all over the world to their colleague, teacher, friend, &..... READ MORE about ENVELOPES TO ALICE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139781
New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., (1981). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages followed by 60 plates. First edition. A fine copy. A practical manual filled with illustrations of finished pieces. Chapters include "The quality of slate," "Choosing the right pieces," "Preparing for the job," and "Advice to the beginner." READ MORE about LETTERS SLATE CUT, WORKSHOP PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE IN THE MAKING OF LETTERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 41981
N.P. Insel-Verlag, 1949. oblong tall 12mo. boards, dust jacket. 26 leaves. An exquisitely produced book demonstrating alphabetic arrangements by Koch and Wolpe and engraved by Kredel and Eichenauer. Dust jacket with large tears, with loss. Endpapers and pastedowns toned, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about DAS. ABC-BUCHLEIN, ZEICHNUNGEN VON RUDOLF KOCH UND BERTHOLD WOLPE IN HOLZ-UND METALLSCHNITTEN VON...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25703
London: The Studio Publications, (1946). small 4to. cloth. 96 pages. First edition. Leo Hart Memorial Fund bookplate on front pastedown. Lacking the dust jacket. Covers spotted. Well illustrated manual showing how to design lettering in advertising. READ MORE about ANATOMY OF LETTERING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 76749
London: Faber & Faber, (1968). 8vo. paperback. 253 pages. Second edition. A near fine copy. Essays by Oliver, Bishop, Woodcock, Fairbank, Fisher, Cockerell, Hodgson, Gardner, Hutton, Wolpe and Base. Bishop covers the use of pens, pencils, brushes and knives; Hutton discusses pigments and media; Fisher discusses ink; Base discusses gilding and Cockerell and Wolpe cover binding. With fifty-two figures and fifty plates. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHER'S HANDBOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 62418