New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1984). small 4to. paper over boards, dust jacket. 224 pages. First U.S. edition. A highly readable and informative guide to the history of various writing systems. Well-illustrated throughout, many in color. With a selected bibliography for more reading. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WRITING
Price: $11.50 Order nr. 63144
Groningen: J.B. Wolters' U.M., 1915. large 8vo. cloth. (iv), 244, (3) pages. Second revised and expanded edition. Gestel and Van der Laan provide a history of writing. They begin with cave art, explore writing in various countries, look at medieval illuminated manuscripts and continue through the early twentieth century, concentrating on the founders of modern calligraphy. Introductions to both the first and second editions are provided. Contains 140 black-and-white illustrations. Some foxing to preliminary and..... READ MORE about SCHRIJVEN EN SCHRIJFONDERWIJS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 60258
Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, (1973). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 86 pages. First U.S. edition. Part of the Ars Typographica Library with James Moran as General Editor. Filled with examples of his calligraphy. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE MAN WHO LOVED LETTERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 29825
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
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
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
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
Memphis, TN: Brooks Museum of Art, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 104 pages. Published in conjunction with exhibition of 16th century painting and calligraphy in Suchou, China. Frontispiece. Table of contents, list of lenders, preface and essay by the author, chronological index, bibliography, index of artists. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE LITERATI VISION: SIXTEENTH CENTURY WU SCHOOL PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 119948
Fair Lawn, NJ: Haywood House, 1971. small 4to. plastic slide covers on most volumes though some are bound in paper wrappers with four issues to a booklet. not paginated, but 15-20 pages each. Edited by Bill Haywood. Each issue contains a feature article, biographical sketch and portrait, book review, and letters to the editor. Illustrated. This run goes from Volume I, No.1 to Volume VI, No.4 complete and Volume XI, No.1 to Volume XIV, No.4..... READ MORE about ITALIX, THE CALLIGRAPHIC QUARTERLY
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 79384
Berlin: Veb Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1958. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 582, (2) pages. Second edition. Well-illustrated history of writing. Over 500 tables and illustrations. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about SCHRIFT IN VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 32783
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2007. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 412 pages. First edition. Edward Johnston (1872-1944) was a man of letters - master calligrapher, typeface designer and creator of the lettering and branding for the London Underground. He was also a great teacher and philosopher. Many were, and still are, influenced by his down-to-earth ideas on calligraphy and lettering, and those who studied in his classes at..... READ MORE about EDWARD JOHNSTON: MASTER CALLIGRAPHER
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 92516
London: Pitman Publishing Corp. (1932). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 500, (8) pages. Reprint of the third edition. With diagrams and illustrations by the Author and Noel Rooke. Near fine. READ MORE about WRITING & ILLUMINATING & LETTERING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 76748
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (18) pages followed by 24 plates, some foldout. First edition. Jacket slightly chipped around edges with some toning. Ink ownership inscription on front pastedown. READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH HANDWRITING TAKEN FROM CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 33496
Budapest: Gondolat, 1971. 12mo. cloth, illustrated. 159+(1) pages. Text in Hungarian. Illustrations by Köpeczi Bócz István. Traces the history of written languages from prehistoric to modern times. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography. Publisher's description laid in. READ MORE about AZ ÍRÁS TÖRTÉNTE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108207
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1927. 4to. vellum-backed marbled boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. (x), 86 pages and 20 plates. First edition, limited to 350 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the press of William Edwin Rudge. (Haas 141). The collotype plates were made by Emery Walker. Six chapters on early bookmaking including discussions of 12 early types of book material, writing on vellum, paper and libraries. Rubbed along edges and tips. This copy is..... READ MORE about ANCIENT BOOKS AND MODERN DISCOVERIES
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 41990
London: Scolar Press, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 395 pages. First edition. Includes papers by Pierre Chaplais, John C. Pope, T.A.M. Bishop, J.J.G. Alexander, R.M. Thomson, Graham Pollard, A.I. Doyle, A.J. Piper, R.W. Hunt, A.G. Rigg, Richard and Mary Rouse and a bibliography of Ker's writings by Joan Gibbs. Jacket chipped along edges with small tears. Ink ownership inscription in corner of front free endpaper. An uncommon festschrift. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL SCRIBES, MANUSCRIPTS & LIBRARIES, ESSAYS PRESENTED TO N.R. KER
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 33991
2 volumes.
N.P., n.p., 1497 (but Lindau: J. Thorbecke, 1957). 8vo. paper-covered boards; stiff paper wrappers with slipcase. 54 numbered leaves; 113+(1) pages. 2 volumes. The statutes of the Collegium Sapientiae in Freiburg University are presented here in facsimile form. One volume is dedicated to the facsimile itself and is printed in full color. The manuscript is beautifully illuminated. It contains many interesting vignettes and amusing marginalia. The other volume offers a commentary by J.H. Beckmann and..... READ MORE about STATUTA COLLEGII SAPIENTIAE SATZUNGEN DES COLLEGIUM SAPIENTIAE ZU FREIBURG IM BREISGAU 1497
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 59236
(London: The Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1973). 12mo. stiff card covers with plastic spiral binding, paper slide-on wrapper (with author and title in ink on one edge). Not paginated. Printed by Moore & Matthes for the Society. Text followed by many plates of illustrations meant for a lecture given by Kindersley on critical letter spacing. READ MORE about SPACE CRAFT
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 118934
Po stopách knih, knihtisku a knihoven.
Praha: Svoboda, 1989. small 4to. stamped cloth, dust jacket. 143+(1) pages. Po stopách knih, knihtisku a knihoven. First edition. A history of the production and distribution of books, from ancient heirogylphics and stone tablets to contemporary fine printing and private presses. Published in Czech with many illustrations, some in color. READ MORE about Z HISTORIE EVROPSKÉ KNIHY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 74140
New York: Greenwich House, (1982). oblong small 8vo. boards, dust jacket. (iv), 348 pages. Reprint of the three volume first edition in one volume. Introduction by Eric Gill. Near fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ABC OF LETTERING AND PRINTING TYPEFACES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 41317
A retrospective exhibition at the John Slade Ely House New Haven, Connecticut May 22 to June 12, 1994
New Haven, CT: (Phoenix Press), 1994. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 97 pages. A retrospective exhibition at the John Slade Ely House New Haven, Connecticut May 22 to June 12, 1994. Limited to an edition of 750 copies, the catalogue was designed by McCrillis for the exhibition of his work. There were three locations ( the others in Newport NH and Newport RI later in the same year). 103 items form the checklist with most..... READ MORE about JOHN O.C. McCRILLIS FIFTY YEARS IN ART AND DESIGN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 91119
Pelham, New York: Bridgman Publishers, Inc, (1941). 8vo. cloth. 78 pages. Sixth printing. Three pages of text followed by displays of various alphabets. Wear at spine ends and along back hinge. READ MORE about ALPHABETS, A MANUAL OF LETTER DESIGN, WITH COMPLETE ALPHABETS OF VARIED STYLES OF LETTERING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 115711
New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, (1983). miniature book (4.5 x 5.7 cm.). pebbled cloth, paper cover label, paper slide-on case with cover label. (10) pages printed French-fold. Limited to 300 copies of which this is one of 241 copies to be hand-illuminated and signed by the illuminator and calligrapher, E. Helene Sherman (Bradbury, REM, 64). Issued on Massmann's 59th birthday. Miniature broadside folded and loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. READ MORE about ERE E EME
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 116550
New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, (1983). miniature book (4.5 x 5.7 cm.). paper covered boards, paper cover label, paper slide-on case with cover label. (10) pages printed French-fold. Limited to 300 copies of which this is one of 59 numbered copies to be hand-colored and signed by the illuminator and calligrapher, E. Helene Sherman (Bradbury, REM, 64). Issued on Massmann's 59th birthday. Miniature broadside folded and loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. Also..... READ MORE about ERE E EME
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 127835
Evanston, Illinois: Press of Ward Schori, n.d. (circa 1984). oblong miniature book (5.1 x 6.7 cm.). paper covered boards. (vi), xi, 73, (1) pages. Limited to 220 copies (from previously owned prospectus) (Bradbury, Schori, 31). Printed in two colors by offset lithography. A collection of interesting quotes on writing beautifully presented by the author who did the calligraphy and designed each page. In binding designed by John Lariviere. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY & LETTERING
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 25003
