WRITTEN BY HAND.
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
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THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY, WESTERN EUROPE & AMERICA.
London: Bloomsbury Books, (1980). thick small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 400 pages. First edition. "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
NEUSTRO ALFABETO, ENSAYO DE INVESTIGACION HISTORICA Y LINGUISTICA.
Mexico: n.p., 1953. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 257 pages. With an introduction by Pablo Martínez 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
MODERN ALPHABETS.
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
THE LIVING ALPHABET.
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. Review copy with slip inserted. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE LIVING ALPHABET
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 104905
SIGNS.
N.P. The Cherryburn Press, 1981. 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 16 pages. An essay on legibility in sign systems, focusing in Chinese calligraphy. Samples laid in. Binding torn at back center of spine. READ MORE about SIGNS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112216
THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET.
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
THE IDEAL BOOK; OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AS A WHOLE.
N.P. Privately printed by the Plimpton Press, n.d. small square 8vo. leather-backed boards. 14 pages. Printed by the Plimpton Press with the permission of the author. Leather spine shows wear at head and is rubbed. READ MORE about THE IDEAL BOOK; OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 1627
LUNAR LIST THREE. UNIQUE VARIANT CALLIGRAPHIC BOOK.
N.P. (Nancy Culmone, 1999). square small 8vo. black silk-covered binding with inlaid paper illustration, housed in a black silk handmade clamshell box lined with handpainted sides. (9) pages. Unique variant calligraphic book by Nancy Culmone. 9 accordion folded pages. Materials used were Arches Text Laid paper, wheat paste, paper dyes, acrylic paints, gouche, pastels, colored pencils, PVA and glair. Unique signed book. Nancy Culmone is a well-known excellent calligrapher. READ MORE about LUNAR LIST THREE. UNIQUE VARIANT CALLIGRAPHIC BOOK
Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 124335
HAMLET: TO THE PLAYERS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616).
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
ELIZABETHAN HANDWRITING, 1500-1650, A MANUAL.
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1966). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 130 pages. First edition. Filled with example plates of handwriting. Spine of jacket is slightly toned and jacket is price-clipped. READ MORE about ELIZABETHAN HANDWRITING, 1500-1650, A MANUAL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 19308
DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS.
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
DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS.
Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, (1939). 4to. cloth. xl pages followed by the 240 full-page plates. Second edition. 240 illustrations. Damage to covers along front fore-edge and wear along edges. READ MORE about DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18....
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 121387
DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS.
Tübingen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, (1952). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xl pages followed by the 240 full-page plates. Third edition. 240 illustrations. Jacket has tears along edges with small pieces missing along top of back cover. READ MORE about DIE SCHRIFT, ATLAS DER SCHRIFTFORMEN DES ABENDLANDES VOM ALTERTUM BIS ZUM AUSGANG DES 18....
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 121569
HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE PARIS: LE CABINET DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE.
4 volumes
Paris, France: Imprimerie Impériale, 1858. folio. half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. xxiv, 575+(1); x, 550, (2); viii, 529, (3) pages; plates. 4 volumes. Text in French. Foreword by the author, table of contents in each volume. Second and third volume include discussion of holdings of major French libraries. Third volume with descriptions of plates, addenda and corrigenda, and index. Fourth volume with 51 facsimile plates. A study of calligraphy, miniatures, and bookbinding from the Carolingian..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE PARIS: LE CABINET DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE IMPÉRIALE
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 126292
DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK (THE).
4 volumes.
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1938-1939. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 23; 24; 28; 24 pages. 4 volumes. Part 1 is on writing materials, part 2 is on the alphabet, part 3 is on the different forms and structures that the physical book developed in and part 4 is on illustrations in manuscripts. Written by Lawrence Thompson (1 and 3), Nabih Faris (part 2), and Albert M. Friend (part 4). READ MORE about DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK (THE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 2155
THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
New York: Philosophical Library, (1953). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 607 pages. Reprint (with Amendments) of second edition. With foreword by Sir Ellis Minns. An essential reference book. Jacket has piece missing from front cover. Front inside hinge broken. Shaken. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 24658
THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
New York: Philosophical Library, n.d. tall 8vo. cloth. 607 pages. First U.S. edition. With foreword by Sir Ellis Minns. An essential reference book. Well illustrated. Spine faded. Name in ink at top of free endpaper. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 28031
THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
2 volumes.
New York: Funk and Wagnall, (1968). 4to. cloth, slipcase. xii,473; 452 pages. 2 volumes. Third edition, completely revised with the assistance of Reinhold Regensburger. The second volume contains nothing but illustrations to the text. An essential reference book. Ownership inscription on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Markings in ink throughout. Aside from that, near fine. READ MORE about THE ALPHABET, A KEY TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 31217
THE BOOK BEFORE PRINTING ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND ORIENTAL.
New York: Dover, (1982). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 603, (15) pages. A reprint of the 1953 edition. Diringer examines the book from its origins as clay tablets in 3500 B.C. to the introduction of printing. With 200 illustrations. Ink ownership inscription in corner of half-title. READ MORE about THE BOOK BEFORE PRINTING ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND ORIENTAL
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 2141
WRITING.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 261 pages. First U.S. edition. Part of the series entitled Ancient Peoples and Places. History of writing well illustrated with examples from the author's collection. 78 photographs and 49 line drawings. READ MORE about WRITING
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 16876
LE DECHIFFREMENT DES ECRITURES.
N.P. Arthaud, (1960). 8vo. cloth. 354, (2) pages, with 41 illustrations. On the deciphering of early forms of writing, such as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Mesopotamian cuneiform, Linear B, and Etruscan. Well-illustrated with 41 plates and many in-text illustrations. Indexed. READ MORE about LE DECHIFFREMENT DES ECRITURES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48872
DER BODENSEE IN SANKTGALLER HANDSCHRIFTEN.
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
THAT SUMMER WITH MICHAEL.
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
CALLIGRAPHY AND PALAEOGRAPHY, ESSAYS PRESENTED TO ALFRED FAIRBANK ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY.
New York: October House Inc., (1966). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 287 pages. First U.S. edition. With 58 plates and 68 line illustrations. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY AND PALAEOGRAPHY, ESSAYS PRESENTED TO ALFRED FAIRBANK ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15383