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  other currencies  Order nr. 42557

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

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(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  other currencies  Order nr. 28440

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  other currencies  Order nr. 124041

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

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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  other currencies  Order nr. 134513

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

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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

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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

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Nieuwkoop: Miland Publishers, 1971. oblong 4to. paper wrappers, slipcase. 41 plates. Facsimile reprint of the 1616 edition, limited to 300 numbered copies. Filled with examples of calligraphy. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. Plain cardboard slipcase is worn with pieces missing along edge. Book has some toning at top edge of spine and is bumped. READ MORE about T`MAGAZIN OF T`PAC-HUYS DER LOFFELIJCKER PENN-CONST

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New York: Macmillan, 1984. small 4to. plastic ring binder, stiff paper covers. xi, 84, 117-125 pages, with 16 additional leaves of plates. Revised edition. Materials, sources, letters, pages, relationship of initials and borders, harmony of alphabet and ornament, color, 16 "borders to illuminate," etc. The book itself is a calligraphic specimen, a facsimile of the author's calligraphic manuscript. READ MORE about BORDERS FOR CALLIGRAPHY, HOW TO DESIGN A DECORATED PAGE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51951

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. 4to. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xviii, 108 pages with many illustrations, some of which are in color. Later printing of the 1923 first edition. Jacket spine slightly faded and with only minor wear along edges. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about P'S AND Q'S; A BOOK ON THE ART OF LETTER ARRANGEMENT

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 10560