New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc, (1979). small 8vo. paper wrappers. xii, 180 pages. Sixth edition. A selection of bibliographies and reference works which are actually used by modern scholars. Indexed. READ MORE about SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE STUDY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 122874
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. (1975), 1975. small 8vo. paper wrappers. xii, 168 pages. Fifth edition. Very minor uneven fading to covers and spine, else a near fine copy. A selection of bibliographies and reference works which are actually used by modern scholars. Indexed. READ MORE about SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE STUDY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56032
Berkeley, CA: The Arif Press, 1972. small 8vo. cord-tied paper wrappers. (16) pages. Limited to 500 copies printed by Wesley Tanner at his private press; this is one of 350 copies bound thus. Faint fading to spine, else a fine copy. Printed on handmade paper. READ MORE about THE IDEAL BOOK OF BOOK BEAUTIFUL: A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING, AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 101002
New York: Dover Publications, (1977). large 4to. paper wrappers. xii, 212 pages. First edition. Spine faded, else fine condition. This book contains 98 reproductions of autographs, letters, poems, and signed and unsigned manuscripts of 72 prominent American authors. There are informative notes with each entry about the importance of the manuscript and life of the author. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about AMERICAN LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS FROM WASHINGTON IRVING TO HENRY JAMES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 149
Cologny-Geneve: Foundation Martin Bodmer, 1977. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 104, (2) pages. First edition. List of autographed manuscripts from the collection of Martin Bodmer at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Separated into British writers, American writers, Miscellanea, and John Augustine Daly. Several facsimile of manuscripts interspersed. Indexed. READ MORE about ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTOGRAPHS IN THE BODMERIANA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 56044
Identified Autographs of Personages Connected with the Conquest and Development of the Californias
Ramona, CA: Ballena Press, 1972. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 59+(1) pages. Identified Autographs of Personages Connected with the Conquest and Development of the Californias. Limited to an edition of 750. Wrappers beginning to fade, spine sunned. Collection of nearly 200 autographs of important figures in California history, reproduced from cuts prepared by Father Zephyrin Engelhardt. In alphabetical order with the writer's full name and occupation included with each signature. From the private reference library of..... READ MORE about CALIFORNIA CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 92544
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. 8vo. cloth. x, 316 pages. First edition. There are seventeen illustrations reproducing letters of Thackeray, Sterne, Bronte, Tennyson, Johnson, Pope, Scott, Darwin and others. Inside hinges cracked. READ MORE about MEDITATIONS OF AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96628
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.1, JAN. 98. BIBLIO changes its subtitle. IN THIS ISSUE: K. Blewster on Oprah Winfrey and books with a second article on book clubs, A. Hanson on Edward Gorey, N.A. Basbanes on Swedish libraries, C. Sell on booksellers along the Oregon coast, M. Angelou on art and censorship, D. Lindley on cuneiform writing, AND MUCH MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $4.95 Order nr. 51999
(Bad Goisern: Neugebauer Press, 1975). narrow 4to. loose sheets in three-fold stiff-paper wrapper. 8 not paginated leaves separated by tissues. Nine poems by Austrian poet and writer Richard Billinger written in various styles of calligraphy (all in white on a black background except for the one on the wrapper), published to mark the 10th anniversary of Billinger's death. The exterior of this copy shows minor shelf wear and soiling; the interior shows no signs of..... READ MORE about DER GARTEN HAUCHT: GEDICHTE VON RICHARD BILLINGER ZUM 10. TODESTAG
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 91109
Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers.
New York: The Guild of Book Workers, (1959). 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages. Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. One page introduction by Laura Young. Contains descriptions of the books in the exhibition, incluindg 24 black-and-white photographs. Covers soiled. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND...
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 11966
Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers.
New York: The Guild of Book Workers, 1912. 8vo. later paper wrappers with original cover pasted on front wrapper, cloth spine, paper spine label. unpaginated. Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. One page foreword. A very good copy of this scarce exhibition catalogue. List of the Executive Committee members. Advertisements at rear. Contains descriptions of the 75 books in the exhibition, incluindg 23 black-and-white photographs. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 138749
N.P. n.p., n.d., but 1994. 4to. Loose in portfolio. Six prints of scripts, signed by Gunnlaugur SE Briem, the writing expert, "94 Briom." READ MORE about BRIOM SCRIPT: SIX UNNUMBERED PRINTS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121552
Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 92 pages. First edition. Includes chapters devoted to the history of writing; letter forms and linguistics, historical writing methods and techniques, writing and the west, and the future of writing. Well illustrated with 74 plates many of which are reproduced in color. READ MORE about BRITISH LIBRARY GUIDE TO WRITING & SCRIPTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 55701
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1977). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 120 pages. Well illustrated manual. Exlibrary with markings. Else a good copy. READ MORE about THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16261
Tulsa, OK: The University of Tulsa, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Foreword by Sidney F. Huttner. Modern calligraphers. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about BEAUTIFUL WRITING, AN EXHIBITION IN THE JACK H. & TYBIE DAVIS SATIN RARE BOOK ROOM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104274
Newport, RI: John Stevens, 1940. small 4to. cloth. x, 125+(1) pages. First edition, printed by D.B. Updike at his Merrymount Press. Well illustrated. Minor rubbing to hinges, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about THE ELEMENTS OF LETTERING
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 13815
Caledonia: Italimuse, 1963. 4to. paper wrappers. Not paginated. Peabody Institute Library Exhibition catalogue. With many illustrations. A near fine copy. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY & HANDWRITING IN AMERICA, 1710-1962
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7959
New York: Pentalic Corporation, (1976). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. Revised edition. Fine in fine jacket. Survey of calligraphy in Britian, Europe and America. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, A SURVEY OF TRADITION AND TRENDS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22835
New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., (1988). 4to. boards. 128 pages. Reprint of the revised edition. Survey of calligraphy in Britian, Europe and America. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, A SURVEY OF TRADITION AND TRENDS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38173
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
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 38176
London: A & C Black, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Reprint of the revised edition. Survey of calligraphy in Britian, Europe and America. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, TWENTIETH-CENTURY TRADITION & PRACTIVE
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 123879
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1978). small 4to. spiral bound boards. 111 pages. Reprint of the third edition. Well illustrated manual with text in calligraphic lettering by Douglass. Near fine. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHIC LETTERING WITH WIDE PEN & BRUSH
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47012
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
Edited by Paul Melzer
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, (2012). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. Edited by Paul Melzer. This work chronicles the history of the Golden Age of American penmanship and calligraphy. The author guides the reader through the lives and careers of some of the most important American penmen, including Platt Rogers Spencer, the Father of American Handwriting, and Spencer's gifted student, George A. Gaskell, whose books and periodicals reached hundreds of thousands of students..... READ MORE about AN ELEGANT HAND, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP & CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $59.95 Order nr. 68991
