Frankfurt am Main: Buchergilde Gutenberg, (1957), small octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. Buchergilde Gutenberg, Dust jacket design and lettering by Hermann Zapf. Name and address on front endpaper. Dust jacket with shelf wear and reinforced with tape but without chips. More
Newport, R. I. John Stevens, 1940, First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth. 125 pp. John Stevens, Divided into three sections: Theoretical, Practical and Historical. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Illustrated. Small name and address on front pastedown, pencil notations on back endpaper. No wear but a...... More
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, (1944), 27" x 35" folded chart in original printed sleeve. W. M. Hawley, Very fine. More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1920, Fourth Impression, reprint of the Third Impression. folio, printed heavy paper portfolio with flaps. (ii), 16 plates. Sir Isaac Pitman, Five of the plates lettered by Eric Gill. Part of The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks edited by W. R. Lethaby. Series description glued..... More
New York: Champion Papers, 1978, First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers in original printed envelope. 36 pp. Champion Papers, Promotional piece exhibiting the art of Hermann Zapf. Printed in black and white and in color. Very fine in fine printed envelope. More
Boston: Bates & Guild, 1921, First printing of this edition. octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. (xx), 214pp. Bates & Guild, A descriptive text with numerous illustrations of lettering styles and designs from the fifteenth-century to date of publication. This book is most useful in the section where it shows..... More
Salfords, England: Monotype Corporation, November, 1972, 8 1/4 x 7 3/4" printed wrappers. 12 pp. Monotype Corporation , "The five type series featured in this issue of the 'Newsletter' are th work of one designer - Hermann Zapf. Fine. More
New York: October House, (1966), First American Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xxiii, (287)pp. October House, A section devoted to palaeography includes original work by Professor B. L. Ullman, and Dr. R. W. Hunt, who writes a fascinating account of a Pliny which once belonged to the scribe Coluccio..... More
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1990), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 144pp. Thames and Hudson, Over 1,500 entries covering a complete range of topics, from writing surfaces, materials and tools, to prominent figures in the development of calligraphy. Illumination is discussed in depth, with entries on pigments, burshes..... More
Cambridge, England: Cardozo Kindersley Editions, (1989), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 96 pp. Cardozo Kindersley Editions, Extensively illustrated: carving on slate, stone, glass, wood and more. Signed on the half-title by David Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo. Very fine. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1949), Second printing. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 294pp. Thomas Y. Crowell, The complete and fascinating story of writing characters. "He has enlivened this history with thumbnail stories: the discovery of the Altamira wall paintings; the strange letter to Darius; the finding of the Rosetta..... More
Cambridge: The Harvard College Library, 1997, First Edition, Limited to 2,500 copies. quarto, printed wrappers. (xxiv), (128)pp. The Harvard College Library, This catalogue describes the collection of printed manuals for the teaching of lettering and handwriting collected by Hofer and now at the Harvard College Library. With Cited References, Index..... More
Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, 1993, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. (iv), 135 pp. Western Michigan University, Illustrated. New. More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1981), First Edition. small quarto, printed wrappers. 36pp.; illustrations unpaginated. Taplinger Publishing Company, With 79 illustrated examples from the output of Kindersley's own workshop with a description of each, step-by-step guide to the technique of cutting slate, and 89 line drawings by Cardozo demonstrating the..... More
Freeport, ME: Bond Wheelwright Co., (1969), First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xvi, (172)pp. Bond Wheelwright Co., The text is scribed by Raymond DaBoll in an italic script with the final parts devoted to his Notes on Calligraphy, a look at the hand-writing styles of various graphic designers, editors..... More
Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, (1987), First American Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 141pp. Overlook Press, Illustrated with color plates. A student of Edward Johnston's, Wellington was a major influence on modern calligraphy helping to change it from a medieval influenced craft resurrected during the Arts & Crafts Movement to..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1971), First Printing of the Second Edition, Revised. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 294pp. Thomas Y. Crowell, The complete and fascinating story of writing characters. "He has enlivened this history with thumbnail stories: the discovery of the Altamira wall paintings; the strange letter to..... More
Gravenhage: Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, 1968 , First Edition. octavo, plain orange wrapper in printed white dust jacket. (52) pp. Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, An exhibition of 180 items briefly described. Text in German. Illustrated. Jacket soiled. More
London: Faber and Faber, (1959), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 316 pp. Faber and Faber, Foreword by Sydney Cockerell. As well as being considered the classic biography of an extraordinary man, this book is also a marvelously informative introduction to the history of calligraphy in this century..... More
(New York): Kelly Winterton Press, (2019), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth stamped in gilt. (368) pp. Kelly Winterton Press, Calligrapher, type designer, and typographer Hermann Zapf towers over twentieth century lettering arts. Over a 70 year career, he designed more than 200 typefaces, many of which have become a part..... More
New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1948, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. 480pp. Devin-Adair Company, Illustrated with twelve drawings. Gill was wonderfully opinionated about art, design and architecture and the letters are full of specific likes and dislikes. Many of the cards and letters to friends and family are calligraphic and whimsical..... More
(London): Studio Books, (1963), First Edition. quarto, green cloth in dust jacket. 96 pp. Studio Books, Tradition: Historical Note; The Revival of Calligraphy in Great Britain; The Revival of Italic Handwriting; The Revival of Calligraphy on the Continent. Trends: Present Practice of Calligraphy in Great Britain; Present Practice on the..... More
Caledonia, NY: Italimuse, Inc., 1963, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. (84)pp. Italimuse, Inc., The catalogue is divided into two parts: I. 1710-1957, in chronological sequence; II. Contemporary Calligraphy, in alphabetical sequence. Title page and headings calligraphed by Raymond F. DaBoll. Wrappers lightly soiled, top right corner mildly bumped. More
London: George Allen and Unwin, (1951), First Edition. octavo, maroon boards in dust jacket. (72) pp. George Allen and Unwin, "This book...contains illustrations of the hand of contemporary people, some of them eminent in their diverse fields, who are in the course of their everyday activites and affairs writing hands..... More
Brepols, 2017, First Edition. octavo, pictorial boards. 545 pp. Brepols, The textuality and materiality of documents are an essential part of their communicative role. Medieval writing, as part of the interpersonal communication process, had to follow rules to ensure the legibility and understanding of a text and its connotations. This..... More