Rochester, NY: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 2016, First Edition, Limited to 325 copies. large oblong octavo, boards with vellum spine. 60 pp. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection , With an Introduction by David Pankow. Foreword by Steven Galbraith. This new book – Manuale Calligraphicum – was conceived as a...... More
Hardheim, Germany: Die Kalligraphie Edition, 1990, Limited to 50 numbered copies, "III/L" signed by Hermann Zapf by using a sharp instrument on the acetate. 19 1/2" x 22 3/4" Die Kalligraphie Edition, The Sunsong of Amarna (about 1350 BC). German by Kurt Sether from the translation by Norman De Garvis..... More
Suffolk, Eng: Boydell & Brewer, 1989, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 205pp. Boydell & Brewer, Pepys's music collection ranges from psalm-books to operas, includes treatises on the subject of musical theory and items of historical interest. The map collection concentrates on material related to navigation and the `Calligraphical..... More
Montclair, NJ: Allanheld & Schram, (1980), Second Printing. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xx, 198pp. Allanheld & Schram, A history of the art of calligraphy and a teaching manual. Extensively illustrated. From the Preface: "I wanted a single comprehensive volume, easy to understand, to learn from, and to teach with..... More
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 2017, First Edition. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. 144 pp. David R. Godine Publisher, Foreword by Donald Jackson. New Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library. Scribes in the U.S...... More
Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press, 2001, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 204 pp. Gingko Press, Over the past 50 years Hermann and Gudrun Zapf have designed some of the modern world's most unique and innovative typefaces. In fact, so ubiquitous is Hermann Zapf's Palatino that it..... More
London: British Library, 2010, Second Edition, Revised. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 238 pp. British Library, with the addition of color plates and new information on ancient Egyptian Papyrus gilding. The Gilded Page traces the history of gilding from ancient Egypt and Babylon through Rome, the Near East, Mediæval and..... 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
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1940), First Edition. large quarto, grey boards and black cloth with wrap-around printed label. 199 pp. Harper & Brothers, "[T]he reader will find drawings of alphabets which he may reproduce or use as guides for his own lettering problems. More important...than a mere assortment of..... More
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 2016, Second Edition. octavo, tan cloth. 368 pp. Oak Knoll Press, The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems. The second edition, in the works..... More
New York: Design Press, (1989), First American Edition. folio, cloth in dust jacket. 256pp. Design Press, A beautifully produced book with color photographs from the work of German students in handwriting seminars at the University of Hamburg. The book " makes visible the process of teaching and learning" the various..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998, Second, Revised and Expanded edition. Originally published in 1984. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (112)pp. Oak Knoll Press, From the Foreword by Ewan Clayton: "Historical Scripts is a book for the historian, the Palaeographer, the calligrapher, the typographer and anyone with an..... More
London: British Library, 2010, Second Edition, Revised. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 238 pp. British Library, with the addition of color plates and new information on ancient Egyptian Papyrus gilding. The Gilded Page traces the history of gilding from ancient Egypt and Babylon through Rome, the Near East, Mediæval and Renaissance Europe..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, Third Printing. quarto, wrappers. (x), 228pp. Oak Knoll Press, A history of methods of production for ink, paper, pens and pencils, and a history of calligraphy, detecting forgeries, watermarks, and a general history of autograph collecting. Foreword by Charles Hamilton. Numerous illustrations. 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
(Greensboro, NC): John Neal Books, (2013), First Edition. quarto, ochre cloth in dust jacket. (264) pp. John Neal Books, A profusely illustrated, full-color retrospective of John Stevens' work with letterforms. Includes calligraphy and lettering -- artworks, personal work, experimental work, commissioned work -- as well as graphic work and type..... More
Ravensburg: Otto Maier, (1952), First Edition. quarto, green cloth. (239) pp. Otto Maier, The first 47 pp. of text is in German; the balance of the book consists of illustrations. Two creases in front endpaper. Near fine. More
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(New Rochelle, NY): Myriade Press, 1978, 15 1/2" x 12 1/2" Myriade Press, Designed by Hermann Zapf illustrating the California Job Case Layout. Printed in black, brown, blue and red. Title in red, with a quote in blue by Frederic W. Goudy about letters and the alphabet in calligraphy by..... More
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 2016, Second Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 368 pp. Oak Knoll Press, The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is an encyclopedic reference guide of typographic terms and classification with definitions of form and usage for Latin based writing systems. The second edition, in the works..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1955, First Edition, Limited to 800 copies. oblong duodecimo, brown cloth. [xvi], [122] pp. The Typophiles, Typophile Chap Book #28. "The third calligraphic chap book, and the most ambitious. In 1952-53 twenty-five graphic artists were invited to contribute (read: assigned) texts taken from Harvard University Press'..... More
Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1952, First Edition. oblong small octavo, patterned boards with printed title label on front cover. (50) pp. The Newberry Library, The most minute wear to top and bottom of spine. More
Cambridge, Mass: M.I.T. Press, (1970), Revised Edition. duodecimo, wrappers. (143) pp. M.I.T. Press, This is a revised edition of the Typophile Chap Book No. 37 first issued 1960, which was originally based on the idea of the Late Paul A. Bennett and translated by Paul Standard. Designed by Zapf. Extremeties..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1988, small octavo, pictorial wrappers. 97 pp. Bernard Quaritch, Quaritch rare book catalogue offering 92 items. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Hint of a paperclip (dent, not rust) at top of front wrapper. Fine. More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 2000, small octavo, pictorial wrappers. 86 pp. Bernard Quaritch, Quaritch rare book catalogue offering 125 items. Illustrated in color. Mild two inch fold (dent?) in front cover affecting the first 30 pages. Initials and date of receipt "3/3/00" on title page. 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