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| This selection contains 21 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 21 |
| AMEILHON [HUBERT PASCAL] Éclaircissemens sur l’Inscription Grecque du Monument Trouvé à Rosette. Contenant un décret des prêtres de l’Égypte en l’honneur de Ptolémée Épiphane, le cinquième des rois Ptolémées. Baudouin, Imprimeur de l’Institut National, Paris. 1803. First Edition, 4to, [iv],121pp., 1 large folding plate of hieroglyphics, orig. wrappers, spine defective, uncut. GBP 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 416 US$ 622.88 | JP¥ 55029] Book number: 20920 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ATKINS (KATHRYN A.) Masters of the Italic Letter. Twenty Two Exemplars from the Sixteenth Century. With a Foreword by James M. Wells. Allen Lane, The Penguin Press. 1988. First Edition, oblong 4to, numerous facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth, d.w. Presents a comprehensive survey of the copy-books of sixteenth-century writing masters with accompanying pictorial displays of their italic letters. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 | JP¥ 6603] Book number: 18742 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BAKER (ARTHUR) Mastering Italic Calligraphy. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. 1985. First Edition, 4to, iv,89pp., illustrs., orig. decorated wrappers. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 14001 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BALLINGER (RAYMOND A.): Lettering Art in Moder Use. Reinhold Publishing, New York. 1967. 4to, illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 302 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAGGS BROS. The Art of Writing 2800 B.C. to 1930 A.D. Illustrated in a Collection of Original Documents Written on Vellum, Paper, Papyrus, Silk, Linen, Bamboo, or Inscribed on Clay, Marble, Steatite, Jasper, Haematite, Matrix of Emerald and Chalcedony. Exhibiting For Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1930. 4to, Frontis., 260 illustrs., orig. wrappers, a little soiled, 290 items. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 | JP¥ 6603] Book number: 20134 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CALLIGRAPHY.: Calligraphy & Handwriting in America 1710-1962. The Peabody Institute, Baltimore. 1963. First Edition, 4to, orig. printed wrappers, 361 items described. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 344 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CHILD (HEATHER) Calligraphy Today. Studio Vista. 1976. Second Edition, 4to, 150 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. A revised and updated edition of Heather Child’s classic survey with a new range of illustrations. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 | JP¥ 4402] Book number: 14003 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SCARFE (LAURENCE) COMPILER. Alphabets. An Introductory Treatise on Written and Printed Letter Forms for the use of Students. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1954. First Edition, large 8vo, frontis., orig. cloth. Numerous facsimile title pages and type specimens. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 12142 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| HEAL (SIR AMBROSE) The English Penmen. Their Portraits & Biographies. With an Introduction on the Development of Handwriting by Stanley Morison. Cambridge University Press. 1945. 4to, one of 30 copies, this being an abridged re-issue of first edition of 1931, the bibliographical section and the calligraphic examples being omitted, ex-library, frontis., 23 plates, orig. buckram spine with marbled cloth sides, a little rubbed, uncut, t.e.g. A scarce book. Appleton, 116a. GBP 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 161 US$ 240.85 | JP¥ 21278] Book number: 19795 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| HUTTON (E.F.): Catalogue of a Fine Collection of Calligraphic Books and Manuscripts... Sotheby & Co. 1972. Plates throughout (some folding), prices and buyers, orig. printed wrappers, 88 lots. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 312 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| JOHNSON (EDWARD) Formal Penmanship and other Papers. Edited by Heather Child. Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd. 1971. First Edition, 4to, illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth, d.w. Towards the end of his life Edward Johnson, widely acknowledged as the pioneer of the revival of calligraphy, intended to set down the fruits of his experience, but at his death in 1944 this book still remained unfinished. Here Heather Child has edited the material and included articles Johnson wrote for ‘The Imprint’. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 | JP¥ 6603] Book number: 14006 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| JOHNSTON (EDWARD) The House of David, his Inheritance: A Book of Sample Scripts 1914 A.D. H.M.S.O. 1976. 4to, 32pp., orig. stiff decorated wrappers. Facsimile reproduction of the manuscript commissioned by Sydney Cockerell in 1913. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 13987 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| JOHNSTON (EDWARD): Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. 1927. Fifth Edition, frontis., 24 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 1045 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| LAMB (C.M.) EDITOR.: The Calligrapher's Handbook. Faber & Faber Ltd. 1956. First Edition, ex-library, 52 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 431 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MORISON (STANLEY) Early Italian Writing-Books. Renaissance to Baroque. Edited, with an Introduction, by Nicolas Barker. Edizioni Valdonega, Verona. 1990. First Edition, 21 Illustrs., (some folding or double-page), orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 | JP¥ 5136] Book number: 13968 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| OSLEY (A.S.) EDITOR. Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays Presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th Birthday. Faber & Faber. 1965. First Edition, 4to, frontis., 68 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum). GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 91.36 | JP¥ 8071] Book number: 17844 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| OSLEY (A.S.) Scribes and Sources. Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century. With an Account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. Faber & Faber. 1980. First Edition, 4to, 8vo, frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 US$ 36.54 | JP¥ 3228] Book number: 21682 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| PEARCE (CHARLES) The Calligraphy Sampler: Roman Alphabets. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. 1985. First Edition, oblong 8vo, orig. cloth, d.w. Contains 25 handwritten Roman-based alphabets. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 13999 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| TSCHICHOLD (JAN) An Illustrated History of Writing and Lettering. A. Zwemmer. 1946. First English Edition, 4to, 18pp., followed by 70 plates, orig. boards, spine slightly torn, printed paper label on spine. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 | JP¥ 4109] Book number: 18450 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ULLMAN (B.L.) Ancient Writing and its Influence. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1932. First Edition, small 8vo, signed and dated by Dr Wright, 16 plates, orig. cloth. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum). GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 | JP¥ 2348] Book number: 17862 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| WEST (AUBREY): Written by Hand. George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1953. Illustrs., orig. cloth, slightly stained. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 1015 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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