Bridges, Robert, ed.; Alfred Fairbank

English Handwriting Continued from Tract XXIII with Thirty-One Additional Plates; with Notes on Penmanship

Oxford, England, The Clarendon Press at Oxford University Press, 1927. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine introduction to the sterling scholarly historical and paleographical work of Mr. Robert Bridges. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Simple brown softpaper wraps, plentiful unopened top edges, clean, unmarked interior, black-and-white plates galore, many in facsimile. S.P.E. Tract No. XXVIII. Excellent work on the history of the English language. [3], 225-251 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 357083

Catalogue: England

Keywords: Robert Bridges Alfred Fairbank English handwriting penmanship paleography

DEGERING, HERMANN [ALFRED FAIRBANK - PREF.].

Lettering. Modes of Writing in Western Europe from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century.

London, Ernest Benn Ltd. 1965. Original publisher's yellow cloth hardback, black lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, 3th [English] edition [1929 & 1965], large 4to: [ij], xxxviij, 240pp. introductory essay - description of 240 items - 240 page-large plates with exemples of lettering. Light waterstain frontcover. Fine copy.

Antiquariaat SchotProfessional seller

Book number: 155033

Fairbank, Alfred

A Book of Scripts

Baltimore, Penguin Books, [1960]. Revised ed. Hardcover. 38p. + illus. 64 plates of historical script through the middle ages, the renaissance and modern era. A King Penguin. Good condition chipped d.j./fair.

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 008415

Keywords: Calligraphy Writing King Penguins

Fairbank, Alfred

A book of scripts.

Penguin, 1955. hardcover; goed maar mist rug;.

InktswartPrivate seller

Book number: ENNFF05034

Catalogue: Non-fictie; lettertypes; calligrafie; schrijven; schriften

Fairbank, Alfred

A book of scripts

Penguin, 1960. Druk: reprint. Binding: Hardcover. 37pp. 37 pages of text, 64 plates. In principle, books are cheaper in the shop.

Le Flaneur AmsterdamProfessional seller

Book number: 31621

Catalogue: Books on books

Keywords: Writing, Boooks on books

FAIRBANK, ALFRED

A Book of Scripts

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1968. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Paperback. A Pelican Original, 45 pages plus 80 pages of plates, selected bibliography, light rubbing to covers, (Pelican Books A973).. Good .

Philip EmeryProfessional seller

Book number: 168952

FAIRBANK Alfred :

A book of scripts.

2. (Harmondsworth etc), Penguin Books, (1952), small in-8°, 37 pp, 9 b/w ills, 64 b/w plates (facsimiles) h.t., bibliography, publisher's decorated board, series King Penguin, revised edition of the 1949 edition. slightly discoloured endpaper, but still a rather good copy with minimal wear to the boards. .

Antiquariaat Wim de GoeijProfessional seller

Book number: 29541

ALFRED J. FAIRBANK

A handwriting manual

Faber and Faber, 1975, Broché, in-8. Couverture passée. Condition: Etat moyen

LaLettre2Professional seller

Book number: A108384

FAIRBANK Alfred

[King Penguin 48.] A Book of Scripts. [Revised Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1952]. Sm. 8vo. with 64 plates and 11 illustrations in the text, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of printed boards, a very good, clean, copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 47806

Catalogue: Penguin Books0

Keywords: penguin, king penguin, scripts, calligraphy, palaeography, alfred fairbank

FAIRBANK, ALFRED AND WOLPE, BERTHOLD.

Renaissance Hand Writing. An Anthology of Italic Writing Scripts. (Signed).

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1960. 1st edition. "A collection of examples of italic handwriting from manuscripts, letters and writng-books of the Renaissance and of our own time, chosen for their beauty and historic interest." 28cms x 22cms x 2cms. Pp.104 of text including list of plates and notes on them, followed by 96 black & white plates, inscribed "To Leslie Robert Simmons. Berthold L. Wolpe. Feb.1961" to half-title page. Blue/grey marl cloth, dustwrapper has edge tears with small loss to rear top edge and another small hole to rear. Scarce. VG/G-.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 51252

Catalogue: Books and Printing

Keywords: Fairbank Berthold Wolpe Signed Renaissance Handwriting Anthology Italic Scripts Illustrated Manuscripts Letters Raphael Michelangelo Cellini Linacre Cheke Aschem Dodington Calligraphy 52666 Books and Printing