Collection: Lettering and Calligraphy
This exciting selection of books and journals offers a unique window into the rich history and evolving techniques of this timeless art form. Along with technical guidance, this rare and vintage material also provides inspiration from influential artists, encouraging both beginners and seasoned artists to explore new possibilities and personal expression.
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Spon’s Pocket Book of Alphabets | Revised edition, 1956
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Letters for the Millennium – Why we cut letters in stone by Emma Lloyd-Jones, Lida Cardozo Kindersley | Kindersley 1999
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Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists | Trefoil Publications, 1990
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The Landscape Alphabet – Letter Shapes as Attractive Vignettes | Michael Twyman, 1987
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Humanistic Script of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Bodleian No. 12 1960
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Eric Gill – The Inscriptions by David Peace | Herbert Press 1994
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Words of Risk: The Art of Thomas Ingmire | Michael Gullick, 1989
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A history of the alphabet throughout the ages by David Diringer | Gresham Books 1983
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Penmanship of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries by Lewis F. Day. Batsford 1978
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Forum 12 Journal of Letter Exchange | Issue 12 September, 2006 | Art Deco lettering
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Letters into Words by Michael Harvey | William Clowes & Co, 1973
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Brush Script by Donald Stevens | Batsford, 1953
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Stone Words | Wolseley Fine Arts | Pentagram, 2002 introduction by Ralph Beyer
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Twelve letters on a grand scale. The Sainsbury Wing Inscriptions Michael Harvey, 47 Editions, 2013
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The Development of Writing by Hans Ed. Meyer | Alphabet Press – 10th printing, 1984
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Tom Perkins Lettercarver – And The Word Was Made Stone | Introduction by Gerald Fleuss, 1998
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The Art of Lettering and Lay-out by Len A. Doust. Warne’s series, No. 6
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Reynolds Stone. A Memoir by Humphrey Stone | The Dovecote Press, 2019
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Written Letters – 22 Alphabets for Calligraphers | Jacqueline Svaren, 1980
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Letter-forms & Lettering by John R. Biggs | Blandford Press, 1977
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From A to Z: The Collected Letters of Irene and Hallie Coletta | Prentice Hall, 1979
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Bruno Munari’s ABC. Semolice lezione di inglese | Corraini, 2003
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Letter Forms. Typographic and Scriptorial. Two Essays on their classification, history and bibliography by Stanley Morison | Nattali & Maurice, London, 1968
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Calligraphy. A letter by letter introduction to the Art of Beautiful Writing by Barry Floyd | The Calligraphy Company
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The Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Techniques by Diana Hardy Wilson | 1991, signed copy
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A Book of Sample Scripts by Edward Johnston | HMSO/Victoria and Albert Museum, 1966
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Scribes and Sources. Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century. Texts from the Writing-Masters selected, introduced and translated by A.S. Osley with an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe | Faber & Faber, 1980
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International Library of Technology No. 150: Decorative Lettering etc, 1920
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The Visible Word. Problems of Legibility by Herbert Spencer | Lund Humphries, second revised edition 1969
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In Blessed Memory … Incised Headstones of North & West Devon and North Cornwall 1650-1860 by Justin Beament & Esther Dudley
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The Story of the Alphabet by Otto F. Ege | The Cleveland School of Art | Norman. T.A. Munder & Co, Baltimore, 1921
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Font. Sumner Stone, Calligraphy & Type Design in a Digital Age | Ditchling, 2000
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The Art of Lettering by Harold Deighton | B.T. Batsford, 1947
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ABC un alphabet Français by Paul Henning | Hachette | John Swain & Son, 1946
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The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes | Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester
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ABC of the Theatre by Humbert Wolfe. Illustrations by Edward Burra | The Cresset Press, 1932
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