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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Good Handwriting and How to Acquire It, by John C. Tarr | Pan Books, 1957
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Crafts magazine | Crafts Council | No 56, May/June 1982 Includes articles on Bernard Leach, architectural lettering, private presses, Ironwork at the V&A, Susan Bosence
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Pen & Brush Lettering and Practical Alphabets | Blandford Press, 1945 seventh edition
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The Craft of the Pen by John R. Biggs | Blandford Press, 1961
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Edward Fella: Letters on America. Photographs and lettering | Laurence King, 2000
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Hermann Zapf: Calligrapher, type-designer and typographer Cincinnati Art Museum 1960-1
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The English Lettering Tradition from 1700 to the Present Day | Alan Bartram, 1989
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Written by Hand by Aubrey West | George Allen and Unwin, 1951
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El Caligrafo Moderno | Garnier Hermanos Editores, Paris, 1896
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Reynolds Stone 1909–1979 | Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition catalogue, 1982
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Creative Lettering Today by Michael Harvey | Published by A & C Black, 1996
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Le Message. Miniature book by Jean-Michel Folon with Giorgio Soavi | Olivetti, 1967
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A Book of Scripts by Alfred Fairbank | King Penguin, revised edition, 1952
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How to write signs, tickets and posters editor Paul N. Hasluck | Cassell & Co, 1914 [Copus & Sons]
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The Script Letter: Its Form, Construction and Application | Tommy Thompson, 1955
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Ticket and Showcard Designing by F. Arthur Pearson | Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1932
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Lettercutting in Stone. A Workbook by Richard Grasby | Anthony Nelson, 1989
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Edward Johnston. Lessons in Formal Writing ed Heather Child & Justin Howes | Lund Humphries, 1986
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Lettering for Students and Craftsmen by Graily Hewitt | The New Art Library, 1954
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The Art of Lettering and the March of History | Association Typographique Internationale | Nicolete Gray 1982
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Schrift Ecriture Lettering by Adrian Frutiger | 1951 text by Alfred Willman
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A History of Lettering by Nicolete Gray | Phaidon, 1986
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Manual of Lettering by Cecil Wade | Blandford Press, 1952
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Graffiti by Richard Freeman illustration Tony Evershed | Hutchinson & Co, 1966
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A Guide to the Art of Illuminating by George Ashdown Audsley | George Rowney, 1927
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The Ornamental Penman's Pocket Book of Alphabets: Engravers, Sign Writers and Draughtsmen | Benjamin Alexander
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The Story of the Alphabet by Edward Clodd | George Newnes, 1900
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Visible Language journal Calligraphy | Issue Volume XVII, Number 1, Winter 1983
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The Number Book by George A. Adams and Helen Mary Petter | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1946
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Lettering as Drawing. The Moving Line by Nicolete Gray | Oxford University Press, 1970
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Skelton’s Alphabet Workbook by John Skelton | 1994, number 47 | Atelier Strata
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Examples of Lettering and Design by J. Littlejohns | Isaac Pitman, 1936
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Examples of Modern Alphabets Plain and Ornamental Delamotte Crosby Lockwood 1921
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Lettering of today, The Studio | Edited by C.G. Holme | Cover design by Ashley Havinden, 1941
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A Guide to Lettering. A Useful Handbook for Ticket, Poster and Sign Writers | Howard Jeremy
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