Paperback. Condition: Good. b/w Illustration (illustrator). First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Fading and light creasing at spine.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Reprint. New York: Pentalic, 1963. Reprint. 8vo. Trade paperback, 253 pp. Illustrated throughout with plates. Edgeworn. Good reading copy.
2nd edition, our photos, binding is solid, light edge wear on covers, text is free of markings, no previous owner name, we ship quickly with tracking.
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, U.S.A., 1968
ISBN 10: 0571046606 ISBN 13: 9780571046607
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Ink dot to top page edges. Front endpaper clipped at upper corner.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 63 pages. dj faded.
Published by London : Faber & Faber, 1956
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography (pages 241-245) and index. Contents; Pens, pencils, brushes knives / William Bishop -- Pigments and media / Dorothy Hutton -- Ink / M. Thérèse Fisher -- Skins, papers, pounces / Margaret L. Hodgson -- Gilding / Irene Base -- The design of formal scripts / John Woodcock -- The design of manuscript books and inscriptions / M.C. Oliver-- Heraldry in illuminated manuscripts / William M. Gardner -- Cursive handwriting / Alfred Fairbank -- The binding of manuscripts / Sydney M. Cockerell -- The development of illumination / M.C. Oliver -- Illumination and decoration / Dorothy Hutton -- Note on simple binding / Berthold Wolpe. Subjects; Lettering. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Bookbinding. Copybooks. Calligraphy. Calligraphy : history and techniques. 3 Kg.
Published by London, Faber & Faber Ltd. 1956, 1956
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Original publisher's cloth hardback, gilt title spine, 8vo: 252pp., foreword, 50 plates, 52 figures, 10 essyas with footnotes & references, appendices, bibliography, index, table of contents. Fine copy.
Published by London : Faber & Faber, 1956
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography (pages 241-245) and index. Contents; Pens, pencils, brushes knives / William Bishop -- Pigments and media / Dorothy Hutton -- Ink / M. Thérèse Fisher -- Skins, papers, pounces / Margaret L. Hodgson -- Gilding / Irene Base -- The design of formal scripts / John Woodcock -- The design of manuscript books and inscriptions / M.C. Oliver-- Heraldry in illuminated manuscripts / William M. Gardner -- Cursive handwriting / Alfred Fairbank -- The binding of manuscripts / Sydney M. Cockerell -- The development of illumination / M.C. Oliver -- Illumination and decoration / Dorothy Hutton -- Note on simple binding / Berthold Wolpe. Subjects; Lettering. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Bookbinding. Copybooks. Calligraphy. Calligraphy : history and techniques. 1 Kg.