Scribes Society (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket - 3/4 blue cloth over boards with gold lettering stamped on black cloth spine. Sewn binding. 160 pages, with illustrations, indexes of calligraphers, calligraphy societies, and calligraphy services. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. CONDITION: Book NEAR FINE, binding square and tight, pages bright and unmarked, save for former owner's small name sticker on ffep; boards with light shelfwear (bottom edge) or sunfading (top edge); DJ VERY GOOD, moderate shelfwear and rubbing; top edges suntanned and slightly curled, a few small closed tears on margins; not clipped, protected in a clear archival (Mylar) cover. CONTENT: >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.…

paperback. Condition: Used-Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Pbk. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

Condition: as new. Pbk 4to stapled stiff card covers 14pp profusely illustr in b+w and color an excellent clean tight unmarked copy as new.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Just a hint of edge rubbing, nearly new. ; Volume 4; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Unpaginated but 54pp, well-illustrated, softcover, A4 size, card binding with red and black dust jacket - very good, book in very good condition with no markings or annotations, Penshurst Press Limited, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1981. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VG red softcover. 2006. Pages all clean/unmarked. Lettering examples heavily throughout. LIghtest scuffs. Pages all clean/unmarked. Covers clean/solid. 80 pp.

Plain wrappers, large 4to, 52 pp, black-and-white ills. 166 items. The catalogue of the exhibition. From the foreword: "Members of the Society carry out a wide range of commissions including Presentation Addresses, Freedom Scrolls, Rolls of Honour, Peer's Patents, Service Books, family trees, decorative maps and certificates; certain events in family life such as christenings, weddings and celebration anniversaries may be commemorated by less formal manuscripts. Within a conservative tradition these commissions allow the calligrapher scope - ranging from the magnificant in concept to the lively and gay. Many such works are transcribed on vellum or handmade paper and enriched with heraldry and gold leaf. It is more than twelve years since the SSI held a major exhibition in London and this period has been outstanding for the development of so-called expressive calligraphy which has freed the scribe from the narrower field of formal penmanship with its emphasis on precision of letter-forms and symmetry of layout. This spontaneous approach has produced some exciting manuscripts, especially where the scribe has a sound understanding of styles of writing and knows when rules can be broken. There is a fashion today for denigrating authority of all kinds which leads to an undervaluing of traditions. A craft so essentially based on manual discipline as calligraphy cannot afford to sever itself from its own roots. While freedom of expression should be encouraged it should be remembered that nearly 'all libertarian movements tend towards license'. " Very Good in dustwrapper. …

Condition: Very Good. 5 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art was a pioneering British art periodical published in London from 1893 to 1964. Founded by Charles Holme, a former silk merchant with a deep interest in international aesthetics, the magazine became a vital platform for the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and later Modernist movements. Size: 18 x 24 cms. Category: The Studio Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Printed wrappers, large 8vo, [71] pp, ills (some colour). 139 entris. From the introduction: "In the three years since the 60th Anniversary Exhibition 'The Art of the Scribe', the Society of Scribes and Illuminators has continued to grow in membership and this exhibition 'Calligraphy '84' represents recent work by a wide cross section of practising members. The exhibits show work by amateurs and professionals and elected Craft Members and Lay Members from a number of countries. The British tradition of controlled craftsmanship with its sound letter forms is well in evidence, but there is much to delight both the eye and the imagination in the more recent trend towards expressive and interpretative calligraphy. Work for reproduction and multiple copies is represented as well as items in three dimensional media." Near Fine.…

Condition: as new. Pbk 80pp illustr in b+w an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Condition: near fine. Pbk 80pp illustr in b+w very faintly bumped upper front otherwise an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Condition: near fine. Pbk. 80pp. illustr in b+w, appears unread and an excellent, clean, tight and unmarked copy as new.

Broschur Laminated wrappers, folio, 96 pp, ills (some colour), 167 items. Includes bindings by James Brockman, Gillian Chipperfield, Jeff Clements, Paul Delrue, Flora Ginn, Trevor Jones, Bernard Middleton, Sally Lou Smith and others.The catalogue comprises: Collaborative Works: items 1A-4B; Bookbindings: 5-35; Calligraphy 36-167. Wrappers slightly scuffed and slightly curled, otherwise Good. List of prices laid in. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 4° 96 Seiten mit vielen Abb., gutes Expl. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book apopears as new and unread, in nearly mint dust jacket. Black boards and laminated illustrated D/J. Top edge of pages has some foxing. Illustrations throughout on every page, some in full colour. The book presents a collection of the finest modern calligraphy from all over the world. Includes calligraphers such as Donald Jackson, Villu Toots, Tom Ingmire etc. The selection of their work reveals the state of the art and the directions in which it is evolving.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback, stapled. Illustrated throughout. Introduction and presentation inscription by Paul Freeman. Covers a little marked/worn. A very pleasing copy. (ar20). Inscribed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Book measures 28x25cm, 95pp. Illustrated throughout, Bound in original publishers softcover. Binding lightly rubbed with some minor shelf wear, Binding in fine condition, internally pages clean, A very good clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Pictorial covers. A fine copy. Preface, by Christopher Calderhead; Cityscapes: looking for letters in New York, a tale of surprise and dismay, by Paul Shaw; Photo and art credits.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 280 x 245 mm. 96 pp. Purple card covers. A clean, attractive copy. Spine not creased. Published to accompany an exhibition of contemporary work by various artists, held at St Bride's Printing Library, 3-19 October 2006. The work selected is felt to reflect Edward Johnston's teaching and philosophy, and the exhibition was organised to mark the centenary of the publication of Johnston's "Writing and Illuminating, and Lettering". Beautifully illustrated in b&w and colour. Book.…

Stapled wraps. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in stapled wraps.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1938 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 20 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…