The Art of Hand-Lettering, Its Mastery & Practice

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc, 1952. This is the SCARCE HARDCOVER Watson-Guptill 1952 FIRST EDITION. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Gaylord clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($6.00). Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Illustrations throughout. Table of Contents: 1). Materials. 2). Good lettering. 3). Criticism and self-criticism. 4). The five basic styles. 5). The Roman alphabet. 6). Analysis of Roman majuscules. 7) Variations from Typical Roman majuscules. 8). The 'Roman' minuscules. 9). Layout and spacing of Roman minuscules. 10). Variations of Roman minuscues. 11). 'Romanized' arabic numerals. 12). Evolution of Italic lettering. 13). Italic majuscules. 14). Italic minuscules. 15). Gothic. 16). Script. 17). Block. 18). Handy hints. 19). A tribute to type. Index. Bound in the original biege cloth, lettered/decorated in brown. Complete with dust jacket. . First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xvi, 320pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. …