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1-800-369-9598 (USA)
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About Us
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Since 1981 John Neal, Bookseller has supplied calligraphers, lettering artists, illuminators, bookbinders, type and papercraft enthusiasts worldwide with books, tools, and materials. We also publish Letter Arts Review, a full color journal on the lettering arts, and Bound & Lettered, a quarterly magazine on making books and making letters.
CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION: We stock the basic items for beginners plus a full range of calligraphy tools and supplies for both broad-edge calligraphy and pointed pen work (Copperplate, Spencerian) including Nibs & Pens, Holders, Inks & Gouache, Fountain Pens,Guidelines and Light Boxes, & Calligraphic Markers. You'll find hard-to-locate calligraphy supplies such as Brause & Mitchell Nibs,Automatic Pens, Pentel Color Brushes, Suede Pens, Gum Sandarac and the new Ruling Pens designed for lettering. Our supplies for illumination include gold leaf, prepared gesso, gum ammoniac, prepared vellum and burnishers. We stock so many good books (and videos) on calligraphy and illumination that we have to separate them into sections: Collections of Calligraphy Examples, Broad-edge Calligraphy Instructional Books, Brush Calligraphy, Copperplate, and Spencerian. Illumination Books include Celtic Knotwork, Instructional Books, Historical Surveys, and Specific Manuscripts. We cover calligraphy from Marie Angel & Tim Botts to Sheila Waters & Hermann Zapf and from Hebrew calligraphy to the History & Development of Writing and Script. BOOKBINDING: We stock basic Bookbinding Supplies such as bookbinding needles, linen thread, and bone folders. You'll find over 20 how-to Bookbinding Books and exhibit catalogs on traditional western bookbinding, Oriental binding and artist's books. You will find books on making greeting cards, envelopes, and pop-ups; paper marbling and other decoration; papermaking; paper cutting; using a gocco printer; & rubber stamps. PAPERCRAFT: You will find books on making greeting cards, envelopes, and pop-ups; paper marbling and other decoration; papermaking; paper cutting; using a gocco printer; & rubber stamps. |
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