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B3143. Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting
B3143. Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey. 2009. 225pp. 7"x8.5". Hardcover $22.95. SALE
In this fascinating exploration of the history of handwriting, Florey presents the importance of writing by hand and its place in our society. She weaves together the evolution of writing implements and scripts, pen-collecting societies, the golden age of American penmanship, and our present calligraphic community.
Steeped in the Palmer Method of Handwriting she learned in Catholic school, Kitty Burns Florey is a self-confessed "penmanship nut" who loves the act of taking pen to paper. So when she discovered that schools today forego handwriting drills in favor of teaching something called keyboarding, it gave her pause: "There is a widespread belief that, in a digital world, forming letters on paper with a pen is pointless and obsolete," she says, "and anyone who thinks otherwise is right up there with folks who still have fallout shelters in their backyards."
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B1253. Write Now/Getty & Dubay
Write Now
By Inga Dubay and Barbara Getty. 2005. 96pp. 8.5"x11". Paper.
A self teaching manual for a monoline italic based handwriting. Highly recommended. Second edition.
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B3073. Politics and Script / Morison
B3073. Politics and Script: Aspects of Authority and Freedom in the Development of Graeco-Latin Script from the Sixth Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century by Stanley, Morison, Nicolas Barker. (1972). 2000 reprint. 396pp. 11" x 7.5". Hardcover. Limited stock.
This series of lectures on the development of hands provides a cultural context. Sheila Waters finds it fascinating and notes that, though it is a scholarly work, the book is written in a pleasant style. Unlike many newer books, this one is so full of information that you may find yourself re-reading page to take it all in. Out-of-print. These copies may have some shelf wear/bent corners.
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B3303. American Cursive Handwriting (Reference) / Sull
American Cursive Handwriting (Reference Edition) by Michael Sull with Debra Sull. 2011. 320pp. 8.5"x11". Spiral Bound. $39.95. Introductory Price.
A thorough presentation of traditional penmanship for grades 5-adult. Includes historical background, detailed information on writing position, writing zone, paper movement and recommended sizes of writing. The single volume contains both a teacher guide and the student workbook/copybook. The thorough lesson plan guides the user in a straightforward, step-by-step progression to improve handwriting skill.
The instructional program consists of:
Traditional Movement and Cross-Drill exercise sheets with instructions for daily use.
Over 150 copybook sheets in the time-tested method of practice, boasting more than 375 model lines of writing and 1,575 blank lines for student use .
Detailed pages on letter and number construction.
Specially designed practice sheets featuring a progressive format of guidelines to focus the student's efforts from basic letter size, height, spacing and slant to spontaneous writing upon a single baseline.
Additional chapters feature selected quotations, poems, excerpts from literature and Scripture for further practice; comments on the tools of writing, with special information on the use of fountain pens; the techniques of how to write a personal letter; ten important rules of handwriting; and blank guidesheets in all formats presented in the book.
American Cursive Handwriting is similar to Business Writing or the basic, unstressed forms of Spencerian Script. Michael Sull is author of instructional books and DVD's on Spencerian Script and Off Hand Flourishing.
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B2463. Spencerian Practice Pack/Sull
Michael Sull's Spencerian Practice Set
The traditional method for students to learn Spencerian Script was known as the copybook format, where a model line of Spencerian penmanship was printed at the top of a sheet with blank lines underneath for the student to practice her/his own writing.
In this set by Michael Sull, the 29 printed sheets feature 100 model lines of penmanship encompassing the lowercase letters, capitals, words, sentences, and over 700 blank lines for your writing. The set also includes 5 blank practice sheets each for two sizes of script (10 total), with instructions.
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B368. Ames Compendium of Practical.../Ames
Ames Compendium of Practical & Ornamental Penmanship By Daniel T.Ames. 1883. Reprint 1978. 60pp. 8.5"x11". Three-ring Binder
Eight pages of good instruction on writing and letterforms
(Spencerian & copperplate) are followed by examples and alphabets. Flourishing (birds, feathers, etc.) is next, followed by pages of 19th century ornamental lettering of all sorts. If you are interested in pointed pen writing, this book is a must buy.
***Due to the poor condition of these books we now sell them in a three ring binder. We have cut off the binding and drilled holes in the pages without losing any of the lettering. If you prefer a copy still in the original binding we can send you a copy, but the binding will likely fail.
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B1137-2. Vol II of Spencerian Script &.../Sull
Volume II of Spencerian Script and Ornamental Penmanship
By Michael R. Sull. 1989. 598pp. 8.5"x11". Paper. Spiral-bound. Retail Price $29.95.
Contains the penmanship of Platt Rogers Spencer and features over 1,000 reproductions of ornamental alphabets, correspondence writing, signature designs, novelty styles, and off-hand flourishing as penned by the great master penman. Volume I is no longer available.
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B2476. FW Tamblyn's Home Instructor Penmanship
FW Tamblyns’s Home Instructor in Penmanship
F.W. Tamblyn. 2001. (Reprint of the 7th ed, 1938). 174pp. 8.5"x5.25". Spiral.
80 pages of instruction on basic script starting with holding the pen and positioning the paper, followed by pages of exercises, letterforms, words, and sentences to copy. Then 33 pages on Artistic Writing (Spencerian) -- instruction on adding the stresses to capitals and appropriate lowercase letters. Smaller sections on Engravers Script, broadedged
alphabets, off hand flourishing, engrossing and diplomas. A great reprint. A highly recommended manual.
The current printing has a lighter cover.
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DVD12. Learning to Write Spencerian Script DVD
Learning to Write Spencerian Script
By Michael Sull. DVD.
A 60-minute instructional video by the author of the
comprehensive text of the same title. First he gives a brief history of the hand and then gives letter by letter instruction.
All our DVD’s are made to run on USA and Canada machines. If you live outside North America, you should check with the manual for your machine to see if it can play NTSC format DVD’s. If your DVD player can’t play our DVD’s, your computer may be able to.
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B305. Theory of the Spencerian System...
Theory of the Spencerian System of Practical Penmanship in Nine Easy Lessons. (1875) 1985. 52 page instruction booklet and five 24 pp practice booklets. 8.5" x 7".
Facsimile of an old primer teaching the Spencerian hand in question and answer format. Originally intended for elementary school students, this method is useful for beginners of all ages.
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