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B2762. Encyc of Callig/Noble & Mehigan
The Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Techniques
By Mary Noble and Janet Mehigan. 2005. 160pp. 9"x9". Hardcover. Retail Price $27.95
This manual for beginning and intermediate scribes covers all the main hands plus edged brush and ruling pen. Includes an extensive section on illumination techniques plus experimental gilding and decorative borders. The extensive and superb gallery brings together traditional and experimental practitioners. Plenty here to inspire you!
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B2761. Beautiful Alphabet/Muess
The Beautiful Alphabet: Lettering Designs Based on the Roman Model
By Johannes A Muess. 2004. 80pp. 8.5"x12". Hardcover $35.00. SALE
Using both geometry and an artist's eye, Muess presents the Roman alphabet a letter at a time. For each, a Roman inscription, a Renaissance or 20th century exemplar are provided. The progress of the construction of each letter is shown with steps for basic shape, varying thickness of line, addition of serifs, and fine corrections. Included are 26 colorful compositions combining the letter, the arcs, and other elements. It's a different, but beautiful book, of drawn letters. Text in English and German.
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B2831. Passion for the Pen: Artigas/Zoby
A Passion for the Pen: The Art of Georgina Artigas
Edited by Brenda Casey Zoby. 2006. 64pp. 8.5" x11".
Retail Price $24.95 SALE Save $10.00
A collection of calligraphic jewels from Georgina's 50 years of creating beautiful letters. Includes 32 pages with pointed pen lettering: invitations, certificates & awards, logos, and 8 art pieces from the Calligrapher’s Engagement Calendars. She was a master with the broad edge pen, as well. The book displays many of her traditional American style illuminated recognition/retirement/resolution scrolls. Born in Cuba, Artigas emigrated to the USA in the 60's and worked for the Ames & Rollinson Studio in NYC for nearly a decade before moving to Miami and setting up her own studio. 40 color plates. At this price, it should be in every point pen scribe's library.
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B3152. Eloquent Line / Hanzel
Eloquent Line: Contemporary Japanese Calligraphy edited by Carla Hanzel. 1993. 112pp. 9"x9". Paperback $15.00. SALE $6.98
This catalog presents 58 contemporary works of Japanese calligraphy, reproduced in color and translated into English, with essays on the calligraphic tradition, the exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western art, and modern calligraphy.
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B2225. Enrich Your Calligraphy/Wilson
Enrich Your Calligraphy
By Diana Hardy Wilson. 1996. 175pp. 7.75"x11.25". Hardcover. Retail Price $29.99. SALE
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This is not a book about letterforms but about how to go about creating calligraphic pieces. Further, unlike many recent calligraphy books, this book is generous with the
text rather than being a printed slide show with captions. Wilson explains how to be a maker of
calligraphic work with both practical and philosophical
discussions about design, creativity and the actual production.
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B3079. My Dear Runemeister: A Voyage
My Dear Runemeister: A Voyage Through the Alphabet by Lloyd J Reynolds. 2002. 64pp. 7"x9". Paper. $7.95. SALE $5.95
This delightful, small volume is a series of brief one page letters written in italic by Reynolds. For the 26 letters of the alphabet plus the ampersand, you read of the roots of each: Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Hebrew. Gracing each page is one large red italic capital letter.
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B3054. Write Stuff: Collector's Guide to Inkwells...
The Write Stuff: A Collector's Guide to Inkwells, Fountain Pens, and Desk Accessories by Raymond and Bevy Jaegers. 2000 204pp. 8.5x11. Paper $26.95.
Covers inkwells, fountain pens, desk sets, blotters, letter openers and other desk accessories. Chapters include the history of ink and ink containers; the materials used for ink containers; inkwells and their designs and motifs; the history of pens; fountain pen makers and collecting; desk sets and
accessories; advertising items. Filled with B&W photos and illustrated advertisements (plus a 32-page full-color section).
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B3228. Art of Egyptian Hieroglyphics / Sandison
Art of Egyptian Hieroglyphics by David Sandison. 2005. 96pp. 10"x10". Hardcover
This beautiful, full-color book covers deciphering hieroglyphics, the principals of Egyptian art, techniques of the master craftsmen, line drawings, and paintings of everyday life in ancient Egypt. Many full page photos.
List Price $25.00
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B2932. Der Klang in der Schrift (Rudo Spemann)
Rudo Spemann: Der Klang in Der Schrift
2005. 49pp. 7.75"x11.75". Paper.
Reproduces in color 30 pieces in a variety of hands: Roman majuscules, italic, blackletter and uncial. Introductory
material in German.
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B3225. History Of Language / Steven Fischer
A History Of Language by Steven Fischer. 2004. 240pp. 5"x8". Paper $19.95. SALE
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This very readable book charts the history of communication from the time before human language was conceived through the media explosion of the present day. Fischer also looks to the future, asking how electronic media are daily reshaping the world's languages and suggesting a radical reinterpretation of what language really is. The book begins with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of 'language' might be applied. It charts the history of language from the times of early humans through the nineteenth century, when the science of linguistics was developed. The book analyzes the study of language as a science and language's development as a written form. Includes the rise of pidgin, creole, jargon and slang, and examines the effects TV and radio, propaganda, advertising, the media, and the internet are having on language today as well as the effect of the internet. Steven Roger Fischer is Director of the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures in Auckland, New Zealand.
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