LETTERING FOR STUDENTS AND CRAFTSMEN by Hewitt, Graily - 1954

Taplinger Pub Co, 1981-07. Paperback. Good.

New York: Pentalic Corporation, [1976]. 8vo. 336 pp. Frntsp., numerous plates, over 100 text illusts. Black boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF, w/ bkplate on ffep. Revised & expanded edition of this classic work in lettering and typography.

Book. Fine. Hardcover. London, 1930. 336 pp. Illus. in b/w. Decorated cloth binding. (The New Art Library). (ex-libris H. van Krimpen on inside front cover)..

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Frontis., 336 pp., illus. With over 400 illustrations. No date. One of The New Art Library series. Front hinge cracked, some light edgewear; price-clipped dustjacket is chipped and worn but intact.

London: Seeley Service and Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. 0854221352 . Edges of dustwrap slightly chipped/worn, price clipped. Black boards, bright gilt titling to spine. Blind stamp to e/p. Includes an inscribed letter from the author. Black and white frontispiece. 336pp. Illustrated in black and white - photographs, diagrams, examples. Contents include: Historical; Method; Cursive Minuscule; Semiformal Minuscule; Example of Formal Alphabet; Formal and Cursive Majuscules; Flat Pen, Minuscule and Majuscule; Numerals; Double Stroke; Compound Capitals (Gothic); Roman Capitals; Arrangement (General and of Books); Theory of Letters; Legibility; Materials (Pens and Ink; Paper and Parchment; Pounce, etc., Pigments); Materials (The Asiso for gilding); Gilding the Asiso; . NO INSCRIPTIONS. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 003872; 8vo .

Seeley, Service and Co. Ltd , 1930 . Hardback. . 4to white cloth. De luxe edition printed on Arnold's Unbleached Hand-Made paper limited to 380 copies, 370 for sale. Top edge gilt, blue ribbon page marker. Contains two specially designed and hitherto unpublished alphabets by the Author. With 403 illustrations. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. VG+ hardback, no dustwrapper as issued. Slight discolouration of cloth to shelf and top edges with vertical area of cockling to spine (binding fault?). Minor foxing to endpapers. Signed by Graily Hewitt.

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1930. Limited Edition #292/380. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. With 403 illustrations. Signed by author. Limited edition copy #292/380. Leading page edges deckled, top page edges gilt. Very light smudge on half title page and title page. Otherwise, text and tipped-in illustrations are clean. Cover edges and spine slightly darkened. A few very faint marks on back cover and spine. 336 pages. Shipping may be extra; please inquire.; 8 x 10 3/8"; Signed by Author.

London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1930. The magnum opus of one of the great calligraphers. Loaded with samples (about 400) of Hewitt's work, including two alphabets seen for the first time. An encyclopaedia of styles, techniques, tools, and materials to practice the art. The book is considered pivotal for the reintroduction of gilding in calligraphy. A number of tipped in historical examples as well. Fine; ivory buckram covered boards with some faint discoloration along the edges of the spine. Some offsetting on the free endpapers. Interior of the book is fine. An attractive book. Top edges gilt, with ribbon bookmark. All other edges untrimmed. 336 pages. Number 267 of 380 copies, signed by the author.

London (196, Shaftesbury Avenue) : Seely, Service & Co, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A deluxe numbered edition, limited to 380 copies, of which 370 were offered for sale, this being No. 10. 336pp, tipped in plate frontispiece, 403 further illustrations including plates and tipped in images. Bound in ivory buckram cloth with gilt titles on spine, printed on Arnold's Unbleached, Hand-made paper, bound in navy satin marker. Top edge gilt, all other edges untrimmed. Signed by Graily Hewitt on the limitation page. This copy contains the two specially designed and previously unpublished fonts by Hewitt, not present in all editions of this work. A little mild soiling on ivory boards' edges and spine ends, cloth very slightly rounded at spine tips; small orange dot on the front paste down, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Ribbon marker is frayed at end. A great magnum opus of one of the finest calligraphers, packed with samples of… Read More