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This huge library
contains 164 books and publications on the topic of Lettering,
Calligraphy, and sign writing. All aspects of Writing and Sign
painting are covered in these vintage books for this lost art.
This library on
DVD-ROM is a great reference for beginners and experts alike. Over
150 alphabets are included for your reference to recreate them in your
own style,
Titles included:
A Chapter On Lettering, by
The Draftsman, 1905, 33 pages
A Companion To Manual Of
Illumination: Containing Borders, Capitals, Texts, And Detail Finishings,
by JJ Laing, 1884, 146
Pages
A Course In Mechanical
Drawing, by John Reid,
1898, 222 Pages
A Few Suggestions On Plain
Letterings For Artists And Others,
by Chas Jacobi, 1908, 40 Pages
A Handbook Of The Art Of
Illumination As Practiced During The Middle Ages,
by Henry Shaw, 1866, 145 Pages
A New Book Of Cyphers,
by S. Sympfon, 1906, 159
Pages
A Practical Treatise On
The Art Of Illuminating: With Examples, Choreographed In Facsimile And
In Outline, Of The Styles Prevailing At Different Periods, From The
Sixth Century To The Present Time,
by Marcus Ward, 1873, 78 Pages
A Primer Of The Art Of
Illumination For The Use Of Beginners; With A Rudimentary Treatise On
The Art, Practical Directions For Its Exercise, And Examples Taken From
Illuminated Missal, by F.
Delamotte, 1874, 115 Pages
A Roman Alphabet And How
To Use It, by Frank Forrest
Frederick, 1917, 40 Pages
A Scale For Measuring The
Quality Of Handwriting Of Adults,
by Leonard Ayers, 1915, 21 pages
A System Of Easy
Lettering, by J Howard
Cromwell, 1890, 34 pages
A Text-Book Of Free-Hand
Lettering, by Frank
Daniels, 1909, 104 Pages
A Textbook On Lettering
And Sign Painting, by
International Correspondence Schools, 1902, 384 pages
A Text-Book On Plain
Lettering, by Henry Jacoby,
1901, 187 Pages
A Textbook On Show-Card
Writing, by International
Correspondance Schools, 1903, 353 Pages
Ahn's German Handwriting,
with notes by W. Grauert,
1869, 80 pages
Alphabets Old & New, For
The Use Of Craftsmen, by
Lewis F. Day, 1898, 294 Pages
Alphabets Old & New, For
The Use Of Craftsmen, by
Lewis F. Day, 1902, 233 Pages
Ames' Alphabets,
by Daniel T. Ames, 1884, 45 Pages
Ames Guide To
Self-Instruction, by Daniel
T. Ames, 1884, 63 pages
Ames Notebook,
by Daniel T. Ames, c1880, 91 pages
Arm Movement Method,
by C.P Zaner, 1904, 121
pages
Art Of Penmanship,
by Huntington, 1821, 30 pages
Art Of Writing,
by Jenkins, 1818, 57 pages
Bloser Lessons In
Ornamental Penmanship, by P
Blozer, 1948, 98 pages
Champion Method Of
Practical Business Writing,
by Mary L. Champion, 78 pages
Chapter On Lettering 2nd
Edition, by The Browning
Press, 1906, 35 pages
Clinton Clark Scrapbook
Part 1, 66 pages
Clinton Clark Scrapbook
Part 2, 74 pages
Clinton Clark Scrapbook
Part 3, 24 pages
Collection Of Penmanship,
by C.C. Canan, 1921, 65
pages
Compendium Of Elegant
Writing, by Prof. G.A.
Gaskell, 1879, 23 pages
Compendium Of Spencerian
Or Semi.Angular, By
Spencer, 1866, 60 pages
Complete Compendium Of
Plain Practical Penmanship, by
Keichner, 22 pages
Copybook,
1858, 13 pages
Daily's Showcard Writing
System, Complete In Thirty-Four Lessons,
by Bert Daily, 1921, 100 Pages
Davids' Practical
Letterer; Instructions In Commercial Lettering With Brush Or Pen,
by Thaddeus Davids Company, 1903,
105 pages
Davignon Lecriture
Amercaine, 22 pages
Directions For Writing,
1656, 46 pages
Draughtsman's Alphabets A
Series Of Plain And Ornamental Alphabets,
by Harmann Esser, 1877, 73 Pages
Elements Of Lettering And
Sign Painting, 1899, First
Edition, 157 Pages
Elements Of Lettering,
by Frederic Goudy, 1922, 62
pages
Fairchild's Rapid Letterer
And Show-Card Maker, Commercial Alphabet Construction With Brush Or Pen,
1910, 104 Pages
Fine Hand Embroidery:
Monograms, 1914, 71 Pages
Practical Penmanship,
by BF Foster, 1890, 79
pages
Francis B Courtney
Scrapbook, 169 pages
Free-Hand Lettering Being
A Treatise On Plain Lettering From The Practical Standpoint For Use In
Engineering Schools And Colleges,
by Victor T. Wilson, 1906, 182 Pages
Gaskell's Compendium Of
Forms: Educational, Social, Legal And Commercial Embracing A Complete
Self-Teaching Course In Penmanship And Bookkeeping, And Aid To English
Composition, by GA Gaskell,
1883. 35 pages
Gems Of Flourishing,
by CP Zaner, 1888, 40 pages
Gems Of Penmanship,
by JS Duncan, 52 pages
Guide To The Art Of
Illuminating And Missal Painting,
by W. & G. Audsley, 1861, 110 Pages
Hand Lettering
by M. Chappell, 1912, 18 Pages
Handwriting,
by EA Lower, 1900, 70 pages
Handwriting,
by Edward Thorndike, 1912, 61 pages
How To Make Effective
Show-Cards, Off Hand Card Writing And Pen Lettering By A New And Simple
Method With Fifty-Six Original Cuts,
by Aug. Reupke, 1898, 136 Pages
How To Make Show Cards; A
Practical Treatise For The Use Of Retail Merchants And Their Clerks,
by Charles Miller, 1916,
139 Pages
How To Write Show Cards
1921, 52 Pages
Iampeth Scrapbook 1,
141 pages
Iampeth Scrapbook 2,
142 pages
Illuminated Manuscripts In
Classical And Mediaeval Times, Their Art And Their Technique,
by John Middleton 1892, 305 Pages
Illuminated Manuscripts
With Twenty-One Illustrations,
by John Bradley, 1920, 351 Pages
Lessons In Advanced
Engravers Script, by L.
Madarasz, 17 pages
Lessons In Engravers
Script Penmanship, by CW Jones, 18 pages
Lessons In Ornamental
Penmanship, by The Zaner
Bloser Co, 1948, 98 pages
Lessons In Ornamental
Penmanship, by The Zaner
Bloser Co, 1920, 48 pages
Lessons In Practical
Penmanship, by HP
Behrensmeyer, 64 pages
Lettering For Beginners,
1902, 36 Pages
Lettering For Commercial
Purposes, by High Gordon,
1918, 175 Pages
Lettering For Draftsmen,
Engineers And Students: A Practical System Of Freehand Lettering For
Working Drawings, by Chas
Reinhardt, 1911, 72 Pages
Lettering In Ornament: An
Enquiry Into Decorative Use Of Lettering, Past, Present, And Possible,
by Lewis Day, 1902 , 243
Pages
Lettering Of Working
Drawings, by J.C.L. Fish,
1894, 48 pages
Lettering,
by Thomas Wood Stevens, 1916, 122 pages
Letters & Lettering: A
Treatise With 200 Examples,
by Bates & Guild, 1902, 239 Pages
Linear Drawing And
Lettering For Beginners, by
J.C.L. Fish, 1901, 95 pages
Luthy's Scientific
Handwriting, Being An Analysis Of Roman Script Form And Execution,
by Chas Luthy, 1918, 302
pages
Manual Of Penmanship,
by Pasyon, Dunton, & Scribner, 1873, 153 pages
Manual Of Penmanship,
by Sykes, 41 pages
Manual Of Style,
1906, 220 pages
Manual Of The Lettering
Scale, by L Rust, 1915, 18
pages
Manuscript & Inscription
Letters For Schools & Classes & For The Use Of Craftsmen,
by Edward Johnston, 1909, 16 Pages
Marks And Monograms Of
Early English And Continental Engravers,
by Michael Bryan, 1816, 8 pages
Metodo Palmer De
Caligrafia Comercial, 1949,
98 pages
Mills Modern Business
Penmanship, by Edward
Mills, 1903, 79 pages
Modern Lettering Artistic
And Practical, by William
Heyny, 1913, 154 Pages
Modern Show Card
Lettering, Designs And Advertising Phases,
by WA Thompson, 1903, 101 pages
Modern Show Card
Lettering, Designs And Advertising Phases,
by WA Thompson, 1906, 113 pages
Monograms & Ciphers,
by AA Turbayne, 1906, 294
Pages
Muster Alphabete,
13 pages
New Spencerian Compendium,
1879, 175 pages
New Standard Practical
Penmanship, by Spencer
Brothers, 1885, 41 pages
New Zanerian Alphabets,
by Zaner and Bloser, 1895,
154 pages
Ninety Five Lessons In
Ornamental Penmanship, by
CW Jones, 1914, 18 pages
Notes On Technical
Sketching And Free Hand Lettering For Engineering Students, by Alton Smith, 1907, 99
pages
Noyes Penmanship,
by Jenks & palmer, 28 pages
Oberlin Compendium,
by CO Barnet, 1901, 28 pages
On The Writing Of The
Insane : With Illustrations,
by G. Mazkenzie Bacon, 1870, 46 pages
One Hundred Alphabets For
The Show Card Writer, 1919,
53 Pages
One Hundred Loose Leaf
Lessons In Lettering With Pen And Brush,
by The Signs of The Times Pub. Co, 1920,
106 Pages
Oriental Penmanship,
by E.H. Palmer, 113 pages
Palmer Method,
by AN Palmer, 1935, 98 pages
Palmers Penmanship Budget,
by A.N. Palmer, 1919, 140
pages
Pantographia; Containing
Accurate Copies Of All The Known Alphabets In The World,
1799, by Edmund Fry, 372 Pages
Penman's Art Journal
(Several Issues From 1903 -
1909), approx 1500 combined pages
Penmans Leisure Hour,
39 pages
Penmanship Made Easy,
by Comer And Linton, 48
pages
Penmanship Of The XVI XVII
And XVIIIth Centuries, by
Lewis Day, 1911, 239 pages
Portfolio Of Ornate
Penmanship, by The A.N.
Palmer Co, 33 Pages
Practical Phrases Of Show
Card Writing, by The St.
Louis Show Card School, 1922, 110 pages
Practice Makes Perfect,
The Art Of Calligraphy
Exercises In Iran, 24 pages
Presenting The Speed-Ball
Pen: With Alphabets, Drawings And Designs Produced With This Wizard Of
Lettercraft, by Gordon and
George, 1915, 44 Pages
Principesecriture,
by Par P. Meyrat, 23 pages
Principles Of Penmanship;
Or, Rules For The Attainment Of Elegant And Expeditious Writing,
by W.D. Prior, 1842, 12 pages
Public School Penmanship,
A Handbook for Teachers, by
Albert Clark, 1909, 181 pages
Real Pen Work,
by Knowles & Maxim, 57 pages
Real Pen Work, A
Compendium, 32 pages
Righthandedness And
Lefthandedness, With Chapters Treating Of The Writing Posture, The Rule
Of The Road, Etc., by
George Gould, 1908, 230 pages
Shakespeare's Handwriting,
by Sir George Greenwood,
1920, 45 pages
Sign And Show Card
Writing, By Chas
Butterworth, 1899, 77 Pages
Spencerian Key To
Practical Penmanship, by HC
Spencer, 1866, 196 pages
Standard Lettering,
by Roy C. Claflin, 1916, 51 Pages
Straight Line Alphabet For
Lettering In The Grades, by
Milton Clauser, 1916, 27 Pages
Strong's Book Of Designs;
A Masterpiece Of Modern Ornamental Art,
by CJ Strong, 1917, 95 Pages
Student's Alphabets,
By Keuffel & Esser, 1907,
12 Pages
Studies In Pen Art,
by The A.N. Palmer Co., 1914, 66
pages
Studio Handbook,
Lettering, Over 250 Pages, Lettering, Design And Layouts, New Alphabets,
by Frederick J Drake & Co.,
1960, 288 Pages
Spencerian Script and
Ornamental Penmanship, by
Michael Sull, 1900s, 143 pages
How To Become A Good
Penman, by F.W. Tamblyn, 43
pages
Teachers' Hand-Book. Hints
On How To Teach Beginners, Language, Grammar, Reading, Orthography,
Arithmetic, Geography, History, Penmanship, Drawing, And Vocal Music,
And Quotations, Pithy And Choice, From Classical Literature,
by Lettie Nolen Calloway, 1893, 69
pages
The American Sign Writer,
by Collins & Brooke, 1877, 22 Pages
The Arm Movement Method Of
Rapid Writing, by C.P.
Zaner, 1904, 121 pages
The Art Of Lettering And
Sign Painter’s Manual, by
A.P. Boyce, 1878, 42 pages
The Art Of Show Card
Writing, by Lawrence
Strong, 1907, 216 pages
The Art Of Show Card
Writing: A Modern Treatise Covering All Branches Of Art,
by Lawrence Strong, 1922, 248 pages
The Book Of Ornamental
Alphabets, Ancient And Medieval From The Eight Century: With Numerals,
Including Gothic, Church Text, Large And Small, German Arabesque,
Initials For Illumination, Monograms, Crosses,
by F. Delamotte, 1914, 58 Pages
The Elements Of Sosho,
by Captain Biggott, 1913, 390 Pages
The Embroiderer's Book Of
Design, by F. Delamotte,
1891, 25 pages
The Essentials Of
Lettering, A Manual For Students And Designers,
by Thomas French and Robert Eiklejohn, 1912, 107 Pages
The Hand Book Of Mediaeval
Alphabets And Devices, by
Henry Shaw, 1856, 162 Pages
The Handwriting Movement,
by Frank Freeman, 1918, 192
pages
The Palmer Method Of
Business Writing : A Series Of Self-Teaching In Rapid, Plain, Unshaded,
Coarse-Pen, Muscular Movement Writing,
by A.N. Palmer, 1915, 101 pages
The Penman's Hand-Book :
For Penmen And Students, Embracing A History Of Writing ... Many
Complete Alphabets ... ; Also, Chapters On Teaching Penmanship, Business
Letter Writing, Off-Hand Flourishing ... Etc.,
by G.A. Gaskell, 1883, 261 pages
The Practical Show Card
Writer, 1905, 5 Pages
The Psychology And
Pedagogy Of Handwriting, by
D.E. Hamilton, c1920, 115 pages
The Science Of Practical
Penmanship: Or The Analysis Of Taste And Freedom,
by Thomas Dolbear, 1850, 149 pages
The Secret of The Skill of
Madarasz, by The Zaner
Bloser Company, 86 pages
The Signist's Book Of
Modern Alphabets, by
Frederick Drake, 1906, 106 Pages
The Steel Pen Trade,
by A.A.S. Charles, 27 pages
The Teachers' And
Students' Library : A Compendium Of Knowledge Necessary To Teachers,
Students And The General Reader, Embracing Reading, Penmanship,
Arithmetic, by G. Dfallas
Lind, 1882, 539 pages
The Teaching Of
Handwriting, by Frank
Freeman, 187 pages
The Teaching Of
Penmanship, A Manual For Teachers,
by Harry Houston, 1913, 46 pages
The Theory And Practice Of
Handwriting; A Practical Manual For The Guidance Of School Boards,
Teachers, And Students Of The Art, With Diagrams And Illustrations,
by John Jackson, 1894, 183
pages
The Theory And Practice Of
Lettering, by Christopher
Sherman, 1897, 92 pages
Theory Of Spencerian
Penmanship, 34 pages
Webb's Useful Penmanship :
Being His Last Work Of This Kind : Exhibiting A Variety Of Excellent
Examples In Text, Round, & Mercantile Hands : Adapted For The Use Of
Academies And Schools,
1796, 15 pages
Williams And Packard Gems
Of Penmanship Writing And Drawing Made Easy Amusing And Instructive,
by John Williams and S.S.
Packard, 53 pages
Writing & Illuminating, &
Lettering, by W.R. Lethaby,
1917, 516 Pages
Writing And Drawing Made
Easy Amusing And Instructive,
105 pages
Zaner Lessons In
Ornamental Penmanship, by
Zaner and Bloser, 1920, 48 pages |
