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A really lovely book in praise of the countryside.

Inserted loose is a scarce advertisement leaf for plaster casts of lettering by Eric Gill available from the publisher.
Ownership inscription of the Scottish architect Basil…

Written as an undated letter by Benjamin Franklin during his stay in France in the late 1780s.

A beautifully presented collection of Maritain’s poems. Raissa Maritain, originally from Russia, moved to Paris as a child, married the philosopher Jacques Maritain and eventually…

Leo Wyatt’s trade was to design and engraved steel dies and copper plates. In his late fifties, challenged by the assertion that famed English wood…

The essay was written by Reynolds Stone’s assistant Michael Harvey. He tells many wonderful stories including when Reynolds Stone met Gill on a train by…

The specimens here, under the title Script Writing and Drawing Fonts, were derived for the book graphic art class at the Stuttgart Academy as font…

A remarkable item both for the calligraphy and the binding. The feeling of the Old Testament text is conveyed perfectly with an ancient earthiness and…

Leo Wyatt’s trade was to design and engraved steel dies and copper plates. In his late fifties, challenged by the assertion that famed English wood…

Leo Wyatt’s trade was to design and engraved steel dies and copper plates. In his late fifties, challenged by the assertion that famed English wood…

Leo Wyatt’s trade was to design and engraved steel dies and copper plates. In his late fifties, challenged by the assertion that famed English wood…

Leo Wyatt’s trade was to design and engraved steel dies and copper plates. In his late fifties, challenged by the assertion that famed English wood…

The alphabets are from original 30 x 22 inch drawings printed in black line and individually painted, now in the collections of universities, museums and…

One of the series of “Werkdrucke” issued commercially by the Bremer Presse between 1923 and 1930. The books were designed in the Press’s workshop using…

A really well printed and produced book which illustrates interesting lettering on manuscripts, artefacts, banners and graphics.

Inscribed by Ehmcke on publication. A really well printed and produced book which illustrates interesting lettering on manuscripts, artefacts, banners and graphics.