Criteria:
- Keyword = Lettering & Mss
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WW1 SCRAPBOOK.
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The Great War.
1914
A perfect example of the patriotism and sense of common cause with allies apparent at the beginning of WWI, as well as awareness of the…More details Price: £400.00
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[BATE]. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM.
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Heraldry.
1928
WITH: Two further pencil drawings by the same artist, the first of an elderly gentleman, the second of a classical sculpture, measuring 57.5 x 38cm…More details Price: £780.00
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‘DG’. ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT ~ Andante. [Worthing, Sussex] 1948
The text, apparently by the scribe, is in effect a guide to walks on the South Downs in Sussex around Worthing. The routes are very…More details Price: £2,500.00 -
COAT OF ARMS of GENERAL SIR RICHARD THOMAS FARREN. ~ Illuminated coat of arms painted in various colours on vellum. 1860
This was how a Coat of Arms was presented by the Heralds to the recipient for them to show, along with a Grant of Arms…More details Price: £480.00 -
CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT. LAO TZU. GILES, Lionel. ~ Sayings of Lao Tzu. [London c.1995].
The calligrapher notes that help has been given with the Chinese characters from Clive Clunas at the V & A Museum.
Lao Tzu was the first…More details Price: £1,200.00 -
LANGHORNE, Freda, calligrapher. LANG, Jean. ~ Orpheus a Myth, told by Jean Lang, written by Freda Langhorne. c. 1930
Jean Lang (1867-1932) wrote the extremely popular A Book of Myths first published in London and New York in 1914. In it was this poetic…More details Price: £380.00 -
THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. ~ ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS: I. The President's Log Book 1909-1910 and II: The President's Log Book 1920-1921. London 1909-1921
Together with a volume presented to John Douglas (President of the Caledonian Society of London 1920-21 and Secretary 1909-10) organised by the Federated council of…More details Price: £800.00 -
BULWER-LYTTON, Neville. BAUDELAIRE. ~ Vingt poèmes de Charles Baudelaire illustrés par Neville Lytton. [Twenty poems by Charles Baudelaire]. [France] 1934
A spectacular and unique interpretation of Baudelaire by Neville Lytton including twenty original watercolours with illuminated borders. Each of Lytton’s images is in the visionary…More details Price: £15,000.00 -
LOËVEN, Justin. ~ Forget Me Not. c.1870
Justin Loëven was known to be making these kind of printed illuminations in England in the second half of the 19th century. He produced valentines…More details Price: £50.00 -
STONE, Reynolds. ~ Janet Alphabet. 2009
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MOSER, Peter, calligrapher in Berlin in the 1920s. ROSSETTI, Christina. ~ Uphill. Berlin 1923
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. RABEAU, Mlle A. IMPRIMERIE MOTTEROZ. ~ Livre d'Heures, Edite et Illustre par Mlle A. Rabeau. Paris Imprimerie Motteroz 1882
A lavish, excellently hand-illuminated book, usually prepared as a wedding gift but here clearly intended to be presented at the first communion of Rita and…More details Price: £1,900.00 -
ROGERS, Bruce. BERNARD, Auguste. ~ Geofroy Tory. Painter and Engraver. First Royal Printer. Reformer of Orthography and Typography under François I. Cambridge Riverside Press 1909
A fine example of Bruce Roger’s mastery of typography, design and illustration. For his design of Auguste Bernard’s important work on Geofroy Tory – the…More details Price: £240.00 -
GILL, Eric. CLEVERDON, Douglas. ~ A Book of Alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon drawn by Eric Gill. Wellingborough Christopher Skelton 1987
Gill produced this book of alphabets for Cleverdon in 1926 when he was staying in Bristol with Desmond Chute with the purpose Cleverdon in his…More details Price: £250.00 -
TRUCK PRESS. GALLO, Philip. ~ The Broken G: Entertainment with Deepdene Kennerly & Cloister Initials. St Paul Truck Press 1978
A really charming, colourful and attractive alphabet book.More details Price: £290.00 -
KOCH, Rudolf. HAUPT, Georg. ~ Rudolf Koch der Schreiber. Weimar Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen 1936
A very well-printed survey of all aspects of Koch’s work in calligraphy, type design, metal work, ecclesiastical art, book design &c. with very useful check-list…More details Price: £150.00 -
KOCH, Rudolf. ~ Der Nieblunge Noth. Berlin Julius Bard 1911
This was a companion volume to Koch’s edition of the Gudrunsliede which he designed and supervised.More details Price: £200.00 -
STONE, Reynolds. SPARROW, John. ~ Grave Epigrams. Printed by Simon Rendall at Bembridge 1974
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[PRINTING]. DIRINGER, David.
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Alphabet Exhibition.
London
Staples Press
1953
More details Price: £25.00
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SPIRAL PRESS. SHAHN, Ben. ~ Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher. New York Spiral Press 1965
More details Price: £150.00