Calligraphy The Art of Lettering with the Broad Pen

Published by Pentalic Corporation, New York, NY, 1966

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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)

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This is an oblong book with a metal spiral binding. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover of the book has noticeable toning to the left half. The text pages are clean and bright. "Byron Macdonald was born in San Francisco and attended evening classes at the California School of Fine Arts while earning his living by writing show cards. This occupation, he thinks, is an invaluable background for the calligrapher as 'it gives one a sense of layout (being able to dramatize) and great manual dexterity with pen and brush.' He did department store lettering and theatre lobby posters before progressing to advertising agency reproduction lettering. His study of the development of letters led him to calligraphy. His favorite alphabet is the Uncial, which he is now doing in several versions and weights for a photo-letterring company. Besides teaching at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, he applies his calligraphic talents to a wide variety of uses, from liturgical literature to movie titles, and from architectural inscriptions to trademarks, letterheads, posters, and books, including the cover of this book." -- ["Calligraphy and Handwriting in America 1710-1962, Assembled and Shown by the Peabody Institute Library", Caledonia, NY, 1962]." (from a Description found at Blue Mountain Books and Manuscripts).…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Calligraphy The Art of Lettering with the Broad Pen
Author
MacDonald, Byron J.
Publisher
Pentalic Corporation, New York, NY
Publication year
1966
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Plastic comb binding
Edition
10th Printing.

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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