Osley a S (81 results)

Condition: Fair. Front cover hinge is cracked and bottom of spine shows tears Reading copy. Will have moderate to heavy reading/age wear and/or cracked/loose hinges or binding. May have moderate to heavy markings, staining and/or water warping. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.…

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First American ed. NOT an ex library book. 209 pages including the index. Dust jacket has light wear on spine ends, no chips. Price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Red cloth gilt, DW, small 4to., 291 pages, 22 full-page and 450 in-text illustrations. Small calligraphic book label designed by Reynolds Stone. Cloth mildly spotted else a very good copy in a clean, near fine DW with light edgewear, in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xxiii, 286, [1] pp.; 8vo, illustrated, blue cloth, price-clipped dustjacket. The stellar cast of contributors includes Ruari McLean, Francis Wormald, A. C. de la Mare, Philip Hofer, Ray Nash, Francis Meynell, Jan Tschichold, and John Dreyfus. Fine copy of the book in a very good dustjacket (light edgewear and rubbing to spine panel).…

cloth, dust jacket. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 291 pages. With an Account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. With 22 full page plates and 450 inserts in the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xvii, 287p. Publishers hardback with a well preserved unclipped dustjacket. A fresh clean copy.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: The background -- Humanists on handwriting: Erasmus and Vives -- A nobleman of Ferrara: Sigismondo Fanti -- "I, Giovannantonio Tagliente, employed by the most serene Republic of Venice ." -- A Vatican scriptor: Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi -- Giovambattista Palatino: the man about town -- Two priests: Amphiareo and Augustino da Siena -- A conservative revolutionary: Giovan Francesco Cresci -- A successful partnership: Juan de Yciar with Juan de Vingles -- A philosopher of handwriting: Pedro Madariaga -- Francisco Lucas: creator of the Spanish bastarda -- Juan de la Cuesta of Alcala? -- Andres Brun and his coloured writing-sheets -- Gerardus Mercator: calligrapher and cartographer -- A man of many parts: Jodocus Hondius -- The French connection: Christopher Plantin, Pierre Hamon, Jacques de la Rue, and Cle?ment Perret -- John de Beauchesne and the first English writing-books -- Epilogue: the Cresci-Scalzini debate. Subjects: Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Penmanship History 16th century. Writing, Italic History 16th century. Calligraphy Europe. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. First Edition. London: Faber & Faber, 1965. Very Good condition. Clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. With 68 illustrations in the text and 48 plates. Fairbank was a master of italic writing. He also designed lettering for the Gregynog Press. This tribute to him includes essays by Ruari McLean, Berthold Wolpe, Philip Hofer, Ray Nash, Sir Francis Meynell, Jan Tschichold, Nicolete Gray, John Dreyfus, etc. The title page engraving is by Reynolds Stone. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth, with a red spine panel. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by Stone, Reynolds. xxiii, 287pp. + 48 plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Stone, Reynolds (illustrator).…

octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 291pp. Godine, The text consists of translations of fifteenth-century writing books with a detailed biographical and technical commentary. With 22 full-page illustrations and 450 in-text illustrations. With an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe and a 3 1/2 pp. bibliography. A very fine, clean copy.…

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: The background -- Humanists on handwriting: Erasmus and Vives -- A nobleman of Ferrara: Sigismondo Fanti -- "I, Giovannantonio Tagliente, employed by the most serene Republic of Venice ." -- A Vatican scriptor: Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi -- Giovambattista Palatino: the man about town -- Two priests: Amphiareo and Augustino da Siena -- A conservative revolutionary: Giovan Francesco Cresci -- A successful partnership: Juan de Yciar with Juan de Vingles -- A philosopher of handwriting: Pedro Madariaga -- Francisco Lucas: creator of the Spanish bastarda -- Juan de la Cuesta of Alcala? -- Andres Brun and his coloured writing-sheets -- Gerardus Mercator: calligrapher and cartographer -- A man of many parts: Jodocus Hondius -- The French connection: Christopher Plantin, Pierre Hamon, Jacques de la Rue, and Cle?ment Perret -- John de Beauchesne and the first English writing-books -- Epilogue: the Cresci-Scalzini debate. Subjects: Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Penmanship History 16th century. Writing, Italic History 16th century. Calligraphy Europe. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Red cloth gilt, DW, small 4to., 291 pages, 22 full-page and 450 in-text illustrations. Small sticker remnant at front pastedown, else a near fine copy in a very near fine DW, in archival mylar.

First Edition. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Boards stained. Not price-clipped. Interior is very clean; text is pristine. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 291 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 26 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [281]-284. - Includes index. Subjects; Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Paleography Handbooks, manuals, etc. Penmanship Collected works. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Lovely copy of this title. Book has a remainder? black mark to bottom page edges otherwise is mint with no inscriptions. Dust jacket has remains of price label to inner front flap otherwise is mint, not price clipped and now in a clear removable protective sleeve.…

First Edition. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Boards stained. Not price-clipped. Interior is very clean; text is pristine. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 291 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 26 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [281]-284. - Includes index. Subjects; Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Paleography Handbooks, manuals, etc. Penmanship Collected works. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, original maroon cloth with spine stamped in gilt, some shelfwear to edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good, in mylar, slightly toned on reverse, else very good. First Edition, first impression, of classic humanist essays on handwriting. 291 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [281]-284. Illustrated with examples throughout. Translations of the key 16th century texts on handwriting, beginning with the Erasmus and Vives dialogues, continues with the works of Tagliente, Vicentino (Arrighi), Palatino, Mercator, Hondius and Brun et al. Original source text. Rare.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard covers in clean, tidy condition with a slightly rubbed dust jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm, square and tight with no snags or splits, just a trifle rubbed. Complete with original dust jacket: in decent shape, just slightly rubbed and moderately edge-worn. Contents sound and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. …

1st edition, hardback, large 4to, 209pp, numerous illustrations, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good in Good dustwrapper; wrapper edges rubbed, slightly fayed at spine ends. ISBN: 0571087000.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Cloth, gilt emblem on cover, sl bumped; dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. London: Victoria & Albert Museum / Faber & Faber, 1980. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (price clipped). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1980. First Edition. Over 100 illustrations, many in color. A pupil of Rudolf Koch, Wolpe became one of this century's most gifted graphic designers. In 183 annotated entries, this record of achievement examines his dust jackets, book covers, inscriptions, lettering, book designs, typography, etc. Among his type designs are Hyperion, Pegasus, Albertus, Tempest, etc. For Faber & Faber, he designed more than 1500 books and jackets. Introduction by A. S. Osley. Bound in the original beige cloth, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 102 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 10 x. 7.5 in. xxiii, 286, [1] pp. with 48 b/w plates. Blue cloth lettered in bronze at spine with red spine label. Illustrated jacket. Small chips and tears along the ends of flaps and joints, light scattered soiling, single black ink drop to rear jacket panel. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, now in protective mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Faber & Faber: 1965. Quarto. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Unclipped jacket is chipped and edge worn. Book is very good, jacket is good.

Ex-lib. with end-paper, edge & DJ pine marks. G+ Hardback; text. unmarked; DJ-G, taped in. xxiii + 287 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. WITH THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE WRITING MASTER CAME INTO HUIS OWN. FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WAS ABLE TO BROADCAST HIS MODELS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE WORLD IN 'WRITING BOOKS'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book measures 25x18cm, 291pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in very good clean condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Octavo. Cloth. Some light speckling of cloth at bottom edge. Very good in very good d.j. D.j. has one small closed tear and light soiling. First edition.

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is shelf worn with creasing and small closed tears along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with light scuffing. The binding is secure. Ex-libris plate on the front paste down. Light browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Tall and heavy book, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…