Thomas Dylan Waters Sheila (6 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. International Letter Arts Network January 1989 Slight scuffing to white boards. Pencil inscription to title page, otherwise clean inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, tight hardcover in very good condition; lightly bumped upper corners. INSCRIBED by Sheila Waters in pencil on the half-title. Waters, Sheila (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. "A Reproduction of the Illuminated Manuscript by Sheila Waters", 13.5 x 9", cloth backed embossed boards, 73pp + pp, covers rubbed, extremities lightly worn, minor soiling and toning to covers, contents nice and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. COLLECTORS EDITION, number 56 of 100 copies, reproducing in full the manuscript by the British calligrapher and teacher Sheila Waters (1929-2022) completed in 1978. With a sample of Waters' script written in the same size and style and on the same handmade paper used for the original manuscript tipped in. Signed by her and the binder, Peter Waters, to colophon. Loosely inserted is a special double issue of 'Scripsit' - The Journal of the Washington Calligaphers Guild (Summer 1990), of which Sheila Waters was founding president, celebrating the publication of this volume. Described therein as a masterpiece of the calligrapher's art by the doyenne of her craft. Folio. Original brown quarter leather over rough cloth boards. Blind embossed panel to upper board with roman numerals and intricate designs by Sheila Waters, repeated on title page in full colour. 80 pages of calligraphy and illuminations. Red ribbon bookmark. A fine copy. Housed in the original matching cloth-covered drop back box, titled to spine label in black. A couple of minor knocks to box but overall fine. Sheila Waters (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Quarto. 73(2) pp. From the library of Joseph D'Ambrosio. A beautifully executed reproduction of the original illuminated manuscript which was originally produced in 1946. Bound in ¼ black cloth over cream paper covered boards with lettering and decorations, raised spine lettering gilt. Absolutely fine without names, bookplates rubbing or bumping. Since 1969, Joe D'Ambrosio has worked as an artist within the book medium. He writes, sets type, prints, designs, does the artwork, and binds the work in his special creative bindings. The book becomes a total work of art combining many spectrums of fine art and book mediums. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over cream paper covered boards with raised lettering. A fine copy.…

Limited Edition. Quarto. 1 of 100 copies. The present copy is #23 signed by Sheila Waters and Peter Waters. 73(2) pp. From the esteemed library of Joseph D'Ambrosio. Bound into the book below the colophon is a sample of the calligraphy of the manuscript, written by Sheila especially for this edition at the actual size and on a piece of the same handmade paper (Barcham Green: D.C. and Son, 1946). Signed again on the binder's note tipped onto the rear pastedown by Peter Waters. A fine copy bound in ¼ brown leather over beige cloth, raised lettering framed within brown leather. Housed within beige cloth clamshell, paper spine label lettered in black, tiny smudge near bottom edge near spine. Since 1969, Joe D'Ambrosio has worked as an artist within the book medium. He writes, sets type, prints, designs, does the artwork, and binds the work in his special creative bindings. The book becomes a total work of art combining many spectrums of fine art and book mediums. A beautiful production. A fine, as new copy in a near fine clamshell.…