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Wow! Lisa's colorful and amazing work and a unique array of alphabets. Alphabets, collage, working on fabric and lots more.

Lisa presents her dynamic lettering with a unique array of alphabet instruction (formal and innovative) with broad edge pens, pointed pens and brushes. As she says in her introduction, her intention is to present lettering and how to do it but, more importantly, the book is about mark making and being true to your own spontaneous and free expression. Start anywhere in this book and teach yourself a hand  (Italic, copperplate, monoline, Gothic –formal and innovative), play with letters, work on fabric, flourish and add sparkly things, explore mixed media, just have fun with lettering and see what happens. Sprinkled throughout, you’ll find exciting examples from the hands of Barbara Close, Linda Hirsh, Denis Brown, Glen Epstein, Carol Rohrs, Peter Thornton and of course, Lisa herself. Highly recommended! Hardcover with lay flat, inside spiral, 160 pp., 9”x11”.

Hand Lettering: Simple, Creative Styles for Cards, Scrapbooks & More 

 Buy this one if you are ready to PLAY!

Letters: The Hows & Whys and What We Do & How I Do It.

In this little book, master lettering artist Michael Clark takes us inside his head, sharing his thoughts about 60 projects done with broad & pointed pens, brushes & ruling pens.  Enjoy some of the most inventive contemporary lettering anywhere along with Michael’s process. 60 pp., 4.5” x 7”, pb. See www.paperinkarts.com - Guild publications for several great Scripsit issues that Michael created.

Recommended to us by Marcy Wegiel, this is a treasure trove of invitations, announcements, place settings and menus that graced presidential worlds from Washington thru Lincoln, McKinley and Roosevelt and on to the Kennedy, Clinton and Bush eras. Landau’s text is a rich social history of personalities and events complementing this fascinating tour of hand lettering, engraving and graphic design styles –particularly irresistible to pointed pen & engrossing fans. You’ll find an 1892 hand-drawn & lettered engrossed invitation prepared by Tiffany’s James Parsons, many glorious variations of formal pointed pen hands and elaborate art deco lettering. Hard to put this one down!  9.5”x12”, 294 pp., hb.

Vol. 29/3. Lorraine Swerdloff, editor.

Passion for the Pen: the Art of Georgina Artigas with free set of 6 cards. 

A Passion for the Pen:  The Art of Georgina Artigas. Edited by Brenda Casey Zoby. A treasure trove celebrating Georgina Artigas’ 50+ year career of beautiful writing with both pointed and broad edge pen. Sixty pages of illuminated resolutions, elaborate invitations and logos from this accomplished graduate of the Zanerian College of Penmanship, 10 year employee of Ames & Rollison, and designer for New York Life, The Pulitzer Prize Board, Princeton University and the Dreyfus Fund, to name only a few of her clients. A wonderful tribute to an artist who has spent her life doing what she loves, feeling all the while “like I’m dancing with the pen”. Of special interest to pointed pen calligraphers. 8 1/2" x 11," 64 pages, 40 color plates, pb

140 pieces of the best work of 74 contemporary scribes and 28 historic figures make up this volume recording the New York Society of Scribes landmark 1999 exhibition. A memorable gallery from the hands of Edward Johnston, Arnold Bank, Lili Wronker, John Stevens, Marcy Robinson, Alice and Annie Cicale to name only a few. 132 pp., 96 pieces in full color, 47 b&w, 8 1/2" x 11". Hardcover, $25.00, originally $50.00.

PB- Artist & Alphabet. Originally $25.00.

Set of 110 Color Slides of the Writing Beyond Words Exhibition.  A full color record of each piece in this notable show, $120.00

20% off original price of $19.95, now $15.95

Original price- $64.95.  Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typeface, Examples of Lettering and Drawings. In 1991 The Rochester Institute of Technology honored Gudrun Zapf von Hesse with the Frederic W. Goudy Award, the highest American distinction in the field of printing and the book arts.  This definitive compilation records her accomplishment for posterity while making a comprehensive cross section of her work available for a wide audience. The handsome volume includes 50+ examples of lettering, 20 plates of handwritten books, 20+ plates of typeface, 30+ illustrations of her bookbinding expertise dating back to 1935, 22 seldom seen drawings, monotypes and works in color. Hardbound blue cloth limited edition with gold stamping and slipcase. 8 1/2" x 11”, 224 pp, full color. Sale price $64.95, originally $75.00.

Sale price $44.95, originally $49.95.

An Exhibition in Honor of the Contributions of Gudrun & Hermann Zapf. John Prestianni, editor. Introduction by Susie Taylor. This exhibition catalog documents The San Francisco Friends of Calligraphy's  Lifetime Acheivment Award honoring Hermann and Gudrun Zapf, September 2001.  Included are work and essays by the Zapfs and by Jerry Kelly work by  fourteen calligrapher/type designers who have been influenced by the Zapfs’ work including Robert Slimbach, Alan Blackman, Rich Cusick, Jean Evans, Jovica Veljovic, and Julian Waters. 204 pp., 8 1/2' x 10", 100 color, 90 b/w  illus., clothbound hardcover.

Twenty-eight versions of "Ich Bin" rendered in brush, ruling pens, markers, pointed & chisel edge pens by a lively, international group of lettering artists such as Katharina Pieper, Glen Epstein, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, Bob Boyajian, Jean Larcher and Mike Kecseg.

Analyze This: What Handwriting Reveals by Allan Conway. We spend our hours writing beautiful letters; here's a look at personality revealed by handwriting.  Graphologist to the rich & famous, Allan Conway delivers practical advice on interpreting the shapes, spacing, slants and size of the handwritten word and analyzes 50 samples from world-famous figures. Uncover the many applications of handwriting analysis including detecting health problems, finding a partner, choosing an employee and uncovering crime. 8.5"x11", 144 pp., pb.

A thousand unique alphabets

and their numerals!