Search Results: Calligraphy from The Owl at the Bridge

176 p., illus. (some color); 27 x 27 cm. The engraver's art in making stock certificates was extraordinary, made possible because the work was made for companies who could pay well for it. Here more than 150 examples of companies as large and old as US Steel and General Electric and new ones, even Playboy (hide the certificate from granny) are represented. Stock#L496.

Wakefield, R.I., Moyer Bell, 1996. Soft Cover. 63 p., illus., 31 cm. The emphasis in his collection of color reproductions of 26 examples is on medieval and modern calligraphers. There are three Italian Renaissance examples. Stock# 32,713x. Fine/ paperback.

Two bookseller catalogues listing books on Eastern lands. Salloch, Orientalia, 72 pages, 235 items, xvi plates with 25 illustrations plus 2; Brill, Again the East, 1660 items, 26 illus. Both stapled in pictorial paper covers; both Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0263.

New York Public Library / Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2006. First Edition. Created by artists and craftsmen, Ehon or 'picture books' are part of a 1200-year Japanese tradition incorporating visual artists, calligraphers, writers, paper-makers, binders, block cutters, and printers. Roger S. Keyes traces the history and evolution of Ehon through 70 important works including pieces from the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library. Ehon has won an AAUP (Association of American University Presses) design award, the most prestigious in the profession. Hard Cover. 320 pages, 250 color illus.; 30 cm. Color pictorial dj; new from publisher, pristine in shrinkwrap; gift quality. (One copy is signed by the author; please request it specifically.) stock#1373x/house.

New York, American Heritage Pub. Co. [1969]. Hard Cover. 383 p. illus. (part col.), maps. 31 cm. Introduction by Hugh Honour. There are chapters on Bronze, Jade, Sculpture, Calligraphy, Painting, Rubbings, Woodcuts, Ceramics, Decorative Arts, The Art of the Craftsman (his tools and techniques) Architecture. Stock# 44,049. Vg , bound in handsome black linen / no dj.

Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1981. Soft Cover. "A Bulletin of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts", new series vol. VII no. 3 (February 1981). 85 p., 26 color & 34 black & white illustrations; 25.5 cm. Stock#33154/h. Fine/ paper.

N.Y., Grossman, 1963. Hard Cover. Oblong quarto. 79 pages. 'The text was arranged by Joseph Brumenthal and set in his Emerson type at The Spiral Press, New York'. Printed in Switzerland. Part autobiographical as the artist explains his love of the form of letters. His drawings, about half in color, are beautifully reproduced. The bright colors of the boards contrast with the black and white of the slipcase. Fine in slipcase worn at edges but sound. Stock #27306/h.

[Londom], Scorpion, 1987. Hard Cover. 242 p. : 114 col. illus. (75 double-page); indexes, 31 cm. 1st pub. by World of Islam, 1976. 17 plates are from Quean manuscripts in the British Library. Stock# 44,825. Vg / dj vg.

Godine, Boston [1980]. Hard Cover. Texts from the Writing-Masters selected, introduced and translated by A. S. Osley with an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. 291 p., index, illus. Dj has tiny scuff on front; fine. Stock#21362.

Tokyo : The Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee, 1983.. Soft Cover. 279 p. : col. illus. ; 28 cm. Essays by Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Shinzabur¯o ¯Oishi, Keizo Saito ; designed by Teruo Nakagawara ; edited by Kazuie Furuto ... Second edition. A sumptuous survey of the height of Japanese art and objets, including painting, scrolls, calligraphy, armor, swords, kimono, textiles, ceramics, musical instruments, furniture, silk screens, Stock# 44,827. Vg / soft cover.

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press [c1987]. Hard Cover. ix, 163 p., 51 illus., 4 plates, index; 26.5 cm. "Although inspired by Chinese ideals, Gyokudo produced works deeply imbued with the Japanese spirit and impressed with the stamp of a highly individual character. ...Stephen Addiss... shows how the variety of tone and touch that Gyokudo learned from music and calligraphy, the empathy with nature he achieved through his years of wandering, and the personal expression he deepened through his poetry led to his late painting masterpieces." Tan linen boards, spine stamped in gold; color pictorial dj spine & top front edge faded; VG+. Author's presentation inscription. stock#40822.