The Pen and Type-Design; The Treyford Type; Italics. By Graily Hewitt. Royal 8vo, pp.[viii], 48, 27cm, John Johnson at the University Press, Oxford, for The First Edition Club, London, 1928.

One of 250 copies printed in Graily Hewitt's 'Treyford' type on Barcham Green hand-made paper. 9 figures within the text. Bound in full red niger morocco decorated in gold, gilt top, other edges uncut. A near fine copy.

Treyford (1928), was designed by Graily Hewitt in accordance with the principles laid down in 'The Pen and Type-Design'. It has the qualities of a script. Serifs are very small, there is little differentiation of colour and the capitals are toned down. In the lower case ascenders are shorter than descenders, v and w are given cursive forms and y a vertical stroke. The italic is slightly incline. The matrices were cut by the Monotype Corporation.

A History of Writing, by Albertine Gaur. Second edition, revised, 4to, 236p, London : British Library 1992.

115 illustrations within the text; black cloth, spine gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy.

This encyclopaedic reference work traces chronologically and geographically all the major scripts which have contributed toward the development of writing. A visual glossary of scripts is included in this revised edition.

Das Gewerbe – Monogramm | Le Monogramme Industriel | Industrial Mongrams. By Martin Gerlach. Second edition, enlarged and improved, folio, 36.5cm, Engraved title + pp.[vi] + 110 plates + pp.vii-x, Wien: Verlag von M. Gerlach & Cie, 1881.
Displays 2459 monograms; pale blue cloth magnificently stamped in gilt and embellished with black, sienna and plum, gilt endpapers. Some slight wear to edge of spine, but a very good copy indeed of a splendid book.

Compendium for literates. A system of writing, by Karl Gerstner ... Translated by Dennis Q. Stephenson. Square 8vo, pages numbered in several sequences, illustrations, 16cm, french-folded, [Cambride, Mass., London: MIT Press, 1974].

Illustrations and diagrams within the text; black cloth, titled in white. Near fine in printed dust-jacket.

A translation of Kompendium fur Alphabeten Tuefen: Niggli, 1972.

The Alphabet. Fifteen Interpretative Designs, Drawn and Arranged with Explanatory Text and Illustrations, by Frederic W. Goudy. Folio, 32cm, Title, pp.44. 27 full-page plates, New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1918.
Handset by Bertha M. Goudy at the Village Press, with types designed by the author, under whose supervision the book was printed by William Edwin Rudge. Dark grey cloth, gilt-stamped on the front cover, spine gilt, remnants of original glassine wrapper. A fine copy.

The Calligraphy of Lloyd J. Reynolds: A Contemporary Amerycan Writing Master. By William Gunderson and Charles Lehman. Second edition, folio, 31cm, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989.

Title-page in red and black, other illustrations in black and red and colours. A fine copy.

Illuminated & Calligraphic Manuscripts: An Exhibition held at the Fogg Art Museum & Houghton Library, February 14 - April 1, 1955. {includes index.] [Foreword by William A. Jackson; Introduction by Haners Swarzenski; Catalogue compiled by William H. bond and P.L. Hofer]. 4to, 45 p., 60 p., of plates : ill ; 28 cm., Cambridge, Mass : Harvard College Library, 1955.
Black-and-white plates; pictorial wrappers. A fine copy.

Lettering for Students and Craftsmen, by Graily Hewitt. Standard edition, 8vo,  29cm, pp.336, Seeley, Service & Co., London, 1954.

403 illustrations, including many  plates. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, jpictorial dust-jacket a little ragged. A very good copy.

First published in 1930 and subsequently reprinted many times.

Advanced Calligraphy Techniques: Ideas in Action, by Diana Hoare. 4to, 144pp, 28cm, Studio Vista, London, 1989.

Profusely illustrated with examples of calligraphy in colour within the text; maroon cloth, spine gilt, calligraphic dust-jacket. A fine copy

[In a bold italic hand:] ‘To Marion & Chris [Rowlatt] with love from Diana Hoare.’

Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Musée Condé, Chantilly. Introduction and legends by Jean Longnon and Raymond Cazelles. Preface by Millard Meiss, translated from the French by Victoria Benedict. 4to, 224pp, 29cm, Thames and Hudson, London, 1989.

139 colour illustrations. Semi-stiff pictorial covers, titled in red. Ownership signature of Marion Rowlatt. A fine copy