Scribes and Sources

Boston: D. R. Godine, 1980, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. First Edition. 8vo. 291 pp. b/w illustrations. Red cloth lettered in gilt at spine with gilt illustration at front board. Board edges lightly worn and rubbed. Jacket lightly toned, rubbed, minor tear to top corner of front panel. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.… Read more about this item

Boston: D. R. Godine, 1980 2022-07-04. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Firm binding, bright pages, top edge/fore-edge foxed, light rubbing to bottom edges of boards. Bright, sharp DJ. Price sticker on front fold. In Mylar wrap. ; Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.

Boston: Godine. VG/VG+ (see notes). 1980. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 291pp . Better than VG, but a tad musty. We're working on it. .

Faber & Faber, 1980 4to (25.5 cm), 292 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (ownership entry on the front free endpaper). With the invention of printing in the 15th century, the writing-master was able to broadcast his model and instruction to the world in 'writing books'. Many has survived, the most being written in Latin, Italian and Spanish. The book… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. First edition; 8vo; pp. 291; 22 illustrations including frontispiece; fine in original dust jacket.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. First American edition. HC w DJ. PC NF/NF. Maroon cloth, bright gilt titling & illustration, slight rubbing to edges, leaves bright, binding sound. Unclipped DJ ($25.00) slightest edgewear, in protector. B/W illustrations. With an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for… Read more about this item

Boston : David R. Godine, Publisher, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt lettered red cloth, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.

D. R. Godine, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

D. R. Godine, 1980. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Protected by mylar cover. No extranoeus… Read more about this item

OSLEY, A.S. SCRIBES AND SOURCES. Boston: David Godine, (1980). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. "Handbook of the chancery hand in the sixteenth century." Fine.

Boston, David R. Godine, Publisher [1980]., 1980. First American edition. 8vo. 21 illustrations. Original gilt stamped maroon cloth. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine, fresh. No signatures or bookplates.. F. Hardcover.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Frontis., 291 pp., illus. Texts from the Writing-Masters selected, introduced, and translated by A. S. Osley with an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. Price-clipped jacket has minor edge wear.

London: Faber & Faber, 1980. 1st edition. As New. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 291pp., frontis., text ills., bibliog., index, Provides translations of all the basic 16th century texts on handwriting. It begins with the Erasmus and Vives dialogues on handwritng and continues with the works of Tagliente, Vicentino (Arrighi), Palatino, Mercator, Hondius and Brun et… Read more about this item

D. R. Godine, 1980. Hardcover. Good.

David R. Godine, 1980. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover..

A4 as front: Faber & Faber, 1980. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Condition good with dj, ref ZKVQ

Godine Publisher, David R. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

D. R. Godine, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!