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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Prices are liable to change without notice.
Recommended 'core' books
- Calligraphy Step by Step by Gaynor Goffe
HarperCollins (£15.99)
- Calligraphy Made Easy by Gaynor Goffe
Parragon (£4.99)
- Pen Lettering by Ann Camp
A & C Black (£4.99)
- Teach Yourself Calligraphy by Patricia Lovett
Hodder & Stoughton (£7.99)
- The Calligraphers' Handbook Ed. Heather Child
A & C Black (£17.99)
- A History of Lettering by Nicolete Gray
Phaidon Press
Recommended Additions including historical reference reading
- Historical Scripts by Stan Knight
A & C Black
- ABC ZIG Calligraphy by Karen Charatan
EK Success, NJ, USA
- A Book of Formal Scripts by John Woodcock
A & C Black
- A History of Calligraphy by Albertine Gaur
British Library
- A History Of Writing by Albertine Gaur
British Library
- A History of Illuminated MSS by Christopher de Hamel
Phaidon Press
- Calligraphy by Michael Gullick
Studio Editions
- Calligraphy for Starters by Patricia Lovett
Images Publishing
- Calligraphy Today by Heather Child
A & C Black
- Calligraphy - the Rhythm of Writing by Satwinder Sehmi
Merehurst
- Calligraphy Masterclass by Peter Halliday
HarperCollins
- Calligraphy - Art & Colour by Peter Halliday
Batsford
- Creative Lettering Today by Michael Harvey
A & C Black
- Experimenting with Calligraphy by Margaret Daubney
Batsford
- Mastering Calligraphy by Timothy Noad
Simon & Schuster (good for left-handers)
- More than Fine Writing - Heather Child
British Library
- Scribes & Illuminators by Christopher de Hamel
British Museum
- Step by Step Calligraphy by Susan Hufton
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- The Little Manual of Calligraphy by Charles Pearce
HarperCollins
- The Art of Calligraphy by David Harris
Dorling Kindersley
- The Art of Illuminated Letters by Timothy Noad
Headline
- The Calligrapher's Project Book by Susanne Haines
HarperCollins
- The Story of Writing by Donald Jackson
Studio Vista
- Writing, Alphabets & Scripts - New Horizons
Thames & Hudson
- Writing & Illuminating & Lettering by Edward Johnston
A & C Black
- Writing - Eyewitness Guide by Karen Brookfield
BL/Dorling Kindersley
For young people
Good books written for young people - practical and inexpensive. Useful for adults too.
- Complete Book of Calligraphy by Young, Watt, Rowley, Usborne
(£5.99)
- Creating Letterforms by Sassoon & Lovett
Thames & Hudson (£8.95)
- Creative Calligraphy by Rachel Yallop
Hodder & Stoughton (£4.99)
- Creative Calligraphy by Peter Halliday
Kingfisher (£3.50)
Out of print
Recommended books which are now out of print in UK. These books may be available second hand or from overseas publishers.
- Calligraphy by David Harris
Anaya
- A Book of Scripts by Alfred Fairbank
Pelikan or Faber
- A Handwriting Manual by Alfred Fairbank
Faber
- Formal Penmanship & Other papers by Heather Child
Lund Humphries
- Lettering Arts by Joanne Fink & Judy Kastin
PBC International, NY, USA
Publishers
There are publishers who specialise in good quality publications with excellent illustrations of medieval manuscripts. It is worth writing to them for their catalogues, mentioning your interest in calligraphy and manuscripts.
- British Library, Marketing & Publishing, 96 Euston Road, St Pancras, London NW1 2DB, UK. Tel: (0)20 7412 7704
- Thames & Hudson Ltd, 30-34 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QP, UK.
- Harvey Miller Publishers, 197 Knightsbridge, 8th Floor, London SW7 1RB, UK.
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