Rare Books on
Calligraphy and Penmanship
Welcome to the IAMPETH Rare Books page. Here you will find classic,
vintage books on penmanship and calligraphy from the 1800's and early 1900's - the "Golden
Age" of American Penmanship.
Preserved in digital format, we offer them here in their entirety for current and future
generations of calligraphers, penmen and pen artists. We hope you enjoy them.
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Ames, Daniel T., 1884,
Ames' Guide to Self-Instruction in Practical
and Artistic Penmanship |
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Ames, Daniel T.,
The Daniel T. Ames Notebook,
A wonderful collection of penmanship from the early 1860’s from one of America’s preeminent
penmen and teachers |
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Behrensmeyer, H.P,
Lessons in
Practical Penmanship |
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Barnett, C.A., J.T. Henderson and J.N.
Yocom, 1901,
Oberlin
Business College - Compendium of Penmanship |
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Bloser, P.Z. (Copies by E.A. Lupfer),
1948, Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship,
Copyright © by Zaner-Bloser, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved. |
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Canan/Zanerian College, 1921,
C.C. Canan Collection of Penmanship - The Canan
Book, Copyright © by Zaner-Bloser, Inc. Used with permission. All rights
reserved. |
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Champion, Mary L.,
Champion Method of Practical
Business Writing |
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Charles, A.A.S., 1983,
Steel Pen Trade 1930-1980
Used with permission. All rights reserved. |
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Clark, Clinton H.,
The Clinton Clark Scrapbook |
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One |
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Part
Two |
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Three |
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Comer, George and Oliver Linton, 1864,
Penmanship Made Easy |
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Courtney, F.B.,
The Francis B. Courtney Scrapbook,
courtesy of Bob Hurford |
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Damm, Carl,
19th Century Swedish Copybook,
dated December 9, 1858 and penned by Carl Damm, a tutor, this copybook contains 12 pages
of handwritten forms of Copperplate/Engraver's Script. Contributed by Evan Lindquist. |
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D'Avignon,
L'écriture Américaine, "Writing American"
by D'Avignon, circa 1840 |
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Dennis, W.E., 1914,
Studies in Pen Art |
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Duncun, John S., 1858,
Gems of Penmanship |
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Foster, Benjamin Franklin, 1830,
Practical Penmanship Being
A Development of the Carstairian System |
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Gaskell, G.A., 1883,
Gaskell's Compendium
of Forms (the section on writing) |
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Gaskell, G.A., 1879,
Gaskell's Complete Compendium
of Elegant Writing |
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Huntington, Eleazer, 1821,
Art of Penmanship |
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IAMPETH Scrapbooks -
A remarkable collection of Golden Age penmanship |
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2 |
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Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co., publisher,
1880, Real Pen Work Compendium of Penmanship |
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Jenkins, John, 1813,
The Art of Writing |
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Jones, C.W., editor, 1914,
Lessons in Engraver's Script |
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Jones, C.W., editor, 1914,
Ninety-five Lessons in Ornamental
Penmanship |
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Kelchner, L.M., 1901,
Complete Compendium of Plain
Practical Penmanship |
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Knowles and Maxim, publisher,
1881, Real Pen Work -
Self Instructor in Penmanship |
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Madarasz, Louis,
Lessons in Advanced
Engraver's Script, published by C.W. Jones |
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Madarasz/Zanerian College, 1911,
The Madarasz Book - The Secret of
the Skill of Madarasz, Copyright © by Zaner-Bloser, Inc. Used with permission.
All rights reserved. |
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McDonald Business Academy, 1894,
Penman's Leisure Hour |
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Meyrat, P., circa 1920's,
Recueil Méthodique de Principes
d' Ecriture ("A Methodical Collection of Principles of Writing" |
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Mills, Edward C., 1903,
Modern Business Penmanship |
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Muster Alphabete,
circa 1885 |
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Noyes, Enoch, 1839,
Noyes's Penmanship |
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Palmer, A.N., 1935,
The Palmer Method of
Business Writing |
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Palmer, A.N., 1919,
Palmer's Penmanship Budget |
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Palmer Company, The A.N.,
Portfolio of Ornate
Penmanship |
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Palmer Company, The A.N. 1949,
Metodo Palmer de Caligrafia
Comercial, Donated by Mauricio Aguilar. Please visit his website
www.VintagePen.net |
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Real Pen-Work Publishing, 1867,
Bible Pearls of Promise |
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Spencer Authors, 1874,
Theory of Spencerian
Penmanship |
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Spencer Brothers, 1881,
New Standard Practical Penmanship |
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Spencer, Platt Rogers, Sr., 1866,
Compendium
of Spencerian or Semi-Angular Penmanship |
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Spencerian Authors, 1879,
New Spencerian Compendium |
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Stacy, L.E., 1907 (compiled by),
The Blue Book
Text-converted PDF |
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Sull, Michael R., 1989,
Spencerian Script and Ornamental
Penmanship, Volume I, Chapters 1,2 and 8. Used with permission. All
rights reserved. |
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Sykes, circa 1885,
Sykes's Manual of Penmanship |
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Tamblyn, F.W.,
How To Become
a Good Penman - An advertising packet |
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Williams, J.D. and S.S. Packard, 1867,
Gems of Penmanship |
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Zaner, C.P., 1904,
The Arm Movement Method
of Rapid Writing |
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Zaner, C.P., 1888,
Gems of Flourishing |
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Zaner, C.P., 1920,
Lessons in Ornamental
Penmanship |
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Zaner, C.P., 1900,
The New Zanerian Alphabets |
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Writing is, of all arts, universally admitted to be that
which is most useful to society. It is the picture of the past, the regulator of the
future, and the messenger of thought.
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