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Rare Books on
Calligraphy and Penmanship
Click here for an alphabetical
list by Author
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.
If you find these materials useful, and would like to support the organization that makes
this site possible, please consider joining IAMPETH or making a
donation.
A Special
Thank You to the folks
that scanned the books
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For the PDF files, you will need
Adobe Acrobat Reader (free). The PDF files are quite LARGE |
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Click on the book title to view the book online.
Click the ADOBE PDF link to download the entire book.
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Ames' Guide
to Self-Instruction in Practical and Artistic Penmanship, Daniel T. Ames, Author
and Publisher, 1884
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Ames
- The Daniel T. Ames Notebook, A wonderful collection of penmanship from the
early 1860s from one of Americas preeminent penmen and teachers
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Arm Movement Method
of Rapid Writing, The, Charles Paxton Zaner, 1904 |
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Art of Penmanship, Eleazer Huntington,
1821 |
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Art of Writing,
The, John Jenkins, 1813 |
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Bible Pearls of Promise,
Real Pen-Work Publishing, 1867 |
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The Blue Book, Compiled by L.E.
Stacy, 1907 Text-converted PDF |
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C.C. Canan Collection of Penmanship - The Canan
Book, Canan/Zanerian College, 1921, Copyright by Zaner-Bloser, Inc. Used with
permission. All rights reserved. |
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Champion Method of Practical
Business Writing, Mary L. Champion |
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Clinton
Clark Scrapbook, Clinton H. Clark |
ADOBE PDF |
Part
One |
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Part
Two |
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Part
Three |
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Compendium
of Spencerian or Semi-Angular Penmanship, Platt Rogers Spencer, Sr., 1866 |
ADOBE PDF |
Complete Compendium of Plain
Practical Penmanship, L.M. Kelchner, 1901 |
ADOBE PDF |
Francis B. Courtney Scrapbook,
F.B. Courtney, courtesy of Bob Hurford |
ADOBE PDF |
Gaskell's Compendium
of Forms (the section on writing), G.A. Gaskell, 1883 |
ADOBE PDF |
Gaskell's Complete Compendium
of Elegant Writing, G.A. Gaskell, 1879 |
ADOBE
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Gems of Flourishing,
Charles Paxton Zaner, 1888 |
ADOBE PDF |
Gems of Penmanship, John S. Duncun,
1858 |
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Gems of Penmanship, J.D. Williams
and S.S. Packard, 1867 |
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How To Become
A Good Penman, An advertising packet by F.W. Tamblyn |
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IAMPETH Scrapbooks - A remarkable collection of Golden Age penmanship |
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Scrapbook
1 |
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Scrapbook
2 |
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L'criture Amricaine par D'Avignon
- "American Writing" by D'Avignon, circa 1840 |
ADOBE PDF |
Lessons in Advanced
Engraver's Script, penned by Louis Madarasz, published by C.W. Jones |
ADOBE PDF |
Lessons in Engraver's Script, C.W. Jones, editor, 1914 |
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Lessons in Ornamental
Penmanship, C.P. Zaner, 1920 |
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Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, P.Z.
Bloser (Copies by E.A. Lupfer), 1948 |
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Lessons in
Practical Penmanship , H.P. Behrensmeyer |
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Madarasz Book, - The Secret of the
Skill of Madarasz, Madarasz/Zanerian College, 1911, Copyright by Zaner-Bloser,
Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved. |
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Metodo Palmer de Caligrafia
Comercial, A.N. Palmer Company, 1949. Donated by Mauricio Aguilar.
Please visit his website www.VintagePen.net
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Modern Business Penmanship, Edward C. Mills, 1903 |
ADOBE PDF |
Muster Alphabete,
circa 1885 |
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New Spencerian Compendium,
Spencerian Authors, 1879 |
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New Standard Practical Penmanship,
Spencer Brothers, 1881 |
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New Zanerian Alphabets,
C.P. Zaner, 1900 |
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Ninety-five Lessons in Ornamental
Penmanship, C.W. Jones, editor, 1914 |
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Noyes's Penmanship, Enoch Noyes,
1839 |
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Oberlin
Business College - Compendium of Penmanship, C.A. Barnett, J.T. Henderson and
J.N. Yocom, 1901 |
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Palmer Method of Business
Writing, A.N. Palmer Company, 1935 |
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Palmer's Penmanship Budget,
A.N. Palmer, 1919 |
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Penmanship Made Easy, George Comer & Oliver
Linton, 1864 |
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Penman's Leisure Hour,
McDonald Business Academy, penwork by F.F. Wildish, 1894 |
ADOBE PDF |
Portfolio of Ornate
Penmanship, The A.N. Palmer Company |
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Practical Penmanship Being
A Development of the Carstairian System, Benjamin Franklin Foster, 1830 |
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Real Pen Work - Self Instructor
in Penmanship, Knowles and Maxim, publisher, 1881 |
ADOBE PDF |
Real Pen Work Compendium
of Penmanship, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co., publisher, 1880 |
ADOBE PDF |
Recueil Mthodique de Principes
d' Ecriture "A Methodical Collection of Principles of Writing", P. Meyrat, circa
1920's |
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Spencerian Script and Ornamental
Penmanship, Volume I, Chapters 1,2 and 8, Michael R. Sull, 1989.
Used with Permission. All rights reserved. |
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Steel Pen Trade 1930-1980,
A.A.S. Charles, 1983. Used with permission. All rights reserved. |
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Studies in Pen Art, W.E.
Dennis, 1914 |
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Sykes's Manual of Penmanship, Sykes, circa
1885 |
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Theory of Spencerian
Penmanship, Spencer Authors, 1874 |
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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. |
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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