Oscar Ogg, The 26 Letters, Thomas Y. Crowell 1962, Fine hardcover

Ogg, Oscar, The 26 Letters, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1962. English, Fine hardcover 8vo, 6” x 8 1/2”, 262 pp. w/ index, 275 illustrations in Black-and-White and Red. 

Eighth printing. Red cloth boards w/ gilt stamped title to front panel and spine, tight binding, interior clean and bright, in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket w/ minor wear to edges, slight scuff to spine, and tiny spot to front panel, now in protective Mylar.  “One of America’s foremost calligraphers” tells the story of the development of written alphabets from various civilizations w/ numerous examples of letterforms both ancient and modern.