This is topic Treasure trove of sign related texts and antique books on sign painting all free!!! in forum Letterhead/Pinstriper Talk at The Letterville BullBoard.
Was looking though a post on another board and found a link to an archive of out of date texts with a search feature,...well the curious cat that I am I typed in sign painting and the results blew my mind,..there are texts that many here would die for to actually have,..but if you will settle for a digital copy(pdf) they are`very free and a tremendous resource,..here is the link,.... free old sign books
[ November 18, 2010, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: Tim Barrow ]
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Timi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You rock, those are terrific books, thanks.
Posted by Terry Whynott (Member # 1622) on :
Wow! What a find! Thanks Timi
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
Going to print it out as soon as I get a new printer today.
Jon Butterworth !
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Thanks-I've been on that site before- there's some good stuff-make sure you have the ability to download what you'd like though!
Posted by Preston McCall (Member # 351) on :
Truly a fabulous resource!
Posted by Susan Banasky (Member # 1164) on :
Thanks Tim. I have been reading for at least two hours now...and I've learned so much. Great sites.
Posted by Catharine C. Kennedy (Member # 4459) on :
Super find! Many thanks!
Posted by Craig Sjoquist (Member # 4684) on :
Amazing find thanks for sharing
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
WoW! Tell me how to download it please
Posted by Dan Beach (Member # 9850) on :
Too cool.
Thanks for the info.
Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
Rick,... the books that aren't digitized by google(the books from the library of congress) can be downloaded,..just click on the title and then in the left window click on the pdf link,...once this opens you can click on the floppy disk icon in the adobe reader and save the booki to your hardrive for future reference
as for the ones that are digitized by google you have to click on the link and then click on the pdf link in the left window then click on the search inside button,..,in the next window if you look in the top right of your screen there will be pdf link with an arrow before it,...click this link and you can download the google book
edited to ad ,...after checking my spelling I looked in the google books site that comes up after the first title on the above link and there are several other books available on the google site(related books link) in addition to the link above,...,it is so neat some of the search tricks they are teaching me at computer school here,...
[ November 19, 2010, 10:13 AM: Message edited by: Tim Barrow ]
Posted by Ron Percell (Member # 399) on :
Thanks Timi
Posted by Bruce Brickman (Member # 8180) on :
Thanks Tim!
Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
For future reference if anyone needs an old book on a particular subject ,...say hand lettering for example you can enter the search criteria on the above site and gain access to many antiquated books online,...seems the library of congress,google and a couple of other organizations have been and still are digitizing all their old out of print texts and putting them online,..it is an ongoing process that we are so fortunate to have access to,..all we have to do is use it
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
I happen to have a book called 1000 showcard designs. Every imaginable showcard for almost any kind of product from early 1900's.
Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
Thanks for the idea Jack I did a search on showcards and found several more old sign books including a copy of atkinson's on show cards from 1912,..go figure,... "A show at" sho' cards: by Frank Atkinson"
edited to add,..I found at least 25 old sign hand lettering and showcard textbooks here,..not to mention another half dozen letter style(alphabets) books in a couple of the books there is a catalog in the back for mail order books and alot of the books listed are in the library of congress it just`takes some looking to find them,..I have a sneaky suspician I'm hoping I'm only looking at` the tip of a huge iceburg here,....
[ November 19, 2010, 07:38 PM: Message edited by: Tim Barrow ]
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
This is an incredible resource. Thank you Timi for sharing it with us here at Letterville. Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
Thus far I have bookmarked over 50 out of print textbooks on sign painting,hand lettering,show card writing,and just plain fancy alphabet books and that was in just an hour of searching,...There are many familiar authors here,..,Strong,Atkinson,EC Matthews, a 1913 speedball book copy and thats just within the first hour of searching,...I feel like a kid inna candy store with ten dollars here,...
[ November 19, 2010, 10:00 PM: Message edited by: Tim Barrow ]
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
The book I have is by H.C. Martin ST Publishing 1928
Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
Sounds real cool Jack would love to check it out someday,......Old sign books are among the coolest things I can think of,....it took me almost twenty-five years into my career before I actually saw or got a chance to read more than a half dozen old texts on the subject,... then me and a buddy stumbled on another dozen or so in the shop of an old painter who was retiring,....it's an addiction I am reluctant to kick,....
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Good job, Tim. Thanks for the resources!!
Posted by Brad Ferguson (Member # 33) on :
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Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Looking at some of the Sign art from these findings is kinda like getting stoned. Not many sign shops left today but lots of sign stores I guess. Thanks Tim, for bringing this out of hiding...
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