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The 1878 predecessor to Atkinson, as an instant download.
The Art of Lettering and Sign Painter’s Manual (1878) by Allen P. Boyce is the early complete sign-painter’s manual — the “up to now” of its own day and the predecessor to Atkinson’s 1909 book. Lettering alphabets and sign-painter’s practice from the dawn of the trade-literature era.
Inside this 1878 textbook:
Allen P. Boyce’s 1878 textbook covers gold leaf and gilding for signs across 90 pages — the everyday knowledge of the wall dog’s kit. For sign painters and pinstripers restoring old signs or learning the trade’s roots, it is firsthand testimony. Sign painters mined books like this for alphabets no longer taught anywhere else.
Complete your shelf: See also A Textbook on Lettering and Sign Painting (1902), Elements of Lettering and Sign Painting (1899), The Sign Writer and Glass Embosser (1898).
Details:
- Complete 1878 edition scan — 90 pages
- Complete 1878 sign-painter’s manual
- Alphabets and trade practice from the early era
- Lettering alphabets drawn for the sign painter’s brush
- Shop methods for layout, spacing, and finish work
- Backgrounds, borders, and pictorial touches
- Two files included: the original scan, cleaned of dust, stray marks, and handwritten notes, and a cleaned white-background edition that's easy on the eyes and the printer
- PDF format, instant download after purchase — no physical book ships
