Tom Gourdie Italic Handwriting Books..?

[Pendarion]

I can see two different Tom Gourdie books online. Dates differ and I've checked his bibliography on Wikipedia - and am not entirely sure the publication dates there are accurate.

 

So, am wondering, is 'Italic Handwriting, A Simple, Modern Style' (red/white cover) a different edition of 'Italic Handwriting' (brown/black cover), or is it a wholly different book?

 

I already have the first - and love it. But don't want to buy the 'other' book unless it is indeed, another book and if so, if it has substantially different content...

 

As the publication dates for both I can find online seem a bit all over the place, I am not sure if one is a revised version of the other, or whether they're different?

Stupid question, I know. And I can see the titles are different but know that those can morph a bit, as well, so unsure...

Edited October 11, 2020 by Pendarion

[LizB]

I think I have the second one you mention - Italic Handwriting - but not the first. Maybe we could compare.

 

EDIT: Ok, I have found my copy, it is the 1955 edition but has lost its dust jacket. The inner cover has a brown/red background with the black rectangle at the top, white writing. Chapters are: Introduction; Alphabet and letters; Material; Posture and Pen-hold; Pen exercises; The lower case letters; The numerals and capital' Writing practice; Layout; Speed and the italic hand.

 

I found online (on Amazon) a picture of Italic Handwriting A Simple Modern Style (poss 1968), and from the text on the front it looks like a revised edition of this book. The British Library also have a listing of The Simple Modern Hand by Tom Gourdie (1965, reprint 1975, 4 vols). It really isn't very clear at all.

Edited October 11, 2020 by LizB

[Pendarion]

I think I have the second one you mention - Italic Handwriting - but not the first. Maybe we could compare.

 

EDIT: Ok, I have found my copy, it is the 1955 edition but has lost its dust jacket. The inner cover has a brown/red background with the black rectangle at the top, white writing. Chapters are: Introduction; Alphabet and letters; Material; Posture and Pen-hold; Pen exercises; The lower case letters; The numerals and capital' Writing practice; Layout; Speed and the italic hand.

 

I found online (on Amazon) a picture of Italic Handwriting A Simple Modern Style (poss 1968), and from the text on the front it looks like a revised edition of this book. The British Library also have a listing of The Simple Modern Hand by Tom Gourdie (1965, reprint 1975, 4 vols). It really isn't very clear at all.

Oh thanks, Liz.

 

Mine is the red n white cover, 'Italic Handwriting A Simple Modern Style', 1955 (first ed? Not sure as your's is the other one and same date). And yes, every single chapter heading identical. The same book but a slightly different title! Pub. Studio Vista.

 

Not sure the slightly different versions can be explained by lost dust jacket as mine has also lost it but is the other cover. Odd how there are two versions both published 1955...

 

I was confused because looking it up online, it had different first published dates.

 

Thanks so much. It looks like we have the same book in different editions with a different title. 96 pages. And apparently was 10 shillings and 6d! A lovely book, I'd recommend it.

 

I was really hoping they were two different books!

Edited October 12, 2020 by Pendarion

[LizB]

Do you have any of the other Tom Gourdie books? I have a few of the "newer" ones.