A LOOK INSIDE Learn American Calligraphy : The Complete Book of Lettering, History, and Design, by Margaret Shepherd

This book contains a wealth of letter art. Calligraphers who have learned from Margaret Shepherd's 19 other books will recognize and use the detailed model alphabet pages--some 39 in all--to teach themselves the basics of [word]. Casual readers will find inspiration in the hundreds of illustrations and the back-stories from American life. 

Highlight #1. pp 93-106. 

The Fraktur chapter is sprinkled with a dozen tiny hand- drawn ornaments; elaborate illuminated capitals; and step-by-step instructions for making filled letters. The crowning glory, shown at right, is a full-page border by noted Fraktur artist Dennis Stephan; readers can remove it, carefully, from the book and create a beautiful Fraktur document as their own family heirloom.