About this title: This work makes plain the evolution, impact and development of the printed word as we know it. Covering the earliest forms of the letters of the alphabet, to graphic technology today, this revised edition should appeal to designers, students and typophiles.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good in Very Good jacket. Hard cover with dust jacket in protective plastic cover; library markings; illustrations; clean interior; 244 pgs. plus index. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf 1970 1st ed, NY
Date Published: 1970
Description: Hardcover; original cloth. Ex-library book with various stamps and markings. Text clean and tight and book otherwise in very good condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dorset Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780880293242ISBN:0880293241
Description: Good. No dust jacket. BOOK SHOWS SOME FADING DUE TO AGE, PAGE TANNING. PAGES ARE VERY CLEAN AND BRIGHT. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 330 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dorset Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780880293242ISBN:0880293241
Description: New in New jacket. Brand New Hardcover with dust jacket, clean, tight, unmarked, (Fine with Fine Dust Jacket) All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher, Incorporated, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780879233129ISBN:0879233125
Description: Illustrated by Illustrated. Very Good. 0879233125. Previous owner's name and date on FFEP.; Octavo. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo 7.75-9.75'' tall. 1st Printing. Nice Tight Clean copy! Jacket has edge wear, short tears. 244 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good/Good. Lightly used in like jacket with four tears, narrow chip. 244+xv pages. Gold and black cloth. Thoroughly illustrated. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: David R Godine Pub, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780879233129ISBN:0879233125
Description: Very Good Minus. Very small indentation on side of front cover. Slight wear to cover edges. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. A nice copy. The history of the printed word, from the earliest alphabets through the evolution of the printing press. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Nonpareil Books, Boston
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780405130939ISBN:0405130937
Description: Very Good. 8vo. 0-405-13093-7. 277 pages; Paperback, wrappers lightly rubbed. From the Reference Library of a long-time Bookseller. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dorset Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780880293242ISBN:0880293241
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 0880293241 1990. BOOK: Name on outer edge. DJ: Minor edge wear. Name on front. Small tear bottom back corner. read more
Description: NF in NF jacket. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket and a very attractive copy, the former owner's tasteful bookplate on the front end-paper is the only book flaw, the dustjacket has just a touch of wear at the spine-extremities, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "...a lucid and lively narrative interspersed with more than 200 pertinent illustrations-calligraphy, typefaces, great books and their pages, presses and workshops-all ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hartley & Marks 1999
Date Published: 1999
Description: ISBN 1881791547. Trade Paperback. Second edition. Reading copy only, due to heavy highlighting in yellow marker to first two chapters of text, heavy 1/2 inch bump/crunch to top edge of spine and back jacket with heavy creasing to top edge of last 25 pages of book. Otherwise, tight, sound copy. read more
"Like another reviewer, I felt the author droped a lot of names and dates....history, but very little analysis of the history....
I feel like I have a greater understanding of why type has certain characteristics, but that the book has givin me this information in a somewhat shallow form....
It could have been much more useful if, for instance, when speaking about calligraphers banding together to prevent printing from being able to take-off in the West for almost a century, it mentioned how they were able to do this, and why the state agreed with these calligraphers....."
"I'm still thinking about what I thought of this book. Something of a whirlwind tour. Lots of names and dates, not so much analysis. I've maybe read too much book history all at once."
"Beautifully written and designed. Excellent illustrations. By God, this book made me want to jump up and cut type!
I read this for a class in the history of writing, and I enjoyed it. I wish the author appreciated blackletter a little more, but so it goes. Also, this book focuses on Europe and America; those looking for a global history of print may not be satisfied."
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