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The 20th Century Book: Its Illustration and Designby John Noel Claude LewisISBN 0906969417 (0-906969-41-7)
Hardcover, Herbert Press
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American Book Design and William Morrisby Susan Otis ThompsonISBN 0712345159 (0-7123-4515-9)
Softcover, British Library Board
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The Art & Craft of Handmade Booksby Shereen LaplantzISBN 1579904386 (1-57990-438-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art & Craft of Handmade Books'Book summary:Ingeniously crafted artists' books are not merely a set format of pages held together by a binding; they are individual expressions, unique creative statements that may take many visual forms. The unique creations in The Art and Craft of Handmade Books, by Shereen LaPlantz, generally begin with some traditional bookmaking approaches (sewn bindings, accordion-fold variations, Coptic stitch methods) but take these formal techniques to new heights with personalized themes and unusual touches, like exploding pages or the vignettes of a tunnel book.
Step-by-step instructions, discussions of design considerations, and suggestions for what the books might contain all provide wonderful guidance for anyone looking to expand their aesthetic horizons through the medium of handmade books. In addition, many gallery pages highlight other artists' extraordinary book creations. --Amy Handy [via]
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The Art of the Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Graphic Novelby James BettleyISBN 0810965720 (0-8109-6572-0)
Hardcover, V & A Publications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Graphic Novel'Book summary:Celebrating the marriage of word and image on the written and printed page, The Art of the Book presents rarely examined treasures from the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Featuring a huge range of material spanning six centuriesincluding illuminated manuscripts, fine bindings, the classics of childrens literature, comic novels, and artists books, it explores the ways in which books not only transmit information but become works of art in their own right.
Thematic sections illustrate the key aspects of book design and production over the ages. With medieval books of hours sitting alongside contemporary paperback novels, the choice of artists, designers, subjects, and authors is wonderfully variedfrom Leonardo da Vinci to Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Aesop to Charles Dickens, and de Brunhoffs Babar the Elephant to Art Spiegelmans Maus. Strikingly illustrated with 100 colorplates, this absorbing compendium will be of interest to collectors, graphic designers, and booklovers. [via]
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Artists at Curwen: A Celebration of the Gift of Artists' Prints from the Curwen Studioby Pat Gilmour, Tate Gallery, Curwen StudioISBN 0905005759 (0-905005-75-9)
Softcover, Tate Gallery
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Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebookby Joan LyonsISBN 0879052805 (0-87905-280-5)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith
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The Big Book of Books and Activities: An Illustrated Guide for Teacher, Parents, and Anyone Who Works With Kids!by Dinah ZikeISBN 1882796071 (1-882796-07-1)
Softcover, Dinah-Might Activities Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Book of Books and Activities: An Illustrated Guide for Teacher, Parents, and Anyone Who Works With Kids!'Book summary:This book is the winner of Learning magazine s Teacher s Choice Award. It illustrates how to make HUNDREDS of manipulatives and teaching aids using inexpensive materials found in the classroom or at home. With over 400 black and white photographs and illustrations, this easy-to-use visual guide takes you through the steps for making each student/teacher project that will help convert your classroom into a student oriented learning environment. Gives specific examples of their use over a wide range of subjects. Author: Dinah ZikeFormat: 134 pages, PaperbackPublisher: Dinah-Might AdventuresISBN: 978-1882796076 [via]
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Book Designby John TrevittISBN 0521297419 (0-521-29741-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Book Design: A Comprehensive Guideby Andrew HaslamISBN 0810992205 (0-8109-9220-5)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book Design: A Comprehensive Guide'Book summary:From award-winning writer and designer Andrew Haslam comes the final word on book design. This authoritative text guides readers through establishing formats, constructing grids, choosing typefaces, designing a jacket, and, finally, preparing materials for the printer, with more than 300 illustrations to demonstrate every aspect of the process. Interviews with professional book designers provide valuable insight, and an extensive glossary of editorial, design, and production terms make a handy reference for the burgeoning new designer.
Book Design is one of three titles this spring from Abrams Studio, our new imprint dedicated to providing artists and designers with innovative, affordable books to help them improve their skills. [via]More editions of Book Design: A Comprehensive Guide:
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The Book on the Bookshelfby Henry PetroskiISBN 0375706399 (0-375-70639-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book on the Bookshelf'Book summary:Consider the book. Though Goodnight Moon and Finnegans Wake differ considerably in content and intended audience, they do share some basic characteristics. They have pages, they're roughly the same shape, and whether in a bookstore, library, or private home, they are generally stored vertically on shelves. Indeed, this is so much the norm that in these days of high-tech printing presses and chain bookstores, it's easy to believe that the book, like the cockroach, remains much the same as it ever was. But as Henry Petroski makes abundantly clear in Book on the Bookshelf, books as we know them have had a long and complex evolution. Indeed, he takes us from the scroll to the codex to the hand-lettered illuminated texts that were so rare and valuable they were chained to lecterns to prevent theft. Along the way he provides plenty of amusing anecdotes about libraries (according to one possibly apocryphal account, the library at Alexandria borrowed the works of the great Greek authors from Athens, had them copied, and then sent the copies back, keeping the originals), book collectors, and the care of books.
Book-lover though he may be, however, Henry Petroski is, first and foremost, an engineer and so, in the end, it is the evolution of bookshelves even more than of books that fascinates him. Pigeonholes for scrolls, book presses containing thousands of chained volumes, rotating lecterns that allowed scholars to peruse more than one book at a time--these are just a few of the ingenious methods readers have devised over the centuries for storing their books: "in cabinets beneath the desks, on shelves in front of them, in triangular attic-like spaces formed under the back-to-back sloped surfaces of desktops or small tabletop lecterns that rested upon a horizontal surface." Placing books vertically on shelves, spines facing outward, is a fairly recent invention, it would seem. Well written as it is, if Book on the Bookshelf were only about books-as-furniture, it would have little appeal to the general reader. Petroski, however, uses this treatise on design to examine the very human motivations that lie behind it. From the example of Samuel Pepys, who refused to have more titles than his library could hold (about 3,000), to an appendix detailing all the ways people organize their collections (by sentimental value, by size, by color, and by price, to name a few of the more unconventional methods), Petroski peppers his account with enough human interest to keep his audience reading from cover to cover. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Book, Art & Objectby Philip SmithISBN 0950140511 (0-9501405-1-1)
Hardcover, P. Smith
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Bookmaking: Editing/Design/Productionby Marshall LeeISBN 0393730182 (0-393-73018-2)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bookmaking: Editing/Design/Production'Book summary:The unchallenged bible of the publishing industry, Bookmaking is the introduction to editing, design, and production for newcomers, acclaimed as the premier text for students as well as a comprehensive reference for experienced hands. First issued in 1965 and revised in 1979, it has now been thoroughly reorganized and updated to reflect the profound changes in the bookmaking process and in publishing practices in the twenty-first century.
The computer-centered method of getting from the author's conception to completed print-or electronic-book has come to dominate publishing, involving not only the setting of type but also the preparation of manuscripts, editing, illustration creation and processing, page makeup, color separation, and preparation for printing. Even more significant than its use for these individual procedures is the computer's role in creating an integrated system that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Covering all the publishing processes up to distribution, Bookmaking addresses the needs of publishing professionals, whether they do the work themselves in-house or have it done to their specifications by outside suppliers. But this new edition is not only about technological change; all aspects of bookmaking have been reconsidered. The text that served the industry for nearly three decades has been updated where appropriate, while still providing the unchanging facts and principles of book craft. [via]More editions of Bookmaking: Editing/Design/Production:
Bookmaking: The Illustrated Guide to Design and Productionby Marshall LeeISBN 0835210979 (0-8352-1097-9)
Hardcover, Rr Bowker Llc
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Bruce Rogers: A Life in Letters, 1870-1957.by Joseph BlumenthalISBN 0935072160 (0-935072-16-0)
Softcover, Oak Knoll Pr
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By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Designby Ned Drew, Paul SternbergerISBN 1568984979 (1-56898-497-9)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design'Book summary:We all know we're not supposed to judge books by their covers, but the truth is that we do just that nearly every time we walk into a bookstore or pull a book off a tightly packed shelf. It's really not something we should be ashamed about, for it reinforces something we sincerely believe: design matters. At its best, book cover design is an art that transcends the publisher's commercial imperativesto reflect both an author's ideas and contemporary cultural values in a vital, intelligent, and beautiful way.
In this groundbreaking and lavishly illustrated history, authors Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger establish American book cover design as a tradition of sophisticated, visual excellence that has put shape to our literary landscape.
By Its Cover traces the story of the American book cover from its inception as a means of utilitarian protection for the book to its current status as an elaborately produced form of communication art. It is, at once, the intertwined story of American graphic design and American literature, and features the work of such legendary figures as Rockwell Kent, E. McKnight Kauffer, Paul Rand, Alvin Lustig, Rudy deHarak, and Roy Kuhlman along with more recent and contemporary innovators including Push Pin Studios, Chermayeff & Geismar, Karen Goldberg, Chip Kidd, and John Gall. [via]
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The Cambridge Star Atlasby Wil TirionISBN 0521800846 (0-521-80084-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cambridge Star Atlas'Book summary:The Cambridge Star Atlas covers the entire sky, both northern and southern latitudes, in an attractive format that is suitable for beginners and experienced astronomical observers. There is a series of monthly sky charts, followed by an atlas of the whole sky, arranged in 20 overlapping charts. Each chart shows stars down to magnitude 6.5, together with about 900 non-stellar objects, such as clusters and galaxies, which can be seen with binoculars or a small telescope. There is a comprehensive map of the Moon's surface, showing craters and other named features. Wil Tirion is the world's foremost artist and designer of astronomical maps. For this edition he has devised improved versions of the monthly charts and added all-sky charts, and the text has been completely revised. In this improved and expanded format, The Cambridge Star Atlas is an ideal reference atlas for sky watchers everywhere. [via]
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Celtic and Anglo - Saxon Art: Geometric Aspectsby Derek HullISBN 085323549X (0-85323-549-X)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Celtic and Anglo - Saxon Art: Geometric Aspects'Book summary:Much of early medieval Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art is based on the display of motifs key, interlacing, spiral and zoomorphic in well-defined panels in simple and complex arrays. A study of the arrangement of the panels and the fine detail of the motifs indicates that the artists relied on geometric methods and principles first used by Egyptians and Greeks. This book reflects Derek Hulls life-long interest in interpreting the exciting and exotic patterns revealed by scientific studies using light and electron microscopes. His interest in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art started with a casual observation of an interlacing pattern on an early medieval stone cross set in a churchyard. There followed many years of exploration of art in metal, stone and vellum from all parts of the British Isles and Ireland, resulting in some fascinating discoveries. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art reveals new and intriguing facets of these works that add to our appreciation of the beauty of the art and the skills of the artists.[via]
"This is a book for lovers of Celtic art, design and calligraphy, and will both delight and captivate... A must-have for both the cognoscenti and enthusiasts of Celtic religious art."CambriaMore editions of Celtic and Anglo - Saxon Art: Geometric Aspects:
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Children's Book Covers: Great Book Jacket and Cover Designby Alan PowersISBN 1840006935 (1-84000-693-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Children's Book Covers: Great Book Jacket and Cover Design'Book summary:[via]This companion to the best-selling Front Cover is the first visual survey of over 200 years in childrens book jacket and cover design. It traces a history that goes from the hand-colored engravings of the 1800s to the digital art of today, and features the work of the most influential illustrators (including Beatrix Potter, Maurice Sendak, and Quentin Blake), plus all the popular series: Babar, Dr. Seuss, Harry Potter, and more. Classics, the latest designs, plus rare finds and first editions make this a must-have book for collectors, designers, and anyone who loves art.
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Chip Kiddby Veronique VienneISBN 0300099525 (0-300-09952-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Chip Kidd:Book One: Work 1986-2006by Chip KiddISBN 0847827852 (0-8478-2785-2)
Softcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chip Kidd:Book One: Work 1986-2006'Book summary:Described as "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many fields.Chip Kidd: Book One collects all of his book covers and designs for the first time, as well as hundreds of developmental sketches and concepts-annotated by Kidd and by many of the best-selling authors he's worked with over the years. The result is an important contribution to the design canon today as well as a visually dazzling (and often hilarious) insider's look at the design and publishing process.The book also showcases Kidd's work with comics and graphic novels, including his collaborations with leading artists and writers in the field. Featured are projects for DC Comics, including Batman and Superman, as well as Kidd's award-winning exploration of the art of Charles M. Schulz. Chip Kidd: Book One is sure to enthrall design aficionados, book lovers, pop-culture fanatics, comics fans, and design students. [via]
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Chip Kidd: Work 1986-2006by Chip Kidd, Amy Bloom, William Boyd, Augusten Burroughs, John Updike, Geoff SpearISBN 0847827488 (0-8478-2748-8)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chip Kidd: Work 1986-2006'Book summary:Described as "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many fields.Chip Kidd: Book One collects all of his book covers and designs for the first time, as well as hundreds of developmental sketches and concepts-annotated by Kidd and by many of the best-selling authors he's worked with over the years. The result is an important contribution to the design canon today as well as a visually dazzling (and often hilarious) insider's look at the design and publishing process.The book also showcases Kidd's work with comics and graphic novels, including his collaborations with leading artists and writers in the field. Featured are projects for DC Comics, including Batman and Superman, as well as Kidd's award-winning exploration of the art of Charles M. Schulz. Chip Kidd: Book One is sure to enthrall design aficionados, book lovers, pop-culture fanatics, comics fans, and design students. [via]
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Collectible Books: Some New Pathsby Jean PetersISBN 0835211541 (0-8352-1154-1)
Hardcover, Rr Bowker Llc
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The Comaby Alex Garland, Nicholas GarlandISBN 1594480850 (1-59448-085-0)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Covers and Jackets: What the Best Dressed Books and Magazines Are Wearingby Steven Heller, Anne FinkISBN 0866361952 (0-86636-195-2)
Hardcover, P B C International, Incorporated
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The Design of Booksby Adrian Wilson, Sumner StoneISBN 081180304X (0-8118-0304-X)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Designing Books: Practice and Theoryby Jost HochuliISBN 0907259235 (0-907259-23-5)
Softcover, Hyphen Pr
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Designing Books: Practice and Theoryby Robin Kinross, Jost HochuliISBN 0907259081 (0-907259-08-1)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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The Earliest Irish and English Bookarts: Visual and Poetic Forms Before A.D. 1000by Robert D. StevickISBN 0812232208 (0-8122-3220-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Easy-To-Make Pop-Upsby Joan Irvine, Barbara ReidISBN 0486446220 (0-486-44622-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Elements of Styleby William Strunk, E. B. White, Maira KalmanISBN 1594200696 (1-59420-069-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style'Book summary:This classic reference is a must-have for any student or writer. In this brief handbook, Strunk identifies the principal requirements of proper American English style and concentrates on the most often violated rules of composition. Authoritative and engagingly written, this is simply the greatest book of its kind.[via] -
The Elements of Style: A Style Guide for Writersby William StrunkISBN 097522980X (0-9752298-0-X)
Softcover, Kt Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style: A Style Guide for Writers'Book summary:Asserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. [via]
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Elements of Typographic Styleby Robert BringhurstISBN 0881792063 (0-88179-206-3)
Softcover, Hartley & Marks Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Typographic Style'Book summary:Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Combining the practical, theoretical, and historical, this edition is completely updated, with a thorough exploration of the newest innovations in intelligent font technology, and is a must-have for graphic artists, editors, or anyone working with the printed page using digital or traditional methods.[via]More editions of Elements of Typographic Style:
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Softcover, Hartley & Marks Publishers, Incorporated - Elements of Typographic Style: ISBN 0881791105 (0-88179-110-5)
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The Elements Of Typographic Style: Version 3.1by Robert BringhurstISBN 0881791326 (0-88179-132-6)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements Of Typographic Style: Version 3.1'Book summary:This lovely, well-written book is concerned foremost with creating beautiful typography and is essential for professionals who regularly work with typographic designs. Author Robert Bringhurst writes about designing with the correct typeface; striving for rhythm, proportion, and harmony; choosing and combining type; designing pages; using section heads, subheads, footnotes, and tables; applying kerning and other type adjustments to improve legibility; and adding special characters, including punctuation and diacritical marks. The Elements of Typographic Style teaches the history of and the artistic and practical perspectives on a variety of type families that are available in Europe and America today.
The last section of the book classifies and displays many type families, offers a glossary of typography terms, and lists type designers and type foundries. The book briefly mentions digital typography, but otherwise ignores it, focusing instead on general typography and page- and type-design issues. Its examples include text in a variety of languages--including English, Russian, German, and Greek--which is particularly helpful if your work has a multinational focus. [via]
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An Essay on Typographyby Eric GillISBN 0879239506 (0-87923-950-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Essay on Typography'Book summary:An Essay on Typography was first published in 1931, instantly recognized as a classic, and has long been unavailable. It represents Gill at his best opinionated, fustian, and consistently humane. It is his only major work on typography and remains indispensable for anyone interested in the art of letter forms and the presentation of graphic information.
This manifesto, however, is not only about letters their form, fit, and function but also about man's role in an industrial society. As Gill wrote later, it was his chief object "to describe two worlds that of industrialism and that of the human workman & to define their limits."
His thinking about type is still provocative. Here are the seeds of modern advertising unjustified lines, tight word and letter spacing, ample leading. Here, too, is vintage Gill, as polemical as he is practical, as much concerned about the soul of man as the work of man; as much obsessed by the ends as by the means. [via] -
Finer Points in the Spacing and Arrangement of Typeby Geoffrey DowdingISBN 0881791199 (0-88179-119-9)
Softcover, Hartley & Marks Publishers, Incorporated
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Five Hundred Years of Book Designby Alan BartramISBN 0300090587 (0-300-09058-7)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Designby Jan Tschichold, Hajo HadelerISBN 0881791164 (0-88179-116-4)
Softcover, Hartley & Marks
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Front Cover: Great Book Jackets and Cover Designby Alan PowersISBN 1845332423 (1-84533-242-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Front Cover: Great Book Jackets and Cover Design'Book summary:Front Cover: Great Book Jacket and Cover Design is a comprehensive survey of the very best of cover and jacket design from the 20th century. The most important and innovative designs are explored, including the distinctive yellow dust-jackets of the Gollancz novels of the 1930s, the colour-coded series design of Penguin paperbacks in the 1960s and the award-winning paperback designs by Canongate in the 1990s. Chapters are devoted to separate themes - the development of the modern book jacket in the 1920s and 1930s, the diverse styles that evolved in the post-war era, the paperback explosion of the 1960s and 1970s, and the recent revival in jacket design in the hands of design companies such as Pentagram. Revealing double-page features appear in each chapter on such tropics as the Cold War novel, classic novels of the period, and individual authors such as Len Deighton and Ian Fleming. With 300 jackets in full-colour, including rare first editions, innovative designs by leading designers such as E. McKnight Kauffer and Paul Rand, and newly discovered gems, together with an insightful text by leading design expert Alan Powers, this fascinating book will delight anyone with a passion for books. [via]
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Graphic Design USA 20: The Annual of the American Institute of Graphic Artsby Steven Heller, Paula Scher, Veronique Vienne, Lorraine WildISBN 0823072347 (0-8230-7234-7)
Softcover, Watson-Guptill Pubns
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Handmade Books and Cardsby Jean G. KropperISBN 0871923343 (0-87192-334-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Handmade Books and Cards'Book summary:Jean Kropper's Handmade Books and Cards is one of the best resources available to the would-be book and card artist, offering a truly creative point of view in a well-illustrated volume that includes overviews of typography, printing, binding, book formatting, and decoration. The section on techniques, tools, and materials is nicely detailed, giving valuable tips on sizing handmade paper to eliminate its tendency to bleed, mixing your own glue and paste, and anchoring the bookbinding thread to the needle; Kropper's ideas for using a concertina fold are particularly inventive and well executed. Book and paper artists will turn to this book often for happy inspiration as well as detailed guidance. [via]
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The Holy Bible: King James Version Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testamentsby Barry MoserISBN 0670887978 (0-670-88797-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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How to Make Books With Children 1-6by Joy EvansISBN 1557990611 (1-55799-061-1)
Softcover, Evan-Moor Corp
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I Mean You Knowby Warren LehrerISBN 089822036X (0-89822-036-X)
Hardcover, Earsay Books
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The Ideal Book: Essays and Lectures on the Arts of the Bookby William Morris, William S. PetersonISBN 0520056256 (0-520-05625-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Jackets Required: An Illustrated History of the American Book Jacket 1920-1950by Steven Heller, Seymour ChwastISBN 0811803961 (0-8118-0396-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Layout Source Bookby Alan SwannISBN 1555215300 (1-55521-530-0)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Looking Good in Printby Roger C. ParkerISBN 193309706X (1-933097-06-X)
Softcover, Manning Publications Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Good in Print'Book summary:There is an argument for including a guide to good layout with every DTP application sold. Would you attempt to drive a car, or fly a plane for the first time, having read only the owner's handbook? While the consequences of poor layout may be less catastrophic than a road accident the results can nonetheless be ugly and unpleasant.
Whatever your view, if such a style guide were mandatory, Looking Good in Print would be an excellent candidate. Roger Parker and Patrick Berry have achieved the difficult task of covering all the important design fundamentals in a book probably no bigger than the manual that came with your DTP application, and certainly a lot more readable.
The emphasis throughout is on providing you with the information you need to design better-looking, and therefore more successful publications. If you read only the first two chapters you will be at least as well acquainted with the basic principles of page layout as most magazine designers appear to be.
Probably the best advice--not to go anywhere near your computer until you have sketched out a few ideas with pencil and paper--comes right at the start. Every aspect of theory and practice discussed is illustrated with clear examples which occupy at least half the available space. This means you can learn quickly--by seeing how it should be done, rather than reading about it.
The authors rightly recognise that good design, especially for beginners, is more often a case of not getting it wrong, than getting it right. So, for the crash course, once you've read the first two chapters, skip to the last two--Common Design Pitfalls and Redesign, which display in graphic detail all the ugly layout accidents just waiting to befall you and how to avoid them. --Ken McMahon [via]
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Looking Good in Print: A Guide to Basic Design for Desktop Publishingby Roger C. ParkerISBN 1566040477 (1-56604-047-7)
Softcover, Ventana Pr
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Whatever your view, if such a style guide were mandatory, Looking Good in Print would be an excellent candidate. Roger Parker and Patrick Berry have achieved the difficult task of covering all the important design fundamentals in a book probably no bigger than the manual that came with your DTP application, and certainly a lot more readable.
The emphasis throughout is on providing you with the information you need to design better-looking, and therefore more successful publications. If you read only the first two chapters you will be at least as well acquainted with the basic principles of page layout as most magazine designers appear to be.
Probably the best advice--not to go anywhere near your computer until you have sketched out a few ideas with pencil and paper--comes right at the start. Every aspect of theory and practice discussed is illustrated with clear examples which occupy at least half the available space. This means you can learn quickly--by seeing how it should be done, rather than reading about it.
The authors rightly recognise that good design, especially for beginners, is more often a case of not getting it wrong, than getting it right. So, for the crash course, once you've read the first two chapters, skip to the last two--Common Design Pitfalls and Redesign, which display in graphic detail all the ugly layout accidents just waiting to befall you and how to avoid them. --Ken McMahon [via]
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Making the Medieval Book Techniques of Production 1995: Techniques of Production Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500, Oxford, July 1992by Linda L. Brownrigg, En Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500 Conference 1992 OxfordISBN 096263722X (0-9626372-2-X)
Hardcover, Anderson Lovelace Pub
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Medieval Book Production Assessing: The Evidence, Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Seminar in the Districtby Linda L. BrowrigISBN 0962637203 (0-9626372-0-3)
Hardcover, Anderson Lovelace Pub
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Methods of Book Designby Hugh WilliamsonISBN 0300030355 (0-300-03035-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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More Making Books By Hand: Exploring Miniture Books, Alternative Structures, And Found Objectsby Peter Thomas, Donna ThomasISBN 1592530745 (1-59253-074-5)
Softcover, Quarry Books
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New Book Designby Roger Fawcett-Tang, Caroline RobertsISBN 185669366X (1-85669-366-X)
Softcover, Harper Design Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Book Design'Book summary:New Book Design showcases the most interesting, influential, and accomplished book designs from the last ten years.It features over 100 titles published around the world, each chosen for their outstanding design qualities, from the publications of large mainstream publishers to those of small independent companies -- and even those from individual artists. Included in its pages are lavishly produced books with unconventional formats and unusual print techniques as well as less flamboyant publications produced for various different markets. A wide variety of books are featured, from paperback novels to architectural monographs, from text-based to profusely-illustrated books.
Divided into four main sections -- "Packaging," "Navigation," "Layout," and "Specification" -- the book examines each facet of book design: cover design; contents and structure; image usage; grids; typography; paper; printing; and binding. Clear photography captures each featured book, and interviews with prominent book designers, art directors, and publishers provide extra insight.
New Book Design is sure to provide a rich source of inspiration to book designers and bibliophiles alike.
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The New Typography: A Handbook for Modern Designersby Jan Tschichold, Ruari McLean, Richard Hendel, Robin KinrossISBN 0520250125 (0-520-25012-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Typography: A Handbook for Modern Designers'Book summary:Since its initial publication in Berlin in 1928, Jan Tschichold's The New Typography has been recognized as the definitive treatise on book and graphic design in the machine age. At once a key theoretical document of Central European modernism between the world wars and an invaluable source of working principles for the practicing designer, this classic work enjoys the reputation among book artists that Le Corbusier's Toward a New Architecture has long held among architects.[via]
The book's legendary renown is certain to increase with the long-overdue appearance of this first English translation, published in a form that reflects Tschichold's original typography and design. Ranging from theoretical discussions of typography in the age of photography and mechanical standardization to practical considerations in the design of business forms, The New Typography remains essential reading for designers, art historians, and all those concerned with the evolution of visual communication in the twentieth century.More editions of The New Typography: A Handbook for Modern Designers:
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The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Noviceby Robin WilliamsISBN 1566091594 (1-56609-159-4)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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In The Non-Designer¿s Design Book, 2nd Edition, best-selling author Robin Williams turns her attention to the basic principles of good design and typography. All you have to do is follow her clearly explained concepts, and you¿ll begin producing more sophisticated, professional, and interesting pages immediately. Humor-infused, jargon-free prose interspersed with design exercises, quizzes, illustrations, and dozens of examples make learning a snap¿which is just what audiences have come to expect from this best-selling author. [via]More editions of The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice:
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Notes On Book Designby Derek BirdsallISBN 0300103476 (0-300-10347-6)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Notes On Book Design'Book summary:[via]In a career spanning more than forty years, Derek Birdsall has achieved renown as a leading book designer in Britain. This practical and inspirational book distils a lifetimes professional experience. It presents and discusses nearly fifty books he has designed, showing 360 spreads and covers, all in full color and to scale.
The designs range from Penguin paperback covers in the 1960s to a recent complete redesign of The Church of Englands book of Common Worship. Among Birdsalls projects are award-winning art catalogues, catalogues raisonné on such major artists as Mark Rothko and Georgia OKeeffe, and books on wine, chess, astronomy, architecture, and fine paper. Birdsall discusses and illustrates the process of book design, from brief to deadline (which he calls the designers muse). He includes specimen settings of his favorite text faces as well as an innovative metric grid system for designing books. In addition, he lists books he himself has found useful or inspiring. For every reader curious about the design or production of books, this is a uniquely informative and instructive book.
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On Book Designby Richard HendelISBN 0300075707 (0-300-07570-7)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Book Design'Book summary:How is a book designed? What do book designers think about as they turn mansucripts into printed books? In this volume the book designer Richard Hendel and other book designers discuss their approaches and working methods. They consider the problems posed by a wide range of projects - selection of book's size and shape, choice of typeface for text and display, arrangement of type on the page, and determination of typographic details for all parts of the book within manufacturing and buget limitations. As omnipresent as books are, few readers are aware of the "invisible" craft of book designing. The task of a book designer faces is different from that faced by other designers. The challenge, says Hendel isn't to create something different or pretty or clever but to discover how best to serve the author's words. Hendel does not epouse a single philosophy of design or a set of instructions; he shows that there are many ways to design a book. In detailed descriptions of the creative process, Hendel and the eight other designers show how they achieve the most effective visual presentation of words, offering many examples to illustrate their choices. [via]
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Paragraphs on Printing: With Occasional Notes and Illustrationsby Bruce RogersISBN 0486238172 (0-486-23817-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005by Phil BainesISBN 0141024232 (0-14-102423-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Riverside Chaucerby Geoffrey Chaucer, Larry D. BensonISBN 0395290317 (0-395-29031-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Sexby Glenn O'Brien, Steven Meisel, MadonnaISBN 0446517321 (0-446-51732-1)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sex'Book summary:From music videos to movie roles, sellout tours to Billboard chart-toppers, Madonna has become one of the most popular, most publicized, and most successful performers of all time. Now, Madonna's book takes a provocative look at sexual fantasies in photographs and words, with the erotic imaginings highlighted by a series of innovative special effects. Contains adult material of a controversial nature. Includes a one-cut CD from Madonna's newest recording project. Full color. [via]
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The SP Century: Boston's Society of Printers through One Hundred Years of Changeby Scott-Martin KosofskyISBN 1584561947 (1-58456-194-7)
Hardcover, Society of Printers
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Structure of the Visual Bookby Keith A. SmithISBN 0974076406 (0-9740764-0-6)
Softcover, Keith a Smith Books
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The Telling Line: Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustratorsby Douglas MartinISBN 0385300484 (0-385-30048-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Text in the Book Formatby Keith A. SmithISBN 0974076414 (0-9740764-1-4)
Softcover, Sigma Foundation
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Text in the Book Format: Book No. 120by Keith A. SmithISBN 0927159007 (0-927159-00-7)
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Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering: A Source Book of the Best Letter Forms of Past and Present for Sign Painters, Graphic Artists, Commercial Artisby Jan TschicholdISBN 0393701972 (0-393-70197-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Typography, Advertising, Book Designby Max BillISBN 3721203410 (3-7212-0341-0)
Hardcover, Ram Pubns & Dist
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Typography, Advertising, Book Design'Book summary:Max Bill considered himself primarily an architect, yet he was also an inventive and tireless creator of type fonts and commercial logos, as well as being a designer with wonderful sense of visual humor - not exactly a common feature of Swiss graphic art, as the publisher (also Swiss) points out. This rich monograph gives Max Bill fans an extensive an inspring look at works for which he has received little attention, in the fields of typography, advertising and book design. Dimension: 83/4 x 11 inches, English & German Text, 600 color reproductions. [via]
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Verbum Book of Electronic Page Designby Linnea Dayton, Michael GosneyISBN 1558510885 (1-55851-088-5)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Works of Geoffrey Chaucerby Geoffrey ChaucerISBN 0395055687 (0-395-05568-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Book Design in Switzerlandby Jost Hochuli, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 390810212X (3-908102-12-X)
Hardcover, Pro Helvetia
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Gestaltungsraster/Grid Systems: German Editionby Kimberly ElamISBN 1568985894 (1-56898-589-4)
Softcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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