This critically acclaimed volume on the craft of bookmaking has long been considered a classic on the subject, proving a seminal work that provides proffessionals and students of book and typographic design withnumerous design approaches and the information necessary toprepare layouts and carry a book through the production process. Illustrated with 250 superb design samples. Index. B&W illus. 158p. Pap.

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Title

The Design of Books

Publisher

Chronicle Books, San Francisco

Publication Date

1993

Language

English

ISBN 10

081180304X

ISBN 13

9780811803045

Binding

Oversized Paperback

Condition

Good

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Wilson is one of a handful of book designers who brought the West Coast to the admiring notice of the world of typography. In 1983 he received a MacArthur Prize. This nice, practical, inexpensive reprint, with a new foreword by Sumner Stone, brings back into print a classic on layout, type, paper, printing, binding. Essential to any collection on the book. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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