Product Description: From typefounding through typesetting to the printing process itself, this narrative offers a fresh look at the unprecedented success story of the spread of the 'black art' right across Europe in a mere 40 years. Stephan Füssel here analyses the first early printings, placing them in the context of the history of communication and the intellectual climate of a Europe-wide educated elite by about 1500...read more

Product Description: Although Johann Gutenberg's seminal invention of printing from movable metal type is well documented, very little is known about the man himself. This fascinating and scholarly biography brings together a vast and widely dispersed literature to produce a revealing account of Gutenberg the individual...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: El diseño en el libro es una introducción práctica a este tema, realizada por un diseñador experimentado y muy conocido en su campo. El libro abarca la tipografía y otras consideraciones más generales sobre el diseño, acercándose al tema en una secuencia lógica y ofreciendo una variedad de ejemplos visuales...read more

Product Description: Charles Keeping, born in 1924, was a Londoner through and through and his childhood in Lambeth provided him with an endlessly rich source to draw on throughout his working life. But his vision was universal, individual and often startling - the strength and honesty of everything and his influence was enormous...read more

Offers brief profiles of Brian Wildsmith, Jan Pienkowski, Helen Oxenbury, Quentin Blake, and Janet and Allan Ahlberg, and discusses their approach to book illustration

Product Description: The four grade-level handbooks in this series can be used either as the basis for critical thinking staff development, or as an independent resource for teachers. Starting from standard lessons and standard practice, the teacher sees, in case after case, what the weaknesses are in standard lessons and how they can be remedied...read more