Product Description: A lecture by Ward Ritchie, pioneer bookman and printer of southern California, sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Designed by Scott Freutel, printed by Patrick Reagh in an edition of 1500 copies, bound by Cardoza-James...read more

Looks at the history of printing and graphic arts from Egyptian hieroglyphics to modern typefaces, and shows examples of posters and advertisements

Charts the publications and designers that have shaped graphic design in the twentieth century, covering books, magazines, advertising and newspapers

Product Description: What do we read when we read a text? The author's words, of course, but is that all? The prevailing publishing ethic has insisted that typography -- the selection and arrangement of type and other visual elements on a page -- should be an invisible, silent, and deferential servant to the text it conveys...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A showcase of book bindings, illuminated manuscripts, comics, and children's books found at London's National Art Library in the Victoria & Albert Museum details a history of the styles, crafts, and technologies used in book design. (view table of contents)