Methods of Book Design : the Practice of an Industrial Craft.

Williamson, H.A.F.

Published by Oxford University Press, London, second edition, 1966, 1966

About this Item

Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm, xvi, 433 pp, ills. From the blurb: "[T]he author .explains book production techniques in outline, selecting from each the characteristics of most concern to the designer.[He] deals not only with book manufacture as the designer needs to see it, but with such matters as editorial work, the selection and arrangement of type, illustration, jacket design, estimating, and the choice of a printer. The treatment of each subject is developed far enough to interest the qualified typographer as well as the beginner. Book design is defined as the planning which determines the physical qualities of the book. The theme of the present work is that such planning must be based on knowledge of the machinery and processes of modern industrial book production. Many of the methods of design described here are of course applicable to other kinds of printing, such as that of advertisements. Indeed, they need to be understood by everyone interested in design and quality in printing. Methods of Book Design has been revised and reset, and now covers innovations in book production since the first edition went to press in 1956." Bold red note on front free endpaper, otherwise Good in used and priceclipped dustwrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Methods of Book Design : the Practice of an Industrial Craft.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, London, second edition, 1966
• Publication Date: 1966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Book Arts & Illustration