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

Williamson, H.A.F.

Published by Oxford University Press, London, first edition, 1956, 1956

Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm, xiv, 430 pp, ills. From the blurb: "The author 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 if advertisements. Indeed, they need to be understood by everyone interested in design and quality in printing." The copy of the bookbinder Philip Smith, signed by him on the front free endpaper. Edges of textblock foxed, otherwise Good in a dustwrapper which has small tears and edgeloss. Seller Inventory # ABE-59492

Bibliographic Details

Title: Methods of Book Design : the Practice of an ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London, first edition, 1956
Publication Date: 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition