by Warren Chappell, Robert Bringhurst (Contributor)
Publisher: Hartley & Marks; 2nd edition (April 2000)
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN: 0881791547
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Reviewed by Paul Stanley:
The title is only partly right. Short this certainly is, relative to the ground it covers. But it is hardly really a history — more a sort of chronology with comments. It does engage to some extent with technical developments, but it doesn't attempt any real cultural or economic analysis. Overall the tone is antiquarian rather than historical, and Bringhurst's sententious style grows, to my mind at least, tiresome here. Although it does cover territory other than books, it does not do so thoroughly; its focus is very much on high typographical culture. It can be read with some pleasure by those who are already interested in printing. But I am underwhelmed by it. There surely is a fascinating history of the "printed word" to be written; but I don't think this is it.

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by Harry Carter, James Mosley (Introduction)
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; (June 2002)
Paperback: 208 pages
ISBN: 0907259219
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Reviewed by Jim Richardson:
This is essential reading! A must for all typography enthusiasts! A series of lectures given by Carter with a nice overview as well as corrections from Mosley.Thoughtful as well as insightful. Although dated. It would seem however, that is the point though! (Fritz Park)An education! Taking the reader from the birth of the printing press through the evolution of type from Gothic through to Roman.

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by Rob Roy Kelly
Publisher: DaCapo Press; (June 1977)
Paperback: 350 pages
ASIN: 0306800594
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by Jerry Kelly
Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher; (March 2003)
Hardcover: 208 pages
ISBN: 0971568758
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by Harris M., Robin Myers (Editor), Michael Harris (Editor)
Publisher: Oak Knoll Books; (October 1988)
Paperback: 186 pages
ISBN: 0902692364
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by Philip N. Cronenwett (Compiler)
Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher; (September 2002)
Hardcover: 196 pages
ISBN: 0971568731
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Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher; (March 2003)
Hardcover
ISBN: 0972424083
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by Daniel Berkeley Updike, William S. Peterson (Editor)
Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher; (September 2002)
Hardcover: 408 pages
ISBN: 097156874X
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