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B2777. Wordplay/Langdon
Wordplay: The Philosophy, Art, and Science of Ambigrams
By John Langdon. 2005. 224pp. 8"x8." $14.95
Ambigrams are a visual lettering trick.You turn the lettering upside down and the word reads the same! This updated collection of ambigrams features a section of full-color ambigrams and dozens of mind-bending examples of this cryptic art form.Many involve full circles of lettering. Each ambigram is accompanied by a short essay, some serious, some witty. This revised edition includes 50 new examples!
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B2695. Solid Form of Language/Bringhurst
The Solid Form of Language
By Robert Bringhurst. 2004. 80pp. 4.5"x7". Paper.
A fascinating essay on the way spoken language has been
recorded with visual symbols, beautifully presented in this small volume. Latin and Greek Alphabets, Chinese logographs, Sanskrit and Hindi or Cree and Inukitiut syllabics are discussed as well as parallels with music and mathematics. It’s thought provoking and accessible for the lay reader. Smyth-sewn. The book is jacket letterpress
printed on St Armand handmade paper.
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B2898. Tree of Meaning/Bringhurst
The Tree of Meaning: Thirteen Lectures
By Robert Bringhurst. 2006. 320pp. 5.3" x 8.5". Paper.
Lectures on language, focusing on storytelling,mythology, comparative literature, humanity and the breadth of oral culture. Bringhurst’s commitment to ‘ecological linguistics’ emerges in his studies of Native American art and storytelling, his understanding of poetry, and his
championing of a more truly universal conception of what constitutes literature.He discusses the process of translation, and the relationship between beings and language. Themes include the nature of language; the nature of meaning; the destruction of the earth as we have known it, occurring side by side with the evident persistence
of poetry and meaning.
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B2906. Front Cover/Powers
Front Cover: Great Book Jackets and Cover Design.
By Alan Powers. 2006. 144pp. 9" x 11". Paper. Retail Price $19.95.
Presents 300 influential book jackets and book covers of the 20th century -- all in full color. Discusses the art and typography, how cover art styles helped launch publishing "brands" such as Penguin and Bloomsbury and explores the impact of today’s digitally designed covers.
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B2903. Jan Tschichold, Designer
Jan Tschichold, Designer: The Penguin Years.
2006. 240pp. 8"x10". Hard.
Focuses on Tschicholds typographic revolution that he
applied to Penguins mass production of books. Includes over 100 color and b&w images of the Penguin Book Series of Tschichold’s during the 1940’s. Shows many of Tschichold’s preliminary hand drawn cover and title page designs which show his meticulous attention to detail. Explains, with many illustrations, the influences that drove
Tschichold and his New Typography.
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S516. Ivory Headband 60 inch
Headbands
Ivory 60".
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