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Author Wilson, Adrian.

Title The design of books / Adrian Wilson
Published New York : Reinhold, 1967
1967

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  741.64 Wil/Dob  AVAILABLE
Description 159 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents Introduction. -- The art of the layout. -- Typography. -- Printing methods. -- Paper. -- The anatomy of the book. -- Design approaches. -- Binding. -- Jackets and paperback covers. -- Trade book design. -- Textbooks, references, and manuals. -- Limited editions. -- Index
Summary Contains information about creating layouts and implementing production of many different kinds of books
Notes Colophon: "This book has been designed by Adrian Wilson, San Francisco. The types are handset Palatino and Linotype Aldus, designed by Hermann Zapf, and set by Grant Dahlstrom/The Castle Press, Pasadena, California. The printing is offset lithography executed by New York Lithographing Corp. The binding has been executed by Edition Bookbindery."
Illustrated end-papers
Includes index (p. 156-159)
On title page, "New York" follows "Reinhold Publishing ..." and "London" follows "Studio Vista." Date of publication from title-leaf verso
On title-leaf verso: "Published in the United States of America, 1967 by Reinhold Publishing Corporation, a subsidiary of Chapman-Reinhold, Inc. 430 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022 and in Great Britain, 1967 by Studio Vista Limited, Blue Star House, Highgate Hill, London N 19."
Publishers' advertisement on back cover of dust jacket
Also issued online
Subject Book design -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Book design.
Printing.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Author Dahlstrom, Grant Edward, typographer
Wilson, Adrian, book designer, bookjacket designer
Zapf, Hermann, type designer
Castle Press, typographer
Edition Book Bindery, binder
New York Lithographing Corp, printer
Reinhold Publishing Corporation, publisher
Studio Vista, publisher
LC no. 67014162
Other Titles Design special collection