Isbn: 9780198181460 - politics and script: aspects of authority and freedom in the development of graeco-latin script from sixth century b.c. to twentieth century a.d. (lyell lectures) (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket. Reprint first published 1972 based on author's Lyell Lectures delivered at Oxford University in 1957 by the Lyell Reader in Bibliography A study of symbols intended to convey meanings. Illustrations. 361 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £13.55 as book nearly one kilo weight. …

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Small quarto in dust jacket, ii, 363 pp., 186 b/w photos, list of works consulted, index Special Edition for Sandpiper Books Ltd. Edited and Completed by Nicolas Barker. Originally pubished in 1972.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Minimal shelf wear, clean internals. May have remainder mark.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and institution plates. DJ is protected in plastic. Dustjacket has edgewear with minor chipping and a few tears (some repaired with adhesive tape).; The Lyell lectures; 361 pages; The central argument of Stanley Morison's work is that the development of script (inscriptional, calligraphic or typographical) has been the result of changes in religious or political environment, of friction between church and state, and of the schism between Eastern and Western Christendom. Morison begins with an example of alphabetic forms on a 6th century BC gravestone from Melos and proceeds through commentary on a notable collection of more than 180 illustrated specimens, to trace the career of the Graeco-Roman alphabet up to its use in newspaper typefaces of the 1950s. He also seeks to show that the most widely used printers' typefaces of the twentieth century owe more to their Greek than to their Roman antecedents.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Tape stains to rear endpapers. Some foxing to textblock and first few pages. Book is Good+ or VG- Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; The Lyell lectures; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 361 pages; The central argument of Stanley Morison's work is that the development of script (inscriptional, calligraphic or typographical) has been the result of changes in religious or political environment, of friction between church and state, and of the schism between Eastern and Western Christendom. Morison begins with an example of alphabetic forms on a 6th century BC gravestone from Melos and proceeds through commentary on a notable collection of more than 180 illustrated specimens, to trace the career of the Graeco-Roman alphabet up to its use in newspaper typefaces of the 1950s. He also seeks to show that the most widely used printers' typefaces of the twentieth century owe more to their Greek than to their Roman antecedents.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Light shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing.; Sandpiper Reprint of 1972 edition.; The Lyell lectures; 361 pages; The central argument of Stanley Morison's work is that the development of script (inscriptional, calligraphic or typographical) has been the result of changes in religious or political environment, of friction between church and state, and of the schism between Eastern and Western Christendom. Morison begins with an example of alphabetic forms on a 6th century BC gravestone from Melos and proceeds through commentary on a notable collection of more than 180 illustrated specimens, to trace the career of the Graeco-Roman alphabet up to its use in newspaper typefaces of the 1950s. He also seeks to show that the most widely used printers' typefaces of the twentieth century owe more to their Greek than to their Roman antecedents.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Excellent study by the typographer. The Lyell Lectires 1957. pp361. Illus. Usual library marks. Little used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket (price clipped), 361p, illustrations, 28 cm. Very good, few light brown spots on top page-edges. First edition. Based on author's Lyell Lectures delivered at Oxford University in 1957.