9780879239879 - The Alphabet Abecedarium: Some Notes on Letters von Firmage, Richard A. (5 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the First Edition of the published work. This copy is the First Printing of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: FINE. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: FINE. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. xii, 307pp. + nifty colophon. FINE copy in FINE dust jacket, exceedingly clean and sharp. Signed.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp. xi, [1], 307, [1]. many illus. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Gut. Auflage: Erste Ausgabe. XI, 307 p.: Ill. Only slight signs of handling, inside good and clean without annotations. - DRAWING FROM MYTHOLOGY, Cosmology, his- tory, the Bible, literature, and esoteric and con- ventional sources, this book takes the reader on a tour of each of the twenty-six letters that comprise one of civilization's greatest inventions, the Ro- man alphabet. In chapters that are descriptive, illustrative, and diverse, we are shown the history and development of every letter, how its shape evolved, how its characteristics were encoded, and how its history, attributes, and meanings were reflected in myth, literature, science, and religion. This is one of those books full of the fruits of an inquiring and wide-ranging mind, rich in sur- prises and serendipities, and profusely illustrated with hundreds of letterforms and related draw- ings from ancient scripts to present-day digitized computer alphabets. The twenty-six alphabetic signs are, as Firmage shows, building blocks of our consciousness. Through the centuries they have been altered, written about, and thought of in ways that will surprise and delight even those who feel they are quite familiar with our letters. Quoting sources as diverse as James Joyce, Rabelais, Dostoevsky, Twain, Elmer Fudd, and Bob Dylan, ranging from historical scholarship to deadpan comedy, from mysticism to McLuhan, from Pompeii to Poe to Pynchon, The Alphabet Abecedarium is a book for all those who think they know their ABCs or would like to learn them. ISBN 9780879239879 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 653.