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DESIGNING BOOKS: PRACTICE AND THEORY.
Hochuli, Jost and Robin Kinross

- London : Hyphen Press (1996) - large 8vo. - cloth, dust jacket - 166, (2) pages. - ISBN 0907259081 / Order Nr. 70679 - Price: $ 125.00

First edition thus. A study of book design which is divided into three parts. The first, Book Design as a School of Thought, was originally delivered in German as a lecture and published as a pamphlet in 1991. The second part, Designing Books, was published as a separate booklet by Agfa in 1989, in German. The third part, Books Designed by Jost Hochuli, is new. Co-author Robin Kinross comments on 27 of his works. Illustrated and includes an index of book designers, illustrators, publishers and journals. Only slight jacket wear.

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EPICURUS, THE EXTANT REMAINS OF THE GREEK TEXT. by Epicurus Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the designer of the book, Bruce Rogers. With headlines printed in red and medallion of Epicurus printed in gilt. Gilt designs on the first page. Some wear to slipcase. Bookplate.