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The Guards
Photographer,Anthony Edgeworth.
Written by John de St.Jorre.
Designed by Samuel N.Antupit
Some 5,500 officers and men protect the
British sovereign.You may see them brilliantly
costumed and parading outside
Buckingham and Windsor palaces but there
is more to them than greets the eye.This
book tells their story,beautifully,in full color
pictures and in words and explains why
such an apparent historical anachronism
retains its vigor in this computerized age.
Former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
said of his service in the guards: "It is a
great thing at some time in your life to be
associated with something which is quite
first class:'
Crown Publishers, Inc.,One Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10016.256 pages.9 x 12.
$25.00.
1982 Calligraphy Calendar
Calligraphy Made Easy
by Margaret Shepherd
The Calendar opens up to 10Th x 19 and is
punched at one edge to facilitate hanging.
The days and months are beautifully written,naturally,and
the top half of each
open spread features a provocative quotation
such as January's "Writing is easy; all
you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of
paper until the drops of blood form on your
forehead:' "Calligraphy Made Easy" is a
64-page 81/2 x 10Th paperback beginner's
workbook.
Wideview Books, 747 Third Avenue,New
York, NY 10017. Calendar, $6.95. Book, $8.95.
Early American Books & Printing
by John T. Winterich
More a narrative than a reference manual.
The subject has continuity, is readable,and
the selections covered reveal as much
about the author's preferences as about his
subject.Though not a source book, it does
review books and printers in pre- and postcolonial
America from 1493 (Columbus'
first letter describing America) to America's
first professional man of letters,Washington
Irving. Included are discursive chapters on
the Bay Psalm Book,early American newspapers
and periodicals, print shops and their
tools,and more.
Dover Publicationi,Inc.,180 Varick Street,
New York, NY 10014.253 pages. 5Th x 81/2.
Paper.$4.50.
Origins of Form
by Christopher Williams
A heavily illustrated report on the shape of
natural and man-made things—why they
came to be the way they are and how they
change.ln it you see and read the stories
of funnels and fish, of shoes and shrews,
of microbes and microscopes and much,
much more.
Architectural Book Publishing Company,
Inc.10 East 40th Street, New York, NY
10016.144 pages.81/2 x 11.Paper.$12.95.
English English
by Norman W.Schur
It's about time someone offered us an
American/English dictionary so that we can
understand our friends across the ocean
without benefit of a translator. Where else
could you learn that a blackjack is a lifepreserver,a
raisin a sultana,a salesman a
counter-jumper? This book is a gem. Browse
it, read it, use the index,and enjoy it.
Verbatim, Box 668EE, Essex, CN 06426.
332 pages. 7% x 10.$24.95.
The Spirit of Colors
by Karl Gerstner
Karl Gerstner is one of Switzerland's most
noted contemporary artists. His works range
from reliefs with coloristic structure to
kinetic objects in the form of sculptures.
Since Vassily Kandinsky and Johannes itten,
no artist in the European tradition has come
to terms so intensively with color, both in
his art and in his writings.
In this book Gerstner explores color physically
and delves into its historic, philosophical
and psychological aspects as well.The
series of essays includes 70 color plates
and many black and white illustrations.
The MIT Press,Cambridge, MA 02142.
225 pages.91/2 x 91/2.$39.95.
Books on Expressive Lettering
Inversions
by Scott Kim
Words
by Mark Soppeland
Letterforms and uses of typefaces in ways
that graphically illustrate what the words
say or that form interesting patterns are
always fun.Two such books hit our desk
recently.
"Inversions" is billed as "a catalog of
calligraphic cartwheels:' The author is a
computer science graduate student at
Stanford University.A protege of Donald
Knuth (inventor of Metafont),he is currently
working with Hermann Zapf on the digitization
of a new Zapf typeface.The wordplay
consists of more than sixty examples of
letter and logo design based on mathematical
symmetry.The text discusses such
'things as book design echoing content
and self communicating logos.
Byte/Books McGraw-Hi11,70 Main Street,
Peterborough,NH 03458.122 pages.9% x 9.
Paper.$8.95.
"Words" is essentially a picturebook of
words that are pictures.Some are obvious,
some not.The word "corner" is bent in the
middle.The word "backwards" reads mirrorwise.
And so forth.
William Kaufmann, Inc., One First Street,
Los Altos, CA 94022.146 pages.9Th x 6Th.
Paper.$6.95.
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