New Release Books by Warren Chappell

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The story with musical themes of Wagner's four Nibelung operas.

This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.

This work makes plain the evolution, impact and development of the printed word as we know it. Covering the earliest forms of the letters of the alphabet, to graphic technology today, this revised edition should appeal to designers, students and typophiles.

The collection contains the corrected typescript, galley proofs, page proofs on galley sheets, unbound signatures and hand drawn illustrations for Chappell's book.