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Icebergs And Jungles by Shirley Carpenter; Marie Neurath - 1954

by Shirley Carpenter; Marie Neurath

Icebergs And Jungles by Shirley Carpenter; Marie Neurath - 1954

Icebergs And Jungles

by Shirley Carpenter; Marie Neurath

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London: Rathbone Books, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Michael Charlton; Marjorie Saynor. Excellently illustrated and in good order throughout. Former owner's neat signature to title page. Pictorial boards lightly worn to top and foot of spine. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 4to. 30pp.

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores GB (GB)
  • Illustrator Michael Charlton; Marjorie Saynor
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Jacket Condition No Jacket
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Rathbone Books
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1954
  • Pages 30
  • Size 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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Mountains and Valleys

by Carpenter, Shirley; Marie Neurath; Stewart Irwin

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Rathbone Books / Adprint House, 1954. Hard. Very Good. States ""First published in Great Britain in 1954."" Glossy pictorial boards. Scuffed corners and small chip at heel of spine. Gift note on title page dated 1954, else unmarked. Text pages Fine. "" Illustrated with maps, pictures and Isotypes.
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Icebergs & Jungles.

by NEURATH, Marie, & Shirley Carpenter

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used
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Hardcover
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London, United Kingdom
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New York: Hanover House,, 1954. First edition, first printing, of this uncommon children's book co-authored by data-visualisation pioneer Marie Neurath (1898-1986). While most of Neurath's children's books were produced directly for her Isotype imprint and feature her signature style throughout, she also occasionally collaborated with other authors and publishers. This volume, on Earth's climate and seasons, is a fascinating example of how the Isotype visual language could be incorporated into page layouts featuring traditional illustrations and complex text for older children. Neurath, together with her husband Otto and their colleague Gerd Arntz, was one of the founders of Isotype, a simplified visual method of displaying complex information to the public. First developed in the 1920s, and originally known as the Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics, the goal of Isotype was "to cross national and social divides in a time before widespread global communication. To do that, Isotype went back to… Read More
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