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The Story of Writing. Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms [Buy it!] | Andrew Robinson | USD 12.87 (Fri May 24 10:50:38 2024) | AbebooksUK | The London Bookworm | ISBN10: 0500281564, ISBN13: 9780500281567, [publisher: Thames and Hudson, London] Softcover Paperback. The Story of Writing. Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms. In a succinct and absorbing text, the author explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script. He discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan, as well as others such as the Cherokee 'alphabet' and the writing of runes. With over 350 illustrations, 50 in colour. 224 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature [East Sussex, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003] |