ISBN10: 0500281564, ISBN13: 9780500281567, [publisher: Thames & Hudson] Softcover Aims to demystify writing for the general reader. This book explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, and follows the discovery of writing forms from cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of Japan today.
[Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0500281564, ISBN13: 9780500281567, [publisher: Thames and Hudson] Softcover Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1999]

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]