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The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press Staff (Editor) - 9th Edition Countless publishing professionals have learned the details of their business from this classic guide for publishers, editors and writers. In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a book. Clear, concise, and replete with commonsense advice, The Chicago Manual of Style, offers the wisdom of a hundred years of editorial practice while including a wealth of new topics and updated perspectives. For anyone who works with words, whether on a page or computer screen, this continues to be the one reference book you simply must have.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1518949 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

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• ISBN13: 9789562913966
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Customer Reviews

Not the real thing!!
This is the Barnes & Noble version of an old edition; this isn't actually published by the University of Chicago Press. Look for the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (orange cover), for the latest & greatest from the UC Press staff.

This 1927 edition is obsolete
Don't be misled. This is not really The Chicago Manual of Style. This is the 1927 edition of "Manual of Style: Containing Typographical Rules Governing the Publications of the University of Chicago Press together with Specimens of Types Used at the University of Chicago Press." It's an eighty year old edition of what is, of course, in its current (15th) edition the bible of publishing. Interesting for historical reasons, maybe, but useless for the present day.

Why is it in print? Good question. Since it's so old, it's in the public domain, so apparently anyone can reprint it. But why would a publisher do that? And not even get the title right . . .

Older version
Although recently published, this is an older of the Chicago Manual of Style. The current edition (15th) has over 880 pages, this edition has only 400. I don't think the word 'computer' or 'electronic' appears anywhere in the manual. There is no copyright page, so I cannot tell which edition it is. There are, however, 140 pages of examples of different fonts, a.k.a. specimens of type styles, borders, ornaments, initials, brackets, lines, headbands, tailpieces, etc. Font examples are 'Bruce old style', 'Carlson old style', 'American Carlson', 'Scotch Roman', 'Modern Number Eight' and others.