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Established in 2001 as RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, the Press initially focused on publishing titles documenting graphic communication processes, printing history, and bookmaking. As RIT Press’s editorial scope evolved, the Press broadened its reach to include content supporting all academic disciplines CONTENTS offered at RIT. These include business, applied science and NEW RELEASES . . . . . 3 technology, graphic arts, deaf studies, and liberal arts. In 2007, BOOKBINDING . . . . . 11 an additional imprint, RIT Press, was established for all titles not PRINTING HISTORY . . 11 related to the graphic arts. Beginning in 2013, all publications FINE EDITIONS 12 carry this imprint. . . . . . 13 The Alexander S. Lawson Publishing Center . . . . . 13 Our office space, the Alexander S. Lawson Publishing Center, PRINTING ...... 14 opened in 2007. The striking design of the facility is based on BUSINESS ...... 14 the golden section, a schema that figured in historical book TECHNOLOGY . . . . . 14 design. Glass walls enclose a sales area, conference room, POPULAR CULTURE . . 15 and gallery. Hermann Zapf designed the typography for some LOCAL INTEREST . . . .15 30 stimulating quotations that adorn the glass. The Lawson DESIGN ...... 16 Center is located on the second floor of the Wallace Center at CRAFT + VISUAL ARTS . 18 RIT, adjacent to the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. PHOTOGRAPHY . . . . 20 Visitors are welcome; we are typically open 9:00–4:30 RIT ...... 22 Monday through Friday, but feel free to call ahead to ensure we DEAF STUDIES 22 will be available. LIBERAL ARTS . . . . . 23 To Place an Order SPORTS 24 For secure online credit card orders 24 hours a day, please visit GIFT ITEMS ...... 25 our website. To order by mail or fax, printable order forms are COMING SOON 27 available online. A full publication list is available through our website. Prices subject to change. PHONE: (585) 475–6766 FAX: (585) 475–4090 WEB: WWW.RIT.EDU/PRESS

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COVER IMAGE Forest McMullin, photographer. Vidalia, Louisiana. Featured in Late Harvest (see page 5)

2 NEW RELEASE The Path to Paradise 's Stained-Glass Art Jessica Marten

From her start in the 1980s, Judith Schaechter (b. 1961) has stretched the medium of stained glass into an incisive art form for the twenty-first century, boldly paving her path in the diverse arena PUBLISHED BY RIT PRESS of contemporary art. With deep respect for history, AND MEMORIAL ART a provocative rebelliousness, and a feminist sensi- GALLERY (1/2020) bility, Schaechter has aptly been called a “post-punk ISBN 978-1-939125-73-6 BINDING: HARDCOVER stained-glass sorceress.” This catalog accom- PAGES: 176 panies The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s ILLUSTRATIONS: 112 Stained-Glass Art, the first survey and major schol- SIZE: 9 × 11 IN. arly assessment of this groundbreaking artist’s $49.95 37-year career. The essays explore the range of critical registers Schaechter’s work spans, illumi- ABOUT THE AUTHORS Jessica Marten is Curator in nating and contextualizing the artist’s unique contri- Charge/Curator of American butions to the contemporary canon. Art at the The exhibition, organized by the Memorial Art of the University of Rochester. In her curatorial practice, Gallery of the University of Rochester, will travel to Marten is particularly inter- the Toledo Museum of Art in summer 2020, and the ested in exploring historically Des Moines Art Center in 2021. marginalized artists and lesser- known histories. Glenn Adamson (foreword) is a curator, writer, and historian who works at the intersection of craft and contemporary art, and currently Senior Scholar at the Yale Center for British Art. Virginia Chieffo Raguin, PhD, Yale University (essay), is Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the College of the Holy Cross. She has published widely on religion, stained glass, and architecture. Diane C. Wright (essay) is the Senior Curator of Glass and Decorative Arts at the Toledo Museum of Art, where she explores the infinite world of glass within the context of Toledo’s encyclopedic art collection.

RELATED TITLES: CRAFT AND VISUAL ARTS (PAGES 18–19) 3 NEW RELEASE Regarding Frames Thinking with Comics in the Twenty-First Century Shiamin Kwa

Part interpretive criticism, part philosophical medi- tation, Regarding Frames: Thinking with Comics in the Twenty-First Century explores the ways that literary comics engage readers in the mutual construction of meaning. Kwa draws from a wide range of philosophical, critical, and theoretical PUBLISHED BY RIT PRESS texts to analyze the visual and verbal narrative (2/2020) ISBN 978-1-939125-64-4 strategies that artists use. She examines the work BINDING: SOFTCOVER of comic artists Gabrielle Bell, Michael DeForge, PAGES: 238 Kevin Huizenga, Laura Park, and Dash Shaw who ILLUSTRATIONS: 62 construct their particular visions of the world. SIZE: 7 × 10 IN. These creators’ experiments with form pose ques- $29.95 tions about the difference between how things ABOUT THE AUTHOR appear to be and how they are. Regarding Frames Shiamin Kwa is associate makes a case for the rewards of close reading at professor of East Asian the surface. Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, .

RIT Press is pleased to announce Regarding Frames as the fifth book published in its Comics Studies Monograph Series. The series editor is Terrence Wandtke, professor at Judson University.

RELATED TITLES: COMICS STUDIES MONO- GRAPH SERIES (PAGE 15) 4 NEW RELEASE L a t e H a r v e

Late Harvest s t F o r e Forest McMullin Foreword by Nancy McCrary Late Harvest s t M Forest McMullin c M

Vast as it is varied, the American South has a quality u l i n of light that uniquely illuminates its structures,

landscapes, and people. PhotographerProof Copy: Not optimized for high quality printing or digital distribution Forest McMullin traveled rural back roads from North PUBLISHED BY RIT PRESS Carolina to Arkansas, including Georgia, Florida, (1/2020) Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Late Harvest ISBN 978-1-939125-77-4 documents his journey and stories of the people BINDING: HARDCOVER and places he visited. McMullin’s 79 photographs PAGES: 112 capture the colors and textures emblematic of the ILLUSTRATIONS: 79 region and pay tribute to its unique identity and the SIZE: 11 × 11 IN. $60.00 people who live there.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Forest McMullin is a free- lance photographer, artist, and photographic educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently a full time Professor of Photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Atlanta campus, he is repre- sented by Thomas Deans Fine Art in Atlanta. McMullin’s work in the permanent collections of Hunter Museum of American Art, The George Eastman Museum, Georgia Council for the Arts, American Society of Media Photographers, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester Institute of Technology, The Buffalo Museum of Science, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Southern Poverty Law Center.

Foreword by Nancy McCrary, founding editor of South x Southeast photo magazine (www.sxsemagazine.com), and director of the South x Southeast photo gallery.

RELATED TITLES: PHOTOGRAPHY (PAGES 20–21) 5 NEW RELEASE North by Nuuk Greenland After Rockwell Kent Denis Defibaugh

North by Nuuk is an intimate, contemporary look at the people and the social and primal geographic

landscapes of Greenland. Photographer Denis PUBLISHED BY RIT PRESS Defibaugh presents his journey from Nuuk to the (11/2019) settlement of Illorsuit, 300 miles north of the Arctic ISBN 978-1-939125-70-5 Circle, following Rockwell Kent’s earlier footsteps HARDCOVER and offering a fresh look at timeless Greenland. 200 PAGES Defibaugh’s revealing documentary photographs 124 ILLUSTRATIONS 11 × 10 IN. made during 2016–17 introduce a changing $60.00 country and its cultural continuity in response to Kent’s 1930s historic writings and hand-tinted ABOUT THE AUTHOR lantern slide images made during his residence in Denis Defibaugh is a Greenland. The innovative documentary project, Rochester, based photographer and professor supported by a National Science Foundation at Rochester Institute of award, weaves Defibaugh’s stunning photographs Technology for more than through past and present daily life while linking 30 years. His photographic Greenlanders with their pristine and revered land- projects include explorations scape. Foreword by Gretel Ehrlich; essays by Axel of Oaxaca, Mexico’s The Day Jeremiasson and Denis Defibaugh. of the Dead, extinct species in Afterlifes of Natural History, and Tlacotalpan, Mexico’s Candelaria Festival.

RELATED TITLES: PHOTOGRAPHY (PAGES 20–21) GREENLAND GREETING CARDS (PAGE 25) 6 NEW RELEASE Images from Science 3 An Exhibition of Scientific Images Organized by the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology; and Johns Hopkins University PUBLISHED BY RIT PRESS and School of Medicine (11/2019) ISBN 978-1-939125-67-5 Images from Science 3 (IFS 3) is the companion SOFTCOVER text to an exhibition showcasing full color scien- 216 PAGES tific images ranging from the intricate beauty of 86 ILLUSTRATIONS 8½ × 8½ IN. a frozen snow crystal to the interaction of T-cells $29.95 fighting cancer. The images invite readers to view examples of wide-ranging techniques in science ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS photography, videography, and illustration that Images from Science 3 was reveal science in unique new ways. IFS 3 presents organized by Norm Barker (of Johns Hopkins University 71 image makers whose work was selected by an and School of Medicine), international panel of judges. Each image is accom- and Chris Jackson, Ted panied by a brief description of the technical equip- Kinsman, Michael Peres, ment and process used to capture it. and Bob Rose (of Rochester Institute of Technology). Exhibition schedule: https://images.cad.rit.edu/

RELATED TITLES: PHOTOGRAPHY (PAGES 20–21) 7 NEW RELEASE Finding Our Place in Nature Aristotle for Environmental Scientists Richard Lynn Shearman

Finding Our Place in Nature argues that Aristotelian philosophy provides a much needed ethical foundation for the environmental sciences and for our daily commitment to practices of sustainability. PUBLISHED BY RIT PRESS Shearman challenges previously held interpreta- (10/2019) tions of Aristotle’s value to the grounding of environ- ISBN 978-1-939125-62-0 mental ethics. He demonstrates that Aristotelian SOFTCOVER 260 PAGES philosophy is a valuable and under-appreciated 6 × 9 IN. resource for any student-citizen who requires $29.95 ethically persuasive reasons—both for pursuing environmental science in the first place and for ABOUT THE AUTHOR grounding our social practices as citizens. The Richard Shearman is author clarifies sustainability as a moral concept— professor emeritus in the Science, Technology, and this supplies the underlying purpose to the applied Society Department of environmental sciences and to living the good life. the College of Liberal Arts Aristotle without contemporary environmental at Rochester Institute of science is inadequate; more importantly, the envi- Technology. His research ronmental sciences without the ethical grounding focuses on the development provided by Aristotle are incomplete and unable to of an Aristotelian approach to environmental philosophy motivate us. and an examination of the challenges associated with Finalist for the 2020 PROSE Award interdisciplinary problem for Physical Sciences and Math: solving in the area of conserva- tion of biodiversity. Environmental Science

RELATED TITLES: PHILOSOPHY SERIES (PAGE 23) 8 NEW RELEASE Letters from a Doughboy The Wartime Experiences of Robert Doan Truesdell in Katherine Truesdell Schumacher

In the years after World War I, Robert Truesdell never spoke of his war experience, but he wrote more than 100 letters to his parents describing the PUBLISHED BY RIT PRESS (9/2019) details of his life in the service. The letters span ISBN 978-1-939125-61-3 a period of time starting with his arrival in the Fall SOFTCOVER of 1917 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina and 368 PAGES concluding with his participation in the Victory 34 ILLUSTRATIONS March up Fifth Avenue in in 1919. 6 × 9 IN. After Truesdell’s death, his daughter discovered $24.95 the letters and carefully transcribed each one. The ABOUT THE AUTHOR letters are accompanied by commentary on World Katherine Truesdell War I prior to U.S. involvement and on significant Schumacher grew up in national and international political and military Binghamton, N.Y. She earned events during the months when the United States a B.A. from Indiana University fought with the Allies. The informative commentary and M.A. from Cornell University. She taught English places Truesdell’s personal correspondence into a courses at Rochester Institute much greater historical context. of Technology for many years and, in 1997, became Writing Director in its College of Liberal Arts. Now retired, she continues her community service in the arts, education, and healthcare fields. She lives in Rochester with her husband, Jon Schumacher; they have two grown children.

9 NEW RELEASE HAYDN Edited by Michael E. Ruhling

HAYDN, the journal of the Haydn Society of North

America, is dedicated to the dissemination of all ONLINE JOURNAL areas and methodologies of research and perfor- WWW.HAYDNJOURNAL.ORG mance considerations regarding the music, culture, ISSN 2163-2723 life and times of Joseph Haydn and his circle. Each ISSUE 9.2: FALL 2019 semiannual issue includes large and small articles, reviews, reactions to previous articles, and other CONTENTS Articles new and pertinent information. Its Web-based Approaches to Performance format is intended to take full advantage of current and emerging electronic media. For information on Work In Progress subscription plans, please contact Press Business Rediscovered & Important Manager, Laura DiPonzio Heise, [email protected]. Documents Reviews & Reactions Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award News From Our Colleagues for Innovation in Journal Publishing: Articles from Previous Humanities & Social Sciences Volumes

10 BOOKBINDING / PRINTING HISTORY

Bookbinding 2000 Bookbinding 2000 Proceedings Demonstrations Edited by David Pankow These six videos present the In June 2000 the RIT Cary demonstrations delivered at Graphic Arts Collection hosted Bookbinding 2000. Along with their a conference, exhibition, and companion publication, Bookbinding gala in honor of Bernard C. 2000 Proceedings, they provide a Middleton’s contributions to complete record of the conference. the art of bookbinding, and Gold Tooling RIT’s acquisition of Middleton’s outstanding book Michael Wilcox (113 Minutes) collection. Some of the world’s foremost scholars and bookbinders presented a series of stimulating Fully Dressed In Leather: talks and detailed demonstrations at the event. Conservation Style This publication gathers the content of the six Don Etherington (68 Minutes) conference lectures into a fine volume with full- Edge-To-Edge Doublure color illustrations. Monique Lallier (110 Minutes) 7½ × 10 IN., 110 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $21.99 A Decorative Leather Covering Technique Highlights from the Anthony Cains (125 Minutes) Middleton Collection of The Concave Spine: Rigid Flexibility Books on Bookbinding James Brockman (110 Minutes) Bernard C. Middleton The Exposed Spine Binding This elegant cloth-bound, full- Louise Genest (122 Minutes) color catalog accompanied an ALL-REGION DVD, $40 EACH, OR $200 FOR 6 exhibition of rare items from the Bernard C. Middleton Collection and was published to coincide with the Bookbinding 2000 conference at RIT. It includes illustrations and explanatory texts of the rarities on display—from historical ephemera Highlights of the Cary to masterpieces of the binder’s art. A selection of Graphic Arts Collection some of Middleton’s most celebrated essays on at Rochester Institute of bookbinding is also featured in this work. Technology 7 × 10¾ IN., 124 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $50 Steven K. Galbraith, Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, Edges of Books: Kari Horowicz Specimens of Edge Since its founding in 1969, Decoration from RIT Cary the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Graphic Arts Collection Institute of Technology has grown from the Steven K. Galbraith personal library of its namesake Melbert B. Cary Jr., Edges of Books examines a familiar form from an to one of the nation’s premier libraries on graphic unfamiliar perspective. When books are on display, communication history. Highlights of the Cary it is usually their spines, covers, text, or illustrations Graphic Arts Collection brings this history to life that are featured. These are the familiar parts of with a selection of items that not only exemplify the the books—the parts that modern readers have scope and mission of the library, but are treasures come to interact with the most. Edges of Books in their own right. The catalog features milestones takes a different approach, uncovering a tradition in the history of printing, diverse examples of fine that extends back centuries in which the edges of press printing, artists’ books, and rare artifacts books were important sites for information from The New York Times Museum of the and decoration. Recorded Word. 10 × 7 IN., 68 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $16.99 8 × 10 IN., 90 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $22.95

11 FINE EDITIONS

Manuale Calligraphicum Examples of Calligraphy by Students of Hermann Zapf Of all his contributions to the graphic arts, Hermann Zapf’s (1918–2015) dedication to sharing his knowledge may be regarded as one of his most enduring achievements. At Rochester Institute of Technology, in 1979, he began to teach a series of summer classes in Advanced Calligraphy. The classes attracted an international group of accomplished graphic artists whose hours spent with Zapf became treasured memories. This new book was conceived as a way to honor Zapf’s legacy at RIT by offering a select group of accomplished former students an opportunity to share, through their art, what those classes meant to them. The Cary Collection is proud to present this selection of 19 works from 15 calligra- phers as their tribute to a master teacher and dear friend. Limited edition of 325 copies, published by the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection and distributed by RIT Press. 11½ × 9 IN., 60 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $195

Manuale Zapficum Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Typographic Arrangements and the Press of the Woolly of the Words By and About Whale the Work of Hermann Zapf & David Pankow, Carl Purington Gudrun Zapf Von Hesse Rollins, Kenneth Auchincloss This book commemorates There is no doubt that Melbert the Zapfs' ninetieth birthdays B. Cary, Jr. reflected on what the through beautiful books produced at his Press of specimens set in homage to the the Woolly Whale might mean classic design of Hermann Zapf's masterpiece, his to those who acquired them. In the preface of his 1968 Manuale Typographicum. The 20 specimen first book, The Vision of Sir Launfal, he declared, designs in the book are based upon quotes about “Our intention [is] to publish only those text which the couple's oeuvre, each typeset in Zapf faces appeal strongly to us, excluding those accepted and letterpress printed by friends and colleagues. classics, so completely accepted that they are Contributors include Jill Bell, Rick Cusick, Jerry never opened. Our interest lies only with those Kelly, Nancy Leo-Kelly, David Pankow, and Doyald who read their books, cherishing them because Young. The Manuale Zapficum's innovative of the enjoyment gained from using them.” The specimen pages employ timeless Zapf faces such essays and bibliography that follow document the as , , , and , while life and work of a man who loved books and who including fresh uses of proprietary such loved the making of books, from the formal to the as Hallmark Uncial and Hallmark Textura. Each ingenious and daring. Designed by Jerry Kelly, is printed in red and black on Hahnemühle Biblio bound by Judi Conant, printed in letterpress and paper. The Campbell-Logan Bindery bound an offset in an edition of 120 copies. Winner of AIGA edition of 100 copies in vellum and Fabriano paper. 50 Books/50 Covers of 2002. 8¼ × 12½ IN., 24 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $180 6 × 8¼ IN., 80 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $200

Alphabet Stories: The Aries Press of Eden, A Chronicle of Technical New York Developments Richard Kegler Hermann Zapf The Aries Press was an American After a complete sell-out of private press founded by Spencer the American edition, RIT Cary Kellogg, Jr., in the 1920s. A Graphic Arts Press presents second-generation millionaire a second edition of Alphabet and supporter of the arts, Kellogg Stories. This book is enhanced was influenced by the Arts and by a letterpress-printed broadside designed by Crafts movement. Though little known today, the Zapf. Written as an anecdotal first-person account, Aries Press produced exceptional examples of the reader is treated to Zapf’s recollections of fine printing. Richard Kegler documents its colorful technical breakthroughs. Reproductions of his history accompanied by fine illustrations and calligraphy, proofs, typographic specimens, and samples from the Press. photographs complete the story. 6 × 9 IN., 96 PAGES, HARDCOVER 7½ × 11 IN., 150 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $65 STANDARD EDITION: $49.95 $29.95 DELUXE EDITION: $200.00

12 CALLIGRAPHY / TYPOGRAPHY

The Work of Ismar David The Book Jackets of Selected by Helen Brandshaft, Ismar David Edited by David Pankow Misha Beletsky Ismar David made his career This book rediscovers an over a broad spectrum of important contribution to a applied art: calligraphy, book arts, popular field of graphic design typography, and architectural and suggests that Ismar David's design. The Work of Ismar David calligraphic book jackets present collects the designer’s lifework, a viable alternative to the current design approach. following his training in through his career in David’s style is informed by a thorough mastery Jerusalem and New York. His archives are held in of the typographic tradition yet looks remarkably the Cary Collection at RIT. fresh, even today. 8 × 11 IN., 160 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $29.95 6 × 9 IN., SOFTCOVER, 48 PAGES,$24.95 $14.00

What Our Lettering Needs The Bentons Rick Cusick Patricia A. Cost This book is a thorough account Foreword by Matthew Carter of Hermann Zapf’s contributions The story of the lives and work to the artistry and success of of Linn Boyd Benton and Morris Hallmark Cards, an experience Fuller Benton is an important that is now fully blended into the chapter in the history of type, company’s rich heritage. Since the recalling a time in American late ‘70s, designer Rick Cusick has provided, in history when men quietly worked articles and presentations, most of what has been at developing and improving mechanical written about the Hallmark/Zapf association. This technologies that they thought would continue beautifully illustrated book is a tribute to Zapf’s own evolving incrementally into the future. Includes philosophy that the artist’s challenge is “to ensure, a comprehensive listing of Morris Benton’s despite technology and mass production, that typefaces. beauty is never lost." 7 × 10 IN., 400 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.95 6¾ × 10 IN., SOFTCOVER, 136 PAGES, $24.95 $18.95

What Is Reading For? A Specimen Portfolio Robert Bringhurst of Wood Type This succinct and thoughtful in the Cary Collection essay is the text of a talk Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic commissioned for the Future Arts Collection of Reading symposium in June Foreword by R. Roger 2010. Written and designed by Remington Robert Bringhurst, this limited Wood type in myriad designs— edition is carefully crafted and from stark condensed sans letterpress printed. Special serifs to bizarre ornamental scripts—created edition is printed on imported mould-made paper variety in commercial advertising more than and signed by the author. 180 years ago, and continues today to influence 5 × 9 IN., 40 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, modern signs, posters, and billboards. The Cary STANDARD EDITION: $29.95, Collection maintains an impressive collection of DELUXE EDITION: $99.95 wood type, numbering over 300 fonts. This book showcases over 250 of our best wood type speci- mens, including many complete fonts and samples from unusual designs. All specimen reproductions were printed from the original wood type blocks, some distressed with 100 years of use and abuse. 8½ × 11 IN., 305 PAGES, SPIRAL BOUND, $19.95

13 PRINTING / BUSINESS / TECHNOLOGY

UnSquaring the Wheel: Test Targets Comprehensive & Scalable RIT School of Print Media Transformation Test Targets is a collection Chris Bondy, Wayne Peterson, of scholarly papers contrib- Joe Webb uted by faculty, students, and This is a crucial time for graphic alumni of Rochester Institute of communications businesses. , Technology. It is a collaborative RIT's Chris Bondy, Wayne effort exploring the use of Peterson of the Black Canyon Consulting Group, scientific method for color and Dr. Joe Webb of Strategies for Management imaging and process control. Published by RIT began the examination of business models, tech- School of Media Sciences (formerly the School of nology, marketing, and management. The result Print Media). was a new process to assess and understand the VOLUMES 3.0–11.0 AVAILABLE condition of a complete business enterprise. 8½ × 11 IN., SOFTCOVER, $24.95 EACH 6 × 9 IN., 317 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $34.99

The School of Hard Knocks: It Isn't Just Business, The Evolution of Pension It's Personal Investing at Eastman Kodak Arunas A. Chesonis Russell L. Olson and David Dorsey Olson, a consultant on institu- Rochester-based PAETEC tional investing, retired in 2000 as Communications CEO Arunas director of pension investments, Chesonis and his people tell how, worldwide, for Eastman Kodak by following a handful of basic Company. He had overseen ethical principles, their company Kodak's pension funds since 1972. Over the 1980s has emerged as an example of how to succeed in and 1990s (and through 2004) Kodak's pension the twenty-first century, not just in telecom, but in fund was one of the best performing pension any industry. funds in the country. 6 × 9 IN., 172 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $8.99 6 × 9 IN., 114 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $29.99

Introduction to Audio Printing History Signal Processing back issues Warren L. G. Koontz Printing History, the biannual Audio signal processing is at the journal of the American Printing heart of recording, enhancing, History Association, publishes storing and transmitting audio scholarly articles on the history content. It is used to convert of printing, publishing, books, between analog and digital type, typography, paper and formats, to cut or boost selected related industries. Befitting a frequency ranges, to remove unwanted noise, to publication devoted to this subject it is beautifully add effects and to obtain other desired results. designed, printed and illustrated, of course, and is Koontz provides an introduction to this topic with available only in paper format. See our website for an emphasis on digital audio signal processing. available issues. Using exercises with MATLAB scripts and func- AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION tions, students will be able to process audio in real 10¼ × 7½ IN., SOFTCOVER, PRICES VARY time on their own PC. 7 × 10 IN., 184 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $39.95

14 POPULAR CULTURE / LOCAL INTEREST

Narrative Structure in Superheroes in Crisis: Comics: Making Sense of Adjusting to Social Change Fragments in the 1960s and 1970s Barbara Postema Jeffrey K. Johnson In Narrative Structure in Comics: As the founding fathers of Making Sense of Fragments, the superhero comic books, Barbara Postema seeks to explain Superman and Batman have how comics communicate and defined a genre of American create meaning, with an emphasis on two aspects mythology from the mid-twentieth of comics. She first examines the pictorial quality century to the present. The author describes how of comics, which receives more emphasis than the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight dealt with verbal/textual elements. Her second focus is upon their midlife crises brought on by the cultural and the storytelling and narrative qualities of comics, social changes of the 1960s and 1970s. Johnson as well as the literary explorations they provide. describes how the superheroes’ problems and The “narrative structure” refers to the potential of adaptations mirror much of American societal images, the story telling capacities of panels, and changes during that time. the sequence of panels, in addition to the more 7 × 10, 142 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $29.95 traditional narratological concepts. 7 × 10 IN., 188 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $29.95

The Dark Night Returns: The Comics Scare Returns: The Contemporary The Contemporary Resurgence of Resurgence of Horror Crime Comics Comics Terrence R. Wandtke Terrence R. Wandtke Crime comic books in the The popularity of horror comics 1950s caused controversy in the 1950s was curtailed leading to their suppression by a suppression of popular and near extinction. Twenty- horror stories by those concerned with juvenile five years later, the dark hero, femme fatale, and delinquency and bad taste. Thirty years later, bleak outlook of crime story comic books are even creators Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman produced more striking and subversive. Wandtke traces the popular and artful comics like Swamp Thing and history of crime comics from their beginnings to The Sandman that took advantage of the new the current resurgence and analyzes the cultural shape of American culture in the 1980s. Terrence forces that gave rise to works like Miller’s Sin City, Wandtke details the history and re-shaping of Azzarello’s 100 Bullets, and Brubaker’s Criminal. horror comics and its relevance to popular series 7 × 10, 206 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $29.95 such as Hellboy, The Goon, and The Walking Dead. 7 × 10 IN., 344 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $29.95

The Old Bank: The Life and Letters of The Rochester Savings Kate Gleason Bank and its Presidents and Janis F. Gleason Trustees From 1831 to 1983 Kate Gleason (1865–1933), James C. Duffus groundbreaking nineteenth- This book chronicles the dynamic century industrialist, mechanical life span of an important Rochester engineer, and real estate institution, a mutual savings bank, developer, was her own best that by definition, was owned invention. The truth of her dynamic by its depositors and operated for their benefit. life, in all of its complexity, is revealed in It also chronicles the contribution of some of Janis Gleason’s biography of this legendary the Presidents and Trustees to the Rochester American woman. community. 6 × 9 IN., 204 PAGES, SOFTCOVER: $17.95, 6 × 9 IN., 108 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $19.95 HARDCOVER: $24.95

15 DESIGN

Vignelli: From A to Z Massimo Vignelli, Lella Vignelli This superbly presented volume is a treasure trove of the thoughts of internationally acclaimed designers Lella and Massimo Vignelli. For ten years, Massimo Vignelli taught a summer course at the School of Design and Architecture at Harvard on subjects that were initially alphabetised for convenience, but now form the basis of this unprecedented and highly entertaining publication. Beginning with the intriguing 'A for Ambiguity', it continues through the alphabet, describing their approach to subjects as diverse as , discipline, furniture, garment design, interior design and lighting, newspapers, packaging and typography. It offers a rare insight into the minds of two exceptional modernist designers. First published in Australia in 2007 by The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd.; first U.S. edition published by RIT Press in 2017. 6½ × 8½ IN., 196 PAGES, HARDCOVER: $60.00, SPECIAL EDITION IN RED SLIPCASE: $115.00

VignelliTransit Maps The Art of the Book Vignelli Transit Maps VignelliTransit Maps Vignelli About the Authors e story of New York subway maps follows the story About this Book of this city’s transportation growth from independent lines Peter B. Lloyd worked for thirty years in the Transit Maps In Peter Lloyd’s thoroughly documented book, he uncovers software design industry and has a passion for collecting to one system. Each time, people have tried their best to the history of the Vignelli map and of the people who in the Twentieth Century Peter B.subway mapsLloyd from around the world. He obtained a with Mark created and promoted this New York icon–as well as the c Hons in Mathematics from Cardiff University convey the intricacies and complexities of the system in the people who hastened its demise. He explores in fascinating and a Certificate in Philosophy from Oxford University. detail Vignelli’s dealings with the  when he was a

He is the co-editor of Paris Métro Style in Map and clearest way possible. principal at Unimark, the prestigious international design Station Design () and the author of several books agency that won the commission to redesign the subway on the philosophy of George Berkeley. system signage and map. This book’s profiles of the diverse

Peter B. Lloyd Mark with Ovenden players, illuminating their contributions and conflicting Mark Ovenden  is a broadcaster and author is book is also an opportunity to celebrate the work philosophies, is invaluable for students of information Jerry Kelly Ovendenwho specializes in the subjects of graphic design, design. Lloyd shows, for the first time, early development cartography and architecture in public transport, done a long time ago by my collaborators at Unimark sketches of the famed map and of its recent successors. with an emphasis on underground rapid transit. Rarely seen and graphically intriguing map studies, He is the author of Metro Maps of the World (, ), and that done by my associates more recently. I feel it is created by Unimark for the then brand-new Washington, Transit Maps of the World (, ), Paris Metro Style , Metro are a valuable addition as well. (, ), Paris Underground (, ), important from a historical point of view to establish and London Underground by Design (, ). Eddie Jabbour the proper credits to all who have made contributions to our design for the New York subway diagrams. Through the selection of Vignelli Transit MapsMassimo Vignelli describes

Peter B. Lloyd eleven master designers, Kelly the history of the New York with Mark Ovenden illustrates a wide range of subway maps and follows this styles: from classically inspired city’s transportation growth RIT CARY RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS GRAPHIC ARTS PRESS PRESS design and historical revival, from separate, independent to novel and modern layouts. lines to one large system. Peter B. Lloyd uncovers He describes the care with which each designer the history of the Vignelli map that includes the combined typographic elements in his own unique legacy of the people who created and promoted way. The selection of these designers, ranging this New York icon—as well as those who from Updike to Zapf, is only a sampling of the hastened its demise. The book includes a first practitioners that the twentieth century produced, glimpse at original, early development sketches of but they are indicative of the range of book design the famed map and of its recent successors. styles achieved during this dynamic century. 9 × 12 IN., 128 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $39.99 9 × 12 IN., 200 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $39.95 $15.00

Where Would the Button Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Be Without the Button Two Lives, One Vision Hole? . . . by Jan Conradi George Tscherny Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Two This book is about designs Lives, One Vision is a portrait of born of necessity; often two important twentieth-century spontaneously, always designers whose careers pragmatically. It is also about intertwined since the 1950s. The the particular sensibility of Vignellis promote a modernist graphic designer George Tscherny and his philosophy of designing for a better society: ability to find beauty or art in the most ordinary resourceful use of space and materials, clear things, and to communicate this appreciation to communication, lasting quality, and logical func- others. Experience his infectious enthusiasm for tionality. With wit, grace, focus, and finesse, the “anonymous,” “ad hoc,” or “vernacular” design, for Vignellis’ sustained pattern of working and living objects that have an aesthetic appeal in spite of has influenced, and continues to inspire, genera- themselves, for creations that are both ingenious tions of designers worldwide. and ingenuous. 6 × 9 IN., 176 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $34.99 8 × 11 IN., SOFTCOVER, 32 PAGES, $19.95 $5.00

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Lenses for Design Josh Owen Lenses for Design describes and explains the unique, creative process of American industrial designer and educator, Josh Owen. Project by project, Owen illustrates and decodes his philosophy and approach to design invention and problem solving. His designs combine clarity of purpose and functional efficacy with emotive and tactile qualities that will prove instructive and inspirational. About the author: Josh Owen is a designer and professor of Industrial Design at RIT. His work has been featured at the Venice Biennale and is in the permanent design collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Chicago Athenaeum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, National Museum of American Jewish History, Museum of Art, and the Taiwan Design Museum, among others. Significant manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe produce his home/design, furniture, and office products, which are regularly featured in design books, periodicals and in critical design discourse. Owen’s “Build” and “Meta” design academic projects have successfully pioneered integrated practice pedagogy for the field of Industrial Design. 7 × 10 IN., 252 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $49.95

No Words Posters: From the Eye One Image Is Enough to the Heart: Armando Milani 50 Logos / Armando Milani has curated a 50 Posters / collection of nearly 200 posters 1 Book that deliver a unique perspective Armando Milani on social issues. Nearly 100 Renowned Italian graphic designer Armando internationally acclaimed graphic Milani specializes in branding programs and designers are featured — many contribute their posters for humanistic causes. This catalog shows personal artist statements. Includes a foreword by the two sides of Milani’s profession, facing 50 R. Roger Remington. logos with 50 posters. 6¼ × 9¼ IN., 252 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $49.95 ARMANDO MILANI/VIGNELLI DESIGN 12 × 8½ IN., SPIRAL BOUND, $24.95

The Graphic Design Archives Chapbook Series celebrates the achievements of key design pioneers whose work is held in the Cary Collection at RIT Libraries. From the inaugural acquisition in 1986, RIT’s holdings have grown to include the work of 36 designers. EACH 7½ × 7½ IN., SOFTCOVER, ILLUSTRATED (MOSTLY COLOR). SET OF 6 CHAPBOOKS: $99.99

George Giusti: The Idea Is Elaine Lustig Cohen: the Heart of the Matter Modernism Reimagined Ned Drew, Brenda McManus, by Aaris Sherin Paul Sternberger 66 PAGES, $21.95 88 PAGES, $21.95

Will Burtin: The Display of Purity of Aim: Visual Knowledge The Book Jacket Designs R. Roger Remington, Amy J. Vilz of Alvin Lustig Ned Drew, Paul Sternberger 40 PAGES, $15.99 88 PAGES, $21.95

Lester Beall: Cipe Pineles: Space, Time & Content Two Remembrances R. Roger Remington, Estelle Ellis, Carol Burtin Fripp Massimo Vignelli 44 PAGES, $15.99 36 PAGES, $15.99

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Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism Edited by Juilee Decker and Hinda Mandell Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism calls upon craft, during an era of political disruption, as a creative force to voice dissent, express hope, critique the curtailment of civil rights, and to restore dignity to the human experience. The essays and artwork featured in this exhibition catalogue are framed within the context of American democracy and disclose how we, as individuals and as a culture, “craft democracy” and ultimately question what democracy means today. Foreword by Betty M. Bayer. Essays by Juilee Decker, Hinda Mandell, Beth McLaughlin, Alena Amato Ruggerio, Kate Bonansinga, and Margo Smith. Afterword by Sarah Parrish. Includes works by over 30 artists. Exhibition schedule: https://www.craftingdemocracy.com/ 5¼ × 7 IN., 128 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $34.95

Art for the People: Arthur Singer: Decorated Stoneware from The Wildlife Art of an the Weitsman Collection American Master John L. Scherer Paul Singer and A copiously illustrated and Alan Singer scholarly analysis of the single Singer was an American most important collection of 19th wildlife artist specializing century American decorated in bird illustration. In a stoneware. The book is a careful career spanning five decades, he illustrated more study of ordinary forms and their humble, utilitarian than 20 books, including his masterpiece, Birds of purposes that became vessels for an expres- the World, as well as the classic bird guides: Birds sion of a person, of a place, or of an event. What of Europe, The Hamlyn Guide to Birds of Britain and started out as an everyday ware was transformed Europe, and Birds of North America. During the into a work of art and the decorative designs in 1980s, Singer’s paintings of state birds were seen cobalt blue afford insight into and reflect life in 19th by millions when the USPS issued the State Birds century America. Sometimes commemorative and & Flowers postage stamps. He received the Hal other times humorous, whimsical, or provocative, Borland Award in 1985 from the National Audubon the book's 230 examples and 340 color photo- Society. His paintings are represented in many graphs fully illustrate the variety of decorative folk public and private collections in the United States art imagery, the range of potters and potteries, and Europe. Since his death in 1990, retrospec- the broader historical context of manufacturing tives of Singer’s work have been presented in and transportation, and an important American several museums and art galleries. Most recently, tradition with regional practices. Senior historian Singer’s watercolors painted during his army years emeritus John L. Scherer's engaging and authori- have appeared in the documentary and book tative text, in tandem with the illustrations, leads to entitled The Ghost Army of World War II, which has greater understanding of these remarkable works. helped generate a new interest in the artwork of NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM the 603rd Camouflage Unit. 10½ × 14½ IN., 296 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $75 11 × 11 IN., 198 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $60.00

With Fire: Richard Hirsch Sentinel: The Design, A Life Between Fabrication, and Chance and Design Installation of the Scott Meyer Monumental With Fire is the story of by Albert Paley ceramic artist Richard Edited by James Yarrington, Hirsch, and an examination with Sam Hunter, Frank Cost of the work for which he is Paley’s Sentinel transformed so widely celebrated. This the face of RIT: a dramatic focal richly illustrated book presents the life of an artist point in the heart of campus, the largest sculpture whose career spans some of the most important at any American university. This book chronicles developments in the American Clay Movement. all aspects of Sentinel’s inception, through essays 9 × 11 IN., 160 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.99 and an interview with the artist. 9 × 11½ IN., 128 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $35.99 $15.00

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The Surreal Visions of Josephine Tota Jessica Marten, essay by Janet Catherine Berlo Tota (1910 –1996) was a seamstress and amateur artist who lived a conven- tional life among the Italian immigrant community in Rochester, New York. In her seventies, she spent countless hours painting in the privacy of her home, where she imbued over ninety small jewel-like paintings with the richness of her strange imagination. Tota captured and condensed anxieties accumulated over a lifetime. Her works reference myriad art-historical and popular culture sources — medieval illuminated manuscripts, early Renaissance panel paintings, the work of Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí, fairy tales, and children’s book illustra- tions — into private images of startling immediacy and timelessness. RIT PRESS AND THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY 8½ × 10 IN., 120 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.95

Monet’s Waterloo Art for the People: Bridge: Carl W. Peters and the Vision and Process Rochester WPA Murals Nancy Norwood Jessica Marten Impressionist master Between 1935 and 1943 the Claude Monet began government-funded Federal Art over forty versions Project of the Works Progress of Waterloo Bridge Administration (WPA) sought to during his three London sojourns between 1899 keep artists throughout the country and 1901. He viewed his paintings both individu- working by creating projects that would benefit the ally and as an ensemble, collectively expressing public. In 1937, Rochester’s WPA art project was the atmosphere and colors of the fog-bound called “the most interesting and effective outside landscape of London’s Thames River. The 2018 of New York City” by the regional director of the exhibition of the same name at Memorial Art Federal Art Project. Rochester’s model program— Gallery brought together eight paintings from the hosted and administered by the Memorial Art famous London series. Scholarly essays and an Gallery—funded several mural groups by the in-depth technical study of the MAG’s Waterloo artist Carl W. Peters. This is the catalog for a 2015 Bridge, Veiled Sun (1903) explore Monet’s artistic exhibition of the same name at the Memorial Art vision as well as the process by which he struggled Gallery of the University of Rochester. to achieve that vision. THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY RIT PRESS AND THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY 8 × 12 IN., 96 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $19.95 10 × 9 IN., 104 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $34.95

Savage Impressions: An Aesthetic Expedition Through the Archives of Independent Project Records & Press Bruce Licher is a musician, artist, and designer who founded Independent Project Press after learning the art of letterpress printing at the Women's Graphic Center in downtown Los Angeles at the beginning of 1982. His initial projects centered around creating album covers, postcards, and promo- tional stamps for his band Savage Republic. It didn't take long before he was producing work for other Los Angeles underground music groups, along with a growing number of clients in the Los Angeles design community. With the current explosion of interest in letterpress printing, many are looking to see how new work can be influenced by the past. Active since 1982, Licher’s Independent Project Press is a contemporary studio that has bridged technological eras and produced an unparalleled body of work. It has culled from the past while simultaneously turning it on its head with a distinct visual vocabulary that continues to influence current aesthetics. This book stands as a major documentation of one of the most influential letterpress studios currently in existence. P22 PUBLICATIONS 12 × 12 IN., 240 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $79.95

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Sutures and Spirits: "Whose Streets? Our The Photographic Streets!" New York City: Illustrations 1980–2000 of Lejaren à Hiller Edited by Tamar W. Carroll Douglas Manchee “Whose Streets? Our Streets!”: Lejaren à Hiller (1880–1969) New York City 1980-2000 pioneered advertising photog- showcases the work of 37 raphy for an industry domi- independent photojournalists nated by text and an occasional line drawing. An who documented ordinary New advertising and editorial photographer in early Yorkers as they rallied, marched and demon- twentieth-century America, Hiller began his career strated in response to social issues including race as an illustrator. He first recognized photography’s relations, police brutality, housing and gentrifi- potential as a persuasive method to sell products cation, labor, education, the environment, war, and services, as well as illustrating magazine LGBTQ rights, HIV/AIDS, feminism, reproductive stories. Best known for his large and exquisitely rights, and art and censorship. Contributors: detailed studio sets that often depicted historical Tamar W. Carroll, Meg Handler, Josh Meltzer, scenarios or exotic foreign lands, Hiller produced Michael Kamber, and Victoria W. Wolcott. thousands of photographs for a variety of clients. Distributed by RIT Press. The author includes examples from all aspects of 8 × 11 IN., 96 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.95 Hiller’s career, and he examines two of Hiller’s most recognizable projects: the 87 Lands campaign for Canadian Club Whisky, and Surgery Through the Ages, commissioned by Davis and Geck. 8 × 10 IN., 208 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $39.95

Jeannette Klute: The Albumen & Salted A Photographic Paper Book: Pioneer The History and Practice Therese Mulligan of Photographic Printing The focus of Jeannette 1840–1895 Klute’s career at Eastman James M. Reilly Kodak Company was on The Albumen and Salted Paper new discoveries in color Book is a descriptive history photography, in particular, the Dye Transfer color of the major photographic process. Klute used the laborious Dye Transfer printing processes that were used between process in the interest of highlighting landscape the years 1840-1895. These first 50 years of and natural settings. The release of this new title photography established a tradition of individual illuminates a particular period in twentieth-century experimentation and craftsmanship where each American photography, accompanied by fine photographer participated in the manufacture of examples of Klute’s work. Her photographs are the printing materials that were used. Albumen held by a small number of American collections in print and salted paper print were the ordinary, the U.S., and the RIT Archive Collections contains all-purpose materials of the time—albumen print the largest holding of her lifelong work. is the second most common type of photograph 8½ × 8½ IN., 72 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $21.95 ever made. 6 × 9 IN., 188 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $34.99

Rochester Panorama Frank Cost Inspired by a 1906 panoramic photo of Rochester, New York, Frank Cost captured numerous panoramas of modern-day Rochester over a ten-year period (2002–2011) using a variety of digital technologies. This oversized book contains over twenty of these stunning images. This edition is published and distributed by RIT Press through a special arrangement with Fossil Press. 22 × 7.5 IN., 56 PAGES, SPIRAL BOUND, $75.00

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Bernie : Mother Daughter: American Posing as Ourselves Photojournalist Elaine O’Neil, Julia Hess Therese Mulligan Through daily portraits, RIT alumnus Bernie this five-year project Boston (’55) was a charts the physical and witness to American emotional changes history as a news of two women at the photographer. He opposite ends of the chronicled the civil dissension and strife of the “young woman” spectrum. Each day, Elaine and 1960s, prompted by the Civil Rights and anti- Julia stopped their separate activities and met in Vietnam war movements; the inner sanctum of the their living room to pose for a portrait. Includes White House and its presidential residents; and essays by Deborah Willis, Perri Klass, and Sheila history-making newsmakers, scandals, conflicts, Solomon Klass. and triumphs. 8½ × 8½ IN., 144 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $49.95 8 × 8 IN., 104 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.99

Photo-Editing Teaching Photography: and Presentation Notes Assembled Douglas Holleley Philip Perkis This book introduces photogra- An accomplished photographer phers, print-makers, and other and educator, Perkis draws graphic artists to the creative from four decades of teaching possibilities of image editing and experience, and he has distilled presentation. By employing the his knowledge into this volume principles outlined in this book of thoughts on visual perception, readers can expect that the content of their work successful photo lesson exercises, and practical will be more coherent and accessible. teaching advice for photography instructors. 6 × 9 IN., 140 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.95 6 × 9 IN., 80 PAGES, SPIRAL BOUND, $19.99

Images from Becoming Visible Science 2 Jessica Catherine Lieberman Organized by RIT School Lieberman brings together of Photographic Arts and discussions of visibility and Sciences illness, photographs of an This exhibit catalog experience in treatment for features exciting Hodgkins lymphoma, and contemporary personal testimonial. An artistic photography from the and academic contribution to fields of astronomy, physics, engineering, medicine, the fields of trauma studies, disability studies and and microbiology, submitted by photographers autopathography, this cancer journey reveals how from around the world. the forces of art and narrative can contribute to 160 PAGES, 8½ × 8½ IN., SOFTCOVER, $21.99 social dynamics for change. $7.95 8 × 10 IN., 144 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $19.95

Michael Photographs Colleagues a Snowflake John Retallack and Patricia A. Cost, Anne C. Coon Michael Peres A stunning collection of black- This book, written and-white portraits by John specifically for young, Retallack with a companion eager elementary school poem, “Enter the Eyes” by learners, was created Anne C. Coon. to share the beauty and 8 × 10 IN., 112 PAGES, science of snowflakes. SOFTCOVER, $29.99 $10.00 FOSSIL PRESS 8½ × 8½ IN., 34 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $9.00

21 RIT / DEAF STUDIES

Transforming the Landscape: Fifty Years on the New RIT Campus Edited by Becky Simmons Transforming the Landscape details the planning and construction of RIT's modern campus coupled with an extensive photographic survey of its innovative architecture. Sarah Thompson’s essay offers insights into the planning of the new campus and the commitment to modernist architecture as representative of the institution’s future. 9 × 9 IN., 170 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $34.95

Imagine This: RIT’s Coming of Age: Innovation + Creativity The Center for Imaging Festival Science at Rochester Edited by Bruce A. Austin Institute of Technology Covering the first ten John R. Schott years of the Imagine RIT Coming of Age describes the Festival, which annually formation of RIT’s Center for attracts thousands to the Imaging Science (CIS) from its RIT campus. The Festival inception in the early 1980s to billboards innovation by showing what can be its current reputation as a nationally recognized accomplished when smart, talented people with research facility. CIS awarded RIT’s first Ph.D. in diverse strengths work together to solve complex 1993. The program helped transform RIT from a societal problems. teaching university to a research institute. 9 × 10 IN., 180 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $34.95 6 × 9 IN., 264 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.95

Learning to Interpret: A Shining Beacon: Working from English Into Fifty Years of the American Sign Language National Technical Campbell McDermid Institute for the Deaf ASL interpretation involves more Edited by James McCarthy, than translating words into signs. foreword by Gerard Buckley As an experienced interpreter From its early days in 1968 to educator, McDermid keenly its fiftieth anniversary, NTID understands this approach. His has graduated more than teachings are grounded in linguistics, research 8,000 alumni and has transformed the educa- and theory, and his text aptly combines theoretical tion of deaf and hard-of-hearing students forever. and practical exercises through use of examples, Discover the multifaceted experiences of NTID’s targeted exercises, and development of skills. students, faculty, and staff. 6 × 9 IN., 264 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.95 9 × 11 IN., 256 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $34.95

Moments of Truth: New Beginnings: Robert R. Davila, Acquiring and Living the Story of a Deaf Leader with a Cochlear Implant Harry G. Lang, Oscar P. Cohen, Edited by Michael Stinson and Joseph E. Fischgrund Gerard Buckley Withstanding childhood poverty Fifteen stories written by deaf/ and an illness at age 11 that left hard of hearing individuals who him deaf, Davila became one of have had cochlear implants are the first deaf persons in history told within the context of unique to earn a doctorate. This book is a tale of self- histories that are intimate, personal and moving. discovery and resilience appealing to all who face Readers will gain insight into the struggles and overwhelming odds. challenges for those who made the decision to 6 × 9 IN., 240 PAGES, SOFTCOVER: $18, get a cochlear implant. HARDCOVER: $26 6 × 9 IN., 258 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $17.99

NTID Educational Materials Over the years, NTID has published brochures, books, workbooks, and DVDs on ASL, interpreting, Deaf culture, and related subjects. Now available through RIT Press; visit our website for a full selection of materials. VARIOUS SIZES, FORMATS, AND PRICES 22 LIBERAL ARTS

New Essays on Adam Lucretius: His Continuing Smith’s Moral Philosophy Influence and Edited by Wade L. Robison, Contemporary Relevance David B. Suits Edited by David B. Suits, Adam Smith (1723–1790) was a Timothy J. Madigan Scottish philosopher who, with Lucretius (c. 99 BCE–c. 55 BCE) his good friend David Hume, can is the author of De Rerum Natura, be ranked as the most famous a work which tries to explain and of the 18th century “Scottish expound the doctrines of the Enlightenment” philosophers. The essays in this earlier Greek philosopher Epicurus. Lucretius’s volume give us a better understanding of the philosophy is connected to contemporary complexities and subtleties of Smith’s thought philosophy such as existentialism and that aspects about matters of morality and about his relations of his thought work against trying to separate the with Hume. sciences and the humanities. 6 × 9 IN., 254 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.99 6 × 9 IN., 142 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.99

Epicurus: His Continuing Epictetus: His Continuing Influence and Influence and Contemporary Relevance Contemporary Relevance Edited by Dane R. Gordon, Edited by Dane R. Gordon, David B. Suits David B. Suits The philosophy of Epicurus (c. Epictetus (c. 50-c. 120 CE) was 341-271 B. C. E.), has been a quietly born a slave. His master allowed pervasive influence for more than him to attend the lectures of the two millennia. At present, when Stoic philosopher Musonius many long revered ideologies are proven empty, Rufus and later gave him his freedom. From Epicureanism is powerfully and refreshingly numerous references in his Discourses it is clear relevant, offering a straightforward way of dealing that Epictetus valued freedom as a precious with the issues of life and death. possession. Epictetus's teachings about freedom 6 × 9 IN., 236 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.99 and human dignity have echoed through the millennia—in the writings of Spinoza, Thomas Words and Their Paine and Martin Luther King, Jr., to name a few. Meanings 6 × 9 IN., 264 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.99 By Aldous Huxley An argument as timely as it From My Seat on the Aisle: is timeless, Aldous Huxley’s Movies and Memories Words and Their Meanings Jack Garner, Foreword by Robert argues the significance Forster, Preface by Scott Pitoniak and power of words. A less From My Seat on the Aisle well-known work originally chronicles more than 30 years published by The Ward Ritchie Press in 1940, of Garner’s experience as a Huxley’s essay arrived at the end of the Great nationally syndicated film critic for Depression and coincided with U.S. entry the Gannett newspapers. His book compiles the into WWII, a time when global relations were best of his essays, reviews, and interviews with heavily impacted by the craft and manipulation Hollywood celebrities such as Audrey Hepburn, of language. Words and Their Meanings was Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Jimmy Stewart, and selected as one of the Western Books of 1940, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Garner offers a unique which was a celebration and recognition of fine perspective into the world of film that is humorous, printing. Huxley wrote that “words are magical in anecdotal, and insightful. the way they affect the minds of those who use 6 × 9 IN., 260 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $19.99 them” while displaying his insight and proficiency with language. He blends accessible elements of linguistic theory, semiotics, and philosophy with his erudite style. RIT Press reintroduces Huxley’s philosophy with the publication of Words and Their Meanings, a privately printed, limited edition facsimile of the 1940 title. This fine edition has been produced in partnership with More Vang, Alexandria, Virginia. 6 × 9 IN., 40 PAGES, HARDCOVER, $34.95 23 SPORTS

Bob Davies: Frozen in Time: A Basketball Legend The History of Barry S. Martin RIT Hockey Davies played a significant role Scott Pitoniak in the development of modern Nationally acclaimed basketball. Davies was one of sportswriter Scott the first three NBA superstars. Pitoniak’s Frozen in Time As a Rochester Royal, he played recounts the rich history on one of only four teams in and traditions of the RIT NBA history to win the playoff championship or hockey program, and its rise from a humble team finish or tie for first in their division or conference with hand-me-down jerseys to one of the nation’s for five consecutive seasons. Davies is credited most respected athletic programs. Pitoniak’s with introducing the behind-the-back-dribble, narrative, along with many photos old and new, developing the penetration and transition styles brings to life the transformation of the of play, and creating several innovative passes. RIT Tiger pucksters, chronicling the people, Named by Sports Illustrated as one of the eight players, places and moments which enabled the most influential players in the first century of men’s and women’s hockey teams to become college basketball, the NBA selected him as one national champions. of the ten best players in its first quarter century. 9 × 9 IN., 172 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $24.95 Davies was a rarity in American sports history—a LEATHER-BOUND HARDCOVER, $125.00 genuine sports hero and role model. This biog- raphy is rich in photos, archival materials and personal interviews. Johnny Antonelli: A Baseball Memoir 6 × 9 IN., 296 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $18.00 Johnny Antonelli and Scott Pitoniak Outside the Game: One of only 17 major-league A Collection of players never to have spent a Inspirational single day in the minors, Antonelli Sports Stories was a highly coveted phenom Jim Mandelaro who signed a “bonus baby” In this collection of inspira- contract with the Boston Braves for $52,000 tional sports stories previ- a few days after graduating from Rochester’s ously published in Rochester’s Jefferson High School in 1948. It wasn’t until six Democrat and Chronicle, years later, when he was traded to the New York Mandelaro describes the triumphs and tragedies Giants, that the stylish left-hander began realizing of local and national athletes. These narratives go the potential the scouts had seen in him. Following beyond the wins and losses of the game to illumi- his baseball career, Antonelli became a successful nate the perserverance of the human spirit over entrepreneur in the tire business. Enjoy this inside challenging life situations. look at the Golden Age of baseball. 6 × 9 IN., 228 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $17.95 6 × 9 IN., 132 PAGES, SOFTCOVER, $17.95

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Your friends and family will enjoy these greeting cards, drawn from historic reproductions of items held in the Cary Collection at RIT and other sources. Cards are printed in color on the front with a blank interior, and they look great framed, too! All card sets are packaged in clear gift boxes and contain eight 4¼ × 6 inch cards (two each of four different designs), with envelopes, unless otherwise noted. See them all on our website. LESTER BEALL POSTCARDS: LESTER BEALL POSTCARDS: ALL CARD SETS: $7 REA POSTER SERIES 1 REA POSTER SERIES 2 12 CARDS, NO ENVELOPES 12 CARDS, NO ENVELOPES

WILL BRADLEY SERIES 1 HARPER’S POSTERS BY JAPANESE WOOD BLOCK JEANNETTE KLUTE EDWARD PENFIELD PRINTS PHOTOGRAPHS

NURSERYMAN’S CATALOG NURSERYMAN’S CATALOG NURSERYMAN’S CATALOG NURSERYMAN’S CATALOG FLOWER SET 1 FLOWER SET 2 FRUIT SET 1 FRUIT SET 2

POKER WOODCUTS W.H PAGE WOOD TYPE ASSORTED BIG SHOT SCHOEN PLACE BIG SHOT 8 DIFFERENT IMAGES 8 OF SAME CARD

RIT CAMPUS FRENCH PAINTED GREEK ORNAMENT LONDON IN THE 19TH 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALPHABETS CENTURY

GREENLAND SNOWFLAKE PHOTOGRAPHS PHOTOMICROGRAPHS 25 GIFT ITEMS

Letterpress Notecards These simple stationery sets are printed at the Cary Collection, drawing from our historical collection of metal and wood type. Sheets are blank, with a color illustration at the top. Colors may vary. More than forty designs are available—see them all on our website. 4 SHEETS WITH ENVELOPES, 4¼×5½ IN., $3

Holiday Letterpress Cards and Valentines Choose from a variety of holiday greetings in different languages, non-denominational messages, and special valentines for your loved ones. May include quotations from Buddha, Channing, Dickinson, Keller, Rilke, Whitman, and others. These cards are printed by hand in limited runs. See the full selection on our website. ASSORTED SIZES, $1.50–$7

Lester Beall REA Poster Prints In th 1930s, much of rural America lacked electricity, power, and running water. The Rural Electrification Administration hired designer Lester Beall to create a series of posters illustrating the benefits of electrification. The original posters are held in the RIT Graphic Design Archives. Reproductions are digitally printed on heavyweight paper. 12 × 16 IN., $15 EACH OR 3 FOR $40

Flower Power poster Bernie Boston Photojournalist Bernie Boston chronicled the civil dissension and strife of the 1960s, prompted by the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam war movements. This is his iconic "Flower Power" image. 20 × 30 IN., $10 / "BERNIE BOSTON: AMERICAN PHOTOJOURNALIST" BOOK AND POSTER SET: $29.99

26 COMING SOON Coming Soon! A selection of our forthcoming book titles. More information will be available on our website as the date of publication approaches.

Printing Process Control and Standardization By Robert Y. Chung For close to forty years, changes in the graphic arts industry have transformed the graphic manu- facturing industry. Chung describes the printing process and the ways in which advancements in technology have improved and standardized the world of color printing. Robert Y. Chung is Professor Emeritus of the School of Media Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has published over 100 technical papers in the area of printing process control and color management. APRIL 2020

Herbert Bayer, The World Geo-Graphic Atlas and Graphic Design at Mid-Century Benjamin Benus

Transforming Literary History into Romantic Myths in Comics Nick Katsiadas

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