A woman design pioneer. First edition, first impression of this important work by data-visualisation pioneer Marie Neurath (1898-1986), rare in the dust jacket.

Neurath, along with her husband Otto and their colleague Gerd Arntz, was one of the founders of Isotype, a simplified visual method for conveying complex information. First developed in the 1920s, Isotype 'helped establish some of the core principles of graphic design' and it's legacy 'can be seen everywhere from newspapers and textbooks to signage, transit maps, interfaces, and emojis' (Inglis, 'Meet Marie Neurath', AIGA Eye on Design, September 17, 2019).

Neurath was 'a remarkable practitioner' who 'researched, calculated, and co-designed nearly every Isotype ever created, from the early days in Vienna in 1925 all the way to when she retired in 1971' (Forrest, 'The Missing Legacy of Marie Neurath', Medium, January 20, 2020). Marie continued the work of Isotype after Otto's death in 1945 and became known for the series of children's books she published over the next twenty years, 'an ideal place to put Isotype's methods into practice' (Inglis).

First edition; 4to; illustrated throughout with three-colour offset lithography, light partial tanning of the endpapers; original three-colour pictorial boards, binding lightly rubbed with some wear at the spine ends, upper edge a little toned, a few tiny spots, a very good copy in the price-clipped jacket that is a little rubbed and toned, with a small chip from the upper panel and some short closed tears and associated creasing; 36pp.