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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Little, Brown and Company (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998
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Hatch marks seemed an appropriate way to keep time before A.D. 1000, the year the abacus was invented. The 1000 marks covering the case are juxtaposed with classic typography on the belly band to suggest the authoritative quality of Lacy’s book.