Visual Explanations, 4 Vols, Graphics Press, 2010-2012, SIGNED x2, Near Fine HC w/DJ + box case

Tufte, Edward R. Cheshire: Graphics Press, 2010-2012.

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 10 3/4" x 9", 213 pp; 157 pp; 126 pp; & 197 pp. 

ISBN: 0961392177, 9780961392123, 9780961392116, & 9780961392147

Hardcovers in gray or green cloth. Near Fine pictorial dust jackets, protected in plastic film, two signed (Envisioning Information; Beautiful Evidence) in silver ink to dust jackets. Very Good white box case, cup stain to top panel, large stain to bottom corner, some spotting to top edges, and light wear. Replete with full-color and black-and-white images, graphs, illustrations, and much more as examples and learning tools for visual reasoning. Volume One: Beautiful Evidence, 213 pp. Nine chapters that analyze mapped pictures, the fundamental principles of analytical design, corruption in evidence presentations, PowerPoints, sculptural pedestals, and much more. Volume Two: Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, 10th Printing, 157 pp. Seven chapters that focus on images and quantities, visual and statistical thinking, an explanation of magic, the smallest effective difference, parallelism, multiples in space and time, and juxtapositions from the ocean of the stream of story. Volume Three: Envisioning Information, 13th Printing, 126 pp. Seven chapters that help define and dissect micro/macro readings, layering and separation, small multiples, color and information, and narratives of space and time. Volume Four: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Edition, 7th Printing, 197 pp. Two-part, nine-chapter book that discusses graphical practice and the theory of data graphics, including graphical excellence and integrity, data-ink, aesthetics and technique in data graphical design, and much more. American statistician and pioneering writer in data visualization Edward R. Tufte wrote this foundational series of books to highlight the complexity and breadth of visual reasoning, utilizing hundreds of illustrations as examples and learning tools, providing in-depth discussions on key principles, and more.