The Chicago Manual of Style by University

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.