Author: Lancelot Hogben
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Rathbone Books, 1959

Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Cloth/boards in good condition, visible shelf wear & tear top & bottom edges

The Signs of Civilisation is a short illustrated book by Lancelot Hogben, first published in 1959. It traces the development of human communication and record‑making from prehistoric cave paintings and symbolic signs through later technological stages — including writing systems and modern communication tools such as telephones, computers and television — showing how ways of preserving and transmitting information underpin the growth of civilization.