Thanks very much to everyone who recommended books with pictograms. The recommendations are:
Pierce, Todd. The international pictograms standard. Cincinnati, Ohio : ST Publications, c1996.
**This book was the most-recommended item. I tried to find it through Books in Print and Amazon but it wasn't available. It can be purchased directly from Todd Pierce's company, Design Pacifica. The book and CD-ROM are sold bundled together for $119.00 plus $12.00 s/h. Send purchase orders or checks (no credit cards) to PICTOGRAM, 414 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. Make check/p.o. out to PICTOGRAM.
Symbol signs / American Institute of Grapic Arts, 1993.
Handbook of Pictorial Symbols by Rudolf Modley.
The Ultimate Symbol collection. Stony Point, N.Y. : Ultimate
Symbol, c1994-2000. Vol. 1. Official signs & icons -- Vol.
2. Nature icons -- Vol. 3. Design elementscreation.
Collection of official signs, symbols, and icons.
Volume 1 is pictograms.
http://home.arcor.de/kj.wagner/pictograms/Picto1972.htm
TI: Munich 1972: the graphic image of the XX Olympic games
AU: BEIL,-Brigitte
SO: Graphis v 28 no160 1972/1973. p. 148-57.
Thanks again - Sara
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