British Standard 7581: 'The presentation of tables and charts', 1992. Expensive but useful, standards set out briefly and clearly.

Chapman, Myra & Wykes, Cathy: 'Plain Figures Second Edition', The Stationery Office, (HMSO), 1996. Expensive but gives excellent details and practical ideas on presenting numbers, tables and graphs effectively.

A.S.C. Ehrenberg: 'A Primer in Data Reduction'. John Wiley & Son, London 1986. Practical advice on presenting data from the master. Beautifully written.
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Edward R. Tufte: 'The Visual Display of Quantitative Information'. The Graphics Press (USA), Cheshire Connecticut, 1993. All of Tufte's books are as beautiful as they are excellent, but this is his best.
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Williams, Robin: 'The Non-Designers' Design Book', Peachpit Press, 1994. Sensible advice on presenting general information in a book designed for the "visual novice".
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Schriver, Karen A. 'Dynamics in Document Design - Creating Text for Readers', John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1997. This large text book covers the wider issue of presenting text. Very thorough with much food for thought, even for non-typographers.
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