Althought these need updating, they are a good place to start:
http://typophile.com/books/graphicdesign-history
http://typophile.com/books/typedesign-history

See also:
Best book you would recommend on typography
Top three must have books on typography
Recommend reading?
Sort of “desert island books”
Typophile books for newbies
evolution of type and alphabet
Which typography book to buy

Don’t forget our wiki entry: http://typophile.com/wiki/Books
Especially the holy triumvirate: http://typophile.com/wiki/Triumvirate

One author that could be added to the existing list of books on graphic design history is Richard Hollis:

Graphic Design, A Concise History (Second edition)

Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965

Avant Garde Graphics 1918-1934: From the Merrill C. Berman Collection (with Lutz Becker)

don’t forget Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, By Erik Spiekermann, E.M Ginger, E.M Ginger.

http://www.adobepress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0201703394&redir=1&...

A couple more:

Updike, D. B. “Printing Types, their history, form, and uses”. (the standard reference for pre-twentieth century)

Carter, H. “The Le Bé Memorandum” (history of 16th century French typefounding).

Haley, Allan. “Typographic Milestones”

Gray, N. “Nineteenth Century Ornamented Typefaces” (the Nash version has American as well as English)

Most everything else you can find in the bibliographies of what’s already been mentioned.

George
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If you can afford a copy, Revival of the Fittest is worth tracking down. I managed to dig up a copy in January for $40 with a lot of searching.

Hey, that’s a great recommendation, jpad. A very good book indeed!