Introduction Typography by Simon: First Edition (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st.ed. ex-library (stamps & labels). blue library binding. worn. rubbed. corners bumped. eps browned. o/w iknternally vg. Good reading copy only. 137pp 137 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a Fine copy of the first edition (2nd printing). No dust jacket. Includes color plates. Includes Glosary, Index.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. Rear hinge cracked. Stamped on front pastedown. (typesetting, reference).

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 137 pages. First edition, printed at the Curwen Press in England. Spine age-darkened, minor rubbing and tears to the jacket. Else a near fine copy. Excellent one volume look at typography. Spine of jacket slightly age darkened with spotting at bottom. Price clipped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. First U. S. Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press Very Good condition. Spine mildly sunned. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NO date (but 1945?). First U. S. Edition. A classic on the subject, well-illustrated in color and B&W, and with a helpful glossary and fold-out type specimen. Simon's work as a typographer is world famous. He was director of The Curwen Press, and edited THE FLEURON and SIGNATURE. Bound in the original blue cloth. From the publisher: "INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY is a handbook for those interested in book production and deals with many of the typographic problems which normally arise in each stage of printing a book, from the half title at the beginning right through to the index at the end. There are also chapters on Choosing a Type Face, The Printing of Plays and The Printing of Poetry, Illustration, Binding, etc. This book has been written for young printers and publishers and for coming aspirants into these trades. It will also be useful to authors and bibliophiles.". First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xi, 137pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to, patterned cloth, moderate wear, [xx] pp. + 122 plates, some rubricated, others in color. First Edition. A Good+ copy.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 137 pages. First edition, second impression, printed at the Curwen Press in England. Minor crude tape repairs to the head and tail of the spine of the dust jacket, else near fine in near fine jacket. Excellent one volume look at typography.

Cloth-backed plain boards, folio, xix, 83 pp, 122 plates. Contains: Printing in England, by Oliver Simon; Printing in the United States, by Paul Beaujon [i.e. Beatrice Warde]; and Continental printing, by Julius Rodenberg. Printed at the Curwen Press. An ex-library copy with a black ink spine number, stamps and marks on the endpapers and prelims, stamps on the upper margins of several text pages and plates, boards darkened and worn.…

Cloth-backed patterned boards, folio, xix, 83 pp, 122 ills (some colour). Contains: Printing in England, by Oliver Simon; Printing in the United States, by Paul Beaujon [i.e. Beatrice Warde]; and Continental printing, by Julius Rodenberg. Printed at the Curwen Press. An ex-library copy with a white ink spine number, numerous labels, stamps and marks on the front endpapers, stamps on the prelims and occasional text pages, covers somewhat worn and darkened.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This Very Good copy is nicely bound. It has some age-toning issues on the front and back covers, which do not interfere with the design. Some highlights in the book include the introduction by Huxley and histories of Oliver Simons Printing in England, and Beaujon Printing in the United States, as well as other biographical and historical perspectives on post-World War I printing. The erratum slip is intact, making the change on Plate number 33, which is one of 124 illustrated plates. This oversized volume will require extra postage. …

Condition: Used - Good. 1st Edition. Owner's name on front free end paper; text clean; binding tight; dust jacket worn at edges, with tears, loss & browned spine Used - Good.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Typography. Genre: Art. Language: English. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Typography. Genre: Art. Language: English. 1 Kg.

8vo, (220x142mm), xiv,137p. 77 illustrations & design exemplars (several in two colours). An ex-library copy in original buff linen cloth, lettered and blocked in red and blue, bookplate The first printing, done of course at the Curwen Press, of a useful manual by one of the finest English printer/typographers of the 20th century.…

Cloth-backed patterned boards, folio, xix, 83 pp, 122 ills (some colour). Contains: Printing in England, by Oliver Simon; Printing in the United States, by Paul Beaujon [i.e. Beatrice Warde]; and Continental printing, by Julius Rodenberg. Printed at the Curwen Press. Spine ends slightly worn and darkened at foot of spine, boards a little browned at top, lacks one of two front endpapers, slight spotting to prelims, otherwise Good. Erratum slip tipped-in.…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 137 pages, 1 unnumbered folded pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 131-133. Subjects: Graphic design (Typography).Printing. Type and type-founding. Book design.Printing, Practical. Graphic design (Typography).Genre: Bibliography.Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 137 pages, 1 unnumbered folded pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 131-133. Subjects: Graphic design (Typography).Printing. Type and type-founding. Book design.Printing, Practical. Graphic design (Typography).Genre: Bibliography.Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 137, [1]; samples and specimens throughout, some in color, 13-page glossary at the back; fine copy of a standard text in a slightly chipped, price-clipped jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. First edition; copyright page states first published 1945. Original decorated beige cloth with printed borders and spine lettering. Good condition, with patchy staining and discolouration to the boards, especially the rear, and spots and marks to preliminary leaves. General age wear, but the binding is sound. No dust jacket. A practical introduction to typography and the design of printed books.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 122 full-page illustrations, many in colours. Quarter cream linen with gilt spine titling and blue rules, paper-covered boards. Dust-jacket a little chipped.with slight loss. A very good copy Printed at the Curwen Press.

Erste Ausgabe. - Kapitale u. Ecken bestoßen. Deckelränder etw. gebräunt. Etw. gebräunt. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000 4°. Mit 122 meist ganzs., tlw. farb. Abbildungen. 92 nn. Bll., OPpbd.

8vo. First Pelican edition. First published in 1945. Original paper covers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Spine tanned and covers faintly foxed. Bookplate of Eric Sweet on the inside front cover. Near fine. Pelican Books A288.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated with type specimens etc. Beige cloth, decorated in blue, titled in red, typographic dust-jacket. Ownership signature of Walter Armytage. A fine copy of a classic work. Printed at the Curwen Press. Subsequequntly reprinted many times.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 137, [1]; samples and specimens throughout, some in color, 1 folding; 13-page glossary at the back; fine copy of a standard text in a slightly chipped, price-clipped jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. Printed at the Curwen Press.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2 preliminary leaves, vii-xix, 83, [76] pages illustrations (some color) 34 cm. Subjects; Type and type-founding. Printing ; Specimens. Type and type-founding History 20th century. Printing History 20th century. Printing United States ; Specimens. Printing Great Britain ; Specimens. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2 preliminary leaves, vii-xix, 83, [76] pages illustrations (some color) 34 cm. Subjects; Type and type-founding. Printing ; Specimens. Type and type-founding History 20th century. Printing History 20th century. Printing United States ; Specimens. Printing Great Britain ; Specimens. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. First edition, 4to, pp. xix, [1], 83; plates with 122 illustrations showing examples of typography; original blue cloth with large patterned paper label on upper cover, paper label on spine, glassine wrapper; some spotting to cloth, wrapper darkened and chipped, internally fine. Printed at The Curwen Press. The specimens were selected to indicate the general trend of design of the printed book in Europe and the United States. The name of the book, author, printer, publisher and artist are given along with the particular type whenever possible. …

Hardcover. First Edition. London, Peter Davies Limited, 1928. Quarto; quarter cloth and papered boards; minor signs of use and age; in presentable condition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. An excellent first edition of Oliver Simon's guide to book production and typography, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A 'handbook for those interested in book production', dealing with a wealth of typographic problems.The work of Oliver Simon, Director of Curwen Press.Illustrated throughout with examples of the design styles discussed.With a loosely inserted 'Synopsis of Type Faces Available at Balding and Mansell'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Bump to spine tail, otherwise externally fine. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned, with losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Small hole in paper towards tail of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated with type specimens etc. Beige cloth, decorated in blue, titled in red, typographic dust-jacket (chipped and with serious loss to spine). A very good copy of a classic work. Presentation copy: "Leonard: With best Xmas wishes from Mother & Father Simon, Xmas 1945.". Inscribed by Author(s).…