Printer Playground by Oliver Simon (36 results)

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 156 pages. First edition. Much on English typography of the 20th century, the Curwen Press, The Fleuron and Signature. Illustrated including four collotype plates. Jacket price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. DJ has heavy browning, especially at spine, chipping, and some light wear. Endpaper has some fading, and writing in pen.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 156 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A Very Good copy with light bumping to the corners; the dust jacket is Near Fine.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. London: Faber and Faber, (1956). 1st Edition. xiii, 156 p. Hardbound with DJ. The DJ is a bit more than just price clipped, lacking nearly 1/4 of the front turn-in flap. Minor edgewear to both book and DJ. Interior pages are clean and the binding is tight. 37 illustrations (3 in color) and 4 collotype plates. A fresh copy. Near Fine/VG.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tall 8vo. Pp. xv, 155. Frontis. author portrait drawing. Index. Illustrated with manuscript facsimiles, photographs and reproductions of print designs & decorations. Gray cloth, titles stamped in black on the spine. In the printed dust jacket, clipped. Bookplate of John Muntinga Shaw. Top edge very lightly soiled, dust jacket lightly age-toned. Simon guided the Curwen Press into fine book production in the 1920s and edited the graphic arts journals The Fleuron and Signature . He takes particular pleasure in recalling the many artists with whom he collaborated. Handsomely printed at the Curwen Press, Plaistow. Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Buckram, DW, tall 8vo., xiii, (ii).156 pages. Printed at the Curwen Press. Wood-engraved dedication by Reynolds Stone. Inscription in an attractive hand, else very good in a minimally worn and uniformly toned DW, in archival mylar.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (printers, great britain) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

1st Edition. First edition. Printed at the Curwen Press. xvi, 156p. Illustrated from photos, drawings, and facsimiles. Black-titled gray cloth. BInding a little aslant, VG in price-clipped VG_ d.j. First edition. Printed at the Curwen Press.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, printed at Curwen Press. Gray cloth, black stamping to spine, a Near Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Memoirs one of the founders of The Curwen Press, with important material on T.E. Lawrence in the German Asia Corps campaign. Mild edge rubbing to jacket and slight tanning to jacket spine, with a tiny nick or two; else jacket is bright, whole, clean and unclipped in a Mylar cover. Scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 156pp. Frontispiece drawing by Brian Robb. Illustrated with drawings by various artists for The Curwen Press, letters, and title pages. Spine a bit cocked, near fine in a near fine modestly worn dustwrapper.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback with partly permanently protected dust-wrapper. xiii, 156pp. Frontis. Illus. 1st edition 1956. D/w slightly creased and edge worn. Private ownership. (bs60).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8/26/2016 London: Faber, 1956. 0. Roy. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 156. Port. 37 illusts. 4 collotype plates. Orig. cloth. D.w. Bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 156; grey cl bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to front pastedown); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; price clipped to front flap, price drawn over with black ink; moderate tanning & foxing).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Autobiography of typographic legend, Oliver Simon, illustrated with portraits, letters in facsimile, typographical examples, and the work of different artists of the inter-war period, Grey cloth binding in very good conditin with black title/author on spine. Some slight bumping on top and bottom of spine, Paper cover in good condition, despite some slight discoloration. It is off-white with pretty decorative border in black and orange type. Quite nicely designed! Size: 10 x 6 1/2.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1941. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. 156 pages. 6437.

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 156 pages. Subjects: Simon, Oliver 1895-1956. Printers -- Great Britain -- Biography. 1 Kg. …

Gr.-8°. 156 S., mit Abbildungen. Orig.-Leinenband mit Klarsichtumschlag. Oliver Simon (1895 - 1956), britischer Typograph, Vorsitzender und Geschäftsführer der Curwen Press, Herausgeber der Zeitschriften The Flueron" und Signature", Gründer und President des Double Crown Club der Typografen sowie Direktor der Soncino Press. - Umschlag etwas berieben.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8/7/2013 London: Faber, 1956. 0. Roy. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 156. Port. 37 illusts. 4 collotype plates. Orig. cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Portrait frontispiece by Brian Robb, 37 illustrations & typographical examples within the text. Second issue binding of grey cloth, black spine titling. Typographic dust-jacket in red and black slightly chipped. Book label of Stephen Brook. A very good copy. Lacks the four collotype plates - as usual with the second issue.…

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 156 pages. Subjects: Simon, Oliver 1895-1956. Printers -- Great Britain -- Biography. 1 Kg. …

FIRST EDITION Large 8vo. hardback with dust jacket. 156pp, indexed, illustrated in b/w and colour. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Foxing to edges and first and last few pages plus some very lightly throughout, dust jacket also a little foxed, darkened and edgeworn, faint cup ring to front cover, price-clipped. Overall Good/Good. (SHELF 30) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. …

8vo. First edition. Original grey cloth, gilt. Book label of Eric Sweet on the front pastedown. Clipped d/w tanned on the spine and slightly rubbed at the extremities. Near fine in very good + d/w.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Portrait frontispiece by Brian Robb; Illustrated with letters in facsimile, typographic examples and reproductions from the work of artists of the interwar period (some colour); four inserted collotype plates. Grey cloth, spine label titled in gilt, typographic dust-jacket in black and red. A fine copy in near fine printed dust-jacket This first issue is in a superior binding and examples of the second occasionally lack the collotype plates.…

Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp: 156. Pale brown clipped dust jacket with a black design and red lettering. Original publisher's grey cloth with black lettering at spine. An ALS loosely inserted from Alice Meynell (granddaughter of the poet) to her uncle Francis Meynell, founder of The Nonesuch Press. A note to the FFEP regarding the appearance of the name Francis Meynell in the index. Pages are clear throughout, top edge is slightly marked, some tanning to top of boards and tail of spine, else clean. Very good in slightly tanned, slightly marked, edgeworn with rough cut front flap, very good minus dust jacket.…

Illustrated with portraits, letters in facsimile and typographical specimens. Printed at the Curwen Press for Faber and Faber. 8vo., [16.5 x 25.5 cms], original grey paper boards, lettering in black to spine, in the original dust jacket. Slight darkening to jacket spine, otherwise a good copy. Simon was the director of The Curwen Press and the editor of typography journals 'The Fleuron' and 'Signature'.…