Printer Playground by Oliver Simon (39 results)
Language: English
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellercloth, 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.
Published by Faber & Faber, London
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: 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 an…d tanning.
- Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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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.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 156pp.incl.index; HB gray w/blk.; slight rub&cock w/clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/blk.&red; rubbed&darkened; price-cut. Autobio.of printer & publisher of The Curwen Press. illus.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 156pp.incl.index; HB gray w/blk.; slight rub&cock; clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/blk.&red; rubbed&darkened w/stain on ft.; corner-cut. Autobio.of printer & publisher of The Curwen Press. illus.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ilium Books, Somerville, MA, U.S.A.Ilium Books
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Add to basketCondition: 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 collo…type plates. A fresh copy. Near Fine/VG.
Published by Faber & Faber, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: Kazoo Books LLC, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.Kazoo Books LLC
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
More imagesPublished by Faber & Faber, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover 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.
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber
- Hardcover
Seller: The Private Library, London, United KingdomThe Private Library
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.Entropy Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 156pp.incl.index; HB gray w/blk.; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/blk.&red; some rub w/spine darkened. Autobio.of printer & publisher of The Curwen Press. illus.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 156pp.incl.index; HB gray w/blk.; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/blk.&red; some rub w/spine darkened. Autobio.of printer & publisher of The Curwen Press. illus.
More imagesPublished by Faber and Faber, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.First Folio A.B.A.A.
Contact seller5-star seller1st 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.
Published by Faber and Faber (1956), London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, printed at Curwen Press. Gray cloth, black stamping to spine, a Near Fine copy.
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United KingdomBesleys Books PBFA
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Add to basketHard 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).
Published by Faber and Faber 1956, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketSuper 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).
- Hardcover
Seller: S.P.Tuohy, Oxford, OXF, United KingdomS.P.Tuohy
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.The Country Bookshop [Member VABA]
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Add to basketHard 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 sli…ght 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.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, UK, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.BookScene
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1941. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. 156 pages. 6437.
More imagesPublished by Faber & Faber, 27-4, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quality Books UK, Derby, DERBY, United KingdomQuality Books UK
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.
More imagesPublished by Faber and Faber (ohne Jahr, um 1956), London, 1956
- Hardcover
Seller: terrahe.oswald, Gangkofen, Germanyterrahe.oswald
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Add to basketGr.-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. - Um…schlag etwas berieben.
- Hardcover
Seller: S.P.Tuohy, Oxford, OXF, United KingdomS.P.Tuohy
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8/7/2013 London: Faber, 1956. 0. Roy. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 156. Port. 37 illusts. 4 collotype plates. Orig. cloth.
Published by First edition, second issue, 8vo, pp.xvi,156 + frontispiece [4], Curwen Press for Faber & Faber, 1956., 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. 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 co…py. Lacks the four collotype plates - as usual with the second issue.
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basket1st 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.
Published by London Faber and Faber 1956, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United KingdomChaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB
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Add to basketFIRST 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.
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star seller1st 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.
Published by First edition, first issue, 8vo, pp.xvi,146 + frontispiece [4], Curwen Press for Faber and Faber, 1956., 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketCondition: 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.
