Printer Playground by Simon Oliver (39 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: 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.

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

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 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: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

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.

Hardcover. 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.

Hardcover. 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.

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: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 26x17cm, 156pp. With 37 monochrome illustrations, and collotype plates. Bound in grey cloth over boards, title in gilt to backstrip in a blue panel, cream dustjacket printed in black and red. Oliver Simon's autobiography covering his work at The Curwen Press, the two typographical journals 'The Fleuron' and 'Signature', and reminiscences of famous twentieth century artists such as Graham Sutherland, Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, John Piper etc. Near Fine (some offsetting to rear free endpaper) with a Very Good (darkened spine and edges) dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

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. 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.

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. 3 Kg.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 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.

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.