Printer and Playground an Autobiography by Simon Oliver (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 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. Some spotting to endpapers, boards a little curved. A very good copy. This first issue is in a superior binding and examples of the second occasionally lack the collotype plates.

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

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'.

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.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1956. Faber & Faber, 1956. Cloth, dj., 156 pp., illus. Very sound in slightly worn dj.

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.

First Edition. Illustrations End-papers somewhat browned, otherwise a nice copy The Editor of Fleuron and Signature provides a valuable index to the latter.

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).

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: 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.

25.5 x 16.0cms 156pp 156pp b/w illusts very good in fragile in tact dustwrapper Simon established the Curwen Pressand edited The Fleuron and inter-war Signature. This book explains his career and his adventures in Germany and Palestine while putting an aspect of T E Lawrence in perspective.

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

pp156, b/w illus; tall 8vo, hard cover. Offsetting to endpapers from dust wrapper flap, else fine in dust jacket. The editor of the journals `The Fleuron' and `Signature', Simon was a director of the Curwen Press.

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.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. 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. Spine rubbed. No jacket.

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. Light foxing with wear along front hinge of jacket.

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: Good. First Edition. A good condition dust jacket is present. First edition. The cover is clear of stains and marking. The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request.

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.

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: 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.

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

Tall 8vo. xiii + [3] + 156 pp. Bound in original cloth gilt, in decorative dust wrapper which is a little chipped and worn, especially at head and tail of spine. Some browning of endpapers but otherwise a very good copy. Loosely inserted are correspondence to and from the author, including his signature, and newspaper cuttings, including reviews of this title, etc. Illustrated by portrait frontispiece, 4 collotype plates and throughout by 37 text figures, some in red and green and including facsimiles. The first part of this book was printed in the journal Signature. Oliver Simon (1895-1956) was an accomplished book designer and typographer who became director of the Curwen Press, originally established in 1863. The Press was associated with many famous artists and graphic designers of the day, including John Piper, Paul Nash and Edward Bawden. It went into receivership in 1984 but was revived again in 2011. TYPOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY TYPOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED TYPOGRAPHY.

Tall 8vo. xiii + [2] + 156pp. Illustrated throughout. Bound in the original cloth gilt, in dust wrapper.

London 1956. Roy.8vo. Or.cl. XVI156pp. With portr. 37 other illusts. incl. 3 in col. and 4pp. of plates. 1st ed. Fine.