Printer and playground, an autobiography by Simon, Oliver - 1956

Faber and Faber [1956], 1956. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Faber & Faber. Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has heavy browning, especially at spine, chipping, and some light wear. Endpaper has some fading, and writing in pen. .

London: Faber & Faber, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bound handsomely in bckram cloth in a tall octavo format, at xiii [ii] + 156 pp., and printed as expected at The Curwen Press, his home for many years. Wood-engraved dedication by Reynolds Stone. Valuable information on English typography of the 20th century, about the Curwen Press, about The Fleuron and Signature presses. Illustrated including four collotype plates.Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, clipped but not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii +156 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. Buckram, DW, tall 8vo., xiii, (ii).156 pages. Printed at the Curwen Press. Wood-engraved dedication by Reynolds Stone. A near fine copy in the remainder binding, in an unworn, lightly soiled DW, in archival mylar.

London: Faber and Faber, 1956. 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.

London: Faber and Faber, 1956. 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.

London: Faber & Faber, 1956. Hardcover. 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.

London: Faber and Faber, 1956. 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.

London: Faber & Faber, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. 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.

London: Faber and Faber, 1956. First edition. Printed at the Curwen Press. BInding a little aslant, VG in price-clipped VG_ d.j.. First edition. Printed at the Curwen Press. xvi, 156p. Illustrated from photos, drawings, and facsimiles. Black-titled gray cloth.