Ursus Rare Books (629 Ergebnisse)

TUTTLE, Richard. Two Chairs, Two Benches and a Table. 16 unnumbered pages. Oblong 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers. Florence: Galleria Victoria Miro, [1990]. Catalogue of a five piece set of furniture designed by Richard Tuttle to be seen as a final refinement of crate furniture either in Santa Fe style, or as more formally developed by Rietveld and De Stijl.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 164638

TUTTLE, Richard. Five by Seven for Yvon Lambert. 10 pp. Oblong 12mo., bound in illustrated wrappers, in a board portfolio. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1978.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 164636

Ferguson. Book of Secrets. 8vo, cloth. 1999.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 83786

WENDINGEN. Willem van Konijnenburg. With an introduction by Albert Plasschaert. 42pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original Wrappers illustrated with a lithograph by Willem van Konijnenburg. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921. Issue devoted to the work of the Dutch artist Willem van Konijnenburg.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 144559

Venturi, Lionello. MARC CHAGALL. 47 pp. text includes 2 tipped-in, color plates, 25 drawings in b&w, and is followed by 64 b&w plates. 4to., cloth. New York, Pierre Matisse Editions, 1945. Edition limited to 1500 copies.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 101072

WENDINGEN. East-Asian Art. The Petrucci Collection. 36pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original Wrappers illustrated with a lithograph by M. de Klerk. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921. With texts on Asian Art by Henri Borel, Hermann Keyserling, Karl With and A. Vecht.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 144558

WENDINGEN. Vorkink and Wormser, Country House at Oostvoorne. With introductory text by J.F.Staal. 26 pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original wrappers illustrated with lithographs by Jaap Gidding. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921. Fifteen images of the country house of Mr. Hudig at Oostvoorne, built by the Amsterdam architects Vorkink and Wormse.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 144556

WENDINGEN. Work by Representative Members of A et A. 40pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original wrappers illustrated with lithographs by Roland Holst. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921. A monographic issue on the Dutch architects' society Architectura et Amicitia . Established by members of the Amsterdam School in 1855 this society managed to play an important role in the Dutch art- and architecture scene. They organised lectures, exhibitions and published several magazines including Wendingen.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 144555

WIJDEVELD, H. Th. (Ed.) Wendingen. Volume 4, Numbers 9/10. International Exhibition of Theatre. Square folio, 330 x 330 mm. Bound in original wrappers illustrated after a drawing by Frits Lensvelt. Amsterdam: 1921. Published to coincide with the International Exhibition of Theater Art in Amsterdam in January and February 1922. Articles in English, French and Dutch, including The Living Scene by Gordon Craig Art Vivant ou Nature Morte by Adolphe Appia.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 143528

MIRO, Joan. Joan Miro, Oeuvre Graphique Original - Ceramiques. Hommage de Michel Leiris. 4to., covers with an original lithograph by Joan Miro. Geneva: Engelberts, 1961. One of an unnnumbered editon of this handsome catalogue, printed on fine quality paper, containing a long poem by Leiris. Cramer, Miro Illustrated Books 71.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 116585

CRUIKSHANK, George. George Cruikshank's Table-Book. Edited by Gilbert Abbott Á Beckett. viii, 284 pp. With 12 full-page steel etchings, and 116 woodcuts and glyphographs by Cruikshank. 4to., 245 x 175 mm, bound in original publisher's green cloth, spine and front cover gilt, a.e.g. London: Published at the Punch Office, 1845. First Edition. Cruikshank's Table Book contains the first appearance of an early Thackeray novella, entitled Legend of the Rhine, with other contributions by Mark Lemon, Horace Mayhew, A.B. Reach, Shirley Brooks, &c. The editor of the Table Book was Gilbert Abbot A'Beckett (1811-1856), the comic writer who was one of the original staff members of Punch. Light stains on back cover, spine slightly sunned, glue residue in the gutter between the plate "Annual Emigration of Birds" and page 165. Bookplates of John Nolty and John Francis Neylan on front paste-down and fly-leaf. A near fine copy. Shepherd, Thackeray 60. Mudge/Sears, p. xxiv. Marchmont 145. Douglas 228. Cohn, Bibliographical Catalogue 187. Cohn, Catalogue Raisonné 191.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 117770

LAUGHLIN, James. Kollemata. Unpaginated. Thin 8vo., bound in publisher's grey printed wrappers. Lunenberg,VT: The Stinehour Press, 1988. One of 150 copies of this finely printed series of poems by James Laughlin. Kollemata being "The glued sheets of papyrus made into rolls on which Greek poets inscribed their poems." A fine copy, inscribed by James Laughlin to Denise Levertov.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 130759

ZWEIG, Stefan. The Invisible Collection. Featuring a "missing fronticepiece" design by Joseph Goldyne. 8vo, bound in original boards. New York: Ursus Books, 2007. A handsome new edition of this classic fable about collecting. Zweig's story set in Germany in the aftermath of the First World War is timeless, and eloquently evokes the magic of collecting, the excitement of dealing, and the pleasures and complexities of ownership. Joseph Goldyne the distinguished California artist, who is himself a renowned collector, has thoughtfully produced a "missing fronticepiece" design which successfully solves the problem of how to illustrate a book, which on first reading would seem to defy the concept of illustration, and Peter Koch has designed and printed as elegant a version of Zweig's story as one could hope for. One of an edition of only 100 copies elegantly printed by Peter Koch in San Francisco, and containing a frontispiece designed by Joseph Goldyne consisting of a piece of original seventeenth century paper. The colophon is signed by both Peter Koch and Joseph Goldyne. As new. Bringhurst, Robert. JOSEPH GOLDYNE: Catalogue Raisonné of Books, Portfolios, and Calligraphic Sheets,008.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 138779

LOVE. Posies and Kisses. 63 pp. Small 8vo.,in a recent half red morocco binding. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911. A lovely copy in a deluxe binding. The collection of "love mottoes" was made by the publisher Arthur Humphreys over a period of many years. He describes them as couplets "which exercised the wit of many courtly rhymers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries.".

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 104782

SHAKESPEARE, William. A Lovers Complaint. 8vo, bound in gilt-stamped three-quarter light blue morocco. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1933. The entire poem A Lovers Complaint extracted from perhaps the most satisfying edition ever printed. T.E. Lawrence describes his admiration in a glowing letter to the publishers: "We turn over to the Nonesuch Shakespeare. There you have created a most marvelous pleasure. I have handled it ever so many times, and read The Tempest right through. It satisfies. It is final, like the Kelmscott Chaucer or the Ashendene Virgil. And it is a book which charms one to read slowly, an art which is almost gone from us in these times. Every word which Shakespeare uses stands out glowing. A really great edition. The tact and grace of your editor have been surpassing. I think I like the size and shape and binding almost as much as the text. The paper, too, is just right. Altogether a triumph. One of the best things is that it can not be done again. Nobody will ever dare to produce the old type of edition now, while your text stands there to reproach them. It means a permanent improvement in Shakespeares" (letter to David Garnett, quoted in The Nonesuch Century, p. 47). Dreyfus 58. Ransom, p. 169. The Nonesuch Century 58.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 110579

BASKIN, Leonard. The Eemis Stane. Broadside. Folio size. Portrait of Hugh Macdiarmid by Leonard Baskin cut on wood by Takeshi Takahara. Northampton: The Gehenna Press, 1967. One of 500 copies. Slight creasing and a few insignificant marginal tears, but overall a fine copy of this scarce broadside.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 116454

DOWSON, Ernest. The Pierrot of the Minute. A Dramatic Phantasy in One Act. [6], 38, [2] pp. 8vo., 180 x 115 mm, bound in recent three-quarter purple morocco over matching cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1913. Dowson's one-act verse play, consisting of a dialogue between Pierrot and a Moon Maiden was first published in 1897. This edition was printed in 950 copies printed on Van Gelder handmade paper. In excellent condition.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 42341

WOODCUT TITLE LEAF. JUSTINUS. Original title-leaf from In Trogum Pompeium libri quadraginta quatuor. Woodcut border surrounding text. Matted. Vienna: Joannes Singrenius for Leonardus & Luca Alantse, 1517. An elaborate woodcut title-border illustrating this scarce edition of Justinus' epitome - our only surviving record - of the Augustan historian Pompeius Trogus' History. The present woodcut border is populated with numerous putti, at play upon large vines; at the foot within a shield is the monogram of the printer Joannes Singrenius. This edition is not listed in RLIN. Some soiling; early annotation in ink. Broxbourne Catalogue 673.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 51200

SHAKESPEARE, William. Venus and Adonis. 8vo, bound in gilt-stamped three-quarter red morocco. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1933. The entire poem Venus and Adonis extracted from perhaps the most satisfying edition ever printed. T.E. Lawrence describes his admiration in a glowing letter to the publishers: "We turn over to the Nonesuch Shakespeare. There you have created a most marvellus pleasure. I have handled it ever so many times, and read The Tempest right through. It satisfies. It is final, like the Kelmscott Chaucer or the Ashendene Virgil. And it is a book which charms one to read slowly, an art which is almost gone from us in these times. Every word which Shakespeare uses stands out glowing. A really great edition. The tact and grace of your editor have been surpassing. I think I like the size and shape and binding almost as much as the text. The paper, too, is just right. Altogether a triumph. One of the best things is that it can not be done again. Nobody will ever dare to produce the old type of edition now, while your text stands there to reproach them. It means a permanent improvement in Shakespeares" (letter to David Garnett, quoted in The Nonesuch Century, p. 47). Dreyfus 58. Ransom, p. 169. The Nonesuch Century 58.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 110580

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Rape of Lucrece. 8vo, bound in gilt-stamped three-qaurter brown morocco. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1933. The entire poem The Rape of Lucrece extracted from perhaps the most satisfying edition ever printed. T.E. Lawrence describes his admiration in a glowing letter to the publishers: "We turn over to the Nonesuch Shakespeare. There you have created a most marvelous pleasure. I have handled it ever so many times, and read The Tempest right through. It satisfies. It is final, like the Kelmscott Chaucer or the Ashendene Virgil. And it is a book which charms one to read slowly, an art which is almost gone from us in these times. Every word which Shakespeare uses stands out glowing. A really great edition. The tact and grace of your editor have been surpassing. I think I like the size and shape and binding almost as much as the text. The paper, too, is just right. Altogether a triumph. One of the best things is that it can not be done again. Nobody will ever dare to produce the old type of edition now, while your text stands there to reproach them. It means a permanent improvement in Shakespeares" (letter to David Garnett, quoted in The Nonesuch Century, p. 47). Dreyfus 58. Ransom, p. 169. The Nonesuch Century 58.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 110584

GEHENNA PRESS. Culs de Lampe. Small 8vo., bound in patterned boards, paper label on spine by Gray Parrot. Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1968. A fine selection of headpieces and tailpieces from sixteenth and seventeenth century books, arranged by Leonard Baskin and printed in many colours. One of an edition limited to 250 copies.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25042

KHAYYAM, Omar. Rubaiyat. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. xxiv, 154, [2] pp. Tall 8vo., bound in recent green half morocco, matching cloth over boards. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1907. A beautifully bound copy of the Rubaiyat rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Edward Fitzgerald's translation of this classic by the Persian poet, while remaining true to the spirit of the original, is regarded as a classic in its own right. Accompanied by a biographical sketch of Khayyam, a full bibliography of the various Fitzgerald editions, the full text of the First Edition, Fourth Edition, notes, and the variants between the second, third and fourth editions and quatrains printed in the second edition only. One of an edition of 925 copies. A very fine copy in a deluxe binding.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 146833

HUNTING. REEVE, J.S. Lyra Venatica. [8], 224 pp. 8vo., bound in modern three-quarter red morocco. London: Arthur L. Humphries, 1906. First Edition. A charming collection of sixty hunting songs related specifically to hounds, foxes, and the chase, virtually all of which were published here for the first time. The compiler, J.S. Reeve, was master of Storrington beagles; to this collection he contributed the song "The S.H. 1892-1894" (i.e. Storrington hounds). The above compilation was begun by Reeve's father, to whom the book is dedicated. Fine copy, handsomely bound.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 100504

MENDINI, Alessandro. Schetsboek-Sketchbook. 140 pages, illustrated. Text in Dutch and English, 4to, stiff wrappers, spiral bound, with just the slightest wear. Groningen: Groninger Museum, 1988. This book was published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of Alessandro Mendini in the Groninger Museum from 1 October to 27th November 1988. The skectchbook encapsulates some of the ideas of this members of the Italian radical Design movement.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 165369

CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Prioresses Tale. [7], 21 pp. Illustrated with full-page frontispiece, title in red and black, red initials throughout. 8vo., bound in recent 3/4 red morocco, title gilt on spine. Guildford: A. C. Curtis Guildford, 1902. This handsomely printed edition includes "The Host's Prologue," "The Prioresses Prologue," and "The Prioresses Tale." It also includes a helpful glossary of unfamiliar terms. This edition was revised from the Harleian manuscript in the British Museum. In attractive deluxe binding.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 112177

CORPORATION OF LONDON. Proceedings in reference to the preservation of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. Printed by order of the Corporation of London. [4], 88 pp. 8vo, red publisher's binding with gilt insignia and lettering on front outside cover. London: Benjamin Pardon, 1867. This collection of proceedings by the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee documents the Corporation of London's efforts to ensure the safety of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, as the Corporation's lease was nearing its end (Christmas, 1867). Bunhill had been a burying ground of Nonconformists and other denominations since the sixteenth century. With the work of the committee, the Corporation obtained an Act of Parliament in 1867 preserving the burial ground as an open landscaped space with seating, gardens and the restoration of some of it most noteworthy monuments, including John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe and William Blake. The appendix contains a reprint of a rare tract from 1717, "Inscription on the Tombs in the Dissenters' Burial Place, near Bunhill Fields." Some wear to edges of binding, else fine.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 141229

VICTORIAN CHARACTERS GRONOW, Captain. Reminiscences and Recollections; being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 1810-1860. Two volumes. xxviii, 353; xiv, 340 pp. With a frontispiece portrait and 32 reproductions of illustrations from contemporary sources, executed by Joseph Grego. 8vo., 205 x 137 mm, bound by Root in later beige polished half calf over tan cloth, spine gilt, contrasting lettering pieces, t.e.g. London: John C. Nimmo, 1900. Later edition, a near fine copy of this unusual collection of anecdotes describing the exploits and adventures of numerous "remarkable characters" of nineteenth century London and Paris, some of whom remain justly famous, although many are now completely forgotten.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 85475

FREEDLEY, Edwin T. Philadelphia and its Manufactures; a Hand-Book, exhibiting the Development, Variety and Statistics of the Manufacturing Industry of Philadelphia in 1857, together with Sketches of Remarkable Manufactories; and a List of Articles now made in Philadelphia. [2], 21-504 pp., illustrated with ten lithographic plates including one coloured. 8vo, 200 x 120 mm., gilt stamped three-quarter leather over marbled paper. Philadelphia: Edward Young, 1859. Third edition, the "Merchants' Edition." A comprehensive survey of commercial activity in Philadelphia on the eve of the Civil War. The book was written in an attempt to demonstrate the importance of Philadelphia as a commercial and manufacturing center and the tremendous amount of information contained in it attests to its achieving that goal. Despite erratic numbering at the beginning, this copy is complete as published. A fine copy.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 144859

VILENSKII, E.S. Shestnadtsat' dnei na poliuse. [Sixteen Days at North Pole]. 127 pp., illustrated with 39 photographic plates, of which 9 are portraits. 4to, bound in publisher's illustrated cloth. Moscow, Leningrad: Tsentral'nyi komitet vsesoiuznogo leninskogo kommunisticheskogo soiuza molodezhi, izdat. detskoi literatury, 1938. A fine copy of this rare account, made for young people, of the celebrated Russian expedition to the North Pole of 1937-38. OCLC lists only three copies.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 141257

BALZAC. Maximes. [iv], 197 pp. 8vo., bound in three-quarter brown morocco, with five raised bands on the spine, t.e.g., by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. London: Arthur Humphreys, 1912. A lovely copy in French and English, with the languages running alongside one another on facing pages. A beautiful compilation of these classic sayings, many of which concern the fair sex, and among which are "A woman of fifty will do anything for a man - a woman of twenty will do nothing." and "when we are in love we live in all three tenses at once." Also with a number of sayings on passion and art which influenced Ruskin. Fine, clean and uncut in a fine binding.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 92479