Search Results: Authors starting with J from Ursus Books

1921. JACOB, Max. Dos d'Arlequin. Illustrated with colored woodcuts after drawings by Max Jacob. 8vo., original wrappers in a cloth folding box. Paris: Aux Editions du Sagittaire, 1921. A scarce little book showing just how talented Max Jacob was as an artist; the poet was a close friend of Picasso. The total edition was 250 copies, but this is one of the hors commerce issue on Vélin.

1757. PARIS. Les Rues et les Environs de Paris. Contenant dans la premiere Partie les Rues de Paris, Carrefours, Cul-de-Sacs, Cloîtres, Cours, Passages, Marchez, Ports, Portes, Quais, Places, et généralement tout ce qui contient plusieurs maisons et habitations, et qui ne désigne aucun domicile en particulier. La seconde partie contient les Eglises, Chapelles, Couvens, Hôpitaux, Collèges, Ecoles publiques, Palais, Hôtels, Académies, Bureaux de Communauté, et généralement tout ce qui désigne un Edifice et une habitation particulière. Par ordre alphabétique. By Jean Baptiste Michel Renou de Chevigné Jaillot. Two volumes in one. xvi, 474, [2] pp., illustrated with an engraved folding map by Bailleul le Jeune. 12mo, 160 x 90 mm., bound in contemporary French calf, gilt title on red label and gilt tooling on spine, all edges stained red. Paris: Valleyre, 1757. Second edition of this index of the… Read More

1810. JAPAN. Japanese fabric samples. 30 samples mounted in an album. Oblong 4to, 175 x 255 mm., bound in contemporary wrappers in a new chitsu case. N.p.: n.d. A handsome collection of early twentieth century Japanese fabric samples each measuring approximately 125 x 170 mm.

1930. JAPANESE COMMERCIAL DESIGN. A Collection of approximately 200 labels for food and drink products. Various sizes, mounted in an album. Small folio, 305 x 225 mm., bound in pale blue wrappers in a recent brown chitsu case. [Japan, 1930s]. An eclectic collection of Japanese food and drink labels from the first quarter of the twentieth century. Fruits, vegetables, spirits, candies, canned meats and fishes are all represented on colourful labels featuring combined western and Japanese design sensibilities. They are neatly tipped into an accordion style album of thick pale blue paper and mostly remain in fine condition.

1921. JESPERS, Oscar. Bezette Stad. By Paul van Ostayen. [152] pp., illustrated with woodcuts by Oscar Jespers. 4to, 285 x 220 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth box. Antwerp: Uitgave van het Sienjaal, 1921. Belgian avant-garde bookmaking at its best. The innovative use of typography, combined with dramatic woodcuts, make this one of the more "forward-looking" books produced in the twenties. Oscar Jespers (1887-1970), Belgian sculptor in the Constructivist and Expressionist movements, was part of a group of artists and writers in Antwerp who gathered around the poet Paul van Ostayen, a Belgian dandy whose poetry and writings were greatly influenced by the Expressionist and Dadaist schools. Some minor wear to the wrappers, overall in unusually fine condition. One of 500 copies on Registre paper, of a total edition of 540. This copy is unsigned and unnumbered. Johnson, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000, No. 35. Andel 128. Fundacion Juan… Read More

1914. "A PROSE-POEM AND A MASTERPIECE" JIMÉNEZ, Juan Ramon. Platero y yo, elegia andaluza... [3]-142 pp. (plus advertisement leaf). Illustrated throughout in colour by Fernando Marco. 8vo., 169 x 100 mm, bound in publisher's tan cloth covered stamped boards, in a new purple cloth folding box. Madrid: Ediciones de "La Lectura," 1914. First Edition of Jimenez's most famous book, beautifully illustrated by Fernando Marco. Published by a small Spanish press during World War I (on 12 December 1914) it has become, for obvious reasons, very rare. This work was chosen as one of the "Books of the Century" by the New York Public Library. The compilers of the exhibition catalogue pronounce: "This book graces childhood homes in Spanish-speaking households throughout the world. A prose-poem and a masterpiece, it was an early success of Juan Ramon Jimenez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. The book chronicles the wanderings… Read More

1942. SUGIHARA, Jiro (editor). Dai Toa kensetsu gaho: Ajia no mamori, Teikoku Kaigun. 60 pp., iIllustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, 420 x 295 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers. Tokyo: Nihon Denpo Tsushinsha Shuppanbu, 1942. This is the Japanese language edition of the great propaganda magazine Front, which appeared in some 15 different languages, and is clearly modeled on USSR in Construction. This version combines the first and second number, dedicated to the Imperial Navy and its "defense of Asia". Among the stunning photograph are ones showing the attacks on European holdings in Southeast Asia and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Under the direction of Kimura Ihei, Front used the talents of some of the most important of Japan's photographers. The layout was designed under the direction of Hara Hiromu. Wear to the wrappers, which are loose, and some minor water staining, but still an acceptable copy. Heiting and Ryuchi, The Japanese Photobook, No. 89.

1814. JOURDAIN, Amable Louis Marie Michel Brèchillet. La Perse ou tableau de l'histoire, du government, de la religion, de la literature, etc., de cet empire; des moeurs et coustumes de ses habitans. 5 volumes. [4], xxi, 218; [4], 268; [4], 226; [4] 288; [4] 327, pp. Illustrated with 5 hand-colured engraved frontispieces, 7 hand-coloured engraved fold-out plates, 25 hand-coloured full-page plates and 2 black-and-white engraved full-page plates. 12mo., 130 x 80 mm, bound in contemporary full speckled tan calf, spine and boards gilt, green morocco spine label, rebacked with original spine laid down, a.e.g., some quires unopened and original silk bookmarks. Paris: Ferra et Imbert, 1814. First edition. An illustrated portrait of Persia; its cultural, political, and religious history by the Orientalist Amable Louis Marie Michel Brèchillet Jourdain (1788-1818). "Jourdain was born at Paris in 1788, became a distinguished Orientalist, and studied under Silvestre de… Read More