Search Results: Titles starting with J from Ursus Books

1943. DOMEI TSUSHIN SHA. Japan Photo Almanac. Unpaginated, illustrated with photographs throughout. Small folio, 295 x 207 mm., bound in publisher's tan cloth. Tokyo: 1943 Published by the official Japanese news agency. A spectacular volume of Japanese propaganda published at the high point of their success in the Second World War. The volume, which begins and ends with substantial sections of advertising, is packed with photographs depicting the success of Japan in the opening years of the war, beginning with Pearl Harbor. A fascinating volume which bears comparison with contemporary publications of the Russians and Italians. Very rare.

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.

1903. [JAPANESE EXHIBITION]. Tokyo Seihansho. Dai-Gokai Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai. No text, illustrated with 24 black and white collotype prints. Oblong folio, 255 x 368 mm., bound in the Japanese style in green, white and red printed paper wrappers with gilt emblem on building from exposition, bound by purple and white tassels. Tokyo: Tokyo Seihansho, [1903]. Images from the Fifth Japanese Domestic Industrial Exposition held in March through July, 1903, in Osaka, Japan. The Exposition showcased the latest technology from home and from the colonies. The 24 collotypes show crowd scenes, various buildings at the exposition by day and night and inside the exhibition halls. Each image has a Japanese caption. No copies found in OCLC. Scattered marginal stains, else fine.

1934. [JAPANESE CARTS]. UENO, Atsugui. Go shoguruma. [Royal Imperial Carts]. 13 leaves, including 12 coloured plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Oblong folio, 270 x 390 mm., bound in publisher's boards, orange glazed wrapper on upper cover bearing tassels and leaves. Kyoto: 1934. A beautiful suite of decorative plates, superbly printed in gold and colour, illustrating Imperial Carts for use of the Royal Family, each with leaf of descriptive text and all within fan-shaped images. Each highly stylized image is fan-shaped; the leaves of descriptive text are embossed with vines, leaves and so forth. Although Atsugi Ueno is not listed in Laurence Roberts' Dictionary of Japanese Artists, he was clearly an artist of considerable abilities: each cart, or symbol of a cart (perhaps only a single-spoke wheel) is delicately placed among or behind a group of flowers or vines. This is the most elegant volume of Japanese Imperial Carts known to us; that this work contains… Read More

1961. 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.

1932. KIRK, Hans. Jorgens Hjul. Unpaginated [8 ff]. Illustrated throughout many pages with photomontage by Arne Ungermann. Small 4to., bound in original illustrated boards, preserved in a new blue cloth folding box. Copenhagen: Mondes Forlag a/s, 1932. A classic avant-garde children's book, which was almost certainly influenced by the work of such Russian artists as Lebedev, especially with the striking use of photomontages, which are juxtaposed with Ungermann's lithographic illustrations. The work is essentially a potted history of transportation for children, done in such a bold andimaginative way to create a book for adults to delight in as well. A rare book with OCLC listing only 3 copies in the US, at Princeton, Yale and the University of Washington. Andel, Avant Garde Page Design 359

1823. NEILL, Patrick. Journal of a Horticultural Tour through some parts of Flanders, Holland, and the north of France, in the autumn of 1817. xvi, 574, [2] pp. Illustrated with 7 black & white engraved plates, two of which are fold-out plans, by W.H. Lizars after John Hay; 8 illustrations in text. 8vo., 229 x 142 mm, bound in original brown boards with paper label on spine. Uncut. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1823. First Edition. Neill undertook his tour of the Continent with fellow Caledonian Horticultural Society members John Jay, Edinburgh planner, and James MacDonald, the chief gardener at Dalkeith Park to the Duke of Buccleuch. Their goal was to trade techniques and seeds with other horticulturalists in Northern Europe and to bring new fruits and vegetables back into Scotland. They traveled in areas under French control which had, until recently, been inaccessible to Britons. The Society wanted to establish an Experimental Garden upon their return where "the fruits… Read More

1934. JAPANESE DESIGN. Juraku Cho. 3 volumes, illustrated with a total of 90 colour and monochrome woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 270 x 390 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1934. A spectacular series of designs with superb colour woodblock plates, with each volume devoted to a different motif. Volume 1 is Ryu no maki, the dragon. Volume 2 is Hoo no maki, the phoenix, and Volume 3 is Shishi no maki, the lion. Both the full colour plates and the monochrome plates facing them are masterpieces of the woodblock maker's art. Unsodo is the name of a large Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1891, this company is still in existence today. From the 1890s through the 1930s, the Unsodo publishing house was involved in printing high quality pattern books for various crafts including textiles and lacquer.Some wear to the boards, but otherwise a fine set. Rare, with no listing on OCLC..