Titles starting with U from Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.

ABC. (ART) UFFIZI ABC by Arthuy Maquarie. Florence, Italy: Giulio Giannini & Son, no date, circa 1910. 12mo (5 3/4 x 7 3/4"), decorative wraps, VG. Each letter represents a different famous artist whose work is at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Text in verse gives information on the artist. Facing each page of text is a full page woodcut portrait of the artist. "T is for Titian: His pictures are prized from Madrid to the Hague / And he died nigh a hundred years old of the plague."... more information

DUTCH INTEREST. UIT EN THUIS by Jo Spier. Amsterdam: Andries Blitz, no date [1936]. Oblong folio (15 1/2 x 11 1/2"), spiral backed boards. Covers dusty and separation at bottom few spirals else VG. Featuring 40 full page landscape illustrations printed on one side of the paper depicting the countrysides seen by Spier during a boat trip to the Dutch East Indies with return. Landscapes are finely drawn, most are in delicate color. ... more information

PERE CASTOR. UN BRAHMANE TRES BON ET UN TIGRE TRES BETE d'apres un conte Hindou. Paris: Flammarion 1962. Oblong. 4to, pictorial wraps, fine. 1st ed. The story of a religious man in India and a naughty tigre. Illustrated with lively color lithos on every page by Etienne Morel. ... more information

MACAULAY,DAVID. UNBUILDING. Bost: HM 1980. Large 4to, cloth, FINE IN DW. 1st ed. The "un-construction" of the Empire State Building, depicted in Macauley's unique and award-winning (Caldecott) style. By showing how to dismantle this skyscraper, he provides a new perspective for his readers. ... more information

PUPPETS. UNCLE AMOS PUPPET SHOW by Neva Brown. NY:Doub. 1930. 8vo, cloth, VG in worn dw. 1st ed, illus by the author with color frontis and many text b&w's in typical 30's style. A charming story about a boy's first puppet theatre (based on a Californian puppeteer). ... more information

KNIGHT,M.FORSTER. UNCLE BLUNDER'S STUDIO. Lond.: Country Life (1943). 8vo, cloth, 128p., fine in dw. 1st ed. Uncle Blunder decides to become a portrait painter. The story of humanized wood folk first introduces in Mr. Tittlewit's Zoo. Illus. by the author with color plate frontis plus more than 50 fabulous full and partial page b&w's full of detail and whimsey. ... more information

HAND COLORED. UNCLE BUNCLE'S 1 2 3. Lond.: Dean & Munday (Threadneedle St), circa 1835. 4to, (6 3/8 x 8"), pictorial wraps, VG+. Each page of text in a charming primitive large type face has a poem incorporating numbers from 1 to twenty. Illustrated with 6 fine full page hand-colored cuts. A title in Dean's Uncle Buncles Series of toy books, very scarce. ... more information

EDUCATION. UNCLE DON'S BOOK ON ETIQUETTE AND THINGS. NY: Uncle Don's Book Club 1930. 4to, cloth, 125p, fine in chipped dw. Manners for children are taught in an appealing narrative featuring Willapus Wallupus and Suzan Beduzin. Illus. in line similar in feeling to Munro Leaf's Watchbird books. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS. Lond: Raithby, Lawrence nd (originally Nelson 1908) ca 1915. Folio, cloth, [111]p., one inconspicuous mend else VG+ in dust wrapper with mounted color plate. Fabulously illustrated by HARRY ROWNTREE with 12 vibrant, action packed color plates and by RENE BULL with 84 large pen and inks. A super edition of this classic. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS:HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: Limited Editions Club (1957). 4to, pict. cloth, 158p., Fine in protective sleeve and simulated wood grain slipcase (case worn on edges. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Forward by Marc Connelly and illustrated by SEONG MOY with great full page and in-text woodcuts throughout. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS. Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press (1937). 4to, cloth backed patterned boards, tips rubbed else fine. LIMITED TO 1100 COPIES. Wonderful full and partial page illustrations by FRITZ EICHENBERG. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS:HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: Heritage Press (1957). 4to, pict. cloth, Fine in sl. worn slipcase. Forward by Marc Connelly and illustrated by SEONG MOY with great full page and in- text woodcuts throughout. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS AND BRER RABBIT. NY: Stokes 1907. Oblong 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, sl. wear to cover plate else VG+. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has a full page color illus. by J.M. Conde with text below. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS AND BRER RABBIT. NY: Stokes 1907. Oblong 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, fine in custom cemise and cloth slip case. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has a full page color illus. by J.M. Conde with text below. BAL 7160. A beautiful copy. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS AND HIS LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION. London: David Bogue 1881. 12mo, grey cloth stamped in black and gold, all edges yellow, 192p. + ads, sl. soil and small mend on verso of one page else VG+. 1st English edition of the first Uncle Remus book, published the same year as U.S. ed. but slightly abridged. Illus. by F. Church and J. Moser. See Blanck 7101. A nice copy, not often seen in good condition. ... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton 1902 (1895). 8vo, red cloth stamped in gold and black, 265p. + ads, slight stain to lower spine else VG. In 1895, Appleton issued a New & Revised edition. This edition is newly illustrated with 112 illustrations by A.B. FROST (the 1st edition is illustrated by Frederick Church and James Moser). Harris wrote a preface for this edition, dedicated to Frost. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY HARRIS on the verso of the frontis, and IT IS... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton 1881. 8vo, mustard cloth stamped in gold and black, 231p. + [viii]p. ads, FINE in custom slipcase. 1st ed., 1st issue with "presumptive" mis-spelled on p. 9 bottom line and without ads for this title in rear. Illus. by Frederick Church and James Moser. Harris was the first American author to set out to chronicle American Black legends and stories. Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox have become American icons. This is a remark... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton and Company 1881. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 5/8"), olive green cloth stamped in gold and black, 231p. + [viii]p. ads, just a touch of rubbing else near Fine and bright in custon box. 1st ed., 1st issue with "presumptive" mis-spelled on p. 9 bottom line and without ads for this title in rear. Illustrated by Frederick Church and James Moser. Harris was the first American author to set out to chronicle American Black legends an... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton 1881. 8vo, brown cloth stamped in gold and black, 231p. + [viii]p. ads, tiny pinhole in ep, owner name, sl. edge wear else VG+. 1st ed., 1st issue with "presumptive" mis-spelled on p. 9 bottom line and without ads for this title in rear. Illus. by Frederick Church and James Moser. Harris was the first American author to set out to chronicle American Black legends and stories. Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox have become Ameri... more information

HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton 1881. 8vo, brown cloth stamped in gold and black, 231p. + [viii]p. ads, hinges inconspicuously and almost invisibly strengthened else VG+. 1st ed., 1st issue with "presumptive" mis-spelled on p. 9 bottom line and without ads for this title in rear. Illus. by Frederick Church and James Moser. Harris was the first American author to set out to chronicle American Black legends and stories. Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox have b... more information