CHARLES UMLAUF, SCULPTOR
by (UMLAUF)
(UMLAUF) CHARLES UMLAUF, SCULPTOR. Austin: University Art Museum, (1967. Cloth, dust jacket. 124 pages, with 16 photographs. First edition. A Presentation Copy, signed by the sculptor underneath the frontispiece. Wit foreword by Gibson A. Danes and and Introduction by Donald B. Goodall. Very good in chipped dust jacket.
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INDIA, PAINTINGS FROM AJANTA CAVES
by (UNESCO)
Singh, Madanjeet. (UNESCO) INDIA, PAINTINGS FROM AJANTA CAVES. N.P.: New York Graphic Society, (1954). Folio. Boards, dust jacket. 10, (6) pages, 32 color plates. First edition. Volume one of the Unesco World Art Series, with preface by Jawaharlal Nehru a introduction by Madanjeet Singh. Minor occasional foxing, else very good in worn dust jacket.
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EXCERPTA E STATUTIS ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS...
by (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY)
(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) EXCERPTA E STATUTIS ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS.... Cantabrigiae: J. Smith, 1815. 8vo. Later wrappers. 30 pages, 1 folding plate Stating rules and costs for attending Cambridge University in 1815. Inscript in ink on title page, else fine.
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TURKISH ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
by UNSAL, Behcet
UNSAL, Behcet. TURKISH ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE. London: Alec Tiranti, 1959. Square 12mo. Cloth. Frontispiece, vi, 118 pages, illustrations on plates. First edition. With a short glossary and bibliography; well illustrated. Ex-library copy, with appropriate markings, covers and spine rubbed, else very good.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS RELATING TO ENGLISH T.
by UPCOTT, William
UPCOTT, William. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS RELATING T ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY, Three volumes in one. Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1978. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket, x, 1575 pages. A reprint of the 1818 edition of this county by county reference. Very good.
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NOTES ON THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS & ITS WORK
by UPDIKE, Daniel Berkeley, and others
(MERRYMOUNT) UPDIKE, Daniel Berkeley, and others. NOTES ON THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS & ITS WORK. San francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1975. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. "With bibliographical list of books printed at the press, 1893-1933," by Juli Pearce Smith; "to which has been added a supplementary bibliography of books printed at the press, 1934-1949," by Daniel Berkeley Bianchi. Limited to fiv hundred copies. Fine.
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LETTER ON THE PRESENT CRISIS
by UPHAM, Nathaniel G.
UPHAM, Nathaniel G. LETTER ON THE PRESENT CRISIS. Concord: McFarland and Jenks, 1861. 8vo. Wrappers. Very good.
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RIETVELD SCHRODER ARCHIEF
by CENTRAAL MUSEUM UTRECHT
(RIETVELD) CENTRAAL MUSEUM UTRECHT. RIETVELD SCHRODER ARCHIEF. (Utrecht): Centraal Museum Utrecht, 1988. 16mo. Wrappers. First edition. A nice museum publication on the architecture of architects Rietveld and Schroder. Black and white pictures and color drawings throughout. Fine.
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THE FRENCH BOOKBINDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
by UZANNE, Octave
UZANNE, Octave. THE FRENCH BOOKBINDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1904. 4to. Cloth spine, boards. 133 (1) pages, 20 plat First edition. One of 250 copies. [Mejer, 614; Brenni, 605]. Illustrated with six wash drawings by Paul Avril, fourteen facsimile binders' labels and twenty photographs of bookbindings. Divided into five chapters; t origin, first attempts at a decorative renaissance, the master binders, price tools, raw materials and a special chapter on the use of silk, embroidery,... Read More
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REMBRANDT IN BILD UND WORT
by VALENTINER, Wilhelm
Rembrandt. (REMBRANDT) VALENTINER, Wilhelm. REMBRANDT IN BILD UND WORT. Berlin: Rich. Bong, n.d. Small folio. Cloth, top edge gilt. (viii), 160 page 60 plates. First edition. With an introduction by Wilhelm Bode; illustrated with 60 plates, showing artwork from 1631-1668. Faint, sporadic foxing on text, binding worn at extremities of spine and tips, covers and early leaves rubbed, bookplate.
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ORIGINS OF MODERN SCULPTURE
by VALENTINER, W.R.
VALENTINER, W.R. ORIGINS OF MODERN SCULPTURE. New York: Wittenborn and Co., 1946. 4to. Cloth. xiv, (ii), 181 pages. First edition. With one hundred and thirty-nine illustrations to accompany the text. Valentiner discusses the "Painter and Sculptor"; "Means of Creating the Appearance of Life"; "Sculpture in the Round in Prehistoric and Modern Times" and "Sculpture and Religion" among other topics. Covers rubbed, spine sunned else very good.
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ENGLISH CHURCH SCREENS
by VALLANCE, Aymer
VALLANCE, Aymer. ENGLISH CHURCH SCREENS. London: B.T. Batsford, (1936). 4to. Cloth. xii, 104 pages, (145) plates, (4) color plates. First edition. This is an extremely rare book on "great roods, screenwork & rood-lofts of parish churches in England & Wales". There are two hundred and eighty-eight illustrations on one hundred and forty-nine plates. Inner front hinge starti but still strong, light rubbing to tips, else very good.
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ART IN ENGLAND DURING THE ELIZABETHAN AND STUART PERIODS
by VALLANCE, Aymer
VALLANCE, Aymer. ART IN ENGLAND DURING THE ELIZABETHAN AND STUART PERIODS. London: Offices of the Studio, 1908. 4to. Cloth. x, 120 pages, 23 plates. Fi edition. Drawings of Elizabethan and Stuart architecture by Wilfrid Ball, Harry Cliffo Arthur Rowe, and William Penny. With an article by Malcolm Salaman on Englis engraving. Spine torn, covers darkened, tips worn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES BIBLIOGRAPHIES
by VALLEE, Leon
VALLEE, Leon. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES BIBLIOGRAPHIES. Paris: Em. Terquem, 1883. 4to. Wrappers. (viii), 774 pages. First edition. In French, a bibliography of bibliographies. Uncut, extremities of wrappers chipped, spine sunned, title written in pencil on spine.
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HENRI ROUSSEAU
by VALLIER, Dora
(ROUSSEAU) VALLIER, Dora. HENRI ROUSSEAU. New York: Abrams, (1962). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 328 pages. First edition. A grandly printed monograph on Rousseau with one hundred and eighty-one black and white illustrations and thirty in full-color, all tipped-in. Bookplate. Fine.
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JUST A DREAM
by VAN ALLSBURG, Chris
VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. JUST A DREAM. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Fine, fine.
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THE WRETCHED STONE
by VAN ALLSBURG, Chris
VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. THE WRETCHED STONE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Wrappers. Proof Copy. Being a Proof Copy of the first edition. Very good to fine.
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Poster for Jumanji
by VAN ALLSBURG, Chris
VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. Poster for Jumanji. Boston: n.d. Being a black and white promotional poster for Jumanji, 22 1/2 x 20 1/2 inche Fine.
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THE WRETCHED STONE
by VAN ALLSBURG, Chris
VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. THE WRETCHED STONE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Fine, fine.
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THE SWEETEST FIG
by VAN ALLSBURG, Chris
VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. THE SWEETEST FIG. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine, fine.
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ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY, SELECTED ESSAYS OF HENRY VAN BRUNT
by VAN BRUNT, Henry
VAN BRUNT, Henry. ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY, SELECTED ESSAYS OF HENRY VAN BRU Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1969. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, xvi, (ii), 562 pages. First edition. Edited and with an introduction by William H. Coles, these essays show the development of American architecture in the late nineteenth century. With on hundred and ninety-four illustrations. Very good.
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THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA
by VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr.
VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr. THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA. New York: Crown, (1966). 4to. Cloth spine, boards, dust jacket. xiv, (ii), 2 pages. Signed. Being a survey of restored, historic houses and villages, with interior, exterior, and detail illustrations. Signiture of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., Front free-endpaper, very good in dust jacket, with torn and chipped spine.
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THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA
by VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr.
VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr. THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA. New York: Crown, (1955). 4to. Cloth spine, boards. xiv, (ii), 234 pages. Being a survey of restored, historic houses and villages, with interior, exterior, and detail illustrations. Very good.
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THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA
by VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr.
VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr. THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA. New York: Crown, (1955). 4to. Cloth spine, boards, dust jacket. xiv, (ii), 2 pages. Being a survey of restored, historic houses and villages, with interior, exterior, and detail illustrations. Fine in lightly worn dust jacket.
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ZEVEN VOORDRACHTEN OVER BOUWKUNST
by VAN DER PECK, J.E. and others
VAN DER PECK, J.E. and others. ZEVEN VOORDRACHTEN OVER BOUWKUNST. Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Bibliotheek, N.D. 12mo. Paper boards with cloth spi This book contains seven essays on various forms and styles of architecture. Soiling to spine, some loose leafs, else very good.
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