Search Results: Authors starting with U from Cole & Contreras

Madrid, 1888 (reprint). Reprint edition of this classic bibliography of Spanish books on hunting. 672 items fully described. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Fine and bright.

Upsaliae (Uppsala): Prelo Werneriano, 1713. A dissertation on the antiquities of Helsingia (Hälsingland), a province in central Sweden. vi, 27 pp. 12mo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Wear to extremities, but structurally sound. Internally clean but for a few very old pen marks. Rare.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1971. First printing of the standard monograph. 4to, original cloth. Fine in a slightly worn dustjacket.

Tuebingen: Max Niemeyer, 1960. Critical edition. 8vo. Fine in original wraps.

Lausanne: Les Artisans du Livre, 1998. André Evrard. A livre de peintre with THREE ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE COLOR-PRINTED MIXED ETCHINGS BY ANDRÉ EVRARD. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies, all printed on fine handmade Auvergne wove paper. 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. Fine and bright in the original slipcase. Rare.

Lutry: Editions d'Orzens, 1991. Georges Lemoine. A beautiful book about female sensuality intended, one would suppose, for adolescent girls. Illustrated throughout with ethereal, oneiric color drawings by Georges Lemoine. WITH AN ORIGINAL MOUNTED DRAWING BY LEMOINE, SIGNED AND DEDICATED TO PIERRE LECUIRE AND HIS WIFE, MILA GAGARINE-LECUIRE. The book also has two separate presentation inscriptions from the author, one to Pierre Lecuire (which is signed) and one to Mila. Printed on fine coated paper. 4to. Publisher's cloth, with aan illustration affixed to the front cover. Accordion-fold. FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW.

Paris: La Délirante, 1984. A bilingual edition of Ungaretti's poems. 47 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of two etchings by Paolo Vallorz. EXCEPTIONALLY, THIS COPY CONTAINS AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING BY VALLORZ, A PORTRAIT OF UNGARETTI USED AS THE BASIS FOR THE FRONTISPIECE ETCHING. Printed on fine laid paper. 8vo. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Unique.

Urbino, 1948. Numerous woodcuts by Alfideo Mili da Urbino. One of 200 numbered copies on fine laid Urbinas paper. Beautifully printed in red and black. Fine and uncut in original wraps. Small octavo.

1956. An unprinted card made of fine, thick wove paper, signed and dated in ink by American chemist Harold C. Urey (1893-1981), winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of deuterium. From the collection of Manuel Ruano Sánchez. 7.5 x 12.5 cm. Minor glue remains on verso, otherwise in perfect condition.

Sitges / Barcelona: Ediciones Maspe, 1952. FIRST EDITION of this bizarre look at the work and persona of Salvador Dali. The author, Miquel Utrillo, was the son of an important Catalan artist (also named Miquel Utrillo) and the stepbrother of far better-known French artist Maurice Utrillo. ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON SPECIAL PAPER, SIGNED BY DALI (very boldly, with a brush and black ink wash) AND UTRILLO. Numerous photographs of Dali and his work. 4to. Original wraps, Wrap-around band preserved. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fine and bright. An important book, and very rare in this pristine state.

Moscou (Moscow), 1870 (reprint). One of the standard bibliographies of the occult. 1883 items thoroughly described. 4to. Publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Paris: A. Quantin, 1881. A very attractive edition of this 18th-century text about scandals in high society. One of 50 numbered large-paper copies beautifully printed on fine China paper. Illustrated with etchings by Gaujean. Frontispiece etching is two states: in color on Holland paper, and in bistre on Whatman paper. 4to, original wraps. Wraps light worn and soiled (but still attractive), internally fine.