Search Results: Authors starting with U from Nudelman Rare Books

Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1896. First Edition. First Edition. Bound in original publisher's light tan paper wrappers with superb Art Nouveau figure in rectangular box, lettering in dark green on cover. Daniel Berkeley Updike founded the Merrymount Press in 1893, and the early Quest series brought forward many of the artists and authors of the period, at first emulating the work of William Morris, but soon evolving into his own style of simplicity and graph woodcut artistry. This particular number is chock full of fine whole-page woodcut illustrations, including the work of C. M. Gere, Sydney Meteyard, E. G. Treglown and others, and essays by W. R. Lethaby, Inglis Sheldon Williams and others. A very well-preserved copy with slight chipping to the fragile paper-covered lower spine, edges. This is one of the more attractive early Merrymount Press items we have had in a long time, from a graphic, woodcut quality point of view.

New York: Printed at the De Vinne Press, 1893. Quarto. 4pp. Folded sheet with cover comprising title, publisher and date along with a decorative floral grape wreath, The notice provides details of book, edition size, compliments, margin details, subscriptions, etc. The last two pages are an essay by Updike, with illuminated initial in print. Fine. Most scarce.

Scarce autograph letter signed, 2pp, by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941), Boston book designer and printer, possibly to Thomas Niles, a partner in the famed press of Roberts Brothers. Written on Updike personal stationary with printed header, ìD.B. Updike, Decorative Printing and Book-Making, 6 Beacon St. Boston, and dated Aug 29, 1893, ìDear Mr. Miles: Will you kindly send a list of books published by you, by ìH.H.î to Mrs. Harold Brown, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, R. I. with the portion of the catalogs in which they seem marked or turned down. And truly much obliged, D. B. Updike.î Letters by Updike are quite scarce. D. B. Updike (1860-1941), was an American printer and historian of typography. He obtained his first book-related job as a temporary volunteer in the library of the Providence Athenaeum. In 1880 he was offered a job as an errand boy at Houghton, Mifflin and Company of Boston, where he worked at the firm for twelve years, moving up to the advertising department, where he… Read More

London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 1897. First edition. First edition. Original color pictorial paper covered boards. One of the greatest anthropomorphic classics of the late 19th Century, these wonderfully creative and adaptive illustrations and story line by Florence Upton remain a classic to this day. Good only, at best, with cover wear, hinges cracked and repaired, endsheets with wear and slightly clipped. We offer as is, only because someone may want to take it on for repair.

Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1894. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, 11 x 8 inches. In the original and scarce illustrated chemise wrappers with superb satin embroidered floral border designs (as issued) and with printed illustration and lettering (cover embroidery a bit foreshortened, but very well preserved). Book with original heavy paper wrappers with both covers and spine bearing exquisite decorative and Art Nouveau style lithographed illustration and design by LEON RUDNICKI in colors. The book contains twenty full-page plates etched by Frederick Masse after Vidal and enhanced with color by Albert Charpentier. There are also illustrations throughout the text. Some pale scattered foxing. Four period pen-and-ink drawings of women are laid in. Scarce and most attractive work.

Paris: A. Quantin, 1882. First edition. First edition. Quarto. Sumptuously bound by MATTHEWS in full crushed light brown morocco with blind-stamped rules, raised bands, bound to a Jansenist style, with enormously lavish and stunning wide gilt decorated dentelles tooled with fillets, scrolling foliage, fan tools, all around a central doublure inset light gray silk pastedown, the front with red and black printed design incorporating the author and illustrator's name and title in illustration (i.e. on silk), and the rear with related design without lettering. The two free endpapers are formed from the original illustrated endpapers. The text volume, numbered 46, is ONE OF 100 COPIES, printed on "papier du Japon," the suite of proofs are also printed on Japan paper. This is Uzannne's best-known work and a classic example of a sumptuously illustrated work published in a small edition, where the author worked in close collaboration with the illustrator. Proofs before text of the tinted illustrations, all… Read More

Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1887. First edition. First edition. Large 4to. A stunning Riviere binding, bound in full rich red morocco with elaborate geometric gilt linear design motif with dots, on both covers and spine, cover with decorative seal, thick dentelles with similar gilt motif, wonderful blue batik decorative doublure and free fly textile over paper. The binding design is taken from an example by Chambolle-Duru, which appears in the book on page 93. Certainly a unique Riviere binding, and the book itself is quite rare and an important compendium and record of bookbindings, dozens in photograveure, tissue guarded. While the covers remain bright and well-preserved, the spine has been rebacked with the original pieces applied between the raised bands. Even with this fault, a wonderful and historically significant binding.

Paris: Societe Francaise d'Editions d'Art, 1898. First edition. First edition. Thick quarto (11 x 8 1/2). Bound by Kauffmann in three quarter crimson morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine. Repaired by MacDonald (CT). A classic Art Nouveau illustrated book with fabulous color pictorial wrappers by Louis Rhead (bound-in at end in expanding form). Numbered 246 of 1060 copies. Profusely illustrated throughout. Decorative elements on preliminaries by Leon Rudnick. Slight joint rubs, else fine and bright 1 of 1000 copies, this an unnumbered copy. The book is hard to find and a very valuable source regarding period book covers, bindings and bibliographic as well as artistic information.