Search Results: Authors starting with N from Ursus Books

1933. NAKAMURA, Daizaburo. Shinko Kosode Buri. 5 volumes. Each with 11 leaves, including 10 colour woodblock plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 360 x 260 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1933. A superb compendium of kimono designs. The boards show signs of wear, probably from heavy use, but the volumes are internally immaculate. Rare, with no listing on OCLC.

1889. NAKAMURA, Gyokushu. Moyo Bijutsu Binran. 50 plates on 25 leaves. 8vo, 178 x 110 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Mie: Yamanaka, Heisuke, 1889. A charming little book, in which the bottom third of each of the 50 plates depicts a kimono, and the top third is divided in two parts, with each showing a design. Slight soiling, but overall fine. It would seem to be unrecorded and not listed on OCLC.

1939. NAKAYAMA, Masataka. Kasuri Shunju. [26] pp., double-page title, illustrated with 24 pages of colour woodblock plates, each with two images, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 300 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards, in a new folding chitsu case. Kyoto: Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi, 1939. This is one volume of a multi-volume set of textile designs. This one on Kasuri, a traditional textile, which is the specialty of the Iyo region in Ehime Prefecture. The Japanese verb "kasuru" means to gently touch something, which is where the name "kasuri" comes from because the pattern in the fabric looks like it has been lightly touched. Kasuri is a craft that has an ancient and well-beloved tradition behind it in the Iyo region and there are many different varieties. Some wear to the boards, otherwise fine with plates clean and bright.

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

1939. NEURATH, Otto. Modern Man in the Making. 159, [1] pp., illustrated throughout with charts and diagrams. Small 4to, 265 x 205 mm, bound in publisher's blue cloth with title in silver on spine and front cover. New York: Knopf, 1939. In the 1920s, Neurath developed the "Museum of Society and Economy" as a means of conveying complicated social and economic facts. Together with the illustrator Gerd Arntz and with Marie Reidemeister, Neurath created "Isotype," a symbolic way of representing quantitative information via easily interpretable icons. Isotype was hugely influential, especially in the Soviet Union. It was much used as a design element, and is, in fact, still omnipresent. Modern Man in the Making is Neurath's magnum opus, and despite being a trade book, is notoriously hard to find. Spine faded, otherwise fine. See: Otto Neurath, The Language of the Global Polis.

1926. PASPA, Karel. ABECEDA. By Vitezslav Nezval. Designed by Karel Teige. Illustrated with 25 black and white photomontages by Teige from Paspa's photographs. 4to, bound in contemporary blue cloth boards with original printed front wrapper bound in. Prague: J. Otto, 1926. An important landmark of the Czech avant garde and at the same time one of the most celebrated of all photobooks. Paspa photographed the Czech dancer Milca Mayerova posing in the various letters of the alphabet. This copy is distinguished by inscriptions from both Nezval and Mayerova on the title-page dated December 18 1926 and December 29, 1926 respectively. Original wrapper a little smudging, otherwise a near fine copy. Parr, The History of the Photobook II p. 94. Primus, Tschechische Avantgarde 1922-1940 pp. 154-162. Toman, The Modern Czech Book. Photo/montage in Print p. 294-295. Andel, Avant Garde Page Design 338-340. Fundacion Juan March, The Avant-Garde Applied 183100-1950. L 310.

1844. VASI, Mariano and Antonio NIBBY. New Guide of Rome, and the Environs Naples and their Environs according to Vasi and Nibby, from the Italian of Vasi and Nibby. Carefully Revised, and Enlarged with an Account of the Latest Antiquarian Researches. xlii, 532 pp., illustrated with 28 engraved plates plus a folded map in pocket, executed by Pernié. 8vo, 170 x 110 mm., bound in contemporary vellum. Rome: L. Piale, 1853. A handsome copy of the mandatory nineteenth-century Guide to Rome. Vasi and Nibby combined their talents to produce a work which presented a day-by-day itinerary lasting eight days, being a Grand Tour through all of Rome illustrated with twenty-five full-page engraved plates, and accompanied by a large folding map. Map with some professional repairs, overall near fine.

1786. NORMAN, John. The Town and Country Builder's Assistant. [3], 4-13, [1] pp. text, with an engraved allegorical frontispiece and 60 engraved plates. Folio, 312 x 185 mm., bound in contemporary sheep (rebacked, corners repaired). Boston: John Norman, 1786. First edition of the first contribution to the field of architecture compiled in America. After issuing the first American edition of Swan's The British Architect, Norman came to Boston and published this work, compiled from various English sources, containing 60 plates depicting interior and exterior designs from homes and public buildings. "In its house plans and details this collection more nearly approaches the needs of the average well-to-do man than the more ambitious reprint of The British Architect" (AAS). The frontispiece is from Isaac Ware's 1756 The Complete Body of Architecture, and other content is drawn from the works of Batty Langley and other pattern book authors. Of great rarity. Only two other… Read More

1930. NOVLIANSKII, N. Iskusstvo grima: Nagliadnoe posobie dlia kruzhkovtsev. [i.e. Art of Makeup. A Visual Handbook for Membersof Art Sections, Drama Schools and Professional Stage Actors]. 24 leaves, illustrated throughout with colour plates and photographs. Oblong folio, 255 x 360 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers, preserved in a new green cloth folding box. Moscow: Teakinopechat', 1930. A facinating manual on how to apply stage makeup compiled by Nikolai Novlianskii, who was an actor at the Moscow Kamerny Theater, where he performed dozens of roles. A fine copy of a scarce book.