Search Results: Titles starting with U from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Paris: Jazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First BookWith Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First edition. Folio (13 1/16 x 9 1/2 inches; 332 x 241 mm.). Lithograph title-page and seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. Mid twentieth-century quarter burgundy cloth over burgundy marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Short marginal tear, neatly repaired to lower margins plate XVI (not affecting image), some marginal soiling, otherwise a fine copy. Plates 2 thru 6 & 8 thru 17 with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin.One year in the life of a young man. A true story in seventeen chapters. Written by himself and lithographed by Victor… Read more

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1879. The First Book Both Written and Illustrated by Kate GreenawayGREENAWAY, Kate. Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children. Engraved & Printed by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1879].First edition, first issue, without printer's ornaments on both sides of "Edmund Evans" on the title-page (p. [5]), with printers imprint on the verso of title-page (p. [6]) and "End of Contents" at foot of p. 14. Small quarto (9 3/8 x 7 5/16 inches; 228 x 186 mm.). 64 pp. Numerous color-printed wood-engraved illustrations in the text.Original green glazed boards with dark green cloth backstrip. Covers illustrated with little boys and girls wearing cream clothing. All edges stained yellow. Dark green coated endapers. Some minor rubbing to corners, a few short marginal tears, some light foxing to preliminary leaves. Overall an excellent copy."The first book in which Kate Greenaway combined her literary and artistic talents. It was an immediate success and… Read more

London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday, Page & Co., , 1909. A Masterpiece of Sympathetic Understanding"Edition de LuxeSigned by the Artist[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. FOUQUE, De La Motte. Undine. Adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1000 large-paper copies signed by the artist, this being copy no. 226. Quarto. Fifteen color plates mounted on brown art paper, with captioned tissue guards. Head- tailpieces. Handsomely rebound ca. 1960 by Bayntun (Rivière) in full blue crushed levant morocco. Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, cockerel end-papers, top edge gilt, others uncut. There is a very slight 2 1/2 inch crack on the upper joint (but still sound), otherwise a very fine copy. Housed in a fleece-lined, light blue cloth… Read more

London: , 1987. An Unused/Unpublished Original Pen, Ink and Monotone Drawing From "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An unused/unpublished original pen, ink and monotone drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." Image size: 5 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Santa on his sleigh, full of gifts, being pulled along by six reindeer. Matted, framed and glazed.In 1986 Leslie Bricusse showed David Brass a poem that he had written entitled Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride. It described how difficult Santa's job of delivering gifts around the world had become in these modern times. David, who had known Leslie for many years, had the idea to create a book from the poem and introduced Errol Le Cain to Leslie Bricusse. The book was published in 1987 - unfortunately Errol Le Cain died just before the publication date. It was his last work.Errol John Le Cain (5 March 1941 - 3 January 1989) was a British animator and children's book illustrator. He won the 1984… Read more