About Ursus Books Ltd
Established in 1972, Ursus serves clients in New York and throughout the world. We offer a comprehensive selection of art reference books, superb copies of rare books in all fields, and decorative prints and watercolors.
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Dreams and Projects. I
By Hans (Jean) Arp
Located in New York, NY
ARP, Jean. Dreams and Projects. Illustrated with 28 woodcuts by Jean Arp of which 21 are printed in black and 7 in gray and black. Small folio, bound loose in the original wrappers ...
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1950s Dada Prints and Multiples
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Le Septieme Chant.
Located in New York, NY
MASSON, André. Le Septieme Chant. By Alain Jouffroy. Illustrated with 4 engravings by Masson. Folio, loose as issued in the original wrappers and linen-covered slipcase, preserve...
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1970s Surrealist More Art
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Les Fleurs Du Mal. By Charles Baudelaire.
By Henri Matisse
Located in New York, NY
MATISSE, Henri. Les Fleurs Du Mal. By Charles Baudelaire. Illustrated with an original etching on Chine, 33 original photo-lithographs, 69 original woodcuts (including initials, c...
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1940s Modern More Art
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Piramidi
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
LEWITT, Sol. Piramidi. 10 lithographs, each 222 × 680 mm, in publisher's cardboard box, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1986.
This stunning set of ...
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1980s Prints and Multiples
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The Poems, Joan Mitchell plus 3 other Volumes Abstract Expressionism
By Joan Mitchell
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. 1. John Ashbery. The Poems. With 4 prints by Joan Mitchell. 2. Frank O'Hara. Odes. With 4 prints by Michael Goldberg. 3. Kenneth Koch. Permanently. With 4 prints by Alfred Leslie. 4. James Schuyler...
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1960s More Art
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American White Pelican
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 422. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
Custom fr...
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1870s Animal Prints
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Common or Arctic Puffin
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 383. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
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1870s Animal Prints
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Trumpeter Swan. (Young).
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 383. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
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1870s Animal Prints
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Flamingo Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving, hand-colored at publication, after the work of Mark Catesby by Johann Michael Seligmann from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel." Nuremberg:...
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Mid-18th Century Animal Prints
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[2, 3]. Geometric Pop Up Book.
By Tauba Auerbach
Located in New York, NY
AUERBACH, Tauba. [2, 3]. Six separate volumes, each illustrated with one cut-out pop-up figure. Folio, 527 x 419 mm. Each volume bound in different brightly-coloured boards. Lai...
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2010s More Art
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Grizzly Bear
By After John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "The Quadrupeds of North America. Octavo Edition" by John James Audubon. Plate CXXXI. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1856.
Excellent ...
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1850s Animal Prints
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Mallard Duck after John James Audubon, Amsterdam Edition
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Plate CCXXI, Mallard Duck, posthumous reproduction after John James Audubon from The Birds of America, the Amsterdam Edition, printed in Amsterdam, 1971-73. Original multicolored pho...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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