Couperus
77 1191 Couperus L 
77 1191 Couperus L 
77 1191 Couperus L 
77 1191 Couperus L 
- Sl. foxed (also edges). Covers trifle stained. Otherwise fine. = Van Vliet p.212, no.1; Braches 2142.
Idem. God en Goden. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1903), 1st ed., (4),237,(2)p., orig. dec. cl. by J.TH. TOOROP.
- Sl. foxed; first and last page w. some offsetting; two lvs. w. (sm.) tear. = Van Vliet p.230, no.1-2; Braches 2153.
Idem. Williswinde. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1895), 1st ed., (8),85,(1)p., orig. dec. giltlettered cl. by L.W.R. WENCKEBACH.
- Sl. foxed (also lower edge). = Van Vliet p.164, no.1; Braches 2479.
AND 3 others by the same.
77 1192 Couperus L 
- All vols. bookplate on first free endpaper; offsetting from photogr. plate on title-p.; occas. foxed. Mounted plates on frontcovers sl. rubbed/ scratched; bindings somewhat soiled; backstrips faded.
= Van Vliet p.241, no.7-9 and p.240, no.10.
Idem. De berg van licht. The same work, 3 vols., orig. unif. wr.
- All vols. bookplate on htitle; offsetting from photogr. plate on title-p.; occas. foxed. Mediocre set: spines badly dam. and split/ broken; wr. browned, stained, loose and frayed.
= Van Vliet p.241, no.4-6.
AND 2 copies of the same work, same edition, in later orig. publisher's bindings: (1) in 3 vols., unif. brown cl. w. lettering and dec. in black and (2) 3 parts in 1 vol., hcl. w. lettering in blue.
77 1193 Couperus L 
- All vols. bookplate on first free endpaper; occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed. Second vol. backstrip stained; most spine-ends trifle worn.
= De kleine zielen (whitish dec. on light grey cl.); Het late leven (brown dec. on greenish grey cl.); Zielenschemering (dark blue dec. on grey cl.); Het heilige weten (green dec. on greenish grey cl.). Van Vliet p.216, no.1-4; Braches 1453 I-IV.
Idem. De boeken der kleine zielen. The same work, same edition, 5 (of 8) parts in 5 vols., orig. unif. wr.
- All vols. w. bookplate on htitle; some foxing. Wrappers and backstrips worn/ w. (small) defects.
= De kleine zielen (part 1 only); Het late leven (2 parts); Zielenschemering (2 parts). Van Vliet p.220, no.6 and 7 and p.221, no.8.
AND 2 later eds. of the same work: 2nd ed. (1935, 4 vols. in 1, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and without ed. (n.d., 4 vols., orig. unif. boards w. (sl. worn) dustwr.).
77 1194 Couperus L 
- Cl. sl. rubbed.
= Scarce. Van Vliet, p.232, 1. Although printed in 3000 copies, only 600 copies were bound in cloth. The vine leaf border on the frontcover was later used for the blindstamped border of the 3rd edition of Psyche with illustrations from the English translation (cf. Van Vliet, p.189, no.11).
Idem. Psyche. Ibid., idem, (1904), 3rd ed., 176p., plates by D. CLAYTON CALTHROP, orig. blindstamped cl. by J. ROTGANS w. mounted plate by D. CLAYTON CALTHROP.
- First few lvs. sl. foxed; with a bookshop stamp from Djakarta. Spine-ends worn/ dam.; covers soiled.
= Van Vliet, p.185 and 191, no.17. Only 250 copies were bound in this binding in 1909. The contents were planos left from the 3rd edition, but with the illustrations from the English translation of Psyche. The border on the frontcover was designed by Jan Rotgans for the cloth binding of Dionyzos (1904) (not mentioned by Van Vliet).
AND 7 others by the same, all but one first ed.: Het late leven (1902, Van Vliet 3); Over lichtende drempels (1902. Van Vliet 1);God en Goden (1903, Van Vliet 2); Van en over mijzelf en anderen (1910, Van Vliet p.248, 1); Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan (1906, Van Vliet, p.245, 2); Het snoer der ontferming (1924. Binding partly stained. Van Vliet, p.324, no.1) and Fidessa (1918, 3rd (=4th) ed. Van Vliet 9, but with a dustwr. (mentioning 4th ed.) showing the drawing made by Toorop which was used in the 2nd ed.).
77 1195 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Binding sl. soiled and w. sm. rubbed(?) spots.
= Scarce. Van Vliet, p.232, no.1. Although printed in 3000 copies, only 600 copies were bound in cloth. The vine leaf border on the frontcover was later used for the blindstamped border of the 3rd edition of Psyche with illustrations from the English translation (cf. Van Vliet, p.189, no.11).
Idem. Dionysos. The same work, same edition, later orig. orange publisher's cl. w. dec. in gold and black.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper. = Van Vliet, p.236, no.7.
AND 3 other copies of the same work, same edition, in various publisher's bindings: Van Vliet p.235, no.2 (orig. wr. w. dec. unif. w. no.1. Poor copy: foxed; wr. stained, backwr. dam.; spine pasted over w. paper), no.6 (orig. wr. Wrappers sl. frayed; no. written on spine) and a copy in the so-called "behangsel"-binding.
77 1196 Couperus L 
- All vols. w. owner's entry "Fentener v. Vlissingen" and bookplate on first free endpaper; some sl. occas. foxing. Gilding on spine partly sl. faded; vol.3 w. sm. tear in backstrip; bindings sl. trilfe rubbed/ worn at extremities, but professionally restored and coloured. A (very) good set of the rare first edition in contemporary bindings.
= Cf. Van Vliet p.117, no.2a.b.c. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXV.
77 1197 Couperus L 
- All vols. w. bookplate on first free endpaper; some occas. foxing. A good set of the rare first edition in nice modern bindings.
77 1198 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper, otherwise very fine. = Van Vliet p.129/ 130, no.1.
Idem. Extaze. Een boek van geluk. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1894), 2nd ed., 200p., orig. gilt dec. white cl.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some sl. foxing. Binding sl. (finger)soiled. = Van Vliet p.133, no.3.
Idem. Extaze. Een boek van geluk. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1905), 3rd ed., 169,(3)p., orig. brown cl. w. dec. in black.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some occas. foxing. = Not in Van Vliet.
AND 5 other copies/ editions of the same work: Van Vliet p.134, no.6 (3rd ed., orig. (dam.) wr.; this copy); p.135, no.8 (3rd ed., orig. cl.), no.9/10 (4th ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.), no.11/12 (4th ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.) and a "Grootdruk" edition (1981).
77 1199 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; owner's entry on upper pastedown and first free endpaper.
= Van Vliet p.194, no.2. With the publisher's advertisement on final leaf.
Idem. Fidessa. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1900), 2nd ed., (6),101p., frontisp. by J.TH. TOOROP, orig. green cl. w. gilt lettering, 4to.
- Bookplate and sm. owner's entry on first free endpaper; some sl. occas. foxing. Corners and spine-ends rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Van Vliet p.200, no.5.
Idem. Fidessa. The same work, same edition, orig. cream cl. w. lettering in orange.
- Bookplate and sm. owner's entry on first free endpaper; some sl. occas. foxing. Binding trifle soiled and a few sm. vague stains.
= Van Vliet p.200, no.6.
AND 2 other editions of the same work: 2nd [= 3rd] ed. (1912, orig. dec. yellow cl., sm. 8vo. Van Vliet p.201, no.7) and 3rd [= 4th] ed. (1918, orig. boards w. dustwr., sm. 8vo. Van Vliet p.201, no.9 and 10). - ADDED: Idem. Psyche en Fidessa. N.pl., Reith/ Hendriks & partners, (2014), 349p., col. frontisp., ills. by B. REITH, printed in 1250 copies, orig. gilt cl., 4to.
77 1200 Couperus L 
= Lot of 6 COPIES in various orig. publisher's bindings (all w. booklplate on first free endpaper): Van Vliet p.355-357, no.1 (blue cl. w. dec. in blue), no.2 (blue cl. w. diff. gilt dec.), no.3 (salmon cl. w. dec. ident. to no.1 in black), no.4 (gilt purple mor.), no.5 (cream cl. w. dec. in black and brown. Binding dustsoiled, dent in backstrip) and no.8 (giltlettered batik cl.). - ADDED: a modern reprint, orig. boards.
77 1201 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some sl. occas. foxing. Fine copy. = Van Vliet p.229, no.2; Braches 2153.
Idem. God en goden. The same work, same edition, orig. orange wr. w. dec. in green and red by J. TH. TOOROP.
- Bookplate on htitle; some foxing. Wrappers yellowed/ sl. browned; backwr. lacks sm. portion of lower margin; backstrip split and sm. defects, i.a. lacks narrow portion of upper joint.
= Van Vliet p.230, no.4 and 5; Braches 2153.
AND a copy of the same work, same edition in the so-called 'gordijntjes'-binding (Van Vliet p.231, no.8).
77 1202 Couperus L 
- Both vols. bookplate on first free endpaper and sm. stamp on title; some sl. occas. foxing. Both bindings some very sm. white specks and w. traces of glue (former ticket) at foot of spine.
= Van Vliet p.280, no.1 and 3 (this copy); not in Braches. Copy in the rare binding by Roland Holst (an adaptation of the binding he designed for Majesteit in 1893), with the title misspelled Herackles on the binding and with the addition "Roman in twee deelen" by L.J. Veen (disapproved of by Couperus) on the title-p. "Deze uitvoering in de band van Majesteit, met de eigenmachtige toevoeging op het titelblad en met de foutief gespelde titel geldt alleen voor exemplaren op dik papier [750 copies]". (Van Vliet).
Idem. Herakles. Roman in twee deelen. The same work, same edition, 2 vols., orig. grey wr. w. dec. in blue by R.N. ROLAND HOLST, unif. w. the above (w. the same misspelled title etc.).
- Both vols. bookplate on htitle, some sl. occas. foxing. Backstrips yellowed. = Van Vliet p.280, no.2.
Idem. Herakles. Roman in twee deelen. The same work, same edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., printed on thick paper, orig. clothbacked boards, the so-called 'behang'-binding.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some sl. foxing.
= Van Vliet p.349, no.39 (correct title on the binding, but title-pages with "Roman in twee deelen").
AND 2 other copies of the same work, same edition, both w. correct title on the binding and w. the title-pages replaced (without "Roman in twee deelen"); Van Vliet p.284, no.5 (2 parts in 1 vol., printed on thinner paper, orig. grey cl. w. lettering in blue) and no.6 (2 vols., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. Lettering on spine faded).
77 1203 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some foxing. Binding sl. soiled; backstrip faded.. = Van Vliet p.166, no.1; Braches 157.
Idem. Hooge troeven. The same work, same edition, orig. cream wr. w. dec. in purple by H.P. BERLAGE, unif. w. the above.
- Bookplate on htitle; some occas. foxing. Wrappers sl. browned. = Van Vliet p.166, no.2.
AND a copy of the 2nd ed. (1908), orig. grey cl. w. lettering in white and dec. in black by H.P. BERLAGE, unif. w. the above (lacks first free endpaper, bookplate on upper pastedown and htitle. Van Vliet p.170, no.5 and 6).
77 1204 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; first and last few lvs. sl. foxed. Fine copy. = Van Vliet p.140, no.1.
Idem. Eene illuzie. The same work, same edition, orig. giltlettered cream and light blue cl. w. dec. in brown.
- Bookplate on first blank; first and last few lvs. sl. foxed. Binding sl. (finger)soiled; spine-ends trifle worn.
= Van Vliet, p.140, no.2 (erroneously describing the binding as halfvellum). Copy with the extra inserted portrait (cf. Van Vliet p.138). Rare.
Idem. Eene illuzie. The same work, same edition, orig. wr.
- Bookplate on first blank; some sl. occas. foxing. Wrappers foxed; spine splitting (repaired); upper joint partly split.
= Van Vliet, p.140, no.4, also w. the portrait. Rare.
AND a copy of the 2nd ed. (1901, orig. cream cl. w. dec. in orange by K. SLUYTERMAN. Van Vliet p.141, no.6)
77 1205 Couperus L 
- Both vols. bookplate on first free endpaper and sm. owner's entry on title; htitle and last p. of both vols. browned. Backstrips sl. soiled.
= Van Vliet, p.308, no.1.
Idem. Iskander. De roman van Alexander de Grote. The same work, same ed., 2 vols., orig. unif. wr.
- Both vols.bookplate on htitle. Backstrips sl. browned. = Variant, unrecorded by Van Vliet, cf. p.311 no.4. Rare.
AND 2 other editions of the same work: 2nd ed. (1922, orig. cl. w. gilt and dec. backstrip. Van Vliet p.311, no.7) and 4th ed. (n.d., orig cl. w. dec. in brown. Cf. Van Vliet p.311, no.7).
77 1206 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on frist free endpaper. Binding sl. yellowed on backstrip and along margins of covers.
= Van Vliet p.298, no.1.
Idem. De komedianten. The same work, same edition, orig. wr.
- Bookplate on htitle; yellowed/ sl. foxed; corner sl. bumped. Wrappers worn and partly browned; spine-ends dam.
= Rare. Van Vliet p.298, no.2.
AND 2 other copies of the same work, 2nd ed. (1918, orig. cl. Poor copy. Van Vliet p.299, no.4) and 3rd ed. (1922, orig. cl. Covers foxed along margins. Van Vliet p.299, no.4).
77 1207 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; 2 owner's entries on htitle. Bookblock sl. loosening; trifle soiled copy.
= Van Vliet p.262, no.1.
Idem. Korte arabesken. The same work, same ed., orig. grey cl. w. red lettering.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Backstrip sl. browned. = Nederlandsche Bibliotheek. Van Vliet p.263. no.3.
AND 4 other copies of the same work: 2nd ed. (n.d., orig. giltlettered cl. Owner's entry on dam. htitle), 3rd ed. (n.d., orig. giltlettered cl.) and 5th ed. (2 diff. versions, 1x dated 1951, orig. unif. gilt cl., one w. (dam.) dustwr.).
= Van Vliet p.263, no.5 and 6 (2nd and 3rd ed.).
AND 3 others by the same: Romantisch avontuur (Amst., 1931, ills. by A. HAHN Jr., orig. limp boards) and Fantasia (Amst., 1942, 2 copies: orig. hcl. and orig. wr.).
77 1208 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some sl. occas. foxing. Backstrip trifle sunned. A fine copy. = Van Vliet p.202, no.1.
Idem. Langs lijnen van geleidelijkheid. The same work, same edition, 2 vols., orig. yellow wr. w. dec. in black and brown, together in custom-made slipcase.
- Both w. bookplate on htitle; some occas. foxing. Backstrips and frontwr. of vol.1 sl. browned; backwr. vol.1 sl. stained; both vols. w. sm imperfections in margin. Good copy.
= Van Vliet p.205, no.2. Very rare.
AND 3 other copies of the same work, same edition, all 2 parts in 1 vols.: (1) orig. brown publisher's cl. w. dec. in black (identical to the dec. of Van oude menschen) (Van Vliet p.204, no.4); (2) later orig. brown publisher's cl. w. dec. in black (lacks first free endpaper); (3) private giltlettered burgundy cloth.
77 1209 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on frist free endpaper and on verso orig. frontwr. Orig. backwr. trifle foxed and lacks tiny portion of fore-edge. A fine, clean copy.
= Van Vliet p.104, no.1; Braches 2419. The author's debut.
Idem. Een lent van vaerzen. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1893), 2nd ed., 90,(6)p., printed in black and red, modern board w. giltlettered letterpiece on spine, orig. wr. pres.
- Bookplate on frist free endpaper; some foxing. = Van Vliet p.106, no.7.
Idem. Een lent van vaerzen. The same work, same ed., orig. gilt and dec. darkblue. cl.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some foxing (especially title). Backstrip. w. sharp fold. = Van Vliet p.107, no.4.
ADDED: Idem. Extaze. Een boek van geluk. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1892), 1st ed., 200p., orig. giltlettered dec. darkblue cl., unif. w. the preceding..
- Bookplate on first free endpaper, otherwise very fine. = Van Vliet p.129/ 130, no.1
77 1210 Couperus L 
77 1210 Couperus L 
- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Spine-ends and corners sl. worn; sm. hole in backstrip.
= Van Vliet, p.143, no.1; Braches 1665.
Idem. Majesteit. The same work, ibid., idem, n.d. (1895), 2nd ed., (4),306,(2)p., orig. greenish cl. w. dec. in dark olive-green by R.N. ROLAND HOLST, unif. w. the above. Idem. Majesteit. The same work, ibid., idem, n.d. (1904), 3rd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., 155,(1); 159p., plates by W.F.A.I. VAARZON MOREL, orig. pink cl. w. dec. in red by R.N. ROLAND HOLST, unif. w. the above. Idem. Majesteit. The same work, ibid., idem, n.d. (1911), 5th [= 4th] ed., (4),272p., plates by W.F.A.J. VAARZON MOREL, orig. cream cl. w. dec. in black by R.N. ROLAND HOLST, unif. w. the above.
- All w. bookplate on first free endpaper; some sl. occas. foxing. First 2 vols. top of spine sl. worn.
= Van Vliet p.152, no.4; p.155, no.13; p.155, no.11 and 12.
AND 4 other copies/ editions of the same work: 2nd ed. (Van Vliet p.152, no.5), 2nd ed. (Van Vliet p.153, no.9), 5th ed. (Van Vliet p.155, no.17) and 7th ed. (not in Van Vliet; n.d., orig. wr., custom made slipcase).