- Wr. sl. yellowed and occas. sl. frayed. Good copy.
AND an incomplete set of the preceding w. figures cut out. - ADDED 4 others, i.a. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Stationery (7 fold. stationery sheets and 7 envelopes, orig. pict. cardboard box).
= Rare complete copy, including the ORIGINAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH by Dave Gibbons. Comprises: (1). Z. SNYDER, Introduction (1 leaf); (2). Webisodes (CD-rom); (3). Poster (fold. col. offset movie poster, 51,5x33,5 cm.); (4). Timeline (fold. letterpress table, 68x26 cm.); (5). Badges (7 pictorial metal badges, each Ø 3,7 cm.); (6). D. GIBBONS, "Hurm" (col. lithograph, 17,5x14,8 cm. (image), signed "Dave Gibbons" and "581/1000" in pencil in lower blank margin, w. blindst. smiley); (7). Postcards (7 col. offset cards, each 21x14 cm.); (8). Comic Issue #1 (facs. reprint, (40)p. [incl. wr.], col. ills., large 8vo); (9). The History of Watchmen (1 fold. leaf, (4)p., col. ills., large 8vo); (10). Character Biographies (7 lvs. w. "Police Department" descriptions of the main characters); (11). Soundtrack (CD); (12). Production Notes (CD-rom).
WITH: Gibbons, D., Kidd, C. and Essl, M. Watching the Watchmen. London, TItan Books, 2008, without pagination, num. (col.) ills., orig. dec. boards w. dustwr., sm. folio.
- Hinges weak; final leaf w. tear in lower blank margin. Backstrip and covers worn/ dam. at spine-ends; backcover sl. chafed; boards rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Ottens 1.1, backcover A46.
- Inner hinge weak. Top of spine dam.; boardedges sl. worn, corners showing; covers w. a few rubbed spots.
= Ottens 1.1b, backcover A46 (Captain Haddock's sweater printed in 2 different shades of blue).
Idem. De zwarte rotsen. N.pl., idem, 1947, (2),62p., col. ills. and orig. pict. boards by HERGÉ, 4to.
- Inner hinge weak; sl. dogeared. Covers sl. stained; frontcover chafed; spine-ends worn; backstrip dam.
= Ottens 1.1b, backcover A46.
Idem. De sigaren van de Farao. N.pl., idem, 1955, (2),62p., col. ills. and orig. pict. boards by HERGÉ, 4to.
- Trifle (finger)stained. Covers rubbed; backstrip dam. at top of spine.
= Ottens 1.1a, backcover A55.I.
- One leaf w. tear in lower blank margin; 6p. misaligned. Backstrip and covers worn/ dam. at spine-ends; covers w. a few scratches; boards sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Ottens 1.1, backcover A46.
- Occas. sl. stained in lower blank margin; pastedowns partly sl. faded. Covers rubbed/ worn; frontcover w. sl. silverfish dam.; backstrip sunned/ dam. (mostly at spine-ends).
= Ottens 1.1, backcover A46.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ stained in blank margins. Spine-edges dam.; backcover sl. chafed; corners sl. worn.
= Ottens 1.1, backcover A47.
- Six lvs. w. tear(s) in lower (blank) margin. Backstrip and covers worn/ dam. at spine-ends; lower joint splitting; covers w. a few rubbed/ worn spots; boards rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Ottens 1.1, backcover A46.
- Spine-ends dam.; corners (sl.) worn; boards w. a few rubbed/ worn spots.
= Ottens 1.1, backcover A50.
- Spine soiled, otherwise a (very) fine copy. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- Vol.9 top of spine dam.
- Partly w. owner's annots. in ballpoint on first leaf.
= Contains the following issues: 1948: 33, 35-38, 40-51, 53; 1949: 1, 2, 16-34, 36-44, 47-52; 1950: 1-52; 1951: 2-6, 8-25, 27, 29-51; 1952: 1-7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18-22, 24, 25. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
Prins Valiant. N.pl., VIVO, 1966-1968, 51 (of 55) issues in 3 vols., (col.) ills., unif. bound w. the preceding.
- Lacks issues no. 2, 3, 31 and 54.
- Eight vols. shrinkwrapped. = Facs. reprint of the 1940-1965 eds.
- Without the index vol. = Matla BOMME 120.
= Jaap Vegter (1932-2003). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
- Five vols. backstrip dam.
= De blauwe lotus (1946); Kuifje in Afrika (1947); De 7 kristallen bollen (1948); De zonnetempel (1949); De geheimzinnige ster (1956); De zaak Zonnebloem (1956); Cokes in voorraad (1958); Kuifje in Tibet (1960); De juwelen van Bianca Castafiore (1963) and Kuifje en de Picaro's (1976).
- Binding sl. rubbed/ yellowed. Otherwise fine.
Douglas, B. Favourite French Fairy Tales. London, G.G. Harrap & Co., 1921, 255,(1)p., col. frontisp., 7 plates and orig. pict. cl. by RIE CRAMER.
- Owner's entry and bookplate on first free endpaper; frontisp. w. sm. tear; 2 plates loose. Spine-ends sl. dam.
AND 1 other English ed. illustrated by the same: The Little Mermaid Retold from Hans Andersen (London, n.d. (±1953)).
- Some sm. defects.
= I.a. w. scores by N. van der Linden Snelrewaard-Boudewijns or A. de Jong. Burgers p.162 and p.164.
- Endpapers and boards sl. yellowed. = Burgers p.161.
AND 7 others illustrated by R. CRAMER, i.a. KINDERDEUNTJES UIT GROOTMOEDERS TIJD (Utr., (1922), col. ills., orig. clothbacked boards w. col. ill. mounted on front and back, obl. 4to) and OUDT NEDERLANDSCHE MINNELIEDJES (ibid., (1920), mounted col. ills., orig. wrs. w. dec. blue ribbon, 4to).
- Wrappers occas. trifle frayed; nevertheless fine. = Rare, early work by Rie Cramer.
AND 4 others: all 1st eds. (illustrated) by the same, i.a. Roodkapje/ Klein Duimpje (Utr., ±1925, 1st ed., 2 vols., ills. and orig. unif. pict. hcl. by R. CRAMER, 4to).