- Owner's stamp on upper pastedown; owner's entries on title-p. Backstrip rebacked w. cloth; covers rubbed.
- A few vols. w. rubbed foot of spine; spines trifle yellowed and a few soiled.
= Incl. 6 vols. by Dutch authors. No. 17, 18, 27, 50, 56, 83, 84, 86, 89, 93, 103, 118, 121, 141, 150, 161 and 168.
- Some vols. w. a few lvs. w. offsetting from former newspaper clipping; spines occas. (sl.) rubbed/ yellowed.
= No. 5, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17 (2 vols.), 23, 24, 28 (2 vols.), 33, 42, 47, 49, 52, 55, 56, 58, 63, 66, 69, 83, 88, 93, 99, 102, 103, 105, 106, 109, 112, 117, 123, 135, 138, 143, 148, 150, 160, 161, 165, 167, 168, 171, 172, 184, 185, 189, 191, 195, 208, 220-222, 230, 233, 238, 250 and 258. I.a by K. Paustovskij, H.N. Werkman, E. Canetti, P. Neruda, E. and J. de Goncourt, L.F. Céline, G. Flaubert and J. Green.
Open domein. Lot of 8 vols., ibid., idem, 1984-2004, 1st ed., plates, orig. unif. wr./ cl. w. dustwr. (2x).
= No. 7, 16 (2 vols.), 17, 20, 24, 26 and 42.
- Dustwr. sl. affected by silverfish and splitting at upper joint.
Pound, E. 15 Cantos. Transl. H.C. ten Berge. Ibid., idem, 1970, 152,(1)p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Dustwr. dam. by silverfish.
AND 6 others publ. by the same, all in orig. cl. w. dustwr., i.a. DANTE ALIGHIERI, De goddelijke komedie. Transl. and ed. F. van Dooren (1987); J.-K. HUYSMANS, Op drift. Transl. and ed. W. Raven (1979) and R. MUSIL, Drie vrouwen. Transl. J. Hamelink (1969).
- Frontcover sl. dam. in right margin (prob. nibbled). = SIGNED in pencil on frontcover.
- Fine set.
= Comprises: 1. L'aiglon; 2. Chantecler; 3. Cyrano de Bergerac; 4. La princesse lontaine./ La Samaritaine; 5. Les Musardises./ Le bois sacrée./ Les Romanesques.
- Owner's entry on title-p. and stamp on upper pastedown.
Powers, R. Operation Wandering Soul. New York, William Morrow and Comp., 1993, 1st ed., 352p., orig. clothbacked boards w. dustwr. - AND 5 others, all 1st American eds., all in orig. hardcover w. dustwr., all fine: A. PROULX, The Shipping News (New York, 1993); C. JOHNSON, Middle Passage (ibid., 1990); D. DELILLO, Underworld (New York, 1997); J. ELLROY, My Dark Places (ibid., 1996. SIGNED copy) and N. CAGE, A Place for Us (Boston, 1989).
= Facsimile reprint of the most important exil periodical, published for 2 years (1934/ 1935) by Querido, Amsterdam.
Kolbe, J. Heller Zauber. Thomas Mann in München 1894-1933. Berlin, Siedler, 1987, 2nd ed., 440p., num. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sm. folio. Schwilk, H. Ernst Jünger. Ein Jahrhundertleben. Die Biografie. Munich/ Zürich, Piper, 2007, 623,(1)p., ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND 3 others in 4 vols., i.a. J.W. GOETHE, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Kilchberg, 1983, 2 vols., ills. by F. HOFFMANN, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo).
- Yellowed thoughout; a few scattered stains.
ADDED: G.A. BÜRGER, Gedichte (Frankf./ Leipsic, 1792, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. hcalf. Paper brittle/ occas. frayed in outer margin; binding worn).
- Gilding trifle rubbed at places and sl. faded on backstrip. (Very) fine copy.
= "Voyages extraordinaires". Bottin, p.477. Cartonnage Type "Aux initiales J.V. et J.H.", dos Type "2", 2e plat type "C".
- Fine set.
= One of 100 copies printed on Bütten, bound in gilt hvellum w. black mor. letterpiece, t.e.g.
ADDED: E. MÖRIKE, Sämtliche Werke (Berlin/ Leipsic, n.d., 3 vols., orig. unif. gilt hvellum).
- Contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown. Fine copy.
Idem. The Canon's Dilemma and other Stories. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1924, 2nd impression, 252p., orig. cl.
- Lacks 2 preliminary leaves (htitle, title and contents leaf are present); owner's entry of "S.H. Batty Smiith" on first free endpaper, dated by the author "6.8.1924". Upper hinges weak; covers fingersoiled.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to "Dear Sir" (S.H. Batty-Smith) mounted on upper pastedown, thanking Batty-Smith for his favourable review of the work in the Sportsman and informing him that "I am a parson!".
- Endpapers foxed. Covers mostly sl. dust/ fingersoiled and occas. a few sm. specks/ stains; backstrips (not uniformly) yellowed.
= Mason p.459f. The first collected edition of Wilde's works.
= Both published in the Grote Bellettrie series.
Babel, I. Verzameld werk. Dutch transl. and epilogue C.B. Timmer. Amst., Meulenhoff, 1979, 1st ed., 2 vols., 590,(1); 545,(1)p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase.
- Fine copy. = 1. Verhalen & dagboekbladen; 2. Toneelstukken & brieven.
AND 8 others: 4 publ. in the Grote Bellettrie series (dustwr. partly w. sm. blemishes) and 4 vols. from the Russische Bibiotheek, publ. by G.A. van Oorschot.
- Fine set.
= An important periodical for the second generation of the New York School of Poets w. contributions by i.a. Joe Ceravolo, Dick Gallup, Ted Berrigan, Rob Padgett, Joe Carroll and Anne Waldman. Cover art by i.a. Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha (no. 4), Joe Brainard and Rudy Burckhardt. Clay and Phillips, p.194ff: "A typical issie was 300-350 copies, consuming thirty reams of 24# mimeograph paper, run through the Gestetner machine of The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church (...) Working at the Project and attending hundreds of readings over the years was a big advantage. If I heard something I especially liked at a reading, I would rush to the podium and claim the manuscript for Adventures. I was rarely refused" (Lary Fagin).SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IX.