- Fine, complete set.
= Interesting letter, i.a. on writing and publishing De Toovertuin, on writing essays, on reviews and translated poetry. "(...) De bundel zelf zou ik kunnen laten uitkomen; het heeft zijn vóór en zijn tegen. Al zoolang hoop ik op een nieuwe toevloed van dergelijke romancen. Tegen het eind van het vorige jaar liep het dood in een griepaanval, of liever in de daardoor ontstane verzwakking, nadat de eerste koorts het nog op een sinistere manier had opgezweept (...)".
Idem. "Met een ziel waar de somberste wolken in stormen (...)". AUTOGRAPH POEM, pen and ink, 1 leaf, 15,3x20,7 cm., recto only.
= Verzamelde gedichten (1993), p.778.
Idem. (Two photographic portraits of Hendrik de Vries, one en face and one in profile). Two ORIGINAL GELATIN SILVER PRINTS, each 13,4x8,5 cm., 1x verso w. stamp "Archief Nol Gregoor".
- The portrait en face w. horizontal crack in lower part. = Photographs made in the same session.
= Copy for publication, with autogr. annot. in upper margin of p.1: "Proef aan schrijver, tot 27 Juli: Hotel Gude, Dellenweg, Epe (G.). Niet meer dan 4x4 regels per blz. zetten! ". Cf. Verzamelde gedichten (1968), p.112f, w. some sm. variants in spelling.
AND 2 sm. portrait photographs of Victor E. van Vriesland, 13,5x8,7 and 4,5x3,2 cm. - ADDED: Campert, J. (Portrait photograph of Jan Campert). Gelatin silver print, 11,3x8,4 cm., verso w. stamp "Fotografie Fons Hellebrekers (...) Den Haag (...)" and w. annot. "Jan Campert Archief Nol Gregoor" in pen and ink. Minne, R. "Jules Renard (Journal): Pour arriver, il faut faire ou des saletés, ou des chefs-d'oeuvre." MANUSCRIPT QUOTATION, pencil, 1 leaflet, 5x22 cm., recto only.
- Foxed / browned in right part, affecting 1 word; w. sm. identification "(Minne)" in ballpoint in lower right corner.
- Illustrations (simply) handcoloured; some foxing. Binding soiled/ foxed.
= With small ORIGINAL DRAWING in pen and blue ink by Fiep Westendorp and dedication (in pen and black ink) "voor Danny en Jan van Fiep."
WITH: original photogr. portrait of CLARA EGGINK (13,6x8,6 cm.), ±1940.
= Verso w. pencil annnot. "Clara Eggink dichter vrouw van Jan Campert en J.C. Bloem, woonde bij Fiep op de Lairessestraat".
AND a small publication by TONNY VAN DER HORST w. autogr. signed dedication.
- Vol. 5 frontwr. loose. = Rare.
- Annot. in lower blank margin of one page; occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise fine.
Kiernan, F. Seeing Mary Plain. A Life of Mary McCarthy. Nw York/ London, W.W. Norton & Comp., 2000, 1st ed., 845p., 45 ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). - AND 11 others, i.a. P. AUSTER, Oracle Night (New York, 2003, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.) and incl. 1 Am. first edition and 4 first Engl. editions by V. NABOKOV, i.a. Tyrants Destroyed (New York, 1975, 1st Am. ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.).
- First vol. dustwr. sl. foxed.
Borges, J.L. Gesammelte Werke. Vol. 3/I-II, 4, 7 and 8. Munich/ Vienna, Hanser, 1981-1982, 5 (of 11) vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.
- Vol.3/I owner's entry on first free endpaper.
AND 7 others.
- Two vols. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper/ htitle. Dustwr. partly yellowed; one frontwr. w. sm. tear in lower margin; lamination of dustwr. occas. loosening.
= Without the final vol. VII.
Idem. Briefe. Ed. G. Scholem and Th. Adorno. Ibid., idem, 1966, 2 vols. w. continuous pagination, 884,(2)p., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 3 others by the same in 4 vols.
- Dustwr. sl. dam./ chipped along upper margin.
Idem. Frauen vor Flußlandschaft. Ibid., idem, 1985, 1st ed., 254,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (owner's entry on first free endpaper) - AND 5 others by the same, incl. 2 duplicates, all first editions, in orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- All vols. bookplate or owner's entry on htitle/ first free endpaper. Otherwise fine.- Sl. yellowed; bookplate upper pastedown; owner's stamp on first free endpaper; first and final few leaves sl. foxed.
= Rare.
ADDED: 3 others, incl. H. WACHENHUSEN, Paris 1867. Weltausstellungsbilder/ Eva in Paris (Berlin, n.d. (±1867), 1st/ 3rd ed., 2 vols., orig. (not unif.) col. lithogr. wr. Both vols. yellowed; first vol. sl. dampstained at the beginning and foot of spine sl. worn).
- Mint. = The standard text edition.
AND an illustrated Dutch translation of the book by C. Schuller van Peursum (Leyden, n.d. (1877), orig. gilt dec. and blindst. cl.).
- Trifle yellowed; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Spine-ends of dustwr. trifle worn. Otherwise fine.
= Tower books 391.
Idem. Red Wind. Ibid., idem, 1946, 1st ed., 253,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Trifle yellowed. Two closed tears in dustwr. along spine (both repaired w. tape, now browned).
= Tower books 390.
AND 2 others, i.a. A. KOESTLER, Reflections on hanging (London, 1956, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Dustwr. a few (closed) tears).
= One of 50 numb. copies on Van Gelder-Bütten, bound in gilt hvellum, t.e.g.
- Waterstained. Wrappers browned. = Warranted by the publisher on verso title.
- All (very) fine.
- Enpapers sl. browned. Dustwrapper trifle foxed.
Idem. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Ibid., idem, 1966, 1st ed., 94,(1)p., orig. gilt boards w. dustwr. - AND 2 others by the same, both reprints: For Your Eyes Only and On Her Majesty's Secret Service, orig. boards. w. dustwr.
- All fine.
- (Sl.) foxed and sl. yellowed. Bindings rubbed/ worn along extremities (gilt on spine partly worn off).
= Dutch translation by C.M. Mensing of Master Humphrey's clock. Comprising i.a. "Nelly" (the Dutch translation of The Old Curiosity Shop). The final part contains 4 extra plates.
- Some foxing; bookblock vol. 2 sl. warped. Bindings rubbed and sl. worn (vol. 2 worse).
= Scheepers II, no.528. First Dutch edition.
AND 3 others by the same, all first Dutch translations: Gedenkschriften van Jozef Grimaldi (Amst., 1845, plates, contemp. hcl.); Tafereelen uit Italië (ibid., 1846, contemp. hcl.) and De Nieuwjaars-klokken. Eene geestverschijning (ibid., 1845, plates, contemp. hcl.).