- Two tiny tears and sm. crease in upper margin. = Anonymous, typical 1930s Dutch modernist design.
- Wrappers sl. worn. = Soviet women's magazine.
- Fine, with only a few very vague handling creases.
= Monguzzi p.29; Brentjens p.157; Müller p.35 ("Piet Zwart's only [sic] free form typo-composition"); Purvis, col. ill. between p.122/123; Spencer '83, p.42; Andel p.209. "In 1925 Zwart produced for his own amusement a number of purely abstract compositions, which, like many of his advertisements, were composed on location at the printer. One, based on diagonals, clearly shows the Lissitzky influence. The use of color overprinting will later become a distinguishing ingredient in his work. These compositions reflect the same approach as the advertisiments, but not being bound to texts, they move a step further into abstraction" (Purvis, p.69); "In zijn vrije uren in Parijs houdt Piet Zwart zich bovendien bezig met enkele abstracte typografische composities, vrije werken die de invloed van Lissitzky en Mondriaan verraden (...). De studie, Hommage à une jeune fille uit 1925, zou geïnspireerd zijn op een kortstondige flirt in Parijs (...). Een vervolg krijgen deze beeldende expressies echter niet. 'Vrije composities', zo erkent Zwart later, 'lagen niet in mijn lijn; ik kon ze (...) immers zelf niet zetten en drukken; vrij experimenteren met zetmateriaal lag buiten mijn bereik'." (Brentjens p.156). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE
- Both very fine.
- One tie broken; occas. boards trifle rubbed along extremities.
= All vols. one of 50 copies, 2x on Japanese and 1x Roman numbered. 11. Lobel-Riche (Monod 556); 14. A. Brouet (Monod 562); 21. Louis Legrand (Monod 566).
= Copy of the DE LUXE EDITION of 250 numb. copies, comprising the catalogues of the 3 auctions of the library of Boudewijn Büch held 24 Nov. 2004 and 31 May and 29 Nov. 2005, enlarged with an introduction, extensive bibliographies and index and a list of results, bound in full cl. w. dustwr. and specially designed endpapers by J.A.P. Bosch.
- Wr. sl. worn. = Book Sales Catalogues Online (1794).
- Without vol. 1.
= The 7th part comprises the index, price lists and buyer's names.
WITH: The Estelle Doheny Collection from St. Mary's of the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri (ibid., 2001, num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. cl. unif. w. the preceding, 4to).
- Interleaved copy w. results; scattered tax stamps (for Noord-Holland); sl. waterst. Spine sl. worn.
- First and final few lvs. duststained; title-p. w. circle in black permanent marker, also staining 2 following lvs; uncut copy; remant of ticket on spine.
= Rare.
- Paper on edges of box sl. dam. from opening.
= Largely expanded edition of the famous Alphabet of female nudes published in the Quadrat-Print series by Steendrukkerij De Jong in 1970, with photographs by i.a. G. Kooiman and Ed van der Elsken.
- Joints sl. worn. Paper w. cover design partly detatched from wooden slipcase.
The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings. A Catalog of an Exhibition held at the Grolier Club (...). New York, Piccolo Press, 2006, XII,212p., richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. slipcase, oblong 4to. - AND 10 others on bookbinding, i.a. T. HEIJDRA and R. STOLP, Boekbeeld. De Amsterdamse School in omslagen en boekbanden (Amst., 2014, num. ills., orig. limp boards), J. TSCHICHOLD. 10 veelvoorkomende blunders bij de boekproduktie, transl. H. VAN KRIMPEN (n.pl., 1988, printed in 260 copies, orig. limp boards w. dustwr. Covers sl. soiled) and H. and F. HOLLENSTEIN. Histoire de Roger raton relieur (Paris-Gembloux, 1981, children's book w. col. illustrated pages, orig. pict. boards, sm. 4to).