- Bookblock broken; first and final p. foxed. Binding sl. worn.
Robin the Conjurer & other Tales in Verse. London, F. Warne & Co., n.d. (±1883), (84)p., tinted and chromolithogr. ills., orig. clothbacked pict. boards, 4to.
- Dedication dated "Nov 14/83" on verso first free endpaper. Contents occas. sl. fingersoiled. Binding sl. worn/ scratched.
AND a mediocre copy of F.E. WEATHERLY, Punch and Judy (London etc., n.d. (±1886), chromolithogr. plates (partly dam. due to sticking together), orig. clothbacked pict. boards, 4to).
- Final leaf closed tear in outer margin. Fine copy, without title-p. (as published?).
= Unrecorded Dutch edition, preceding the first edition. Fine children's book aimed at teaching children the beginnings of mathematics (first publ. Stuttg., 1847): the plate illustrated on p.165 of Lust en Leering differs from the plate in our copy (the top illustration is different and the captions below all three image are differently spaced) and our copy is without title-p. The earliest Dutch edition known was published by D.A. Thieme and H.A. Tjeenk Willink in Arnhem and is dated around 1850 by Buijnsters (p.163-165). The plates, each consisting of 3 or 2 horizontal strips w. images showing objects that young children could recognize, teach the children to count, to add and subtract, to combine, to name colours and forms etc. Lust en leering p.163-165 (calling for a title-p. and 29 plates), referring to the Arnhem edition and the Groningen edition of two similar works by Bohny: "antiquarisch gesproken witte olifanten. (...)". Cf. Rümann 53, Wegehaupt II,374 and Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch 1985. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXV.
- Corners and spine-ends trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine. = Rare.
Gilmour, M. Amelioranna als koopvrouwtje. Dutch adapt. N. van Hichtum. Alkm., Gebr. Kluitman, n.d. (±1920), no pagination, num. (col.) ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by S.B. PEARSE, obl. 8vo.
- Covers sl. (finger)soiled; corners sl. rubbed.
AND 9 others, i.a. T. VAN DER TUUK, Een prettige vacantie (...) (Almelo, n.d. (±1900), 2 col. lithogr. plates, orig. col. lithogr. (trifle frayed) wr.) and 5 vols. from the Ajépé-Bibliotheek (all illustrated by J. WIEGERS, sm. 8vo. Wr. occas. trifle frayed).
- All w. various defects, not subject to return.
= Was exhibited during the Stripdagen in Haarlem in 2014.
= Catalogue of the traveling exhibition (2014-2016), i.a. in the Cartoonmuseum Basel, Graphik-Kabinett Backnang and Bilderbuch Museum der Stadt Troisdorf.
- Spine partly strengthened w. sellotape; wr. frayed and soiled. = Rare.
Banner, M. Sjors, voorzitter van de Rebellenclub. No.1-3. Haarlem, Spaarnestad, 1936-1937, 3 vols., ills., orig. unif. wr.
- Various defects.
Grosman, J. De wonderlijke avonturen van Pietje Peggel. N.pl., n.publ. (Geïllustreerde pers uitgaven), 1934, col. ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo. - AND ±60 miscell. others, i.a. W. SMIT and H. LOOMAN, Tijs Wijs de Torenwachter No.1-4 (Amst., 1941-1942, 4 vols., orig. unif. wr., obl. 8vo. All publ.); F. PIËT, Joris Voetangel weet er raad op (Haarlem, 1946, ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo); C. VOGES, Jimmy Brown (9 vols., ills., orig. unif. wr., obl. 8vo); P. WIJN, Frank de Vliegende Hollander. No.3 and 4 (Amst., 1956, ills., orig. unif. wr., obl. 8vo) and various vols. of BRUINTJE BEER.
- Rolled.
- Contents fine. Covers sl. fingersoiled; board edges rubbed and w. worn spots near the outer corners. A very good copy.
= The fifth album of the series. There are two versions of the binding: one with imitation leather spine (causing causes discolouring along the spine) and one version with imitation linen spine. The latter is the preferred version.
- Horizontal fold.
AND a col. silkscreen by J. SWARTE, "Niet zo, maar zo!" (rolled).
= Illustrated in the catalogue KunstRAI (1998).
- Backstrip splitting; spine-ends dam./ worn; covers sl. soiled and rubbed along board-edges.
= Ottens 1.1, backcover A56II.
AND 7 others by the same: De Zwarte Rotsen (1955, Ottens 3.5, A55 III); Cokes in Voorraad (1958, 1st ed., Ottens 1.1, A58); De Geheimzinnige Ster (Ottens 3.2, A54 IV); Raket naar de Maan (1954, Ottens 1.3, A54 III); De 7 Kristallen Bollen (Ottens 3.2, A56 II) and De 'Manitoba' antwoordt niet meer/ De uitbarsting van de Karamako.
- Spines sl. sunned.
= Vol. 1 and 5 w. an original drawing by the artist, all vols. w. dedication by the artist.
Toonder, M. Tom Poes en de wilde wagen. N.pl., Het vaderland, (1967), (33) lvs., orig. wr.
- First few pages coloured w. pencils; a few pages w. sm. tears. = Matla, Bommelkatalogus 29.1.
= Titled as a reference to the K2, the highest mountain on earth. Exhibited at Arti Galerie, Amsterdam (June, 1988).
- Owner's entries on title-p. Spine dam. near foot of spine; wr. sl. fingersoiled.
AND 11 others by the same, incl. 8 vols from the same series, all 1st ed., i.a. Patroelje bij Dageraad; Petroleum-gangsters (1953, 1st ed., "Woestijnrovers" on backcover); Buck Danny tegen Lady X (1958); Aanval op Malakka (1958).
- Tiny tear in foot of spine; covers sl. dustsoiled. Otherwise a fine copy.
Idem and Charlier. Kordaat tegen de diamantbende. Ibid., idem, 1958, 1st ed., 46,(2)p., orig. wr., 4to.
- Owner's entry on title-p. Spine worn and sl. dam. near foot of spine.
AND 6 others, i.a. 4 vols. from the same series and FRANQUIN, Masker der Stilte en de superquick (1958, 1st ed.).
= The original drawing for S. Kago, Abstraction (p.15, 1997).
- Spine strengthened/ repaired w. paper strip; owner's entry on frontcover; covers soiled and duststained.
= "According to comics collector and bibliographer Hans Matla, the oldest Dutch comics album is the protest document called Aanleiding tot den Engelsch-Transvaalschen Oorlog (...)." (N. Maas in P. Lefèvre and C. Dierick (ed.), Forging a New Medium p.74f). Maas proves this to be untrue, but still it remains a rare and early comics album and a humorous pro-Boer explanation of the causes of the Boer-war.
- Various defects.
= Nos. present are no.1-12, 14, 15, 17-21, 23-29, 31-46, 54 and 56.
Idem. Die vallei van die verlore wêreld. Johannesburg, Pronkboeke, 2021, 79p., ills., printed in 40 Roman numb. copies, orig. wr., obl. 8vo.
= Very rare facsimile reprint of this issue of Kapitein Rob in Afrikaans. Numbered on loosely inserted colophon. The original version is extremely rare.
Idem. (Avonturen van kapitein Rob). Thirteen miniature "Clairo" film reels, 3,7 cm. (width), for the magic lantern toy film projector "Clairo", kept in orig./ contemp. containers.
= Very rare. Het raadsel van de Andes gebergte; het pinguin-eiland van Professor Lupardi; De Onderwereld van professor Lupardi (no.1-3); Het scheepsjournaal van Peer de Schuymer (no.1-3); Het raadsel van Venus.
AND 10 vols. and 11 music sheets, illustrated by Pieter KUHN, i.a. "M'n tante is verliefd op Vogt, op Vogt van de radio! " (music sheet, Amst., Muziek en Letteren. Rare) and "'t Boefje. Kerstliedje naar het leven" (Gouda, P.J.W. Jongeneel. Very rare); L. REDFIELD PEATTIE, De verkeerde vrouw (Laren, n.d., orig. cl. by Pieter KUHN, orig. dustwr.); J. VAN SNELLENBERG, De ontvoering van het mirakelpad (ibid., n.d., orig. clothbacked boards by the P. KUHN).