- Bookplate on upper pastedown; some sl. occas. foxing; upper hinge broken, bookblock partly loose. Backstrip trifle sunned.
= Van Vliet p.202, no.1.
Idem. Hooge troeven. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1896), 1st ed., (4),121,(1)p., orig. cream cl. w. dec. in purple by H.P. BERLAGE.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; some occas. foxing. Spine sl. faded. = Van Vliet p.166, no.2.
AND 1 other first edition (publ.) by the same: Wereldvrede.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper and on verso orig. frontwr. Orig. backwr. trifle foxed and lacks tiny portion of fore-edge. A fine, clean copy.
= Van Vliet p.104, no.1; Braches 2419. The author's debut.
Idem. Een lent van vaerzen. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1893), 2nd ed., 90,(6)p., printed in black and red, modern board w. giltlettered letterpiece on spine, orig. wr. pres.
- Bookplate on frist free endpaper; some foxing. = Van Vliet p.106, no.7.
Idem. Een lent van vaerzen. The same work, same ed., orig. gilt and dec. darkblue. cl.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some foxing (especially title). Backstrip. w. sharp fold.
= Van Vliet p.107, no.4.
- Fine copy. = Van Vliet, p.143, no.1; Braches 1665.
Idem. Majesteit. The same work, the same edition, orig. bright green cl. w. dec. in light brown by R.N. ROLAND HOLST, unif. w. the above.
- Lacks first free endpaper. Lower joint splitting. = Variant binding, not recorded in Van Vliet?
AND 3 other copies/ editions of the same work: 2nd ed. (Van Vliet p.152, no.5), 2nd ed. (Van Vliet p.153, no.8) and 3rd ed. (Van Vliet, p.155, no.15).
- Frontisp. portrait loose. Cloth over lower joint splitting; lower corner of upper cover bumped.
= Van Vliet p.172, no.1; Braches 2124.
Idem. God en goden. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1903), 1st ed., (4),237,(2)p., orig. cream cl. w. dec. in black and olive green by J.TH. TOOROP.
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Fine copy. = Van Vliet p.229, no.2; Braches 2153.
Idem. Babel. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1901), 1st ed., 199p., orig. cream cl. w. dec. in brown by J.TH. TOOROP.
- Occas. trifle foxed. = Van Vliet p.212, no.1; Braches 2142.
- Owner's entry and remnant of bookplate on upper pastedown; free endpapers browned from offsetting pastedowns. Dustwrapper sl. rubbed and w. 3 very small marginal tears.
= Very rare unrecorded variant binding: plain hcl. with dustwrapper, frontwrapper lettering in gold, similar to the copies in wrappers, cf. Van Vliet p.305, no.2. De Ode was privately published by the dedicatee F.E. Vlielander Hein and distributed by Nijgh en Van Ditmar.
- Manuscript dedication on first blank ("Redactie Wereldkroniek"); stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum"). Lacks backstrip; covers sunned and foxed.
= Van Vliet p.305, no.2. De Ode was privately published by the dedicatee F.E. Vlielander Hein and distributed by Nijgh en Van Ditmar.
- Both vols. w. stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum"). Backstrip of 2nd vol. sl. darkened.
= Van Vliet p.318, no.1 and p.326, no.1.
Idem. Van en over alles en iedereen. Amst., L.J. Veen, 1915, 1st ed., 10 parts in 5 vols., orig. unif. clothbacked blueish grey boards w. darkgreen dec. and lettering in red.
- Binding of the 1st vol. w. white specks. Backstrip of the 2nd work sunned
= Van Vliet p.318, no.1 and p.326, no.1.
AND 2 others by the same i.a. Antiek toerisme. Roman uit Oud-Egypte (Ibid., 1917, 2nd ed., orig. dec. cl. by A. VLAANDEREN, 8vo. Van Vliet p.264, no.4).
= Provenance: from the library of F. Bastet.
- Mediocre copy: spine badly dam. and split/ broken; backwr. lacks large portion.
= Couperus' second publication in the orig. publisher's binding. Van Vliet p.108, no.4. Rare.
Idem. Williswinde. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1895), 1st ed., 85,(1)p., orig. giltlettered dec. cl. by L.W.R. WENCKEBACH.
- Stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum"). Binding w. white specks; sm. dam. spot at foot of spine.
= Van Vliet p.164, no.1; Braches 2249; Cat. Ned. Boek 26.
AND 4 others, i.a. 2 other copies of Orchideeën in orig. variant publisher's bindings: Van Vliet p.110, no.5 and p.111, no.11.
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Binding trifle soiled. = Van Vliet p.225, no. 1.
Idem. De verliefde ezel. Rott., Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1918, 1st ed., 178p., orig. giltlettered brown hcl.
- Owner's stamp and entry on prelim. lvs. Covers sl. stained. = Van Vliet p.304, no.2.
AND 5 others by the same, i.a. Majesteit (Amst., n.d. (1902), 3rd ed., plates by W.F.A.J. VAARZON MOREL, orig. cream cl. w. dec. in black by R.N. ROLAND HOLST. Van Vliet p.153, no.12).
= Provenance: the library of F. Bastet, partly w. his bookplate.
- Vol. 2 and 3 sl. foxed. Vol. 3 backstrip sl. sunned; vol.1 backstrip and corners rubbed; vol.3 backstrip sl. rubbed.
= Van Vliet p.320, no.4. The rare DELUXE edition bound in gilt burgundy calf with gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers and gilt top edge, designed by J.B. VAN HEUKELOM, published in a very limited number of copies. "Er bestaat ook een zogenaamde 'Weelde-uitgave' in roodbruin leer met goudopdruk. Het aantal luxe exemplaren staat niet vast, maar zal niet veel meer dan enkele tientallen zijn geweest. Soms wijkt de kleur van het leer enigszins af." (Van Vliet p.322). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVIII.
- Upper hinge broken. Joints rubbed.
= Van Vliet p.187, no.2; Braches 2128; Cat. Ned. Boek 56.
Idem. Psyche. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1899), 2nd ed., (8),143,(1)p., frontisp. by J.TH. TOOROP, orig. green cl. w. gilt lettering, 4to.
- Owner's entry on htitle. Sl. rubbed along extremities. = Van Vliet p.187, no.12.
AND 3 other copies of the work in various editions and bindings: 2nd ed. (1899, frontisp. by J.TH. TOOROP, orig. wr., 4to. Poor copy. Van Vliet p.189, no.15); 3rd ed. (1909, plates and orig. blindst. cl. w. mounted plate by D.C. CALTHROP. Stamp on title. Van Vliet p.185 and p.191, no.17) and 4th ed. (1916, orig. cream cl. w. dec. in darkbrown by J.TH. TOOROP. Stamp on htitle. Van Vliet p.190, no.18);
- Some sl. usual foxing; owner's stamp on upper endpapers and title. Covers/ spine sl. browned.
= Van Vliet p.156, no.1.
Idem. Met Louis Couperus in Afrika. Ibid., N.V. Drukkerij Jacob van Campen, n.d. (1921), 1st ed., 142p., orig. limp cl.
= Van Vliet p.312, no.1 (our copy lighter brown cl.).
AND 6 others, i.a. 2 other copies of Reis-impressies (Van Vliet p.156, no.2 and p.331f) and 2 other copies of Met Louis Couperus in Afrika (Van Vliet p.312, no.1 and no.2).
- Occas. sl. foxed; owner's entry on first blank. Spine and backcover partly sunned; spine-ends sl. worn.
= Van Vliet p.324, no.1.
AND 5 others by the same, all first editions, all w. owner's entry or bookplate on presl. lvs. and all sl. worn along extremities, i.a. Hooge troeven (Amst., (1895), orig. dec. cl. by H.P. BERLAGE. Van Vliet p.166, no.1) and Fidessa (Amst., (1899), orig. dec. cl. by K. SLUYTERMAN. Van Vliet p.194, 1).
- Stamp on htitle "Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum". Spine faded and w. 2 sm. black spots.
= Van Vliet p.206, no.2; Braches 809.
- Upper hinge broken (barely holding on cords); lower hinge broken. Lower joint splitting; cloth over spine-ends splitting.
= Van Vliet p.206, no.3; Braches 809.
- Owner's entries on verso first free endpaper and htitle. Lower joint split; backstrip sunned; covers yellowed and sl soiled.
= Van Vliet p.206, no.5 (the pendant of no.2); Braches 809.
- Both vols. bookplate and owner's entry on upper pastedown; some foxing.
= Van Vliet p.274 and 279, no.5 and 6. "(...) Ondanks de opmerking in de brief aan Sluyterman over de kosten heeft Veen toch een beperkt aantal bundels laten maken met een gouden belettering. Waarschijnlijk was dit zelfs de eerste bindoplage. Alleen van de eerste bundel (...) is ook een aantal exemplaren gemaakt in wit-en-donkerblauw, met gouden belettering (...)" (Van Vliet p.278).
Idem. Oostwaarts/ Nippon. The Hague, H.P. Leopold, 1924/ 1925, 1st eds., 2 vols., XII,260,VI; VII,(1),217,(4)p., frontisp. portrait, num. plates, orig. unif. gilt dec. buckram by T. VISSER, large 8vo.
- Both vols. w. stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum") and w. owner's entries. Backstrip of 2nd vol. sunned.
= Van Vliet p.318, no.1 and p.326, no.1.
AND 2 others.
- Without no.4 Van en over mijzelf en anderen. Tweede bundel. Some sl. occas. foxing; 3rd vol. some lvs. stained. Backstrips sl. sunned; vol. 1 joints splitting at top of spine.
= Van Vliet p.289, no.2-4 and 6. The rare edition bound in full giltlettered and dec. brown calf. (1) Rome; (2) Genève, Florence; (3) Sicilië, Venetië, München; (5) Spaansch toerisme.
- Without no.4 Van en over mijzelf en anderen. Tweede bundel. Some sl. occas. foxing; "Rome" lacks first free endpaper.
= (1) Rome. Signed on upper pastedown by Louis Couperus?; (2) Genève, Florence; (3) Sicilië, Venetië, München. SIGNED by LOUIS COUPERUS on htitle in pen and ink; (5) Spaansch toerisme. Van Vliet p.289, no.8,9 and 12 and Van Vliet p.291, no.15. Provenance: from the library of F. Bastet.