- Contemp. owner's entry on verso frontwr. and title: "1846 aan Pieter Chistiaan [sic] Zimmermann - Middelburg den 13 jannuarij" and "is voor Mari". A very fine copy.
= Very rare Till Owlglass edition with fine primitive woodcuts in a catchpenny style. Not in the usual reference works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- Bookblock and a few leaves loose; final leaf w. closed tear in image and sl. frayed. Covers foxed; spine and corners worn.
= Lust en Leering p.251 and 277 and colour illustration dustwr.; Caljé-van Gulik 535; not in The Children's World of Learning; not in Hinz and Tijl Uilenspiegel Wereldburger. Rare.
- Newly sewn; hinges strengthened w. tape. Spine split; wr. sl. frayed and creased.
= The first Dutch teddy bear book.
Becht-Dentz, A. De Drie Beertjes. Ibid., H.J.W. Becht, n.d. (±1910), (16)p. (incl. wr.), 3 col. lithogr. plates, ills., orig. col. lithogr. wr. by G.H.T., 4to.
- Newly sewn; final leaf sl. stained; hinges partly strengthened w. tape. Wrapper sl. creased.
Slooten, A. van. Het Beren Boek. Ibid., Van Holkema & Warendorf, n.d. (±1910), 31p., full-p. col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked lithogr. boards by G.A. WILLIAMS, obl. 4to.
- Some lvs. w. repaired tears, touching images; hinges strengthened w. cloth. Corners showing; backcover dam. spot.
= Rare story-book on the adventures of Betty and her little brother with a family of teddy bears that Betty was given for her eighth birthday.
AND 2 others similar.
- Wr. sl. faded along margins. Otherwise fine.
= Huiskamp V26; Waller 940; Ki.La.Ki.Le. 237. Attractive children's book, composed with the explicitly phrased intention to invite children to be merry and celebrate. Contains plates, with accompanying poems, of i.a. New Year's Day, Easter, a fair, "Sint Maarten" and "Sinterklaas"'.
- Backstrip repaired w. paper; boards sl. discoloured. = Ons Schemeruurtje XIV. A is een aapje p. 135.
Idem. Spreekwoorden. Plaatjes en Rijmpjes. Vol. 1 and 2. Gouda, G.B. van Goor Zonen, n.d. (1915), 16; 16p., col. ills. and orig. unif. pict. hcl. w. dustwr. by B. VAN DER VEER, sq. 8vo.
- Contemp. owner's entries on htitles. Dustwrappers dam. along edges.
= "(...) de intrinsiek geestige Bas van der Veer, die droevig miskend is." (Bibelebontse berg, p.569).
Idem. Wie luistert er mee? Bussum, C.A.J. van Dishoeck, n.d. (±1925), 1st ed., 109,(3)p., ills. and orig. giltlettered cl. w. mounted col. plate by B. VAN DER VEER, square 8vo. - AND 28 others, all illustrated by the same, incl. duplicates (i.a. 3x A dat is Aafje) and Het Borstel A.B.C.
- Lvs. and hinges carefully repaired w. japanese; newly sewn. Wr. fingersoiled; frontwr. lower corner cracked.
= With the owner's entry of the Dutch author Charlotte Mutsaers, dated "Sinterklaas 1964" in pen on title-p. Rare, only one copy traced.
- Covers sl. rubbed. = Bilderwelt 2669.
Histoire d'Ali-Baba et des Quarante Voleurs suivie de l'histoire du prince Ahmed. Tours, Maison Mame, 1946, 31,(1)p., (full-p.) col. ills. by R. BRODERS, orig. clothbacked boards, 4to.
- Upper hinge weak; sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed along edges; sm. waterstain on frontcover.
AND 12 others, i.a. ALADIN (Paris, n.d. (±1920), col. ills. by D. BRETT, orig. wr., 4to); R. PETIT, Jacqueline et Son Chien Pataud (ibid., 1930, col. ills. by H. MALLET, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, sm. folio) and IDEM, Pataud-le-chien à la Campagne (ibid., 1931, col. ills. by H. MALLET, orig. clothbacked boards, sm. folio).
- Sl. foxed. Bookseller's ticket on frontwr.
AND 2 similar German publications w. lithogr. lvs.
- Title lacks lower left blank corner. = Huiskamp V168.
- Professionally rebound; first and final plate w. repaired tear; some plates soiled.
= Huiskamp V169; Coll. Caljé-van Gulik 107; Waller 937. Rare.
- Frontcover sl. soiled along fore-edge margin. A fine copy.
= Braches 2563; cat. Ki.la.ki.le. 816. Rare in original cloth binding.
- (Sl.) offsetting from coloured borders around plates; upper outer corner first free endpaper cut out. Sm. scratch on ill. on frontcover.
= Heller 10A. With advertisement on verso of the last leaf. Heller: "Mir ist ein Fortdruck von 1914 bekannt [in der Verlagsanzeige sind 9 Serien der Postkarten angegeben!]". Our copy with 5 series of postcards.
Idem. Little songs of long ago. London/ New York, Augener etc., n.d. (1912), 1st ed., 63,(1)p., 32 col. ills. and orig. gilt cl. w. oval mounted plate by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR, scores A. MOFFAT, obl. 4to.
- Sm. dam. spot in ill. on frontcover. = Heller 4B.
- Upper hinge strengthened. Corners and spine-ends sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= The rare first edition: Heller 3a ("selten aufzufindene Erstausgabe").
ADDED: Boutet de Monvel, L.-M. Chansons de France pour les petits Français. Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie., n.d. (1885), 47,(1)p., num. (pochoir) col. ills. by L.-M. BOUTET DE MONVEL, scores by J.B. WECKERLIN, orig. gilt dec. cl., obl. 4to.
= Bilderwelt 2611; Gumuchian 888. Nice illustrations.
= Shows all kinds of children's games and adult pastimes. KVCS, p.823 (erven Wed. Stichter 49).
"Ziet hier wat Jonge Knapen spelen; Hun Oefening zal u niet vervelen (...)".
Catchpenny print w. 12 thumb-col. woodcut ills., each w. 2-line caption below, "No.226", Amst., Erve H. Rynders, ±1800.
- Formerly folded, w. closed hole in centre. = De Meyer 226 (Noman). Children's games.
- Wrappers sl. dustsoiled. A good set.
= George Soulié de Morant served as a French diplomat in China and was an outspoken advocate of acupuncture.
- One part loose.
Ebenhoech, P. De Mensch of hoe ons lichaam er van binnen uitziet. Amst./ Weltevreden, Gebr. Graauw, n.d. (±1910), 21,(3)p., fold. col. lithogr. multi-layered plate, ills., orig. boards. - AND 2 others similar (1x defective).
- Lacks one plate; partly (vaguely) waterst. Binding trifle rubbed.
= Hannema/ Klaversma 443; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 26.
- Without the 2 text vols. Both vols. a few scattered owner's stamps on textp.; occas. sl. foxed; vol. 1 occas. waterst. in upper (blank) margin; endpapers inkstained; vol. 2 one plate dam. w. remnants of sellotape. Both vols. spine w. a few dam. spots; boards worn; corners showing.
= Hirsch IV, p.509. Rare, no copies traced in NCC.
- Vaguely waterst. in lower corner. = Bibl. Piscatoria p.6. Rare.
Bickerdyke, J. Angling for Game Fish. Ibid., L. Upcott Gill, 1889, 1st ed., VIII,134,(6),12,(2)p., woodengr. frontisp., ills., orig. chromolithogr. wr.
- Owner's stamp on title-p. and verso frontisp. Backstrip lacks portions at spine-ends.
= Bibl. Piscatoria p.240.
AND 11 others, i.a. D. FOSTER, The Scientific Angler (ibid., 1883, 2nd ed., steelengr. frontisp. portrait, 6 lithogr. plates, contemp. hcalf); R. BLAKEY, The Angler's Complete Guide to the Rivers and Lakes of England (ibid., 1859, 2nd ed., woodengr. frontisp., orig. boards) and 3 vols. from the BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES (ibid., 1886-1904).
- Sl. foxed at the beginning; title-p. lacks lower blank corner.
= Cf. Bibl. Piscatoria p.37f. First published under the title The art of angling improved in all its parts, especially fly-fishing (Worcester, 1758).
(Burns-Begg, R.). The Lochleven Angler. By an ex-President of the Kinross-Shire Fishing-Club. Kinross etc., G. Barnet etc., 1874, 144p., col. lithogr. frontisp., fold. col. lithogr. map, orig. cl., sm. 8vo.
- Binding trifle stained; manuscript paper letterpiece on spine. = Bibl. Piscatoria p.136.
AND 2 others: THE JOLLY ANGLER; OR WATER SIDE COMPANION (London, n.d. (±1860), 4th ed., woodengr. frontisp., ills., contemp. hcl., sm. 8vo) and W.C. STEWART, The Practical Angler or the Art of Trout-Fishing (Edinb., 1867, 5th rev. ed., woodengr. ills., orig. gilt cl.).