= Collection of aphorisms. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "To S.J. Lovett[?] Master in the gentle art of being human. Pleasantly from Holbrook Jackson" on first free endpaper.
AND 1 other by the same: Everychild: a Book of Verses for Children (Leeds, n.d. (1921), 1st ed., orig. wr.).
- Vague stamp on first free endpaper; owner's entry on title-p. Parts of dustwr. sl. creased/ lacking sm. portions (profesionally restored).
= Rare second printing.
- Bookseller's blindstamp in outer corner of first free endpaper; later owner's entry on htitle; frontisp., flimsie and title-p. sl. foxed. A fine copy.
- Binding trifle rubbed. = Goedeke IV, 1, p.268.
AND 1 other: J.W. VON GOETHE, Hermann und Dorothea (Braunschweig, 1833, 9th ed., contemp. boards).
- Trifle foxed. Spine-ends sl. worn. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.331.
Vad, P. Den fremmede Dag. Digte. Kopenhagen, Gyldendal, (1956), 56p., orig. wr. w. dustwr.
- Uncut copy. Wrapper under dustwr. sl. foxed.
= With a dedication on the halftitle and a loosely inserted letter, both in English by the author, addressed to Jacqueline van Maarsen.
Claudel, P. Les âmes grises. Paris, Stock, 2003, 284,(3)p., orig. wr.
= Signed by the author on htitle.
AND 6 other vols., Dutch, English and German language, i.a. B. SCHLINK, Die Heimker (Zürich, 2006, orig. wr., w. dedication by the author), L. BINET, HhhH. Himmlers hersens heten Heydrich (Amst., 2009, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and E. COERR, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (New York, 1977, w. ills by R. HIMLER, orig. cl. w. dustwr.)
- Bookplate (of Bob Luza) on upper pastedown; occas. sl. waterst. and fingersoiled.
- Hinges broken but holding strong on cords.
= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Second Dutch edition of The Phantom Ship (first publ. 1837-1839). Buisman 2724.
Cooper, J.F. De Spion. Uit het Engelsch. Gron., W. van Boekeren, 1827, 2 vols., XII,342; (2),363p., 2 ident. engr. title-p., contemp. unif. gilt hcl.
- Both vols. vague owner's stamp on htitle and title-p. = Scheepers II, 492.
AND 2 others in 5 vols. by the same authors, both publ. in Amst. and Dutch translations in similar bindings: Avonturen van Pieter Simpel (1837, 3 vols., 3 diff. lithogr. titles) and De Loods (1835, 2 vols., 2 ident. title-p.).
- Wrs. brittle; wr. no. 1 sections repainted.
= Very rare periodical edited by Claire Nicolas (later Clair White), daughter of the Dutch artist Joep Nicolas, who attended Smith College in New York between 1944 and 1946. Eight issues were published. I.a. contributions by Milton Robertson and Claire Nicolas.
- Dampstain on verso of dustwr. at foot of spine (not visible on recto, but sl. affecting lower margin of final endpaper). Otherwise fine.
= As stated on the first unnumb. page this is one of 1000 SIGNED copies especially prepared for friends of the author and publisher.
- Outer upper margin of dustwr. sl. browned on verso (not visible on recto). = McEwan's first novel.
Murdoch, I. A Fairly Honourable Defeat. Ibid., Chatto & Windus, 1970, 1st ed., (8),401,(2)p., orig. boards w. dustwr.
- Silverfish nibbling at top of spine of dustwr.; a few sm. tears in dustwr.
AND 5 others, i.a. S. BECKETT, Play and two short pieces for radio (London, 1964, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Owner's entry and stamp on upper endpaper) and G. GREENE, A Sense of Reality (London, 1963, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Dustwr. sl. frayed and sl. dampstained).
= SIGNED in blue ballpoint on htitle. According to owner's annotion signed on May 12, 1990 in Amsterdam.
AND 2 others by the same, both signed in ballpoint on the same occasion, both Dutch translations: De reis naar Rome (Amst., 1990) and Negentienvierendertig (ibid., 1985).
- Very fine. = SIGNED AND DATED "2. 11. 1996" on divisional title-page of part 1. Rare.
Harrison, J. Legends of the Fall. London, W. Collins, 1980, 1st Engl. ed., (4),276p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Cunningham, M. A Home at the End of the World. Ibid., Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990, 1st ed., (8),342,(2)p., orig. clothbacked boards w. dustwr.
- Tiny monogram on first free endpaper. Otherwise very fine.
AND 6 other first/ early editions, all in fine condition, i.a. A. ROY, The God of Small Things (New York, 1997, 1st ed., orig. hcl., w. dustwr. Debut); K. DESAI, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (London, 1998,1st ed., boards w. dustwr.); D. LODGE, Paradise News (London, 1991, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. SIGNED on title-p.) and A. TAN, The Joy Luck Club (London, 1989, 1st Engl. ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.).
- Lacks: Bleek vuur; Een lach in het donker; De tovenaar.
= Comprises: Ada; Doorzichtige dingen; De Gave; Geheugen, spreek; Glorie; Gebroken schild; Heer, vrouw, boer; Let op de Harlekijn; Lolita; Masjenka; Het Oog; Pnin; Het scheermes; Uitnodiging voor een onthoofding; De verdediging; Verzamelde verhalen 1; Verzamelde verhalen 2; Wanhoop; Het werkelijke leven van Sebastian Knight.
Idem. Het origineel van Laura (Doodgaan is leuk). Ed. D. Nabokov. Dutch transl. R. Verhoef. Ibid., idem, 2009, 277,(1)p., facs. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND the 3 lacking titles from the first work, diff. editions (all Dutch translations).
- Fine. = SIGNED on title-p.
Idem. The Unknown Shore. London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959, 1st ed., 256p., orig. boards w. dustwr.
- Dustwr. sl. rubbed along top end of joints.
(Towers, I.J.). The Wanderings of Tom Starboard. London, J. Harris, 1830, 1st ed., (2),295,(1)p., 6 steelengr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf.
- Plates and opposite leaves sl. foxed. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Osborne, p.951.
AND 8 others, i.a. G.A. HENTY, Facing Death, or The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines (London, ±1885, early ed., 8 plates by G. BROWNE, orig. gilt pict. cl. Owner's entry on htitle) and L. VAN DER POST, Flamingo Feather. A Story of Africa (London, 1955, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Spine of dustwr. browned),
- Binding sl. soiled.
Idem. The Rubaiyat. English transl. E. Fitzgerald. New York, Peter Pauper Press, n.d. (1950), (64)p., col. frontisp., 8 col. ills. and col. bookdecoration by J. HILL, orig. dec. boards w. dustwr., sm. 8vo. - AND 5 others.
- Without dustwrapper; sunned on spine and along margins of both covers; both covers a few tiny foxed spots; foot of spine trifle worn
= Fenwick A.12a. Listed in Connolly 100.
- A very fine copy.