82 1324 Couperus L 
- Some foxing. Spine-ends vol. 1 sl. worn. = Van Vliet, p.308, no.1.
Idem. Majesteit. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1895), 2nd ed., (4),306,(2)p., orig. cl. by R.N. ROLAND HOLST.
- Partly sl. foxed. = Van Vliet p.152, no.8.
AND 3 others by the same, i.a. Het late leven (ibid., (1902), 2 parts in 1 vol., orig. dec. cl. by TH. NEUHUYS. De boeken der kleine zielen, vol. 2).
82 1325 Couperus L 
- Both vols. htitle and last page browned from ofsetting of endpapers. Backstrips trifle sunned. Good copy.
= Van Vliet, p.308, no.1.
Idem. Het Snoer der Ontferming en Japansche Legenden. Ibid., idem, 1924, 1st ed., 271,(1)p., orig. giltlettered dec. blue satin by S.H. DE ROOS.
- Sl. foxed; leaf w. dedication mounted on htitle. Backstrip sunned and sm. stain at foot. = Van Vliet p.324, no.1.
AND 3 others by the same, i.a. Dionyzos (Amst., (1904), 1st ed., orig. dec. cl. by J. ROTGANS. Owner's entry on first free endpaper; binding soiled/ sl. stained and backstrip sl. faded. Van Vliet p.232).
82 1326 Couperus L 
- Erased owner's entries on first free endpaper. Otherwise fine copies. = Van Vliet, p.308, no.1.
Idem. Herakles. Roman in twee deelen. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1913), 1st ed., 2 vols., (4),245; (4),226,(2)p., orig. grey wr. w. dec. in blue by R.N. ROLAND HOLST.
- Poor copy. = Van Vliet p.280, no.2. Rare in its orig. wr.
AND 1 other in 3 vols. by the same: De Berg van licht (bindings stained/ worn. Van Vliet p.241, no.7-9).
82 1327 Couperus L 
- Some sl. occas. foxing. First work w. vague waterstain at spine-ends and adjacent corner of covers; 2nd work backstrip browned and binding partly faded/ sl. worn.
= Van Vliet p.318, no.1 and p.326, no.1.
AND 5 others by the same i.a. Williswinde (Amst., (1895), 1st ed., orig. wr. des. by L.W.R. WENCKEBACH. Spine-ends dam.; backwr. creased. Van Vliet p.164, no.2) and Fidessa (ibid., (1899), 1st ed., orig. dec. cl. by K. SLUYTERMAN. Owner's entries on first free endpaper; spine-ends sl. worn. Van Vliet p.194, no.1).
82 1328 Couperus L 
82 1328 Couperus L 
- Sl. occas. foxing. Spine-ends sl. rubbed.
= Couperus' second publication in the orig. publisher's binding. Van Vliet p.109, no.2. Rare.
Idem. Een Lent van Vaerzen. Utr., J.L. Beijers, 1884, 1st ed., 90,(6)p., printed in black and red, orig. wr. by L.W.R. WENCKEBACH.
- The vulnerable/ brittle wrappers lacking portions from margins, partly also sl. affecting the image of the frontwr.; backstrip dam. and pasted over w. scotch tape.
= Van Vliet p.104, no.1; Braches 2419. The author's debut.
82 1329 Couperus L 
- 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).
- First and last few lvs. sl. foxed. Spine, outer edge frontcover and backcover partly sunned.
= Van Vliet p.324, no.1.
AND 20 others by the same (incl. 1st eds.) and 3 on the same, partly defective, i.a. Wereldvrede (1895, Van Vliet p.162, no.1); Psyche (1898, 1st ed., Van Vliet p.187, no.1); Fidessa (1899, Van Vliet p.194, no.1); De Zwaluwen neêr gestreken (1911, Van Vliet p.269, no.1); Proza Eerste/ Tweede bundel (1913-1924, Van Vliet p.320, no. 1), Nippon (1925, Van Vliet p.326, no.1).
82 1331 Couperus L 
- Lower hinge broken, w. sm. tear in lower joint; covers trilfe foxed; backstrip faded and browned; spine-ends (sl.) worn.
= Van Vliet p.206, no.3; Braches 809.
- Sm. stain on frontcover. = Van Vliet p.304, no.2.
Idem. De Berg van Licht. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1935), 1st ed., 4 parts in 1 vol., orig. cl.
= Bookblocks from the first edition, bound together. Not mentioned by Van Vliet.
AND 28 others by the same, in various bindings, i.a. Uit Blanke Steden en onder blauwe lucht (1912, Van Vliet 1 and 8); Het Snoer der ontferming (1924, Van Vliet 1); Psyche (n.d., 2nd or 3rd ed., orig. gilt brown cl./ black hcl. (2 variants), 4to).
82 1333 Couperus L Berg Arja van den b 1947 
= The sculpture is inspired by the following sentence in the novel Extaze (1891): "Een houtblok brandde met een paar kronkeltongen in het haardje van nickel en verguld, als een vuurtje van stille intimiteit, als eene vlam van discretie, in die schemeratmosfeer van, met kant gedekt, lampeschijnsel, intimiteit en discretie verspreidden ook door geheel het nauwe vertrekje iets als een aroom van viooltjes, eene nuance van viooltjes-geur, die school in de zachtheid der tinten van behang en meubelen..." Extaze. Een boek van geluk, p. 2. Provenance: Louis Couperus museum in The Hague.
82 1334 Couperus L Bos Loek b 1946 
82 1335 Couperus L Goor T van de 
82 1335 Couperus L Goor T van de 
82 1335 Couperus L Goor T van de 
82 1336 Couperus L Pander Pier 1864 1919 
82 1336 Couperus L Pander Pier 1864 1919 
= Possibly handcoloured with colour chalk by the artist himself. The drawing was destroyed in 1944 during the bombardment of The Hague. Both items provenance: Louis Couperus Museum.
= Gifted to the Louis Couperus Museum in 2009.
Letterie, Frank (b.1931). "Louis Couperus 1863-1923". Bronze medallion, 1977, Ø 7 cm., monogrammed and "77".
= Published by the Haagse Kunstkring, on the occasion of the exhibtion Haagse Kunstkring, werk verzameld, in 1977. On verso a portrait of Louis Couperus and on recto large Agave as described on the first page of De berg van licht (1905-1906): In een dicht bladergeheim van tuinen, stille van wind, lagen in het wijde park de tempelgebouwen verspreid, (...) waartegen, lichtovergoten van rijzende maand, reusachtige agaven opstaken hare zwaarden òf wit òf zwart, naar mate het maanlicht zijn glans veegde aan de lemmers dier bladeren, of dat zijzelve zich spietsten in schaduw en wègpriemden in nacht.
AND a small collection of other items, all related to Louis Couperus, i.a. a small bronze patinated resin bust by Loek BOS (inscribed and "16"); silver ring (10 copies) w. the head used on the frontcover of De Komedianten and a set of cufflinks (Galerie Guthschmidt, all in boxes).
= From the library of F. BASTET.
- Upper hinge strengthened w. scotch tape. = Gouda Quint 49.
Hofdijk, W.J. Helene. Ibid., Gebroeders Kraay, 1854, (6),229p., steelengr. frontisp. and 4 plates, engr. title, orig. gilt and blindst. cl., a.e.g. Kate, J.J.L. ten. In den bloemhof. Beelden en droomen. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, (1851), XII,147p., 10 handcol. lithogr. plates, orig. gilt and dec. cl., a.e.g.
- Spine-ends sl. worn. = Remarkable flowerplates, strongly inspired by Grandville.
Kloos, W. Verzen. Amst., W. Versluys, 1894, 1st ed., (6),262p., orig. giltlettered full vellum. - AND 18 other 19th cent. works of poetry and literature in 20 vols., i.a. C. VOSMAER, Vogels van diverse pluimage (Leyden, n.d., frontisp. and 18 plates after C. ROCHUSSEN, orig. pict. col. dec. cl., a.e.g., large 8vo), P.A. DE GÉNESTET, Eerste gedichten (Amst., 1878, later ed., num. ills. after i.a. C. ROCHUSSEN, orig. richly gilt and dec. cl., a.e.g., 4to) and IDEM, Nalezing - Leekedichtjens. Rijmen en dichten, zoo oude als nieuwe. (Ibid., 1879, later ed., num. ills. after i.a. C. ROCHUSSEN, orig. richly gilt and dec. cl., a.e.g., 4to).
82 1340 Deelder J Jules Deelder reading a poem on stage 
82 1341 Dragt T Lear E 
= From the library of Tonke Dragt, with an autograph annot. in pen and green ink by Dragt on verso of title-p. reading: "1e druk, met 2 correcties [signed]" (corrections in green ink on p.6 and p.8). WITH a loosely inserted card w. gibberish annotations on both sides (possibly by Tonke Dragt).
AND 35 English and Dutch books, mostly pockets, almost all literature (mainly fantasy/ science fiction), almost all with owner's entry of Tonke Dragt.
82 1342 Eeden F van 
82 1342 Eeden F van 
- Trifle foxed.
= Van Eeden expresses his pleasure at Mrs Pfannstiehl having met Mrs Laura Ward-Cole (responsible for the first English translation of De kleine Johannes in 1911) and hopes that the former will succeed in doing justice to a new translation.
Idem. De kleine Johannes. The Hague, Mouton & Co., 1929, 13th ed., (8),192p., lithogr. portrait by J. VETH, orig. pict. cl.
- Dedication ("13 [...] 1930. Voor mijn lief toekomstig vrouwtje") on first blank. Frontcover sl. foxed; backstrip sl. yellowed.
82 1343 Eeden F van 
- Some sl. occas foxing (first and last few lvs. worse); htitle and title sl. waterwrinkled. Binding partly sl. foxed.
Idem. Paul's ontwaken. Ibid., idem, 1914, 6th thous., 95p., frontisp. portr., orig. giltlettered cl.
- Some sl. foxing; owner's stamp on upper pastedown.
= With the owner's entry of HERMAN GORTER on first free endpaper and a pencil anot. by the same(?) on p.54.
Thoreau, H.D. Walden. Dutch transl. S. de Jongh van Damwoude. Bussum, C.J.W. Grentzebach, 1902, 1st ed., (8),379,(1)p., orig. clothbacked boards
- Sme sl. foxing; owner's entry Binding trifle worn and browned.
= Contains a preface by Frederik van Eeden and an introd. by W.H. Dircks. The backstrip w. "imprint Amsterdam/ J. Emmering".
AND 6 other first eds. in 7 vols. by (1 on) Frederik van Eeden, i.a. Het poortje of De duivel in Kruimelburg (1884, orig. wr.), Van de passielooze lelie (1901, orig. clothbacked boards), De nachtbruid (1909, orig. clothbacked dec. boards) and Sirius en Siderus (1912/ 1914, 2 vols., orig. unif. cl.).