920 - 1068 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES AND TOYS)
- Flaps loose on one side. Vertical fold in backcover; wr. w. a few rubbed spots.
= Rare porte-brisée book in the shape of a theater with flaps that can be turned over, altering each scene, until arriving at the final scene of the story of Robinson Crusoë. The versos of each flap show the theater boxes. Dutch adaptation of the English edition by Dean & son.
- A few tears in wr. (incl. one large tear in the final scene).
= Rare porte-brisée book in the shape of a theater with flaps that can be turned over, altering each scene, until arriving at the final scene of the story of Beauty and the beast. The versos of each flap show the theater boxes. Dutch adaptation of the English edition by Dean & son.
= Huiskamp M333; The Children's World of Learning 975.
Glatz, J. Zedeboekje voor de vroege jeugd van beide seksen. Ibid., Schalekamp & van de Grampel, 1830, VI,92p., engr. title and 2 plates, orig. printed boards.
- Bookblock shaken.
AND 1 other: De zoogdieren, vogelen en visschen (Amst., 1835-1836, 3 parts in 1 vol., 3 woodcut frontisp., num. woodcut engr. ills., contemp. boards).
= i.a. De geesel van Allah; Bevel van Mr. Lee!; Afspraak met de dood; De Weg naar de Hel..!; Marihuana; Machine-gun Kelly; Staatsvijand No. 1; Dood Spoor; Ratten van East River en De duivel schaakmat.
ADDED: 8 others similar, i.a. F. HOBAR, Duizend dollar.. dood of levend.. (The Hague, n.d., orig. wr. w. dustwr.); L. CHARTERIS, De Saint in New York (Utr., n.d. (±1942), orig. boards w. dustwr.) and 5 works by J. MORAN.
- Leporello loose and w. paper strengthening on verso at upper end of folds. Covers sl. rubbed along margins. Fine copy.
= Very rare, no copy traced. Einar Nerman (1888-1983), best known as designer of the Solstickan matchbox. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXI.
- All sl. yellowed and sl. brittle along edges.
= Waller 16; The Children's World of Learning 26; not in Landwehr, Prentgeschenk.
WITH 3 other children's books in plano (one set of plano's incomplete): HET LEVEN VAN JEZUS TIJDENS ZIJNE OMWANDELING OP AARDE. GESCHENKJES VOOR LIEVE KINDEREN. Derde stukje (Ibid., idem, 1873, 13 copies in plano, woodcut ills.) and BIJBELSCHE TAFEREELEN VOOR LIEVE KINDEREN (Tweede stukje (2 copies)/ Vierde stukje (1 copy)/ Vijfde stukje (7 copies)/ Zesde stukje (4 copies)/ Zevende stukje (62 copies)/ Negende stukje (6 copies)/ Elfde stukje (20 copies) (Amst., F.G.L. Holst (2e-6e stukje)/ Amst., G. van der Linden (7e-11e stukje), 1859-1867, woodcut ills. Tweede stukje sl. waterstained in margin).
= Rare. Not referable to us.. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XX.
- Pagination after prel. pages starts w. p.3, but apparently complete. Partly (water)stained in lower blank margin, not affecting text; bookblock widening; contemp. owner's entry ("D.J.M. Wüstenhoff 1854") on first free endpaper. Binding sl. worn.= Huiskamp N256 or N257.
- Two leaves w. vague fold; 2 leaves w. sm. inkstain; hinges weakening. Rebacked w. cloth; binding sl. worn along extremities.
- Bookblock and quires loose(ning); occas. sl. soiled. Binding worn.
= First Dutch adaptation of Paul ou l'Application, published in Paris, 1819 (cf. Gumuchian 2018). Huiskamp P13; Ki.la.ki.le. 384; coll. Caljé-van Gulik 197; Van Veen Sale II, 369; Scheepers II, 176 (ed. 1831); The Children's World of Learning 990: "Beautifully illustrated children's book, freely adapted from the French. It contains the account of a poor but diligent boy who learns to paint and ends up winning the first prize at the Academy in Paris. The beautiful plates depict Paul's career (...)."
- Slightly foxed throughout; first ±10 lvs. marginally waterst.; lower hinge splitting at top. Lacks backstrip; corners showing.
- Frontcover vol. 3 sl. foxed. = Good, complete set.
(Wapens en vlaggen). Series of 71 (of 72) chromolithogr. album plates, each ±7x4 cm., publ. by various companies, i.a. Neelmeijer & Co. (Apeldoorn) and Kraepelien & Holm (Zeist), n.d. (±1910), verso w. printed text.
- Wihout the album; lacks the plate of Burma. Lower margin (w. the firm name) of some plates cut off; a few plates w. rubbed spot in margin.
= Rare.
- Sl. worn along extremities.
= Cards of famous military and political personalities of the time, actors and actresses and dogs.
- Wrappers of first and last vol. sl. foxed/ soiled. = Complete set, comprising vol.1-9 and the "Slotalbum".
- Contents loose(ning). Sl. worn along extremities.
Guilmot, F. Kattendorp. Dutch adapt. by ?. Amst., S.L. van Looy, n.d. (±1909), (4),85p., 9 col. plates, ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by B. RABIER, folio.
- Sl. foxed. Covers sl. (finger)soiled.
AND 9 others, i.a. L'ONCLE HANSI, Mon Village (Paris, n.d. (1913), 1st ed., (full-p.) col. ills. and orig. gilt and pict. cl. by the author), MOREAU-VAUTHIER, Tur-lu-ri ((Paris, ±1900), col. lithogr. ills. by GUGU, orig. dec. hcl., obl. folio) and VAN HICHTUM (adapt.), Kleine Polly uit het Jan-Klaassenspel (Alkmaar, (1926), col. plates/ ills. by J. ORR, orig. clothbacked boards w. mounted col. plate, obl. 8vo).
- Trifle foxed, endpapers and blanks sl. worse. Binding trifle worn along extremites. Good/ fine copy.
= Wegehaupt II, 39; Seebaß 1632: "Erstausgabe dieses sehr beliebten Bilderbuchs".
- Occas. sl. fingersoiled. Rebound w. modern backcover and backstrip and w. modern pastedowns; frontcover w. old pencil scratching.
= Comprises: ENGEL, De gouden blaren ((12)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by WYSCHNEWETSKI and FRADKIN); O. GOERJAN, Het vrolijke onweer (16,(2)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by POKROWSKI); N.N. KOEPREJANOW, Dieren in den winter (9)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by AFANASJEW).
AND 1 other: I. HALBERTSMA-VAN REGTEREN ALTENA, Van een wit negertje (Amst., 1929, tinted ills. and orig. pict. boards by J. BAS BACKER, obl. 8vo. Disbound; lacks title-p. Rare).
- Upper hinge split and repaired; lower hinge weak; occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned. Binding worn/ soiled; spine-ends dam.
- Binding trifle scratched. Otherwise fine.
Idem. Max en Maurits. Een jongenshistorie in zeven streken. Alkm., Gebr. Kluitman, n.d. (1922), 56p., col. ills., orig. boards.
- Lower joint split; backstrip loosening.
Idem. De Jobsiade. Amst., T. van Holkema, n.d. (±1900), 2nd ed., (2),135p., ills., orig. gilt cl. - AND 11 others, i.a. F. SCHLUMP and W. BUSCH, Schnabernack und Lumpenpack (Munich/ Leipsic, 1913, ills., orig. wr.); W. BUSCH, Der hastige Rausch (Munich, n.d. (±1900), ills., orig. boards, obl. 8vo) and H. HOFFMANN, Im Himmel und auf der Erde (Freiburg im Breisgau, n.d. (±1950), col. ills., orig. hcl.). - WITH: a Max und Moritz baby rattle.
- Trifle foxed. Outer corners dam./ chipped.
= Rühle 613 (dating the work ±1900): "Relativ milde Prosa-Einzel-Struwwelpetriade mit gutem Ende in Nachfolge zur Struwwelliese." Lust en Leering p.441f.