920 - 1068 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES AND TOYS)
- First 4 textlvs. after title-p. waterstained in inner (blank) margin; occas. trifle foxed, first frontisp. sl. worse, trifle offsetting on title-p.; endpapers w. brown offsetting; bookplate on upper pastedown; hinges sl. weak. Binding rubbed; joints split(ting).
= Rare Dutch translation of Beautés de l'histoire des voyages les plus fameux, published in 1821. Huiskamp M10. Lemaire is especially known for his Robinsonades. "Het tegenwoordige werkje, zal, vertrouwen wij, onder de menigvuldige leesboeken, welke voor de jeugd reeds vervaardigd zijn, eene goede plaats innemen (...). Hetzelve bevat toch al het belangrijke uit de reizen van Afrika, Azië en Amerika, in de poollanden, en op de onderscheidene zeeën." ("Voorbericht").
- Waterstained; most plates loose(ning). Lacks backstrip..
= With manuscript dedication tipped-in (loosening) on htitle: "Wegens betoonde vlijt ter aanmoediging geschonken aan Johannes Luijdjens bij het examen, gehouden den 14 Julij 1853". Rare.
- Occas. owner's annots.; both vols. 1 quire loose.
Dam, J. van (ed.). Van den vos Reinaerde. Lochem, De Tijdstroom, n.d. (±1940), 127,(1)p., woodcut ills. by A.S. HENDRIKS, orig. pict. hcl. w. dustwr., 4to.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Dustwr. dam.
AND 6 others.
- Final two vols. w. the following sm. defects: occas. sl. foxed, owner's stamps/ entry on 1st free endpaper and/ or htitle and w. upper endpaper sl. foxed and spine-ends (sl.) worn.
= Comprises: De Geschiedenis van Dr. Dolittle; De Woonwagen van Dr. Dolittle; De Zeereizen van Dr. Dolittle; De Tuin van Dr. Dolittle; Dr. Dolittle op de Maan; Het Circus van Dr. Dolittle; Het Postkantoor van Dr. Dolittle.
- Most vols. sl. foxed; occas sl. browned; a few vols. w. owner's entries on endpaper/ htitle/ title. Bindings occas. sl. rubbed, overall in good condition.
- Good/ fine copy. = Nicely illustrated picture book in Hoytema-style. De Bodt/ Kapelle p.44 and 101.
Blaauw, H. 't Is lang geleden. Alkmaar, Gebr. Kluitman, 1919, 32p., silhouette ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by N. SPOOR, 4to.
- Spine browned; backcover stained.
AND 4 others, i.a. P.A.E. OOSTERHOFF, Reinaart de Vos (Bussum, n.d., ills. and orig. hcl. by W. HESKES, obl. sm. 4to. A few ills. crudely handcol. Rebacked).
- Sl. soiled: sellotape stains from former repairs at inner margins. Covers loose. Sold w.a.f.
Garage. N.pl., n.publ. (London, Bancroft & co.), n.d. (±1960), (8)p., each w. pop-up plate (carousel book), orig. ringbound wr.
- Sl. soiled (incl. covers). Sl. rubbed along extremities.
AND 10 others (mainly leporello's and carousel books), all w. English text (2x in mediocre condition), i.a. IN HET CIRCUS (Amst., 1988, carousel book, orig. boards w. ties, shaped like a circus tent); P. STEEN, Olle en het varken (Amst., n.d. (±1970), col. ills., orig pict. wr., large 8vo); JUMBO IN SPEELGOEDSTAD/ SNEEUWWITJE EN DE ZEVEN DWERGEN/ DE GELAARSE KAT (n.pl., n.d. (±1980), 3 vols., leporello, orig. wr.) and POPPENHUIS (n.pl., n.d. (±1980), carouselbook, orig. ringbound wr.).
- Binding sl. soiled/ rubbed along extremities; sm. annot. on backcover.
White, D. The 3 Little Shops./ The Toy Bungalow. / The Toy Circus./ The Toy Soldier. London, Purnell and Sons, n.d. (±1950), 4 vols., each w. pop-up plate and cut-out figures in backcover, orig. pict. wr., obl. 8vo.
- Lacks one cut-out figure. All vols. covers trifle soiled.
AND 4 others similar, all w. English text, i.a. DOLLY GOES ROUND THE WORLD. A DIFFERENT COSTUME ON EVERY PAGE (ibid., n.d. ±1960, each page (incl. frontcover) w. hole showing face on lower pastedown, orig. pict. boards) and D. WHITE, A play with me Book. Capt. Tar and the Three Little Princesses (ibid., n.d. (±1960), plates w. movable parts, orig. pict. boards, large 8vo).
- Sm. paper ticket on upper pastedown; one plate partly loose; a few plates sl. creased w. a few sm. tears. Covers sl. scratched; corners sl. bumped.
Grodprinsen. Stockholm, Parnass Förlag, 1968, 8 pop-up plates w. movable parts w. Swedish captions and contemp. clothbacked boards by V. KUBASTA, obl. 8vo.
- Final plate loose from lower pastedown and sl. dam.; sl. soiled. Covers sl. soiled/ rubbed.
AND 10 others, all (but two) w. movable and/ or pop-up plates, French and German text, i.a. S. HARZDORF, Husch-husch-husch, die Eisenbahn! (Mainz, J. Scholz, n.d. (±1940), leporello, orig. clothbacked boards, obl. 8vo); DER TÜCHTIGE PETER (n.pl., n.d. (±1950), w. movable parts, orig. clothbacked boards, obl. 8vo) and E.J. DREANY, Les Cowboys (New York, 1952, pop-up plates, orig. ringbound covers, obl. 8vo).
- Third vol. two lvs. loose. All vols. wr. sl. foxed.
= Complete series: Le avventure di Scimmiottino; Il brutto anatroccolo; Fratello e sorellina; Pollicina; Fiocchin di Neve and Le birichinate di Micetto.
Collana Scenari. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1960), 4 (of 6) vols., each w. 2 col. double-p. pop-up plates and num. col. ills. by i.a. MUSCHI, orig. unif. pict. wr., sq. 4to.
- All vols. wr. sl. foxed/ discol.
= Comprises: no. 1. Biancaneve; no. 3. Capuccetto Rosso; no. 4. Il gatto con gli stivali and no. 6. La casetta di cioccolata.
- Sl. foxed; two lvs. loose; owner's dedication on verso first free endpaper; upper hinge weak. Covers sl. soiled; rubbed along extremities.
L'Histoire de Pinocchio, animée. Paris, Editions de Varenne, 1950, 15,(1)p., 2 col. pop-up plates, ills. and orig. pict. boards by H. MERCIER, large 8vo.
- Covers sl. soiled/ rubbed.
AND 6 other modern editions w. pop-up plates of Pinocchio.
- Trifle foxed. Covers (sl.) dam.
Zaal, H. van der. Paultje. Breda/ Brussels, Lito N.V., n.d. (±1960), 8 col. plates (incl. wr.), 7 w. two cut-out holes for eyes which are attached to the lower pastedown, ribbed plastic eyes giving the effect of moving eyes when turned, narrow 8vo.
- Sl. soiled; some brown stains; w. pinhole in upper part. Covers soiled w. a few rubbed spots.
AND 5 others, all with movable eyes, i.a. C. DOORENBOS, Mijn autoboek (Amst., n.d. (±1960), col. ills., orig. wr., obl. 4to) and J. DEEN, Vrolijke vliegtuigen (ibid., n.d. (±1974), col. ills., orig. clothbacked boards, large 8vo).
- Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Nice children's book, in which each rhyme of Doorenbos is presented with an anthropomorphic image, such as a cats fishing, cleaning and gardening and a dog reading the newspaper.
Idem. Teddy. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1954), (10)p., col. ills. (4x full-p.), w. movable fold out legs and head on final pastedown, orig. pict. limp boards, sq. 8vo.
- Trifle soiled. Covers sl. rubbed along extremities.
AND 3 others, i.a. ERNST (ibid., n.d. (±1954), col. ills. by V. GROEN, w. movable fold out legs and head on final pastedown, orig. pict. limp boards, sq. 8vo) and C. W. ZIJLSTRA-VAN DIJK, Sesamstraat (ibid., 1987, col. ills. by C. VOGES, each leaf and frontcover w. two cut-out holes for the glow in the dark eyes which are attached to the lower pastedown, orig. hcl., large 8vo).
= Facs. reprint of the edition Schiedam, 1856.
- Wr. sl. creased; owner's entry on both covers. = Rare.
(Boost, W.). De gelaarsde kat. Sprookjes-theater. Amst., Helios, n.d. (±1955), 5 double-p. pop-up plates and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by WIM BOOST.
- Sl. foxed/ (water)stained; plates w. a few creased parts. Covers sl. discol.; backcover w. dam. spot.
AND 5 others (3x w. pop-up plates), in Dutch, English, Italian and Spanish, i.a. T. YOKOYAMA, Best of 3D Books (1989, n.pl. (Tokyo), num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. wr., 4to) and PEDRIN Y LA CASA DE FIERAS (Barcelona, 1952, (full-p.) ills., 1 col. pop-up plate, orig. pict. boards, sm. 4to).
- Spine sl. discol. = Facs. reprint of the ed. 1883.
AND ±25 others similar w. pop-up and/ or movable ills., all w. Dutch text and in good condition, i.a. J. PIENKOWSKI, Het Spookhuis (Amst., 1980, pop-up plates, orig. boards, narrow 4to); ALADIN EN DE WONDERLAMP (Bussum, 1979, pop-up plates, orig. pict. boards, sq. 8vo); E. TATCHEVA, Zelda de heks is jarig en boosaardig (Amst., 1999, pop-up plates, orig. pict. boards, 4to); K. MOSELEY, Het Victoriaanse Poppenhuis (Cologne, 1999, carousel book, obl. folio); P. FORT, Donderdag (Bloemendaal, 1992, relief ills., orig. ringbound wr.) and R. VAN DER MEER, Gefeliciteerd kleine muis! (Cologne, 1997, pop-up plates, orig. pict. boards, obl. 4to).