1069 - 1683 FINE PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Bookblock broken; contents loose; owner's entry dated December 1923 on first free endpaper; lvs. sl. frayed along extremities. Covers sl. browned, stained/ soiled and worn along extremities; lacks backstrip.
= Pioneering Art Deco children's book, telling a Robin Crusoe-like tale of a boy's trip to the tropics and back. Monod 7055; not in Carteret.
- Bookblock partly broken. Wr. sl. sunned. = Monod 4809.
- Covers plasticized (as published?). = Nothing could be traced on the artist.
= Rare new year's publication for Drukkerij Meijer.
Elffers, D. Biljetletters. Amst., Biljet drukkerij Amsterdam, n.d. (1971), (48)p., typography and orig. wr. by D. ELFFERS, sq. 4to.
= Type specimen of the wooden types of the Biljetdrukkerij Amsterdam.
AND 1 other.
= One of a very small number (1?) of clothbound copies. This copy numb. "I", from the library of Jan Elburg.
Kouwenaar, G. Volledig volmaakte oneetbare perzik. Amst., Querido, 1978, 64p., orig. cl., 4to.
- Binding partly sl. faded.
AND 13 miscell. others, i.a. G. KOUWENAAR, Sinaia (Bloemendaal, 1964, tipped-in plates, loose as issued, orig. wr. Waterstained/ wrinkled); J.C. VAN SCHAGEN, Twaalf gedichten uit 'ik ga maar en ben' (Arnhem, 1984, typography by J. SCHROFER, orig. wr. With dedication "Voor de Elburgers" on colophon) and H. VERLEYEN (ed.), Paul Snoek getaaltekend (Brugge, 1987, (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to).
= One of 25 copies of the "Chique" edition, with 2 inserted (mixed media) graphic works by DIANNE BAKKER.
Alewijnse, A. Bloeitakjes. Ibid., idem, 2006, (54)p., col. ills. and design by the artist, printed in 500 copies (25), orig. boards, square 8vo.
= One of 25 numb. and signed DELUXE copies, with and ORIGINAL COLLAGE on the frontcover and a sm. booklet w. ORIGINAL COLLAGES loose in rear pocket, all by ANNELIES ALEWIJNSE.
= One of 75 DELUXE COPIES in orig. limp board box, w. loosely inserted ORIGINAL DRAWING WITH COLLAGE by T. HOOGHIEMSTRA, monogrammed and "29/75" in pencil.
Jellema, C.O. Herinnerd Ostia. Ibid., idem, 1998, (11)p., 3 tipped-in col. plates by MARTIN TISSING, printed in 500 numb. copies, signed by the author and artist, orig. wr. w. mounted col. plate, narrow 4to.
= With 3 loosely inserted cards, each w. a fragment of the poem and a col. ill. of one of the plates.
AND 10 others published by the same, i.a. C. BAUDELAIRE, Tableaux parisiens. Parijse taferelen./ Le voyage. De reis. Dutch transl. P. Hoosemans (1991/ 1993, 2 vols., resp. printed in 350 (100) and 100 numb. copies, both signed by the translator, orig. felt over boards/ orig. boards w. dustwr., large 8vo/ 8vo, both in orig. board box. The first work a deluxe copy w. tipped-in signed col. lithogr. frontisp. by M. TISSING; the second work box sl. stained).
= One of 100 copies signed on contents leaf by all authors and artists, in orig. silverlettered board box.
Baudelaire, C. Tableaux parisiens. Parijse taferelen. Dutch transl. P. Hoosemans. Ibid., idem, 1991, 61,(2)p., printed in 350 numb. copies (100), orig. felt over boards w. dustwr., large 8vo.
= One of 100 copies signed below the pref. by the translator, w. tipped-in col. lithogr. frontsp. by M. TISSING, signed in pencil below, in orig. giltlettered board box.
Idem. Le voyage. De reis. Dutch transl. P. Hoosemans. Ibid., idem, 1993, 29,(2)p., printed in 100 numb. copies signed by the translator, orig. boards w. dustwr. des. by H. ROOS, signed on lower flap, in orig. giltlettered board box, 8vo.
= One of 100 DELUXE copies bound in velvet, with loosely inserted offset print signed "Rozenman" and "24/100" on verso, kept in a clay 'model' with the glazed artist's handprint and stamped "24-100", made from the same material as that used for casting a bronze sculpture.
= Deluxe edition. "Eeuwfeestuitgave van Bijenkorf Beheer NV".
Deluy, H. Titr' animal 12. The Hague, the author and artist, 1951, linocut plates and orig. wr. by H. DISBERG, printed in 100 copies, signed by the artist. Schierbeek, B. Het bloed stroomt door. Amst., De Bezige Bij, 1954, 1st ed., (16)p., 10 full-p. ills. and orig. wr. by KAREL APPEL.
- Wrappers partly waterstained.
= Slagter 39. With the fold. blue paper leaf w. French translation and 2 ills. by KAREL APPEL loosely inserted. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION and SHORT POEM on title by the author.
AND 5 others, i.a. A. BONTRIDDER, Dood hout (Amst., n.d. (1951), ills. and orig. wr. by CORNEILLE) and B. SCHIERBEEK, Gezicht van de wereld (Zwolle, 1987, col. ills. by J. DIEDEREN, printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. wr.).
= Published as a New Year's gift by Meijer's Boek- en Handelsdrukkerij, as an example of the latest achievements in printing industry.
= Eliance-reeks 19.
= Eliance-reeks 30 (last publication of the series).
Gerhardt, I.G.M. Uit de eerste hand. Amst., idem, 1975, 22,(1)p., printed on grey Ingres in 100 numb. copies, orig. wr.
= "Uit de eerste hand (...) werd door de dichteres zelf samengesteld en verscheen ter gelegenheid van haar zeventigste verjaardag (...)." [colophon].
Achterberg, G. Zestien kwatrijnen. (Zandvoort), idem, (1968), (22)p., printed in 40 numb. copies, orig. wr.
= Eliance-reeks 5.
AND 4 others by the same press, i.a. A. ROLAND HOLST, Het verbeurde lot (1972, 50 numb. copies, orig. wr.) and C.J. KELK, De man van Kos (1971, 50 numb. copies, orig. wr.).
= A complete set of the original linocuts used for the illustrations of the 2nd edition of Lijmen, publ. by the Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam, in 1932. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIX.
= Centum Nec Plura I. Van Laar 140.
Idem. Sine nomine. (Utr.), De Gemeenschap, 1930, 1st ed., 49,(5)p., printed by C. NYPELS, orig. cl. w. (yellowed) dustwr., 4to. Perron, E. du. Blocnote klein formaat. The Hague, L.J.C. Boucher, 1936, 1st ed., 164,(2)p., printed in 615 copies (15).
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper in pen and ink.
= One of 15 Roman numb. copies on Pannekoek Antiqua, bound in giltlettered buckram w. dustwr., t.e.g. This copy numb. "HC II". Folemprise VIII.
AND 7 others from the Folemprise series (i.a. nos. 6, 7, 8 and 10).
- A fine copy, the vulnerable vellum paper wr. sl. yellowed and w. only a few tiny worn spots at extremities.
= Stols p.13.
Woestijne, K. van de. Gedichten (...) uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van zijn Vijftigsten Verjaardag op 10 Maart 1928. Haarlem, J. Enschedé en Zonen, 1928, 63,(7)p., printed in 150 copies (135), typography J. VAN KRIMPEN, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 4to.
- Upper hinge starting. = One of 135 copies printed on Hollandsch.
Nijlen, J. van. Gedichten, gekozen (...) en uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van zijn vijftigsten verjaardag. Ibid., idem, 1934, 105,(7)p., printed in 125 copies (110), typography J. VAN KRIMPEN, orig. gilt cl., t.e.g.
- Free endpapers browned. = One of 110 copies printed on Hollandsch.
Nijhoff, M. De pen op papier. Gevolgd door een vertaling van Lafontaine's fabel De twee duiven. Ibid., idem, 1927, 1st ed., 29,(1)p., printed in 150 copies, orig. clothbacked boards, 4to. Schröder, R.A. Audax omnia perpeti. Ibid., idem, 1919, 51,(1)p., printed in 150 copies, orig. wr.
- Bookplate on free endpaper. Upper joint splitting at spine-ends; wr. sl. browned along edges.
AND ±30 other vols., all printed by Joh. Enschedé & Zonen, all in orig. wr./ cl., all but one 8vo.
- Bookplate of W.J. Vroom on first free endpaper. Binding sl. discolored.
= Braches 1673; Cat. Ned. Boek 32.
Greshoff, J. De Wieken van den Molen. Een Bundel Samenspraken over den Lach, de Deugd, den huwelijkschen Staat, de Vrijheid, de Beperking, de Baat, de Jongelingen, het Geld, de Critiek, en over het Nieuwe. Introd. J. van Nijlen. Haarlem, J. Enschedé en Zonen, 1927, 1st ed., 62,(2)p., printed in black and red in 150 copies, orig. clothbacked boards. Werumeus Buning, J.W.F. Afscheid (Epiloog In Memoriam), Triomf van den dood en andere gedichten. Ibid., idem, 1929, 1st ed., 29,(3)p., printed in red and black in 115 copies (100), orig. gilt cl. Bloem, J.C. Media vita. Ibid., idem, 1931, 1st ed., 29,(3)p., orig. gilt cl., t.e.g. - AND 12 others, all published/ printed by J. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN, all but 2 in orig. gilt cl.
= The work presents a large number of words from the English language identified as heteronyms: two or even more words with the same spelling but different pronunciation and different meaning.
- Spine-ends trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine.
AND 1 other: J. CARELMAN, Petit Supplement à l'Encyclopédie de Diderot & D'Alembert (Paris, 1976, num. plates, orig. dec. cl. w. wrap around band, folio. Lower corners rubbed/ sl.worn).