1069 - 1683 FINE PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
= One of the 50 copies for trade.
Gelder, T. van and Veltman, M. Eye love books (Tentoonstelling kunstenaarskinderboeken). Introd. I. Middag. Amst., BIS/ exhib. cat. Stichting Weerdruk, 1997, 72p., 1 (of 2) loosely inserted large fold. plate, ills., design by R. KOLDEWIJN, printed in red and blue, orig. col. silkscreen wooden covers with handle, 4to.
- Lacks one loosely inserted plate. Otherwise fine.
AND 1 other: F. LASÈS, De Persvrijheid van Frans de Jong (N.pl. (Zaandam), 2008, loosely inserted CD-rom, orig. wr., sm. 8vo).
= "Waar kan ornament nog voor dienen, buitengesloten als zij zijn bij de hedendaagse opvattingen rondom typografie en boekdrukproductie? Vrijwel niemand gebruikt nog zulke versieringen. In onze drukkerij hebben wij een grote verzameling ornamenten. Ik besloot er huizen mee te maken; riante buitenplaatsen omgeven door bomen. Een complete proef van het ornamentmateriaal is het niet geworden. Foto's van de bomen zijn gemaakt door Rob Boonders en Martijn v.d. Griendt verzorgde de polymeer platen en het mapje." (from the colophon).
Idem. Achttien machinale aangezichten. Woubrugge, F. de Jong, 1982, (3) text lvs., leporello w. 18 col. cliché printed ills., printed in 80 copies, numb. and signed on the leporello and in the colophon, orig. cl. w. letterpress title-piece, obl. 8vo. Idem. Wat moet ik er mee-reeks. Amst., idem, 1994, 8 printed lvs. (printed on recto), orig. wr. - AND 2 others on FRANS DE JONG.
- Waterstain in centre spine, showing on both covers.
Borderwijk, F. Blokken. Amst., Bzztoh, 1980, (4),33,(2)p., col. ills. by F. DE JONG, printed in 350 numb. copies, signed by F. DE JONG, orig. cl. w. dustwr., obl. 8vo. - AND 11 (mostly sm.) others printed by the same.
- Fine copy. Endpapers partly yellowed/ sl. browned from offsetting. Sm. tear in uooer margin of glassine backwr., chip in lower margin of backwr., otherwise w. a few tiny tears and chips in outer margins and a few miniscule brown specks. Box thumbed, soiled and worn along outer edges, waterstained on spine.
= Our copy unnumbered but conforming to the specifics of the 29 Roman numb. copies in Slocum & Cahoon A43: bound in blue and gold cloth over boards, SIGNED by the author and his daughter Miss Lucia Joyce and printed on Simili Japon of Van Gelder Zonen. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXI.
- Edges sl. chafed; spine sunned; edges of slipcase worn and splitting. Contents fine.
Bohatta-Mopurgo, I. The Gnome's Almanack. Engl. trans. J. Head. Munich, Art Institutes "Ars Sacra" Joseph Mueller, 1931, (26)p., 12 col. plates and orig. boards w. mounted col. plate by the author.
- Hinges splitting; occas. sl. stained; owner's annot. on p. 13. = Fine edition. Rare.
AND 5 others, i.a. C. DICKENS, Sketches of young couples and gentlemen by "Boz" (London, (±1875), lithogr. plates, orig. gilt cl.).
- Some foxing. Binding sl. soiled; spine-ends rubbed.
Riege, R. Holzschnitte von Leben und Tod im Kriege. Berlin, F. Heyder, (1931), (5)p., woodcut title and 13 plates by R. RIEGE, orig. clothbacked limp boards w. dustwr., folio. - AND 6 others, i.a. H. VAN DEN EERENBEEMT, Malmstroem. Spiel in vier Aufzügen (Amst., n.d. (1922), plates by W. WIJNMAN, orig. gilt cl., folio) and R.J. BOJUNGA (introd.), Aus dem Tagebuch der Anne Frank (Frankf., n.d. (1975), printed in 300 numb. copies, orig. hcl.).
- Spine sl. dustsoiled.
= Printed on Perch paper. Peterson A32; Walsdorf 32. Peterson notes: "Morris said of Beowulf that it was "the first and the best poem of the English race, [with] no author but the people"." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXI.
- Pastedowns sl. browned; plates sl. browned/ discol. Backstrip loosening.
= Plates titled: Danse Orientale, Melancolie, Au Moulin Rouge, La Pluie, La Toilette and Le Réveil.
Cham (= A.C.H. de Noé). Paris la nuit. Paris, n.publ., n.d. (±1860), no pagination, num. (tinted) ills., orig. gilt and blindstamped cl., obl. 4to.
- Bookblock loose; trifle (finger)soiled. Corners and spine-ends trifle weak.
= The illustrations depict women in daily routines and 19th century entertainment such as carnival celebrations, nightclubs, ballroom dancings, ballet, opera houses etc.
= One of 35 copies bound in cloth and signed by the author.
Idem. Fiat Lux & Fiat Crux. N.pl., Tight End Press, 1994, printed in 24 numb. copies, orig. wr., folio. - AND ±35 other bibliophile publications by and on the same, i.a. De Warren-feestrede (Antw., 1983, 27 numb. and signed copies); Lichaam en geest (Bedum, 1984, printed in 100 copies (30), orig. wr. One of 30 Roman numb. and signed copies) and Moderne Museumdirecteuren (Amst., 1994, printed in 60 copies, orig. wr. Numb. and signed by the author). - AND WITH a small typewritten letter by JOHAN POLAK to GERRIT KOMRIJ, signed in pen and ink, dated "29 april 1978".
- Slipcase sl. (dust)soiled and vague waterstain at foot. Otherwise fine.
= One of 70 numb. DELUXE copies on Ossekop Antiek Druk (50), bound in giltlettered hcalf, in orig. cl. box, with an orig. numb. and signed aquatint etching by CHARLES HOFMAN; signed by the author and illustrator.
- Without slipcase.
= One of 70 numb. DELUXE copies on Ossekop Antiek Druk (50), bound in giltlettered hcalf, with an orig. numb. and signed aquatint etching by CHARLES HOFMAN; signed by the author and illustrator.
- Dustwr. (and binding at foot of spine) waterstained.
= One of 50 numb. copies, SIGNED by the author and artist, with an orig. etching and collage by J.B. MEINEN (28,5x16 cm., signed and "29/45 eigen druk" in pencil).
- Sm. stain on top of spine. = One of the 70 copies bound in cloth.
AND 8 others, i.a. C. NOOTEBOOM, Poezie (Amst., 1982, signed by the author, loose as issued in orig. blindst. wr.) and C. BAUDELAIRE, Katers. Transl. G. den Brabander (Utr., 2016, ills. by P. VAN HUGTEN, printed in 75 numb. copies, signed by the artist, orig. hmor., w. 4 extra suites of 4 plates, each signed and numb ''20/25'' in pencil, orig. envelope, together in slipcase).
- Fine copy. .
= One of 25 Roman numb. copies, bound in orig. cloth w. dustwr. with an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to Theo Sontrop and etching by the artist "Kluzaartje" (signed and numb.). Without the lithograph called for in the colophon.
Collodi, C. Pinokkio. Ibid., idem, 1977, 1st ed., 215,(1)p., ills. by W.D. KUIK.
= One of 90 clothbound w. dustwr. copies, numb. and signed by the artist, with a loosely inserted orig. etching, 18x14 cm., signed, numb. "75/90" and titled "Hommage à Gozzi" in pencil.
- This copy numb. "h.c. 38".
= With one (of 2) of the often lacking original lithographs by W.D. KUIK (31,3x19 cm., signed "William D. Kuik" and "29/200" in pencil).
- Binding trifle warped. A fine copy.
= The fourth publication of the Kunera Pers. The Ideal Book p.84 and ills. 74-75.
= The second publication of the Kunera Press. The Ideal Book p.84 and ills. 78-79.