1 - 181 CHILDREN'S BOOKS, CATCHPENNY PRINTS, COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES AND TOYS
- Wr. frayed and rather heavily foxed.
= Unrecorded A.B. book with clear cut and brightly coloured large woodengr. illustrations of i.a. D for "Drijftol", J for "Juk", K for "Klomp" and S for "Schoen".
- Good/ fine copy.
- Backstrip and board edges rubbed and sl. worn; covers trifle warped.
= A is een aapje p.123. Rhyming advice for children on how to prevent dental decay.
- Piece of paper mounted on title, covering a paper ticket. Paper over spine partly worn off.
= A is een Aapje p.60-66; Landwehr, Prentgeschenk 5c: "De tendens is patriottisch - dus tegen Oranje - en het tweede gedeelte geeft vrijmetselaars-ideeën, goed versluierd overigens."; Caljé-van Gulik 292; De Koning 20; Waller 1639; Muller 1012; De hele Bibelebontse Berg, p.200-203; The Children's World of Learning 87: "Famous A B C book, as well for the special care given to its composition and production, as also for its Patriotic, i.c. revolutionary democratic, tendency. (...) Today the book easily belongs to the most interesting early A B C books, but at the time it only knew a short-lived popularity, as the Dutch Patriotic Revolution was completely defeated in 1787, only a few years before the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, and never really recovered."; BNK 38: "Wat Swildens voor ogen stond was een geïntegreerd leer- en leesboek in verlicht patriottische geest dat het oude, confessioneel gebonden haneboek geheel zou vervangen."
- Boards worn; ticket on frontcover. Fine copy.
= Huiskamp A78; Van Veen sale II, 58. Very rare.
- Fine copies.
= Being the Adventures of Hungry Peter, the Pig; Rufus, the Cat; Humpty & Dumpty, the Rabbits and Forager, the Puppy.
- First 3 vols. fine; final vol. sm. dam. to lower joint; contents fine.
= BNK 1641 (year 1787) en 1642 (year 1790). Very rare almanacs. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- First and final lvs. sl. frayed/ foxed. Wrs. reattached. = Not in the usual bibliographies.
- Owner's entry on title; 1 leaf dam. in lower inner corner w. sl. loss of text (restored). Top of spine dam.; joints splitting at top of spine.
= Cf. The Children's World of Learning 2850 and Huiskamp P183 (1st ed., 1817).
- Ticket in upper outer corner of frontwr. and both lower corners cut off. Backwr. cracked. = Rare.
Sint Nikolaas en zijn Knecht. Amst., J. Vlieger, n.d. (1910), (10)p. (col.) ills. and orig. pict. wr. by L. LANDRÉ (fine). - AND 8 others, i.a. A. DES TILLEULS, Mr & Mme Croquemitaine (Paris, n.d. (±1870), 15 handcol. woodengr. ills. and orig. handcol. wr. by BERTALL. Mediocre/ loosening copy of this horror story for children).
- Both sl. dustsoiled in outer margins wrappers. Otherwise good/ fine copies.
AND 2 others similar.
- Hinges weak; trifle foxed. Corners worn.
= Wegehaupt II, p.370; Bilderwelt 434; Seebaß 248; Seebaß II, no.222. "Ein der reizendsten und phantasievollsten Kinderbücher des ausgeh. 19. Jahrhundert. Sehr selten." (Seebaß).
Von Hasen und Hasenkindern. Esslingen a.N./ Munich, J.F. Schreiber, 1938, 4 col. pop-up plates, orig. clothbacked pict. boards.
= Schreibers Stehauf-Bilderbücher No. 323.
AND 3 others, i.a. H. KÜRTH, Lustiges Spielzeug aus Kinderhand (Weimar, (1949), col. ills., orig. clothbacked boards, obl. 8vo).
- With ms. prize on first free endpaper; sl. foxed. Cloth sl. worn. = Rare.
La Fontaine, J. de. Keur van fabelen. Ed. Fiore della Neve. Amst., S. Warendorf, n.d. (±1915), title-p. and 20 leaves w. col. ills. by i.a. G. GÉLIBERT, JOB and G. FRAIPONT, letterpress text, orig. giltlettered and blindst. cl., folio.
- Bookblock loose; plates sl. foxed; 1 plate sl. dam. in (blank) margin. Cloth sl. worn/ stained.
AND 3 sm. schoolbooks.
- Fine copy. = Bilderwelt 2611; Gumuchian 888. Nice illustrations.
Berlaer, J. Les Images. Brussels, K. Dickinson, 1912, 60p., scores, ills., bookdec. and orig. clothbacked dec. boards by CONSTANT VAN OFFEL, 4to.
= Printed in a limited numb. edition, monogrammed by the author.
AND 7 other children's songbooks in 8 vols., i.a. J. WORP, De zingende kinderwereld. Kinderliedjes voor een of twee stemmen met piano-begeleiding (Gron., n.d. (1907), col. lithogr. plates and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by C. JETSES, scores, obl. 4to) and T. GODE-POSTMA, Trippel, Trappel en andere aardige kinderversjes. Muziek van Ben Geysel (Leyden, n.d. (1925), col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by A. VLAANDEREN, sm. folio).
- Lower corners trifle fingersoiled; hinges weakening slightly. Covers trifle fingersoiled. = Monod 1826.
AND 2 others illustrated by the same: another copy of the above bound in cream cl., and A. FRANCE, Nos enfants (Paris, n.d., ills., orig. clothbacked pict. boards, 4to).
- Sm. stamp on title. Covers (sl.) dampstained. = Vicaire II, p.228.
Mars (= M.C. Bonvoisin). Nos chéris. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1886), 47p., num. col. lithogr. ills., orig. pict. cl. Idem. Friends & playmates. London etc., G. Routledge, n.d. (±1885), 47,(1)p., num. col. lithogr. ills., orig. pict. cl. Pijper, W. Vieilles Chansons de France. Utr., W. de Haan, n.d., (19)p., scores, 8 mounted col. plates and orig. wr. w. 2 mounted col. plates by R. CRAMER, 4to.
- Owner's entry on verso frontwr. Lacks silk tie on spine.
AND 3 others, i.a. Noëls de France.
- Fine copy.
= Rare children's book on Fridtjof Nansen's 1893-1896 polar expedition with the Fram. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- Spine newly stitched.
= Not in cat. The Children's World of Learning; not in cat. Ki.la.ki.le. Rare. Only 1 copy traced.
- Library stamp on title-p. Spine-ends dustwr. sl. chipped.
= Nikkertjes-serie, no.5. Fine example of different ethics in children's literature of previous times. Rare.