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80 422 Rostand E 80 422 Rostand E
80/ 422 Rostand, E. Oeuvres complètes. Paris, P. Lafitte et Cie., n.d. (1910-1911), 5 vols., col. plates, num. (full-p.) ills., contemp. unif. polished calf, triple gilt fillet lines around borders on both covers, gilt spine w. raised bands and 2 red mor. letterpieces, orig. frontwr. pres., 4to.

- Fine set.

= Comprises: 1. L'aiglon; 2. Chantecler; 3. Cyrano de Bergerac; 4. La princesse lontaine./ La Samaritaine; 5. Les Musardises./ Le bois sacrée./ Les Romanesques.

€ (50-70) 80
80 423 Roth H 80 423 Roth H
80/ 423 Roth, H. From Bondage./ Requiem for Harlem. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1996/ 1998, 1st eds., 2 vols., (18),397; (12),291p., orig. unif. clothbacked boards w. dustwr. Keneally, Th. Schindler's Ark. London etc., Hodder and Stoughton, 1982, 1st Engl. ed., 432p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Owner's entry on title-p. and stamp on upper pastedown.

Powers, R. Operation Wandering Soul. New York, William Morrow and Comp., 1993, 1st ed., 352p., orig. clothbacked boards w. dustwr. - AND 5 others, all 1st American eds., all in orig. hardcover w. dustwr., all fine: A. PROULX, The Shipping News (New York, 1993); C. JOHNSON, Middle Passage (ibid., 1990); D. DELILLO, Underworld (New York, 1997); J. ELLROY, My Dark Places (ibid., 1996. SIGNED copy) and N. CAGE, A Place for Us (Boston, 1989).

€ (60-80) 60
80 424 Roth P 80 424 Roth P
80/ 424 Roth, P. Lot of 11 first English editions, and one Am. 1st ed., all in orig. boards w. dustwr., all but 2 fine: Sabbath's Theater (Boston/ New York, 1995); When She Was Good (London, 1967); The Professor of Desire (ibid., 1978); The Ghost Writer (ibid., 1979. Owner's entry on title-p. and bookplate and stamp on upper pastedown); The Counterlife (ibid., 1987); The Facts (ibid., 1989. Price-clipped); Deception (ibid., 1990); Operation Shylock (ibid., 1993. Bookplate on upper pastedown); American Pastoral (London, 1997); I Married a Communist (ibid., 1998); The Human Stain (ibid., 2000) and Nemesis (ibid., 2010).
€ (50-70)
80/425 Die Sammlung Literarische Monatsschrift unter dem Patronat von André Gide Aldous Huxley Heinrich Mann Ed K Mann 80/425 Die Sammlung Literarische Monatsschrift unter dem Patronat von André Gide Aldous Huxley Heinrich Mann Ed K Mann
80/ 425 Die Sammlung. Literarische Monatsschrift unter dem Patronat von André Gide - Aldous Huxley - Heinrich Mann. Ed. K. Mann. Munich, Rogner & Bernhard, 1986, 2 vols., XIII,(9),676; (12),735,(72)p., orig. unif. giltlettered cl., large 8vo.

= Facsimile reprint of the most important exil periodical, published for 2 years (1934/ 1935) by Querido, Amsterdam.

Kolbe, J. Heller Zauber. Thomas Mann in München 1894-1933. Berlin, Siedler, 1987, 2nd ed., 440p., num. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sm. folio. Schwilk, H. Ernst Jünger. Ein Jahrhundertleben. Die Biografie. Munich/ Zürich, Piper, 2007, 623,(1)p., ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND 3 others in 4 vols., i.a. J.W. GOETHE, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Kilchberg, 1983, 2 vols., ills. by F. HOFFMANN, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo).

€ (40-60)
80 426 Sterne L 80 426 Sterne L
80/ 426 Sterne, L. Lor. Sterne's, oder Yoricks Briefwechsel mit Elisen und seinen übrigen Freunden. Leipsic, Weidman's heirs, 1775, XXIV,184p., woodengr. title-vignette, early 19th cent. hcl., sm. 8vo.

- Yellowed thoughout; a few scattered stains.

ADDED: G.A. BÜRGER, Gedichte (Frankf./ Leipsic, 1792, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. hcalf. Paper brittle/ occas. frayed in outer margin; binding worn).

€ (100-150)
80/427 De tuin van de Franse poëzie Een canon in honderd gedichten Ed and Dutch transl P Claes 80/427 De tuin van de Franse poëzie Een canon in honderd gedichten Ed and Dutch transl P Claes
80/ 427 De tuin van de Franse poëzie. Een canon in honderd gedichten. Ed. and Dutch transl. P. Claes. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2011, 438,(2)p., parallel French and Dutch text, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Gepolijst albast. Acht eeuwen Italiaanse poëzie. Ed. and Dutch transl. F. van Dooren. Baarn, Ambo, 1994, 445p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 8 others, all Dutch translations of poetry, i.a. Z. HERBERT, Verzamelde gedichten. Transl. G. Rasch (Amst., 1999, orig. cl. w. (sunned) dustwr.); R.M. RILKE, Nieuwe gedichten. Transl. P. Verstegen (ibid., 1997, orig. w. dustwr.); SPIEGEL VAN DE KLASSIEKE CHINESE POËZIE, van het Boek der Oden tot de Qing-dynastie. Transl. W.L. Idema (ibid., 1991, 3rd ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.).
€ (40-60) 70
80 428 Verne J 80 428 Verne J
80/ 428 Verne, J. Sans Dessus Dessous. Paris, J. Hetzel, n.d. (1889), 1st ed., (4),204,8(advert)p., (full-p.) woodengr. ills. by G. ROUX, orig. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g., large 8vo.

- Gilding trifle rubbed at places and sl. faded on backstrip. (Very) fine copy.

= "Voyages extraordinaires". Bottin, p.477. Cartonnage Type "Aux initiales J.V. et J.H.", dos Type "2", 2e plat type "C".

€ (70-90) 70
80/429 De Vertellingen van Duizend en één nacht Deel 1/2 13/14 Dutch adapt R van Leeuwen 80/429 De Vertellingen van Duizend en één nacht Deel 1/2 13/14 Dutch adapt R van Leeuwen
80/ 429 De Vertellingen van Duizend-en-één-nacht. Deel 1/2-13/14. Dutch adapt. R. van Leeuwen. Amst., Bulaaq, 1993-1997, 14 parts in 7 vols., ills. by J.-P. FRANSSENS, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- Fine set.

€ (40-60) 80
80 430 Voisenon C H de Fusée de 80 430 Voisenon C H de Fusée de
80/ 430 Voisenon, C.-H. de Fusée de. Drei galante Erzählungen. German transl. A. Semerau. Berlin, Hyperionverlag, n.d. (1920), 198,(3)p., 6 tipped-in plates after J.H. FRAGONARD, printed in 1200 numb. copies (100).

= One of 100 copies printed on Bütten, bound in gilt hvellum w. black mor. letterpiece, t.e.g.

ADDED: E. MÖRIKE, Sämtliche Werke (Berlin/ Leipsic, n.d., 3 vols., orig. unif. gilt hvellum).

€ (30-50)
80 431 Whitechurch V L 80 431 Whitechurch V L
80 431 Whitechurch V L 80 431 Whitechurch V L
80 431 Whitechurch V L 80 431 Whitechurch V L
80/ 431 Whitechurch, V.L. The Adventures of Captain Ivan Koravitch, Late of the Imperial Russian Army. Edinb./ London, William Blackwood and sons, 1925, 1st ed., VI,307,(1),6 advert.p., orig. blue giltlettered cl.

- Contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown. Fine copy.

Idem. The Canon's Dilemma and other Stories. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1924, 2nd impression, 252p., orig. cl.

- Lacks 2 preliminary leaves (htitle, title and contents leaf are present); owner's entry of "S.H. Batty Smiith" on first free endpaper, dated by the author "6.8.1924". Upper hinges weak; covers fingersoiled.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to "Dear Sir" (S.H. Batty-Smith) mounted on upper pastedown, thanking Batty-Smith for his favourable review of the work in the Sportsman and informing him that "I am a parson!".

€ (50-70)
80 432 Wilde O 80 432 Wilde O
80/ 432 Wilde, O. Works. London, Methuen and Co./ Ch. Carrington, 1908, 14 vols., printed on handmade paper in 1000 numb. copies, orig. unif. buckram w. gilt vignettes by C. RICKETTS, t.e.g.

- Endpapers foxed. Covers mostly sl. dust/ fingersoiled and occas. a few sm. specks/ stains; backstrips (not uniformly) yellowed.

= Mason p.459f. The first collected edition of Wilde's works.

€ (400-600) 700
80 433 Zweig S 80 433 Zweig S
80/ 433 Zweig, S. Schaaknovelle en andere verhalen. Dutch transl. T. Duquesnoy. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1992, 531p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (top edge sl. foxed). Sterne, L. Het Leven en de Opvattingen van de Heer Tristram Shandy. Dutch transl. J. and G. Starink. Ibid., idem, 1990, 820,(3)., orig. cl. w. (vaguely scratched) dustwr.

= Both published in the Grote Bellettrie series.

Babel, I. Verzameld werk. Dutch transl. and epilogue C.B. Timmer. Amst., Meulenhoff, 1979, 1st ed., 2 vols., 590,(1); 545,(1)p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase.

- Fine copy. = 1. Verhalen & dagboekbladen; 2. Toneelstukken & brieven.

AND 8 others: 4 publ. in the Grote Bellettrie series (dustwr. partly w. sm. blemishes) and 4 vols. from the Russische Bibiotheek, publ. by G.A. van Oorschot.

€ (40-60) 40
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