2091 - 2228 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
- Contents loose.
- Occas. sl. soiled; 2 lvs. loose. Lacks backstrip.
= Cf. Gumuchian 4897 (ed. w. 8 plates and vignettes); not in Ullrich.
- Contents occas. trifle foxed; w. contemp. dedication on first free endpaper: "Aan mijn lieve dochter Wyna Bierens de Haan van harer(?) liefhebbenden Vader op haar 12den verjaardag. [?] 7 December 1836".
= Gumuchian 4913.
- Two lvs. sl. dam. in upper blank margin from pages formerly sticking together. Covers trifle soiled; spine trifle worn. Rare.
= A story told in verse about 2 apples that were separated after leaving their vegetable cart. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.
- A few sl. rubbed spots on covers of box. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE.
- New endpapers; edges sl. browned. Rebacked. = Cf. Gumuchian 5012.
- Wrappers sl. foxed. = With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by the artist on htitle.
Samivel. Brun l'Ours. Ibid., idem, 1939, 40p., col. ills. and orig. boards by SAMIVEL, folio.
- Binding trifle stained.
AND 2 others (illustrated) by the same.
- Vaguely foxed/ fingersoiled; most leaves reinserted (probably) in wrong order; outer margin title cut short.
= Lust en leering p.269-270 and 277; Ki.la.ki.le. 570; Caljé-Van Gulik 514; The Children's World of Learning 3774: "Rare first edition of one of the beautifully produced and handcoloured picture books for children, published by G. Theod. Bom (...). The picture books of G.Theod. Bom were without dispute the most attractive and entertaining for children at the time. "Pierrot's Life" is especially entertaining because of its many jokes and naughty tricks played upon grown-ups, as well as for its wild adventures in exotic countries. Pierrot presents here rather a mixture of various other popular characters, like Thyl Ulenspiegel, Gulliver and Baron Munchausen."
- New endpapers; covers worn along extremities.
= Nicely composed album, ±1850-1870. From the collection of P.J. and L. Buijnsters-Smets.
- Some soiling.
= Nice album w. a striking large scrap of a fire-fighter. From the collection of P.J. and L. Buijnsters-Smets.
= Nicely composed album. From the collection of P.J. and L. Buijnsters-Smets.
- Endpapers sl. foxed. Spine worn; sm. dent in frontcover.
= The Children's World of Learning 3776; Caljé-Van Gulik 472. "Rare later edition by Vlieger of one of the first really happy and exciting children's picture books, depicting all festivities around the feast of Saint Nicholas (...)." (The Children's World of Learning). The first edition was published by Th. Bom, 1850.
- Minor imperfections. Outer board-edges rubbed/ sl. worn.
= Rare Struwwelpeter adaptation, published as vol. 2 in the series Voor onze kleinen. Cf. De Bodt/ Kapelle p.254 (w. different title).
Razoux, W.P. Een aardig prentenboek met leerzame vertellingen naar het beroemde Hoogduitsche kinderwerk: "Der Struwwelpeter". Schiedam, H.A.M. Roelants, 1898, 20 col. lithogr. plates w. accomp. text (incl. title-p.), orig. clothbacked lithogr. boards, 4to.
- Bookblock professionally reattached. Boards fingersoiled.
= Cf. Rühle 212; The Children's World of Learning 3786; Lust en Leering p.210-211; De Koning 405. This is the ed. published on the 50th anniversary of the first Dutch ed.: "De eerste Nederlandsche uitgaaf, van 1848, nauwkeurig gevolgd".
- Lacks backstrip.
= With a schoolprize awarded to W. Lipjes ("Diakonie School der Nederduitsche Hervormde Gemeente te Dordrecht", 1836). Rare. Huiskamp S364.
AND 4 others, all by P.J. PRINSEN.
- Spine pasted over w. contemp. paper; wr. sl. soiled/ thumbed and w. contemp. owner's entry.
= Rare drawing manual, depicting i.a. "De Schoorsteenveger", "Het draaiorgel", "Gijmnastiek, Kapellenvangen", "De wandelrid"[sic], "De school", "Zeepbellen maken", "De poppenkast", "Het schuttersfeest", "Hoepelen, de priktol, de gevangene Muis" and "De kersavond".
Vlieger's Lei-teekenvoorbeelden. No.4-8. Amst., J. Vlieger, n.d. (±1890), 5 vols., each (16)p., entirely lithographed in black w. pictures in white, orig. unif. lithogr. wr., sm. 8vo. - AND 2 others, both publ. by B. Jacobs, Gron.: De Schilderschool and Mijn liefste teeken- en kleurboek.
- One leaf lacks sm. blank portion from upper corner. Wr. vaguely waters. in lower margin. Otherwise fine.
= Huiskamp V26; Waller 940; Ki.La.Ki.Le. 237. Attractive children's book, composed with the explicitly phrased intention to invite children to be merry and celebrate. Contains plates, with accompanying poems, of i.a. New Year's Day, Easter, a fair, "Sint Maarten" and "Sinterklaas"'.
Meerten, A.B. van and Robide van der Aa, C.P.E. Aangenaam allerlei voor de jeugd. Amst., G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1837, (4),103,(1)p., 12 handcol. engr. plates, contemp. plain boards, 16mo.
- Sm. contemp. owner's entry on htitle. Spine-ends trifle worn. Fine copy..
= Huiskamp M123; Coll. Caljé-Van Gulik 152; Lust en Leering p.42 and p.426; cf. The Children's World of Learning 954
Poes in den val! Leerzame historie voor kinderen. Amst., P.M. van der Made, n.d. (1858), 11p., 12 woodengr. ills., orig. wr. w. woodengr. ill. and border.
- Spine pasted over w. scotch tape; margins sl. creased (backwr. strengthened w. scotch tape at fore-edge margin)
= Nice moralistic story about a cat that falls into evil ways and must pay for it. Lust en Leering p.94.
- Occas. trifle foxed.
= Waij p.3. Contains the stories Eene drijvende stad (adapt. W.J.A. Huberts) and De blokkadebreker (adapt. Van Westhreene).
Idem. Het stoomhuis. De ijzeren reus. Rott., J.G. Robbers, n.d. (1880), 1st Dutch ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),225; (6),232,(2)p., 2 col. lithogr. maps and num. ills., contemp. hcl.
- One leaf loose; partly trifle/ sl. waterst./ foxed. = Waij p.5.
AND 3 others by the same, all Dutch translations (1 in mediocre condition).
- A few pages trifle fingersoiled. Binding (sl.) soiled/ w. a few sm. stains. = Heller 3C.
ADDED: 6 books of songs, illustrated by R. CRAMER, i.a. W. PIJPER, Oudt Nederlandsche Minneliedjes (Utr., n.d. (1920), scores by W. PIJPER, mounted col. plates, gilt decorations, orig. wr. w. mounted col. plates on front and back, orig. silk ties, sm. folio).