2091 - 2228 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
- Slipcase worn/ dam.
= Game based upon knowledge of the traditions and pastimes in different countries. The engraved cards depict scenes from Bohemia, England, The Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Sweden and Hungary. Each country has 2 text cards with descriptions. The game is further played with tokens and dice, incl. 9 lettered dice for each country (7 dice pres. in our copy, prob. not originals). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
- Loose; lacks one leaf (and backwr.?).
= Papertoys p.239. Very rare. The frontwrapper lists the following games: "Arlequinspel", Wedrenspel", "Doolhofspel", "Velocipedespel" (lacking in our copy), "Molenspel", "Ganzenspel" and "Wedloopspel".
- Doubled w. linen; folded twice; sl. wrinkled and occas. sl. frayed. = Rare. Papertoys p.267.
- Yellowed and previously folded twice; sl. frayed in blank margins.
= Buijnsters, Papertoys, p.106 (with a variant title to the rules of the game).
- Lacks one card.
= Probably 19th cent. reprint of the famous deck of tarot cards by Nicolas Bodet (Brussels, ±1750).
AND a similar deck of 68 (of 78) tarot cards.
- Lacks card 55; cards sl. soiled; wrs. of manual loose but holding on cords; sl. foxed/ stained. Box repaired w. sellotape.
= Rare game of tarots. Cf. Hoffmann/ Dietrich 103.
- Lacks 7 cards. = Cf. Cary FRA 201.
- Unused. = With original envelope and explanatory leaflet.
- Sl. fingersoiled. Spine restored and wrappers reattached w. scotch tape.
= Story about mr. and mrs. Van Piepelenburg trying to catch a mouse (failing disastrously). Adapted from "De muis of de gestoorde nachtrust" by Braga Jr., 1st edition at Van Kampen, circa 1864, that being an adaptation of "Die Maus" by Wilhelm Busch, 1860 (Lust & leering, p. 223 and 442).
Agatha (= R. de Goeje). Lucie en hare Moeder. Rott., J.G. Robbers, n.d. (1870), (10) leaves, 6 col. lithogr. plates, contemp. hcl., orig. col. lithogr. wr. pres., 4to.
- Sl. foxed. = Lust en Leering p.449, note 26.
AND 7 others, i.a. BRAGA JR., De muis of de gestoorde nachtrust (Rott., n.d. (±1890), col. ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo) and W.P. RAZOUX, Een nieuw aardig prentenboek. Als vervolg op het beroemde Hoogduitsche kinderwerk: "Der Struwwelpeter" (Schiedam, n.d. (±1900), col. ills., orig. hcl., 4to. Contents loose(ning)).
- Corners and boardedges sl. worn; covers w. some slight scratches.
= Cf. Spielmann, Printed Kate Greenaway 135.2a. "Considered by many to be Kate Greenaway's most important work" (Osborne Coll. 64).
AND 3 others by the same, all Dutch ed., i.a. KLEURBOEK VOOR 'T JONGE VOLKJE (Rotterdam, n.d. (±1880), num. ills. by K. GREENAWAY, contemp. hmor.).
= Fine copy of a remarkable and extremely rare children's leporello, combining photomontages with drawn images, dealing with the history of transportation, from coaches to ships, cars, trains and airplanes. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.
- Contemp. owner's entry on verso frontisp.; 1 quire loose; occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends, corners and backcover sl. rubbed. Good copy.
= Rare hunting book with chapters on i.a. fox hunting, ibex-shooting, sharks in the Mediterranean, shooting pelicans and wild fowl on the Danube, catching a cayman and whaling in the artic regions.
- Covers sl. waterst./ dustsoiled and worn along extremities. Internally fine.
= Nicely illustrated children's book, celebrating the exploits of the French aviators during World War I.
AND 1 other: G. RIPART, La Sauterelle. Sport, Aventures, Tourisme (ibid., (1933), col. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards by G. RIPART, folio).
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; endpapers sl. browned and w. remnants of sellotape. Binding trifle browned.
Haanstra, W. De spreeuw en de musch. Een boek voor een kind dat al leest. Leyden, Mej. L. Hardenberg, n.d. (±1890), 20 col. lithogr. leaves (incl. title), printed on one side only, ills. and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by J. HINGMAN, 4to.
- Occasionally trifle foxed, otherwise a good/ fine copy.
= The Children's World of Learning 3695; De Koning 312; Caljé-van Gulik 491.
AND 12 others, i.a. C. COLLODI. De avonturen van Pinokkio (The Hague/ Jakarta, 1952, transl. by L.J. VAN EVERDINGEN, ills. by R. CRAMER, orig. pict. cl., 4to), M.C. OVEN-VAN DOORN, Pikkie Duimelot op reis met Oom Likkepot (The Hague, n.d. (±1935), ills. and lithogr. col. plate mounted on frontcover by F. LANGELER, orig. cl., sm. 4to. Rebacked) and S. FRANKE, De bloem en het bijtje (Alkm., n.d. (±1935), col. ills. and orig.pict. boards by G. BOSCH V. DRAKESTEIN, 4to).
- Frontcover soiled; cloth backstrip splitting in lower part; top of spine worn.
= Not in Seebaß II; not in Sammlung Brüggemann.
AND 1 similar by the same author and illustrator: Arthur mit dem langen Arm (Berlin, 1931, 1st ed., col. ills., orig. pict. clothbacked boards, 4to. Boards soiled; backstrip partly lacking).
= Both SIGNED on title-p.
AND 12 other Kinderboekenweekgeschenken, 1988-1997, i.a. by P. Biegel and P. van Loon (signed).
- Endpapers trifle/ sl. foxed. Binding trifle/ sl. rubbed along extremities.
Idem. The Water Babies. London, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots, n.d. (±1925), IX,(3),240p., 12 col. tipped-in plates, ills. and orig. gilt green cl. by J. WILLCOX SMITH, 4to.
- A few pages w. sm. tear in blank margin. Binding sl. stained (w. red ink?).
AND 4 other editions of the same work, i.a. IDEM, De waterkindertjes. Transl. M. van Vloten (Amst., 1924, 2nd ed., col. plates, ills. and orig. gilt cl. by B. MIDDERIGH-BOKHORST, 4to). And editions illustrated by J. WILLCOX SMITH, WARWICK GOBLE and MARGARET W. TARRANT.
- Possibly lacks a text part; one panel knacked; sl. worn along extremities; one hinge weak.
= One side of the leporello contains pictures of animals, the other side scenes and objects from daily life.
- Lacks 1 vol.; not collated but apparently complete (all but the engr. fold. map). Binding dam. Sold w.a.f.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 274e. According to Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer the author may also be Irhoven van Dam. The number of plates differs from copy to copy.
- Spine split; boards soiled.
= The story about the upbringing of two girls, Keetje and Koosje. Keetje acts nicely and is rewarded but Koosje chooses unwisely and that has its consequences. Very rare, no copy found.
Reintje van der Schalk, Markies van Eijerstruiven, Grootmeester van het kippenhok, en Vrijheer van de druiven. Amst., G.Th. Bom, n.d. (±1850), 5th corr. ed., 30,(1)p.,16 handcol. lithogr. plates, orig. handcol. lithogr. boards, obl. 8vo.
- Upper cover detached. Contents fine. = The Children's World of Learning 1877 (4th ed.). Rare.
AND 3 others (all incomplete).