1347 - 1470 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
= Frans van Lamsweerde was a Dutch cartoonist working for i.a. Toonder Studios and Disney.
= Perhaps a pseudonym of Louis van der Noordaa, who also made illustrations under his own name. Wrapper design for the first Dutch edition was published by J.T. Swartsenburg, Zeist, who is also mentioned on the design.
Anonymous (20th cent., Dutch School). "Waar de wereld ophoudt... Nevil Chute". Drawing, gouache and collage, 41x28 cm.
= Frontwrapper design for the Dutch translation of "In the Wet". The Dutch edition by Nevil Shute was eventually titled as "Ergens waar de wereld ophoudt".
AND 3 other frontcover designs/ sketches, i.a. a very preliminary sketch by Eppo DOEVE and a design for sheet music by Jacob JANSMA.
- Leaf somewhat creased. = Perhaps a design for a poster.
Idem. "Pim en Pidoe en de orgelman". Original drawing for the frontcover of the book, pen and ink and white gouache and col. pencil on tracing paper, 28x21 cm.
- Covers sl. browned; corners bumped/ (sl.) worn. = Matla, PAULU 2.1.
Idem. Paulus de boskabouter en Kenarrepoere. Ibid., C.P.J. van der Peet, n.d. (1957), 1st ed., 78,(2)p., ills. and pict. boards by J. DULIEU.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Backstrip dam.; sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities. = Matla, PAULU 5.4.
AND 23 others by/ on Jean Dulieu, mainly 1st eds., i.a. Puntnik en andere verhalen (ibid., 1960, ills., orig. pict. boards); De zeven wonderdaden van Kevertje Plop (Zaandam, 1964, col. ills., orig. boards) and D. VAN OORT, Paulus de Boskabouter of Het dubbelleven van Jean Dulieu (Amst., 2012, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
- Fine copy.
Le Livre d'Or des petits enfants. Paris, H. Lebrun, n.d. (±1850-1870), 18,(1)p., engr. ills. by H. CATENACCI, orig. wr.
- Partly trifle foxed; bookblock shaken. Wrapper (sl.) dam. = Rare AB-book.
AND 7 others in French, German and English, i.a. H. HOFFMANN, Der Struwwelpeter; R. CALDECOTT, Scènes Humoristiques; L. LESLIE BROOKE, The Story of the Three Bears.
- New endpapers. Rebacked.
Harrison, C. Old Time Pictures and Rhymes. London, Dean & Son, n.d. (±1880), (12)lvs., col./ tinted lithogr. ills. and orig. col. lithogr. pict. boards.
- One advert. leaf loosely inserted. Rebacked; boards browned/ foxed.
= "Dean's Rose and Lily Series." Rare.
AND 5 others, i.a. J.H. EWING, Little Boys & Wooden Horses (London/ New York, n.d. (1884), col./ tinted lithogr. ills., orig. col. lithogr. clothbacked boards by R. ANDRÉ) and A. PRESTON, Dame Durden's Copper Kettle (ibid., n.d. (±1885), col./ tinted lithogr. ills., orig. col. lithogr. clothbacked boards by R. ANDRÉ).
= The bone sets are elegantly shaped in a classical style.
- Trifle/ sl. foxed. Binding sl. worn. The paper dolls and parts are in fine condition.
= The tale of a boy named Henry who is stolen when his nursemaid is not paying attention, leading him to become i.a. a beggar, a chimney sweep and a sailor. Seven paper dolls in different outfits accompany the little book, each with a paper slot to fit the separate head of Henry, which in turn can be decorated with 3 different hats. The additional head probably does not originally belong to the toybook. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVIII.
- Envelope sl. creased and worn.
= "Neu u. lehrreich! Verblüffend einfach! (...). Durch einstellen des roten Pfeiles auf das gewünschte Land erscheinen sofort in den Fenstern die geographische Daten".
- Pediment sl. cracking at the base (bent backwards).
- Without the wood block w. 3 wheels to spin the tray on.
= Optical toy based on the Zoetrope. The discs showing i.a. Felix the Cat and Charlie Chaplin.
- Fine and attractively handcol. copy.
= The "stoombootspel" is a kind of "ganzebord" or goose game. Papertoys p.272 (ill. (this copy)) and 273: "Afgebeeld is waarschijnlijk het in 1823 gebouwde raderstoomschip 'De Nederlander', eigendom van de Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij te Rotterdam, dat zowel passagiers als vracht vervoerde."
= Extremely rare board game. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.
= Paper toys p.290.
Reis door Europa per spoor, diligence, stoomtram en stoomboot. Ibid., J. Vlieger, n.d. (±1880), col. lithogr. spiral track w. central view of Paris and 4 transportation scenes in corners, mounted in 4 sections on fold. boards w. col. lithogr. title-piece,
- Boards loose in two parts. = Paper toys p.268.
AND 1 other similar publ. by the same: DE REIS DOOR HET LEVEN (±1895. Boards loose).
- The strips sl. creased and worn and partly possibly intended for another (wider) cylinder.
= Showing i.a. a Jack in the Box, a washerwoman, a pierrot jumping a wheel and a frog jumping a hat.
- Slipcase nibbled by silverfish.
(Nieuw) Schimmelspel. N.pl., n.publ., ±1840, 5 handcol. engr. cards, together in orig. board box (lacks upper lid) w. (part of) letterpress green ticket.
- Cards only, without dice or rules. Box defective. = Buijnsters, Papertoys, p.305 and ill. on the same p.
- Incl. a few incomplete cardgames.
































