1347 - 1470 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
- One plate loosely inserted; contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper; partly trifle/ sl. waterst. in lower blank margin. Binding soiled and joints/ backstrip dam.; rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.
= Cf. Muir, p. 103, 133. First published in 1809.
The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur. A Medieval Legend Translated from the French by Mrs. Leighton. Ibid., Daniel O'Connor, 1922, 61,(3)p., col. ills. by E. FORTESCUE BRICKDALE, orig. dec. cl., 4to.
- With part of orig. dustwr. loosely inserted.
AND 4 others, i.a. B. HARTE, The Queen of the Pirate Isle (London & New York, 1931, re-issue, col. ills. by K. GREENAWAY, orig. cl. w. mounted plate).
- Contents occas. trifle foxed; one leaf loosening. binding sl. rubbed along extremties and sl. soiled.
Pictorial Proverbs for Little People. London, SPCK, n.d. (±1885), (2),5-16,(6)p., (col.) lithogr. ills. and orig clothbacked boards, signed "W.J.M".
- Bookblock loose; sl. browned; (sl.) stained; lacks free endpapers. Boards worn along edges and soiled; rebacked(?).
= Rare.
AND 6 others, i.a. The Fine Old English Gentleman (London and New York, n.d. (±1895), chromolithogr. ills. and orig. cordbound limp boards by C. GREENE, a.e.g., obl. 8vo. Very good copy), THE BASKET OF FLOWERS. Or Piety and Truth Triumphant (London, n.d. (±1889), col. ills., orig. dec. cl., sm. 8vo) and R. BURNS, Auld Lang Syne (London/ New York, n.d. (±1880), col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr., bound w. ribbons, obl. sm. 8vo).
- Contents loose. Covers trifle warped.
- Contents yellowed; 1x sl. soiled. Bindings 2x sl. worn and soiled.
= Numbers 4, 7 and 8 (of 12?) respectively of a series of "Bubble Books", with records by the Columbia Graphophone Co.
- Cardboard slipcase sl. waterst. and worn.
ADDED: 5 others, i.a. DER GESTIEFELTE KATER (Leipsic, n.d. (±1900), (col. lithogr.) ills. orig. chromolithogr. wr., sm. 4to) and UNSER KIND! Erinnerungsblätter aus der Kindheit unseres Lieblings (Nürnberg, n.d. (±1905), (col.) lithogr. ills. and bookdecoration, orig. clothbacked chromolithogr. boards, 4to).
- Covers dust-/ waterstained (affecting final textleaf and blanks).
= Huiskamp M235. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVIII.
- One pop-up incomplete (lacks animals); hinges strengthened w. cloth; first lvs. sl. frayed and chipped; sl. fingersoiled. Covers scratched and worn along edges.
= Hunt p. 297 and 344.
- One scene w. a few tiny dam. parts. Otherwise very fine.
= The scenes showing an airport, an outdoor swimming pool, a car racing track and a railway station.
AND 1 other.
- Two plates loose(ning); trifle foxed;
= From a series of 6 Dutch editions of the Father Tuck's Panorama series. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIX.
- One plate loosely inserted; w. contemp. (and sl. later?) annots. in ink. Binding sl. rubbed.
Weatherley, F.E. (ed.). The Illustrated Children's Birthday Book. London, Ernest Nister, n.d. (±1881), 287p., col. (woodengr.?) frontisp., num. monochr. woodengr. ills. by i.a. Kate GREENAWAY, Kate COLEMAN and Robert BARNES, orig. gilt and dec. red cl., a.e.g., 12mo.
- With contemp.(?) and sl. later annots./ owner's entry; some ills. coloured w. col. pencil/ watercolour.
= Cf. Printed Kate Greenaway, p.64, 1i.
AND 4 others.
- With contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper.
AND 5 others.
- Creased; handcol. images sl. shining through.
= In total two parts were published. Huiskamp N81; Ki.la.ki.le. 10 B-D; Coll. Caljé-Van Gulik 287; Lust en Leering p.53-54: "Wat de lees-prentenboekjes betreft, vinden we een fraai voorbeeld in twee uitgaven van G. Ypma te Franeker. (...) Deze kleine-middenstandsmoraal ontbreekt in de twee stukjes van het Nieuw Prenteboekje. Zij beslaan elk slechts één aan weerszijden bedrukt vel met zeven sublieme, uit de hand gekleurde houtgravures en bijpassende tekst in allerlei lettertypen (...). Wie het in handen krijgt, verbaast zich dat van een zo fragiel gebruiksboekje überhaupt nog exemplaren bewaard zijn gebleven." The very nice illustrations showing i.a. a beehive, chickens and children in a goat drawn carriage.
AND 1 other plano leaf: "Bremer's Prentenboek. Met bijschriften van J. Witmond. No.3" (Amst., H.B. Bremer, ±1870. Upper margin sl. frayed/ dam.).
- Lacks 1 plate; fingersoiled and sl. dogeared. Binding worn. = Huiskamp N228; Ki.la.ki.le 410. Rare.
Blanchard, P. De schatkamer voor kinderen. Dutch transl. J.W. Bussingh. Dordr., Blussé en Van Braam, 1823, XV,(1),208p., engr. frontisp., 7 plates (each w. 2 ills.), contemp. marbled boards.
- Binding rubbed and worn.
= Huiskamp B161. With manuscript dedication/ schoolprize on first free endpaper, dated 1823 and signed "Allard Pierson".
- Dedication on verso frontcover. Covers trifle soiled.
Tante Fie. Van hier en daar, van overal. Alkm., P. Kluitman, n.d. (±1900), (12)p., chromolithogr./ monochr. ills., orig. chromolithogr. wr., folio.
- Loose(ning); prob. lacks title-p.
AND 2 others, i.a. J.W. KERKMEIJER-BAKKER, Van alles wat (Almelo, n.d. (±1900), chromolithogr./ monochr. ills., orig. chromolithogr. wr., 4to. Prob. lacks one leaf).
- Slightly fingersoiled and trifle/ sl. browned/ foxed. Boards sl. browned.
Doornroosje. Amst., H.J.W. Becht, n.d. (±1900), (8) lvs. (incl. wr.), col. lithogr. ills., orig. col. lithogr. wr.
- Slightly browned, but otherwise fine. = Rare.
AND 6 others, i.a. Bij den Sprookjeskoning. Vrij naar Grimm (n.pl., n.d. (±1885), col. lithogr. ills. and orig. col. lithogr. clothbacked boards, 4to. Rare) and B. MIDDERIGH-BOKHORST. Wortelmannetje gaat op reis (The Hague & Batavia, (1941), 1st ed.(?), col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by the author, 4to).
= Miscellanous collection, i.a. birds, houses, flowers, fish, cities, dogs and royalty.
- Contents partly loosening. Covers soiled and rubbed.
AND 1 other.
- Hinges reinforced w. cl. strip; contents sl./ trifle browned.
Bueno de Mesquita, D.A. Billie Ritchie en zijn ezel. Amst., Vennootschap "Letteren en Kunst", n.d. (±1918), (26)p. (incl. endpapers), entirely lithographed in colours and orig. col. lithogr. boards by D.A. BUENO DE MESQUITA, obl. 4to.
- Bookblock loose(ning); hinges broken, boards nearly loose; owner's stamp on upper pastedown. Contemp owner's entry on front cover; boards sl. yellowed; spine split.
= De hele Bibelebontse berg p.570. Billie Ritchie was the French imitation of Charlie Chaplin.
AND 6 others, i.a. B.E. VAN OSSELEN- VAN DELDEN and M. HILDEBRANDT (ed.), De Lotgevallen van Tijl Uilenspiegel (Amst., n.d. (1903), col. lithogr. ills., orig. giltlettered and pict. cl., folio) and JAN RINKE, Hier heb je 't leven en bedrijf, Van Jan de Wasscher en zijn Wijf (Amst., n.d. (±1915), (col.) ills. by the author, orig. boards w. mounted plate on frontcover, 4to).
- Bookblock sl. shaken. Boards sl. yellowed, but otherwise a very good copy.
Des Tilleuls, A. Barbichon. Le roi des caniches. Paris, Bernardin-Béchet et fils, n.d. (±1880), 32p., chromolithogr. frontisp. and 7 col. plates, orig. clothbacked chromolithogr. boards, 4to.
- Bookblock loose. Boards sl. soiled. = Rare.
AND 3 others, i.a. CRAFTY (= Victor Geruzez), L'Éguitation puérile et honnète. Petit traité à la plume et au pinceau (Paris, n.d. (1887), pochoir-col. lithogr. ills. and orig. dec. cl. by the author, obl. 4to).
- Wrapper loose from bookblock and nearly torn in two, also (sl.) creased/ sl. dam.
A Belgian Hare (= Lord Alfred Douglas). Tails with a Twist. London, Edward Arnold, n.d. (1898), 1st ed., 72p., (tinted) ills. by E.T. REED, orig. hcl. w. pict. boards, obl. 4to.
- Contents partly sl. soiled. Binding soiled/ stained; boardedges/ corners sl. worn.
AND 11 others, i.a. A.M. LOCKER, Bubbles (London, Belfast, New York, n.d. (1887), chromolithogr. ills, orig. hcl. w. chromolithogr. boards); BIRDS AND BEASTS (London etc., n.d. (±1920), (6) thick lvs., col. ills., orig. hcl.) and E. LEAR, The Pelican Chorus & Other Nonsense Verses (London & New York, n.d. (early 20th cent.), col. frontisp., col. plates and title-p., ills. by L. LESLIE BROOKE, orig. hcl. w. mounted plate on frontcover).