1815 - 2226 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Sl. foxed. Edges wr. sl. creased.
= "Inleiding gehouden door André Jolles tot de vertooning van "Vader" van August Strindberg op maandag 27 Mei 1918 in den Nederlandschen Schouwburg te Gent" (colophon). Very rare.
AND 1 other: W. MOENS, Opgangen (Antw./ Arnhem, (1922), woodcuts, title-vignette and orig. dec. wr. by J. CANTRÉ).
- Rebacked. Contents loosening.
= Illustrated by Albert Guillaume, Ferdinand Bac, Charles Huard, H. Gerbault and Caran d'Ache.
- Occas. loose(ning) and sl. frayed; one issue w. tear repaired w. sellotape on frontwr.
= Comprises no. 1-5, 7, 8, 10-20, 22-26, 28, 29, 32, 34-36, 38-40, 42-46, 49, 50, 52, 86, 88, 126, 136, 137, 168, 194, 197, 289, 398 and 466.
- Not collated, but appartenly complete. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
= Nice run of this famous periodical, incl. the rare years 2 and 3.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on the colophon to one of the contributors: "Voor Hugh [Jans] en Anneke [Jans]. Simon." Contains other contributions by i.a. G. Bomans, W. Hussem, W. Kan, A. Koolhaas, R. Kuipers, M. Nord, A. Roland Holst and A.M.G. Schmidt.
WITH an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Simon" to "Goede Hugh"), dated "De Steeg, Zaterdag [1963]", blue ballpoint pen, 1 leaf of blue paper (w. blindstamp "CS"), recto and verso.
= Letter in which Carmiggelt thanks Jans for his contribution: "Dank, beste Hugh, voor de goedheid waarmee je aan Het Boek je twee kunsten hebt bijgedragen. Met je derde - het breed glimlachend aanwezig zijn - heb je me 6 en 7 october veel plezier gedaan."
AND WITH the loosely inserted printed menu card "Ter gelegenheid van de aanbieding van het vriendenboek op de vijftigste verjaardag van Simon Carmiggelt".
- Usual foxing. Spine-ends sl. worn; decoration on covers sl. rubbed.
= Vicaire II, p.158; Carteret III, p. 137-138; Sander 149. "Les couvertures blanches, imprimées en chromolithographie, or et couleurs, par E. Meyer, à Paris, sont joliment ornées de compositions au recto et au verso. Cette edition est fort rare (...)." (Carteret). On the binding: Morris/ Levin, The Art of the Publisher's Bookbindings, 117 (also illustrated on backcover). Very rare edition, not in Rius, but cf. Rius I, 572, listing the reprint published in a single volume in 1858.
= Printed on the occasion of Harold Patrick McGrath's 50th anniversary of his printing career.
= Cf. Houfe, p.251 (1st Engl. ed., 1922); Horne p.146: "His work was definitely in the Beardsley tradition (...) exhibited a similar fascination with a decadent sexuality and tales of horror, producing highly decorated and textured work".
ADDED: Th. SECCOMBE and W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, The Waverley Illustrated History of English LIterature (London, n.d., 2 vols., (tipped-in col.) plates i.a. by E. DULAC, F. REYNOLDS and W. HEATH ROBINSON, orig. unif. giltlettered cl., t.e.g. Covers sl. darkened ).
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Traces of silverfish nibbling on covers. = Enlarged edition with coloured plates.
= The twelfth of the Clover Hill Editions. With prospectus loosely inserted.
- Renewed endpapers and cl. on spine. = Van Dam/ Van Praag 634.
ADDED: 2 others by W. PIJPER, i.a. De quintencirkel. Opstellen over muziek (ibid., 1929, 1st ed., orig. pict. cl.).
- Spine sunned. = De Jong 584; Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.94.
Jolles, A. Idylle. Arnhem, Hijman, Stenfert Kroese & Van der Zande, 1924, 27,(3)p., printed in black and red in 150 copies under supervision of J. VAN KRIMPEN by G.J. VAN AMERONGEN & CO, contemp. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g.
= Palladium. Van Dijk, Palladium 19.
- Upper hinge broken.
Hartwick Thorpe, R. Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night. London, Castell Brothers, n.d. (±1895), (10)lvs., chromolithogr./ monochr. ills. and clothbacked pict. boards.
- Contents sl. soiled. Spine-ends sl. dam.; boardedges sl. waterst., not affecting contents; corners trifle worn.
AND 14 others similar, i.a. May's Muff, or Rich & Poor (London/ New York, n.d. (±1880), col./ monochr. lithogr. ills. and orig. pict. clothbacked boards by R. ANDRÉ); J.R. MACDUFF, Bells of the Angels (London/ New York, n.d. (±1895), chromolithogr. ills. and gilt decorations, orig. col. blindst. embossed limp wrs.) and F.E. WEATHERLY, Holly Boughs (New York, n.d. (±1890), chromolithogr./ monochr. ills. and orig. chromolithogr. pict. clothbacked boards by E.E. EDWARDS and J.C. STAPLES).
- Vellum sl. darkened.
= Sumptuous illustrated work by 19th century painter and miniaturist Attiio Razzolini. Rare.

































