1815 - 2226 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Spine unevenly coloured; spine-ends sl. rubbed.
= Signed by the author on contents leaf. Chanticleer 87; Peppin/ Micklethwait p.204; Franklin, The Private Presses p.312.
Kalashnikov, A. Anglo-Russian Relations. Pinner, The Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983, (12)p., 10 woodengr. plates by A. KALASHNIKOV, printed in 150 numb. copies, orig. giltlettered hmor.
= Possibly PROOFS of the work published in 1994 by the Yellow Barn Press consisting of all(?) the contributions by various private presses.
DePol, J. From Dark to Light. Wood Engravings for the Stone House Press. Roslyn, The Stone House Press, 1987, 127p., 69 (col.) woodengr. ills. by J. DEPOL, printed in 200 numb. and signed copies, orig. clothbacked boards.
= With an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank and w. prospectus loosely inserted.
Field, E. Our Debt to Monkish Men. Ibid., idem, 1987, (12) lvs. (printed on recto only), woodcut ills. by J. DEPOL, printed in 120 numb. copies, orig. blindst. cl., sm. 4to. - AND 1 other, published by the same. - AND 3 others, all illustrated by John DePol.
- Without wr.
= The first leaf with on recto printed dedication within fine Art Nouveau woodcut border reading (between square brackets in autograph): "Aan de deelnemers aan zijn feest van 26 November 1899 wordt dit opstel vriendschappelijk toegezonden door K.J.L. Alberdingk-Thijm (L. van Deijssel). Baarn [October] Juni-1902. Aan den Heer Taco Mesdag te Scheveningen". On 26 November 1899, Alberdingk Thijm and his wife celebrated their twelve and a half year wedding anniversary.
- Slightly later owner's entry on upper pastedown ("Dec.1914"); (postage) stamp "A Tribute to
Genius, 1812 - 1912, Centenary Testimonial - Charles Dickens" pasted on first free endpaper. Very fine copy.
AND 3 others on/ by the same, i.a. The Holly & The Seven Poor Travellers (London/ Philadelphia, 1900, plates, ills. and gilt and dec. cl. by C.E. BROCK).
- Some foxing; sl. yellowed. Dustwr. trifle frayed/ w. some sm. stains on front.
AND 13 others similar, all w. cl. des. or orig. woodcut plate by J. DIJKSTRA, i.a. A. TOLSTOY, Iwan de verschrikkelijke (ibid., 1948, 2nd ed.), C. VAN IERSEL, Het verzonken eiland (ibid., 1928, orig. gilt cl. des. by H.A. KEJA); A. PANZINI, Xantippe (ibid., (1931)) and K. HAMSUN, De vrouwen bij de pomp (ibid., 1936).
= Published on occasion of the awarding of the Laurens Janszoon Costerprijs to Bram de Does. Contains contributions by i.a. Alex Barbaix (Pastei), Jaap Binsbergen (Tussen Haakjes), Karel Gildemacher (De Hynsteblom), Lodewijk de Groot (Cicero), Piet Jacobs (Priegelpers), Jan de Jong (De Buitenkant), Rob Over de Linden (Ovira Linda), Kees Thomassen (De Uitvreter) and Pauline van Wensveen (Vette Venus Pers).
- Pochoir trifle foxed and sl. yellowed. Contens (heavily) foxed. Wr. worn/ sl. frayed along extremities and joints starting.
= Juffermans JB 8.
- Sl. foxed. = Juffermans JB 16. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.
= Not in Monod.
= Not in Monod; Juffermans p.169.
AND vol. 1 only of M. PROUST, À la recherche du temps perdu (Paris, 1947, col. woodengr. plates after K. VAN DONGEN, orig. gilt and dec. rexine, large 8vo).
- Binding partly worn along extremities; upper hinge sl. weak.
= Juffermans JB 4; Monod 7765; Carteret IV, p.265 ("Édition recherchée."). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.
- Contents fine. Wr. upper joint splitting. Chemise and slipcase joints partly split.
= Juffermans JB11; Monod 8374. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.
- Joints and spine-ends trifle rubbed. = Not in Monod. Juffermans p.169.
- All vols. w. traces of tape on pastedown (plastic wr.). Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Not in Monod. Juffermans p.169.
= One of 300 Roman numb. copies on Grand Vergé d'Arches w. a 2nd state of the frontisp. on chine.
AND 2 others by the same publisher w. a lithogr. frontisp. by K. van DONGEN: A. FRANCE, Les Dieux ont soif (1950, 3000 numb. copies, orig. wr.) and N. HAWTHORNE, La lettre écarlate (1954, 3000 numb. copies, orig. wr.).
= All from La Collection du grand prix des meilleurs romans du demi-siècle.
- Sl. foxed throughout; one plate w. sm. tear in blank outer margin. New endpapers; cloth sl. fingersoiled and darkened. cl.
Rop, A.L. de. De sprookjes van moeder de gans. Leyden, P. van Santen, n.d. (1876), VII,(1),86p., woodengr. frontisp. and 39 plates by G. DORÉ, rebound w. use of orig. gilt cl., folio.
- A few textleaves w. (repaired) tears; several plates w. closed tears and w. margins strengthened on verso; (sl.) foxed throughout. New endpapers.
































