1815 - 2226 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
= Complete set of this ephemeral weekly review.
- The final 8 vols. have a small sl. rubbed spot at foot of spine; a few vols. sl. rubbed spot on raised band(s). Otherwise a very fine set.
= Copy on Hollande with the frontisp. portrait by Edgar CHANINE in 3 different states (in drypoint on Japanese and on Hollande and in woodengraving) and with an extra suite on Chinese of the illustrations. Monod 4927; Carteret IV, 171: "Édition collective définitive et illustrée; elle est recherchée et cotée." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.
= Vicaire V, p.1193.
AND 1 other.
- Contemp. dedication in blue ink on first free endpaper, dated "August 1913". Fine copy.
Towry, M.H. Spenser for children. London, Chatto and Windus, 1885, new ed., VIII,177,(2)p., 6 col. plates by WALTER J. MORGAN, orig. dec. cl. w. gilt spine, 4to.
- Bookblock broken at final few pages; occas. trifle foxed. Backstrip dam. at top of spine.
AND 6 others, i.a. E. UNDERDOWN, The Gateway to Spenser (London etc., n.d. (±1912), col. plates and ills. by F.C. PAPÉ, orig. dec. cl. w. gilt spine, 4to) and THE SONGS AND SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE (London, n.d. (±1890), (col./ tinted) ills. by JOHN GILBERT, orig hcl.).
= Unnumb. copy. The Gehanna Press 49.
= With text contributions by i.a. F. Kusters, A. den Doolaard, H. van Heiningen, G. van der Graft, M. Dekkers, W. Hazeu, H. Dorrestijn, H. ter Balkt, B. Schierbeek, H. van Os, G. Komrij and T. Luijten; prints by i.a. H. Gerritz, W. den Ouden, H. Gordijn, R. Tolman, G. van den Eerenbeemt, Armando and A. Cameron.
= With signed dedication and a drawing in blue and red pencil by the artist to Barbara and Kees van Kooten on the htitle.
Baxter, G. The Collected Blurtings of Baxter. Boston etc., Little, Brown and Company, 1993, without pagination, col. ills. by GLEN BAXTER, orig. pict. boards.
= With autograph signed dedication to Barbara and Kees van Kooten.
AND 6 others similar by GLEN BAXTER (2x, both w. signed dedication), PAUL FAASSEN, IAN HISLOP, KAMAGURKA and JOOST SWARTE.
- Occasionally trifle foxed, otherwise fine.
AND 3 others, i.a. W. IRVING, Bracebridge Hall (London, 1877, frontisp., ills. and orig. gilt pict. cl. by R. CALDECOTT, a.e.g.).
= Vicaire IV, p.142; Carteret IV, p.204: "Bel ouvrage, très rare et coté (...) qui marque une époque dans l'illustration du livre moderne illustré". Ray 357: "Histoire des quatre fils Aymon, though its initial reception was mixed, became a turning point in the history of illustration. As is remarked in its introduction, the legends of which it is composed have been given "the most luxurious form that a book can achieve"".
Sergius, J. Messieurs les Anglais... N.pl. (Lagny), É. Colin, n.d. (±1895), 42,(1)p., pochoir col. title, (full-p.) pochoir col. ills. and orig. gilt and dec. cl. by E. THÉLEM, obl. folio.
- Occas. sl. foxing; a few small tears. Spine and frontcover faded, sl. stained and rubbed; foot of spine worn.
= Very nicely illustrated and brightly coloured caricatures on i.a. British hunting, shooting, racing, education, costume, sports etc.
= Singer 285, IV.
Shakespeare, W. Ein Sommernachtstraum. Berlin, Erich Reiss Verlag, 1918, 119,(2)p., 12 pochoir-col. plates and 5 ills. by E. STERN, printed in 620 numb. copies (550), orig. giltlettered hcl., t.e.g.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Covers sl. foxed/ yellowed.
- Bookblock loose; first and final lvs. sl. foxed.
= Lang 54; Hermann 170; Gittig 232. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to "Herrn P.G. van Hecke dem verdienstvollen Herausgeber der Revue "Variétés" mit herzlicher Widmung Georg Grosz. Berlin 1930 Jan." on title-p.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Good copy. = Lang 54; Hermann 170; Gittig 232.
Pons, P. Der grosse Zeitvertreib. Ibid., Müller & I. Kiepenheuer, 1932, 1st ed., 62,(2)p., 38 (full-p.) ills., orig. pict. wr. and col. pict. dustwr. by GEORGE GROSZ, 4to.
- Dustwrapper sl. foxed. = Lang 64.
= Privately bound by Rein Sap.
Henrisone, R. The Taill of the Paddok & the Mouse. Market Drayton, Tern Press, 1986, (12) lvs., 4 col. linocut ills. by N. and M. PARRY, printed in 100 numb. and signed (by the artists) copies (90), orig. clothbacked boards, 4to. - AND 2 others publ. by the Greyweathers Press and The Old Stile Press.
= "Een cyclus van vijf gedichten, geschreven en opgedragen aan Pier Paolo Pasolini, naar aanleiding van de film "Decamerone"".
= Halcyon Presse 3. Van Dijk 212.
Roland Holst, A. Voorteekens. Ibid., idem, 1936, 1st ed., 27,(4)p., printed in black and red in 125 numb. copies (100), orig. gilt buckram.
- Spine sunned. = Halcyon Pers 6. Van Dijk 380.
AND 2 others: Halcyon Pers 3 and 8.
- Backstrip trifle darkened, otherwise very fine.
= From the library of G.M. VAN WEES (bookplate on upper pastedown). Reid A1 and p.36/37; Van Dijk 214. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.


























