1072 - 1314 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
= Attractive publication on the art of paper marbling (very fine).
[Fleece Press]. Lot of 10 works,
= With a loosely inserted introductionary note by the printer.
= One of 140 numb. copies on Pur Fil Arches.
- Fine. = Monod 5374.
- Sm. stain on title-p. Frontcover vaguely stained in upper corner. = Chanticleer 186.
= Cees ANDRIESSEN, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 tinted (in red and in grey-blue) woodcuts, 55,7x18/ 33x39 cm., attached to paper mounts, both woodcuts signed, dated "1998" and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by ANNA ENQUIST ("Excursie I " and "Excursie II");
Hans ANDRINGA, "Even"/ "De merel" (2 etchings with some watercolour, both 27x20,7 cm., both etchings signed, dated, numb. and "ets/ aquarel" in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by EVA GERLACH ("Ontwaken" and "Even");
Sjoerd BAKKER, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 col. etchings with aquatint, both ±28x15,7 cm., both etchings signed "Ed. Sjoerd Bakker", dated and numb. in pencil, with artist's stamp in red), each with autograph signed poem by TH.A. SONTROP ("Wat wit is, rond en kwetsbaar (...)" and "Wie rood is, zwaar gepanserd (...)");
Dick CASSÉE, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 col. screenprints, each 49,7x14,7 cm., screenprints attached to paper mount, signed "Cassée 98" and numb. in pencil on the mount), each with autograph signed poem by HENK J. BERNLEF ("Kleuren tussen alle kleuren in (...)" and "De bleke berk staart ontbladerd (...)");
Herman GORDIJN, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 etchings in brown, 29,7x23,3/ 29,2x23,6 cm., both etchings signed "Herman Gordijn" and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by GERRIT KOMRIJ ("Alles blijft" and "Waar ik van hou");
Diana VAN HAL, "De komst van de Koning"/ "Nikè" (2 col. relief prints, 27,5x16/ 26,8x16 cm., both signed "Diana van Hal 98", titled and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by JAN EIJKELBOOM ("De komst van de Koning" and "Nikè (fragment)");
Frans DE JONG, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 col. stencilprints, both 49x31,5 cm., both prints signed "Frans de Jong" and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by RUTGER KOPLAND ("Het dal" and "Een zeug vertelt");
Reinier LUCASSEN, "Praag Bild 998"/ "Prg en Bild 2 998" (2 etchings, both 28,3x21,6 cm., both etchings signed, "Lucassen 98" and numb. in pencil, both titled in the plate), each with autograph poem by H.H. TER BALKT ("De houtkist" and "Tycho Brahe");
Theo NIERMEIJER, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 watercolours/ gouaches, both 56x39,8 cm., both monogrammed "T.N.'98" in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by SIMON VINKENOOG ("Op mijn handschrift" and "Intiem");
Rinke NIJBURG, "Het slotakkoord"/ "Dubbele grote morgen" (2 handcol. etchings, both ±17,7x23,5 cm., both signed "Rinke Nijburg", both titled, "1998" and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by REMCO CAMPERT ("Schietgebed" and "Is het er?");
Vincent VAN OJEN, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 col. woodcuts, both 37x27,2 cm., both woodcuts signed "v Ojen 98" and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by ED LEEFLANG ("Donor" and "Van onbekend merk");
Wim T. SCHIPPERS, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 col. serigraphs (1x w. collage), 40,1x28/ 41x29,2 cm., both attached to mount and both prints signed "Wim T. Schippers", dated and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by HUGO CLAUS ("D'r" (sm. stain) and "Polonaise");
Ronald TOLMAN, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 col. etchings with aquatint, both 23,5x20 cm., both signed "Roland Tolman", dated and numb. in pencil), each with autograph poem by ESTHER JANSMA ("Raam in de lucht" and "Europa");
Frits WOUDSTRA, (Untitled)/ (Untitled) (2 col. etchings, 39,2x24,8/ 38,9x24,7 cm., both signed and numb. in pencil), each with autograph signed poem by KEES VAN KOOTEN ("Verrekijken" and "Zien te bekijken"). Provenance: the estate of Dick Cassée.
- 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.
- Corners sl. worn and joints trifle split. Fine copy.
AND 4 others, i.a. J. DE LA FONTAINE, Fables et comédies. Ed. F. Lemaistre (Paris, 1866, woodengr. plates after STAAL, contemp. giltlettered hmor.) and P.J. STAHL, Maroussia (Paris, n.d. (±1870), num. woodengr. plates and ills. after Th. SCHULER, contemp. gilt hmor. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities. Good/ fine copy).
- Lacks 39 plates. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
Ormond, J. Cathedral Buildings and other poems. Ibid., idem, 1991, X,66,(2)p., printed in 250 copies (200), orig. clothbacked boards, 4to.
= With the prospectus.
Miscellanea. Ibid., idem, 2005, ±25 ephemera by the press (i.a. broadsides, prospectuses, small publications, leaflets etc.), all loosely inserted in orig. blue paper portfolio.
= Published in ±450 copies (blue edition).
Kilvert, F. The Curate of Clyro. Ibid., idem, 1983, unpaginated, woodengr. ills. by Sarah VAN NIEKERK, printed in 265 copies (250), orig, clothbacked marbled boards. - AND 6 others, i.a. on the press, i.a. D. ESSLEMONT and G. TEGAI HUGHES, Gwasg Gregynog. A descriptive catalogue of printing at Gregynog 1970-1990 (Newtown, 1990, printed in 900 copies (755), orig. wr.).
= À l'enseigne d'Alcyon 2. One of 30 copies on imperial Japanese with 2 extra suites of the ills. Van Dijk 138; Carteret V, p.90; Monod 5371; P. van Capelleveen a.o., Voices and Visions. The Koopman Collection and the Art of the French Book: "The vignettes feature a highly sophisticated design, and their presentation is abstract with suggestive figures such as ships, clouds, waves and mountains" (p.48). With the orig. prospectus.
- Some sl. usual foxing.
= Halcyon Pers 8. Van Dijk 436. One of a few copies bound by LOUIS MALCORPS in gilt full mor., orig. wr. pres., t.e.g. Personal copy of the author's mother.
- Fine copy.
= With the original prospectus (w. continued pagination and repeated handcol. vignette) loosely inserted at the end. Rare.
- Spine sl. sunned. = Monod 5983.
Barrès, M. Un jardin sur l'oronte. Ibid., A. Redier, n.d. (1921), (4),171,(2)p., 6 etched plates by HERMINE DAVID, contemp. giltlettered green hmor., t.e.g., orig. wr. pres.
- Spine sl. sunned. = Monod 1027.
AND 6 others, all in fine contemp. bindings, i.a. M. MAETERLINCK, La Grande Féerie (ibid., 1929, contemp. richly gilt red hmor., t.e.g.) and S. PHILLIPS, Herod. A Tragedy (London/ New York, 1901, contemp. full burgundy mor., t.e.g.).
- Very fine.
= With a loosely inserted printed dedication card from the 'bestuur van de vereeniging (...)". From the library/ collection of the artist J. Franken Pz. with his bookplate on recto first blank. Probably one of a few in marbled paper. Stiemer p.49.
= Breugelmans 232.
Trakl, G. Zes gedichten. Dutch transl. C.O. Jellema. The Hague, Statenhofpers, 2013, (24)p., printed in 70 copies, orig. wr. - AND 5 others, i.a. P. VERLAINE, Biblio-Sonnetten (Utr., Stichting de Roos, 2016, ills., printed on various col. paper in 175 numb. copies, orig. boards w. dustwr.) and J. ROTH, Die Spieldose (Gron./ Berlin, 2008, lithogr. ill. by F. LINSSEN, printed in 80 numb. and signed copies, orig. wr.).
= Binding sl. soiled and w. manuscript title on spine.
AND 1 other edition of the Ilias (Oxford, 1810, 2 parts in 1 vol., gilt calf, sm. 8vo).