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- Lower edge of slipcase split. = Coil spring in cotton cover jumps from the book when you open it.
- One flask lacks cork; one cork dam.
= Incl. a "Pellison Cognac" and "Paterson's De Luxe" Scotch Whisky flask.
- Without the orig. box; covers sl. fingersoiled; vague stains on backcover; lower corners bumped.
= The English edition of the famous SHV-book, published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Steenkolen Handels Vereeniging. It was designed by Irma Boom and was awarded several prizes, but was never for sale. The production of the book took 5 years of research and design, and the result is overwhelming in its abundance of illustrations, its graphic design and ideas. The book measures 23x18 cm., is 12 cm. thick, weighs 3,5 kg. and has 8 ribbons. Its fore-edge is decorated with tulips when viewed from one side and shows a poem by Gerrit Achterberg when viewed from the other side to mention just one of the many features. "Dit is hét icoon van modern Nederlands grafisch design. Het SHV-boek is vormgegeven door Irma Boom in redactionele samenwerking met kunsthistoricus Johan Pijnappel. Paul Fentener van Vlissingen gaf hun de opdracht voor een bedrijfsboek ter gelegenheid van het honderdjarige bestaan van de Steenkolen Handels Vereeniging. Er werd niet gekozen voor een reclameachtige uitgave met tabellen en directieportretten; inspiratie en uitzonderlijkheid stonden voorop. De voorbereidingen namen vijf volle jaren in beslag; behalve het bedrijfsarchief werden interviews met medewerkers gebruikt. Boom heeft van dit boek een staalkaart van ontwerp- en drukkunst gemaakt, waarbij drukkerij Rosbeek (Nuth) tekende voor de technische prestatie. Gedrukt werd op bankbiljettenpapier, zodat voor dit boek geen bomen hoefden te worden gerooid (de basis is katoen). Het papier is op sommige plaatsen geperforeerd. Laserdruk, veelkleurendruk, geavanceerde computertechnieken en speciale rasters werden ingezet om honderden documenten en fotos te reproduceren op 2136 paginas. Bij het bladeren verandert het tulpenlandschap op de snede in een gedicht van Achterberg. De paginas bleven ongenummerd, het boek moest een reis worden, niet een naslagwerk." (Paul van Capelleveen on the website on the Dutch Royal Library, www.kb.nl). With loosely inserted invitation/ program booklet of anniversary festivities.
= Fine unopened copy of this remarkable book designed by IRMA BOOM. "The diagrams printed in full colour are all derived from a detail from a famous work of art. The PMS colours used for the solids are based on the colours in the diagrams" [colophon].
Abbe, L. van and Dijk, M.A. van (ed.). Fortis sur Place. Utr., Fortis Stichting Kunst en Historisch Bezit, 2007, 311,(1)p., col. ills., design and orig. blindst. boards by IRMA BOOM. - AND 3 others designed by the same (studio), i.a. I. BOOM a.o., Dutch Heights 2 (Heemstede, 2011, num. col. ills., orig. boards).
= Unopened copy (shrinkwrapped). Very fine miniature book, published on occasion of the exhibition of Irma Boom's "living archive" in the Amsterdam University Library in 2010. The illustrations show Boom's bookdesigns from 1986 until 2010, including the famous SHV Thinkbook, but also designs for logos, stamps and posters.
= "Written between the lines of 1136 meticulously documented postcards, spanning ten years of travel, is the tale of the Butler family. It is a story of abandonment and love, of sickness and health, and of a marriage in transit. In this bright-yellow, 1200-page volume, world-renowned designer Irma Boom carefully and thoroughly retraces the journey of a lifetime. Her Yellow Book is a monument to book design, and an epic family portrait" (jamesjennifergeorgina.com).
- Fine copy of the DELUXE EDITION.
= Rare and remarkable book, released in conjunction with the "No.5 Culture Chanel" exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, produced without use of ink and comprising only entirely white leaves showing embossed texts and illustrations. (This deluxe artist book edition is not to be confused with the regularly printed trade edition, published to accompany the exhibition). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; dedication on title-p.
AND 8 others similar, i.a. L. CORENS a.o. (ed.)., Archives & Information in the Early Modern World (Oxf., 2018, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and V. GROEBNER, Who are you? (New York, 2007, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
- All fine.
- Bookplate (of Robert Elwell) on upper pastedown of all vols. Sm. light brown stains on backstrip of vol.2.
= Fine set. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
- Occas. owner's annots. Dustwr. sl. worn/ dam. at extremities.
= Utrechtse Historisch-Kartografische Studies I. Profusely illustrated survey of all printed maps of the former county of Holland.
Zandvliet, K. Mapping for Money. Maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and 17th centuries. Amst., De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1998, 328p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 others similar: J. BROTTON, Een geschiedenis van de wereld in twaalf kaarten (Antw., 2013, ills, orig. boards w. dustwr.) and M. MONMONIER, Drawing the line (New York, 1995, ills., orig. hcl. w. (dam.) dustwr.).
- Index lvs. sl. foxed. Textvol. backcover sl. dampstained.
= Text in Dutch, English and Spanish.
- All (near) fine.
- Top of spine chipped.
= Facs. reprint of Theatrum ichnographicum omnium urbium et praecipuorum oppidorum Belgicarum XVII Provinciarum peraccurate delineatarum, Amst., 1698.
AND 1 other: J. BLAEU, Novus atlas (...) Sinensis (Stuttg., 1973, facs. of the ed. Amst., 1655, 17 double-p. col. maps and accomp. textbook, together loose as issued in orig. giltlettered hcl., slipcase, large folio. Slipcase partly split along extremities).
- Without the orig. box; stains on frontwr. dustwr.
= Comprises: I. Atlas Isaak de Graaf; II. Java en Madoera; III. Indische Archipel en Oceanië; IV. Ceylon; V. Afrika; VI. Voor-Indië, Perzië, Arabisch Schiereiland; VII. Oost-Azië, Birma tot Japan. Text in Dutch and English.