1312 - 1725 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Occas. sl. cut short and a few lvs. sl. frayed, otherwise in good/ fine condition. Binding sl. rubbed; boardeges worn/ dam..
= Contains no. 3, 15 (STEINLEN, 14 Juillet), 28 (A. WILLETTE, Les Enmerdeurs), 30 (KEES VAN DONGEN, Petite histoire pour petits et grand nenfants), 31, 58, 64 (VOGEL, Danse macabre), 85, 111 (POULBOT, Journalistes), 115, 117, 136, 148, 151 (ADARAMAKARO, Japonaise), 153, 199, 293, 295, 303, 304 (RENÉ BERGER, Le duel), 308, 309, 312, 318, 319, 324, 325, 354, 357, 359, 363, 383, 394, 395, 409, 414, 415, 419, 429, 438, 439, 478, 502 (H.-G. IBELS, Le Caf'- Conc' à L'Odéon), 503, 506, 507, 510, 512, 515 (GRANDJOUAN, L'école des Pigeons) and 516.
- Incl. 1 duplicate; partly waterst. Some wrappers loose.
= With i.a. no.28 by A. WILLETTE, no.30 by KEES VAN DONGEN (SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVIII) and no.37 by A. GUILLAUME (with several nice fold-outs) and many lithographs by T.A. STEINLEN. Comprises no. 2-7, 9, 14-17, 27-40, 44, 46, 48-49, 53-56, 58, 61-63, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74, 77, 79, 190, 203, 208, 226, 231, 235, 244, 256, 262, 269, 271, 276-278, 280, 282-285, 287, 295-297, 303-305, 308, 310-316, 318-342, 344-349, 351-360, 362, 363, 370, 371, 374, 376-380, 382, 384, 387, 389-396, 398, 400, 401, 408, 409, 411, 412, 420, 423, 431, 433, 438-441, 443-448, 450-457, 463, 468, 472, 474, 475, 480, 482, 508-519 and 521 (2x).
- Interior fine. Rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Comprises no. 1-117. Illustrations and wrappers i.a. by Hautot, L. Icart, P. Iribe, G. Wegener and Willette.
- Various (sm.) defects, mostly sl. frayed/ sl. foxed; a few corner frontcover torn off.
= Issues year 1: no.7, 8, 9 13, 14, 14b, 15, 16, 18-20, 22b, 25-29, 29b, 30, 32, 34-37, 37b, 38, 39, 39b, 41, 43-44, 44b, 45-49, 49 bis (29 December 1868); year 2: no.51, 51b (10 January 1869), 53-55, 55b, 56-60, 62-64, 68-71, 71b, 72, 73, 75-82, 84, 85, 87, 87b, 88-90, 92, 92b, 93, 94, 97, 98, 98b, 100, 101; year 3, no. 114.
La Lune. Semaine comique illustree. Ed. F. Polo. Lot of 58 issues, ibid., 1867-1870, orig. unif. wr. w. large stencil. col. lithogr./ woodengr. ill. on frontcover by i.a. GILL, folio.
- No.32 only frontcover; similar defects as above. = Issue 32, 34, 35, 38-45, 48-66 and 68-97.
- First quire almost loose. = One of 20 numb. copies w. handcol. illustrations. Very rare.
AND 2 others, both illustrated by J.J. GRANDVILLE, i.a. J. SWIFT, Voyages de Gulliver (Paris, 1838, 2 parts in 1 vol., woodcut ills., contemp. gilt hcalf. Occas. sl. yellowed; backstrip sl. faded).
- Sl. foxed. Frontcover w. a few sm. rubbed spots; spine-ends sl. rubbed.
AND 4 others, i.a. A. VERHUELL, Zoo zijn er! Jeugd. / Zie daar! Scherts en ernst. / Afspiegelingen. Ze zijn er! (Leyden, n.d. (±1900), 3 vols., num. (full-p.) ills., orig. unif. cl., 4to) and J. DYSERINCK, Mr. Alexander Verhuell in zijn leven en werken (ibid., 1907, ills., orig. giltlettered cl., 4to).
= Designs for book-covers made for publications by A.A.M. Stols, printed from the original copperblocks.
Bellaert, C. Seven-up. Ibid., idem, 1973, (19)p., printed in various colours in 50 numb. copies, orig. wr. Andriessen, M. De dokwerker. Ibid., idem, 1980, (9)p., title-vignette, printed in black and blue in 90 numb. copies, orig. wr., 4to. - AND 3 others by the same press, all in orig. wr.: D. HILLENIUS, De onrust bewaren (1981, printed in 60 numb. copies); J.G. ELBURG, Verzen uit de Zevensnaar (1978, printed in 75 numb. copies) and E. DU PERRON, Aan A. Roland Holst. Fragmenten uit brieven (1976, printed in 88 numb. copies).
= Rare publication, with contributions by Kees Fens, Simon Carmiggelt (also under pseud. Karel Bralleput), Peter van Straaten and Peter Vos. Contains a facsimile by Carmiggelt and "Rapport behorende bij de brief van de jury voor de Staatsprijs voor Letterkunde P.C. Hooftprijs 1974". SIGNED by Simon Carmiggelt, Peter Vos and Wim Wandel.
= One of 300 copies on Haesbeek, Hollands. WITH an extra suite of all the woodcuts. Van der Laar 82.
- First plate w. sm. parts of paper from opposite p. in inner margin, easily restorable. Spine-ends sl. worn; lower part of upper joint starting.
= SELFPORTRAIT with AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION in pen and ink on series title-p.: "Pour Nico Koster en souvenir. Marc Chagall 1970 St. Paul". Verve vol. X, no.37/38. Sorlier 75; Mourlot 230-280. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVIII.
WITH an orig. photograph of the artist signing this copy.
- Very fine copy. Slipcase sl. nibbled by silverfish.
- Vague oblique fold in second half of the book (also vaguely visible in 2 plates). Wrappers sl. faded along extremities.
= Kornfeld 63-69. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIX.
- Dustwr. nibbled by silverfish along margins and one spot on frontwr.
- Lower joint and spine-ends sl. worn.
AND 3 others, i.a. a fine copy of J.M. BARRIE, Peter Pan and Wendy. Retold by M. Byron (London, 1953, 7th impression, plates, col. ills. and orig. pict. cl. by M.L. ATTWELL. Spine-ends and corners trifle worn/ bumped).
= One of 45 numb. and signed copies on Vélin d'Arches. Monod 2651.
- Sl. foxed throughout; bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints sl. worn; backcover a few light scratches; both covers sl. faded along top margin.
- Occas. w. some foxed spots. Gilt lettering partly worn off.
= The rare DELUXE publisher's binding. First edition with the illustrations by Harry Clarke. Steenson A2.c. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIX.
- Ticket on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper; some minor stains/ tapeghost on endpapers. Dustwr. in poor condition and repaired w. paper tape. Otherwise fine.
= Steenson A2.e.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; lower hinge broken. Cloth and plate on frontcover sl. worn.
= Enlarged edition with coloured plates. Steenson A2.j.
= One of 10 Roman numb. copies.