1815 - 2226 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Contemporary owner's entry on htitle; a few lvs. trifle foxed. Fine copy.
AND 4 others, i.a. R. BURNS, The Cottar's Saturday Night (London etc., n.d. (±1890), tinted lithogr. ills., orig. cl. w. mounted cardboard and veneer(?) plate, a.e.g, obl. 4to) and W. IRVING, Bracebridge Hall (London, 1877, ills. by R. CALDECOTT, orig. gilt cl., a.e.g.).
The Fables of Aesop. Selected, told anew and their History traced by Joseph Jacobs. London, Macmillan & Co., 1894, XXV,(1),222,(6)p., frontisp., ills. and orig. pict. gilt cl. by RICHARD HEIGHWAY, a.e.g.
- Contents occas. sl. foxed, otherwise fine.
- Contents trifle/ sl. foxed; owner's stamp in red ink on titlep., htitle and final leaf. Binding w. a few stains, particularly on backcover; top of backstrip sunned.
Weatherly, F.E., Bingham, C., a.o. Earth's Sweet Voices. London/ New York, E. Nister/ E.P. Dutton & co., n.d. (±1895), (25) lvs., monochr. lithogr. ills. by various artists, orig. pict. gilt cl., a.e.g., obl. 4to.
- Contents trifle foxed/ browned; occas. trifle fingersoiled. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
AND 6 others similar, i.a. C. HAVERGAL, J. DENHAM SMITH a.o., Everlasting Love. A Selection of Poems (London, n.d. (±1895), each page w. chromolithogr. ills. and text, orig. gilt pict. cl., a.e.g., large obl. 8vo).
= With loosely inserted signed postcard by the publisher.
Bolton, C. A Tale of Two Benches. Marcham, idem, 2000, 19,(2)p., 2 woodengr. ills. by R. GIBBINGS and S. BRETT, printed in 120 numb. and signed copies, orig. clothbacked boards.
= With loosely inserted extra print of the wood engraving by Simon Brett.
- Two sm. stains on frontwr. = Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
WITH a facsimile edition of the work (Amst., 1976).
= Solomon Alweiss (1901-1973) was a German born Galician Jewish modern artist.
= Verso lid w. mounted leaf reading "Kaartenbak no. 106". Each publication is printed in a limited edition and contains 5 loose postcards, all published by De Ammoniet on occasion of an exhibition in the University Library, University of Amsterdam. Contains: J.W.H. WERNER, Amsterdam slaat de vleugels uit: het begin van een kartografische traditie (1994); Ex Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana (1994); Suriname verbeeld (1995); Multatuli: muiter van gisteren, held van vandaag (1995); C. GODFRIED (introd.), De Deense Molière. Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) (1996); Drukwerk tussen hemel en hel (1996); De illustraties in de 'Duizend-en-één-Nacht' van Gerard Keller (1996); Van Raspen en Malen. Het Amsterdamse Rasphuis aan de Heiligeweg (1997); P.C. Hooft geschreven en gedrukt (1997); P. VISSER, Het werk van den Boekdrukker is Goud waard. Aspecten van Het Réveil in druk toegelicht (1997); 't Verborgen goed, Treckt ons gemoed. De boekillustratoren Jan & Caspar Luyken (1999) and R. RIJKSE, 100 jaar Nederlandse Private Presses (2000).
Het Ambachtelijk Groeiboek. Ed. B. van Selm and P. Hoftijzer. Ibid., idem, 1988-2018, 22 parts and 4 'bijlagen', each printed in 150 copies, loose as issued.
= From 1988 onwards, the printer Gerard Post van der Molen asked librarians and book historians for contributions to his project Het Ambachtelijk Groeiboek. The book is still in progress and will eventually comprise 25 chapters, each printed in 150 copies for subscribers only (correspondence accompanying new chapters included).
Verkruijsse, P.J. Ik, het boek. Analytisch handboek voor de bibliograaf. Met praktijkvoorbeelden. Ibid., idem, 1995, 2nd ed., 15,(1)p., ills., printed in red, green, blue and black in 335 copies (125) orig. giltlettered cl. Post van der Molen, G. and Rijkse, R. 't Geluck waeit niemand in den mond. 20 jaar margedrukker De Ammoniet. Amst./ Middelb., Univ. Bibliotheek/ Zeeuwse Bibliotheek, 2000, 256p., ills., printed in 750 copies, orig. cl.
= Contains a bibliography of all printed works by the Ammoniet.
AND a small stack of small publications by De Ammoniet.
- Mint. = Very rare.
= Nice publication satirizing the excessive and unnecessary use of English words and phrases in Dutch discourse.
- Spine repaired w. tape; covers badly foxed.
= Kun illustrated the novel with 28 striking woodcuts depicting scenes from the life of Bor miners, telling a story that is a tragic testimony to the process of modernization that took place in this mining city.
= One of 44 DELUXE copies, bound by Binderij Phoenix. With prospectus and invitation card loosely inserted.
Rossetti, D.G. Hand and soul. Maastr., The Halcyon Press, 1928, 36,(3)p., initials by J. VAN KRIMPEN, typography by A.A.M. STOLS, printed in black and red in 361 numb. copies by J. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN (325), orig. cl., sm. 8vo.
- Endpapers sl. browned as usual. Backstrip sl. sunned. = The Halcyon Press 3; Van Dijk 162.
Cannegieter, H.G. 't Is altijd wat moeilijk over zichzelf te praten. Een gesprek met Jan van Krimpen. Oosterhesselen, De Klencke Pers, 1990, (2),15,(2)p., 3 mounted letterpress samples, printed in 30 numb. copies, orig. wr. (Lettersnider-reeks no.3). - AND 6 others, i.a. O. SIMON, The Double Crown Club. Register of Past and Present Members (n.pl., privately printed in 150 copies, 1949, orig. pict. hcl.) and P.M. HERINGA, Voces Intimae. Ed. G. Kleis (Amst., 2001, tipped-in frontisp. portrait, printed in 200 copies (160), orig. limp cl.).
= One of 20 Roman numb. copies w. 4 extra signed ex libris for H.G.J. Schelling inserted in rear pocket.
AND 9 others publ. by the same and related occas. graphics, i.a. DRIE POOLSE KERSTLIEDEREN (Baarn, 1989, frontispiece engraving by Henryk FAJLHAUER, printed in 100 copies, orig. wr.).
- One of 30 copies with an extra copperengr. called for (not present in this copy).
Dura, C. Het volk van de vijfde dag. Ibid., idem 1992, 17p., col. drawing by F. VAN DEWOORD, signed in pencil by the author, printed in 50 numb. copies, orig. hmor., sm. 8vo.
= With loosely inserted extra drawing by the artist and prospectus.
Blokland, H. Ludmila Jirincová, Tsjechisch kunstenares. Ibid., idem, 1982, (21)p., 3 etchings by L. JIRINCOVÁ, printed in 70 numb. copies (50), orig. cl. Benes, K. Twaalf maanden. Ibid., idem, 1985, 12 col. plates, all signed by the artist in pencil, printed in 140 numb. copies (50), loosely inserted in orig. cl. portfolio by G. VAN DAAL. - AND 1 other, publ. by the same.
= One of 10 Roman numb. copies with a suite of the engraving and an extra engraving by Olga Vychodiloca and poem by the author, both signed. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION in pencil. Published on the occasion of Cyril Bouda's 80th birthday.
Simons, W.J. Portret van François. Ibid., idem, 1961, 33p., 3 etchings by L. JIRINCOVÁ, printed in 125 numb. copies (25), orig. clothbacked boards.
= One of 25 Roman numb. copies not meant for sale.
Buul, H. van. Dirk van Gelder. Zijn exlibris en gelegenheidsgrafiek. Ibid., idem, 1984, 72,(6)p., woodcut plates by D. VAN GELDER, printed in 400 numb. copies, orig. giltlettered cl. - AND 2 others.
= One of (?) privately bound in full leather with marbled endpapers. This copy numbered "I" (or 1), from the library of the binder himself with his bookplate on verso first free endpaper.
= One of 10 numb. copies with a suite of the etchings and bound in hmor. by G. VAN DAAL, orig. board slipcase.
= From the library of Herber Blokland, numbered "1" on the colophon.
AND 3 others, 2x by the same and by Herber BLOKLAND, all from his library, all numb. "1": Zicht op van der Meij (1993, 70 copies. This copy with two loosely inserted extra htitle leaves with the etched frontispiece by the artist); Bertils koningin van de Nacht (1988, 60 numb. copies) and H. BLOKLAND, Engelien Reitsma-Valença (1989, 70 numb. copies, one of 60 in hleather, large 4to).
= From the library of Herber Blokland, the publisher, erased number "1" on colophon. With loosely inserted the ORIGINAL typescript of this text, with manuscript title by the author and including several sm. corrections in typescript and pen and ink. WITH another copy of the same work, numbered "1" in pen.
AND 3 others by the same, publ. by the same and all from the same library and all numbered "1", all in original cloth: Signor Rossini of Het Afscheid van Pesaro (1992, with an extra loosely inserted woodcut by Peter LAZAROV), De verdwijning van Monsieur Cambert (1993, etching by WIM VAN DER MEIJ) and Schandaal in Sint-Petersburg (etching by Hedwig PAUWELS).