1379 - 1571 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- The bag sl. stained.
= One of 25 copies in original red goatskin by Susan Allix, upper cover with gilt lattice-work design containing small stars, spine giltlettered, orig. cl. slipcase. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
- Trifle foxed/ stained. Wrapper split along spine and restored w. scotch tape.
= Slagter 22. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.
= One of 30 copies with the extra etching by L. STRIK.
AND 22 other works, published by the same, i.a. K. PAUSTOVSKIJ, Sneeuw (1996, etching by A. SPRONK, printed om 100 copies. One of 40 copies in cloth) and FRANCISCUS VAN ASSISI, Zonnelied (1994, handcol. etching by KMIELIAUSKAS, printed in 50 numb. copies. One of 30 copies in cloth w. an extra etching by the same artist).
= SIGNED by the author.
Vroman, L. Aanvullingen. Ibid., idem, 1997, (13)p., printed in 86 copies (80), orig. wr. Jansma, E. Hebben. Ibid., idem, 1999, (19)p., printed in 90 copies (80), orig. wr. - AND 5 others, published by the same. - AND 11 others, i.a. H. MULISCH, De Grens (Amst., 1976, printed in 250 numb. copies, orig. cl. w. dustwr. SIGNED by the author on colophon).
- Spine and slipcase sl./ trifle worn. = With loosely added the "Bulletin de souscription".
- Fine copy.
= Van Wisselingh 273-291, stating that only 180 copies were printed (p.18), or even only 150 copies (p.91). Braches 7; Braches (1st ed.) 980116 and p.292-293: "Deze versieringen [van Dijsselhof] zijn, omdat ze moesten komen naast etsen van Bauer, geëtst. Ze zijn als zodanig uniek in de geschiedenis der boekherleving."
- Untrimmed copy. Remnants of former bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding sl. rubbed.
= Hayn/ Got. IX, p.62.
= With the AUTOGRAPH text of the poem loosely inserted.
- Upper hinge splitting; p.19-26 misbound. Lacks ties.
WITH printing proof of 3 pages (title-p., p.III-IV (2x)) of the same.
Rushmore, A.W. Saint Francis and the Fierce Wolf of Gubbio, a tale taken from "The Little Flowers" of Saint Francis of Assisi. Madison, Golden Hind Press, 1931, (2),9,(1)p., woodengr. initial, printed in red and black in 50 numb. copies, orig. boards w. paper title-piece, sm. 8vo.
- Occas. sl. foxed; center hinge weak.
= Autograph dedication on first free endpaper: "For H.M. Tomkinson with the sincere regard of the Compositor and Printer. 1931". This copy signed by A.W. Rushmore and numb. "15".
- Sl. foxed in lower blank margin throughout.
- Inside wrappers and first/ final page sl./ trifle foxed; bookplate on verso frontwr. Backstrip strengthened w. paper. A fine copy.
= Lemmens/ Stommels p.27: "Between 1901 and 1903 seven fairy tales were published [by the State Dispatch Office] in six volumes of the same size and with an identical cover on paper of the best quality and with the most up-to-date chromolithographic technique, all illustrated by Bilibin." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
= "Pour mon plaisir" VI. One of 186 numb. copies on Vélin rives.
- Binding sl. duststained; spine and backcover sm. imperfections; upper joint restored; corners rubbed/ sl. worn.
= With the prize (mounted on upper pastedown).
AND 6 miscellaneous works in 8 vols., all attractively bound, i.a. P.B. SHELLEY, Poetical works (London/ New York, n.d. (±1930), frontisp. portrait, contemp. gilt and blindst. green calf, a.e.g. Fine); J.L. MOTLEY, The Rise of the Dutch Republic: a History (London, 1869, 3 vols., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces on spines. All vols. foxed at beginning and end; corners and joints sl. rubbed); H. VICARS, Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars Ninety-Seventh Regiment (London, 1877, steelengr. frontisp. and title-p., contemp. gilt hcalf w. dark green mor. letterpiece. Frontisp. and title (sl.) foxed; joints and corners rubbed) and L. RITCHIE, Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland (London, 1833, steelengr. views, orig. gilt and blindst. red mor., a.e.g. Lacks 2 plates).
- A few frontispieces and title-p. sl./ trifle foxed (frontisp. and title-p. Vanity Fair most obviously so). Upper joint of vol. 2 starting; a few superficial scratches in covers of vol.1; one vol. top of spine sl. chipped.
= A fine set of the first edition of Thackeray's Works. From the library of Lord Cheylesmore (all vols. with his engr. bookplate). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.
- Upper joint sl. weak/ splitting; top of spine chipped.
= "This Volume upon Ninon de Lenclos is translated and compiled from the most authentic French sources" (pref.). The text sometimes is attributed to Antoine Bret (1717-1792).
= One of 26 lettered copies printed on Chester Light-toned, signed on the colophon by the editor and lettered "D", bound in full leather by A.W. LUMSDEN, and with an extra copy of the engravings on Japanese Hosho under passepartout, loosely inserted in rear pocket. Rare, no copies traced in
WITH the prospectus for the work, incl. a discarded leaf from the printing.
= Derde uitwisselingsproject. "In de tweede helft van augustus 1989 verschijnt de serie Bladspiegeling, het derde uitwisselingsproject van De Blauwe Scheen. De opdracht aan de deelnemers was een bloemlezing samen te stellen met een omvang van acht, of meer bladzijden tekst plus titelpagina en colofon, en deze te drukken in een oplage van vijfenzestig exemplaren. Elk boekje meet 22,5x14,5 cm. en heeft minstens twee katerns. Zesentwintig marginale drukkers hebben elk hun idee van een bloemlezing uitgewerkt. Aan de serie is een inhoudsopgave toegevoegd als zevenentwintigste boekje." (typescript prospectus). Contributions by i.a. Avalon Pers, In de Bonnefant, De Breukenpers, Linea Recta, Mercatorpers, De Oude Degel, Plim's Stoomdrukkerijen, De Priegelpers, Regulierenpers, Rosmarijnpers, De Veerpers and De Wisteria.
- Box w. some sm. scratches.
= Derde uitwisselingsproject. "In de tweede helft van augustus 1989 verschijnt de serie Bladspiegeling, het derde uitwisselingsproject van De Blauwe Scheen. De opdracht aan de deelnemers was een bloemlezing samen te stellen met een omvang van acht, of meer bladzijden tekst plus titelpagina en colofon, en deze te drukken in een oplage van vijfenzestig exemplaren. Elk boekje meet 22,5x14,5 cm. en heeft minstens twee katerns. Zesentwintig marginale drukkers hebben elk hun idee van een bloemlezing uitgewerkt. Aan de serie is een inhoudsopgave toegevoegd als zevenentwintigste boekje." (typescript prospectus). Contributions by i.a. Avalon Pers, In de Bonnefant, De Breukenpers, Linea Recta, Mercatorpers, De Oude Degel, Plim's Stoomdrukkerijen, De Priegelpers, Regulierenpers, Rosmarijnpers, De Veerpers and De Wisteria.
- Bookplate on htitle.
= Terasse 40; Monod 8401. WITH 2 extra suites: a suite of 39 lithographs (with 17 unused) printed on "rose sur vélin de Rives" and a suite of 22 lithographs on "vert sur vélin de Rives". The lithographs were begun by Bonnard in 1928 and finished after his death in 1947 by Mourlot.