1363 - 1737 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Bookplate on upper pastedown.
Idem. Gargantua et Pantagruel. Ibid., G. Jeune, n.d. (1954), 2 vols., 335,(9); 348,(12)p., 2 col. frontisp., (full-p.) ills. and orig. wr. by DUBOUT, printed in 3000 numb. copies, 4to.
= Monod 9380.
AND 1 other work publ./ illustrated by Dubout: D. ERASMUS, L'éloge de la Folie (ibid., (1954), orig. wr., 4to).
- Sl. foxed; one text leaf w. large tear. Covers waterst. in upper corners; spine-ends worn.
= Latimore/ Haskell p.27.
- Contemp. owner's entry on first blank. Spine trifle discoloured; spine-ends sl. worn; plate on frontcover sl. scratched.
- First free endpaper browned; some offsetting on textp. from flimsies; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. stained/ worn.
= Latimore/ Haskell p.46-47.
Irving, W. Rip van Winkle. Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, n.d. (±1918), 46,(2)p., 20 (of 24) tipped-in col. plates and num. ills. by A. RACKHAM printed in 550 numb. copies, orig. gilt buckram by E.P. VAN BOMMEL w. mounted col. plate by A. RACKHAM, t.e.g., 4to.
- Lacks 4 plates. Traces of bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. portion cut from first blank; foxed. Binding sl. rubbed.
= Cf. Latimore/ Haskell p.45.
- (First) endpapers w. owner's entries and offsetting; occas. sl. foxed. Binding trifle worn. Otherwise fine.
= Latimore/ Haskell p.48f.
ADDED: Milne, A.A. A Gallery of Children. London, Stanley Paul & Co., 1925, 1st ed., 105,(1)p., 12 col. plates and orig. gilt cl. w. mounted plate on frontcover by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR, 4to.
- Hinges broken; some lvs. loose(ning)/ w. sm. tears (incl. 1 plate); foxed throughout. Binding sl. worn/ stained; upper joint splitting but reattached w. sellotape.
= Heller 17.
- All issues contents loose(ning); wrs. sl. frayed (2x sl. discoloured). Plates fine.
= Vicaire VII, p.908; Monod 10785.
- Top edge slipcase sl. foxed.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. stamp on verso first free endpaper; vague annot. on first blank.
= Monod 9570.
= De Renildis Handpers 1957-1987 p.12f: "(...) te beschouwen als een hoogtepunt in het vroege oeuvre (...) gekenmerkt door een zeer evenwichtige pagina-indeling met door ruime marges omgeven tekstblokken, waarin hier en daar door het gebruik van rood een accent gelegd is." The 10th publication of the Renildis Handpers.
WITH: De Renildis Handpers 1957-1987. The Hague, Mus. Meermanno-Westrenianum, 1987, 40p., ills., orig. wr. (some annots. in ballpoint).
= This copy printed on name of H.T.M. van Vliet.
- Box soiled/ stained.
- Contents fine. Binding w. some unobtrusive rubbed spots along extremities.
= Very rare deluxe ed. printed on Arches paper (this copy unnumbered and without name subscriber). with i.a.: M. CHAGALL, The Acrobat (etching, 19,7x15 cm., signed "Chagall" in the plate); J. ENSOR, "Squelletes voulant se chauffer" (Etching, 13,5x10 cm., signed, titled and "95" in the plate) and O. ZADKINE: (A seated couple) (Lithograph, 28x20 cm., monogrammed and "1929(?)" on the stone). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXI.
- Cloth over joints torn.
AND 2 others, i.a. illustrated by W. HEATH ROBINSON.
- Spine chemise trifle worn.
= Monod 10013; Carteret IV, p.352: "Charmante publication recherchée et cotée."
= One of 750 deluxe copies w. a tinted lithograph signed and numb. in pencil.
- Bookblock split(ting). Wrappers sl. worn.
= With extensive AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank.
= Contributions by JAN HARTZEMA (lithograph, signed in pencil), GERARD VAN KESTEREN (lithograph, signed in pencil), GERDA VAN LEEUWEN (etching, signed in pencil), ERIC WITTENBERNS ("boekdruk", signed in white marker), BUZZE WEIDEMA (mixed technique, signed in pencil), FONS MOONEN (lithograph, w. artist's stamp) and JOHAN DE ZOETE (photo-engraving, signed in pencil).
ADDED: Merz, G. De Ordine Geometrico. Amst., De Appel Foundation, 1990, (18)p., full-p. col. ills., orig. blindst. cl., obl. folio.
- Frontcover vaguely stained. = SIGNED on final blank.
= I.a. Onrust (1976); Nippon (1976); A. AL-MA'RRI, Zestien Gedichten (1977); J.W. OERLEMANS, Bodem (1977); W. KOTTE, Japanse Terzinen (1977); N. GREGOOR, Harde wener (1978); Avondretour (1978); R. LOWELL, Zeemeermin. Dutch transl. J. Eijkelboom (1983); STICHTING NAUGHTY PEOPLE, Zwartboek (1984, orig. cordbound wr., obl. 8vo) and F. ESPER, Het doorbroken ritueel (1985).