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83 1765 Ambo Klassiek reeks Lot of 31 vols
83/1765 [Ambo Klassiek reeks]. Lot of 31 vols., Baarn, Ambo, 1989-2002, maps, ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr.
€ (300-500) 400
83/1766 Amis, M. The Pregnant Widow. London, J. Cape, 2010, 1st ed., (8),470p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Idem. Lionel Asbo. Ibid., idem, 2012, 1st ed., (8),275,(1)p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). - AND 6 others, i.a. I. McEWAN, Solar (ibid., 2010, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine); IDEM, Sweet Tooth (ibid., 2012, 1st ed., orig. boards w, dustwr. Fine); P. LARKIN, The Complete Poems. Ed. A. Burnett (New York, 2012, 1st Am. ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine) and Z. LEADER, The Life of Kingsley Amis (ibid., 2006, plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.).
€ (50-70) 50
83 1767 Baskerville Serie Lot of 22 vols from the series
83/1767 Baskerville Serie. Lot of 22 vols. from the series, Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1981-2013, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

= All Dutch translations of (classical) authors, i.a. AUGUSTINUS, Belijdenissen (1981); IDEM, De stad van God (1983); CASSIUS DIO, Augustus (2002), CAESAR, Oorlog in Gallië (1997), ACHILLEUS TATIOS, De liefdesperikelen van Leukippe en Kleitofon (1998); CATO, Goed Boeren (1996), THUCYDIDES, De Peloponnesische oorlog (1986 and 2013), APULEIUS, Pronkpassages (1994), PLOUTARCHOS, Beroemde Grieken/ Beroemde Romeinen (2007/ 2008), GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH, Geschiedenis van de Britse koningen (2000), PAULUS DIACONUS, De geschiedenis van de Langobarden (1999).

€ (200-300) 350
83 1768 Baudelaire C
83/1768 Baudelaire, C. De bloemen van het kwaad. Dutch transl. and ed. P. Verstegen. Amst., G. van Oorschot, 1995, 587,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

= Franse Bibliotheek - klassiek.

AND 3 others, incl. 2 other Dutch translations of the same work and B. VAN DE POL and M. STEENMEIJER (Dutch transl. and ed.), De dichter is een kleine God. De 150 mooiste gedichten uit het Spaans (Amst., 2010, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

€ (30-50) 40
83 1769 Beckford W
83/1769 Beckford, W. Vathek. Ed. and introd. R. Lonsdale. London, Oxf. Univ. Press, 1970, XLIII,(1),187,(1)p., frontisp., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Alexander, B. (ed. and introd.) The Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain 1787-1788. London, R. Hart-Davis, 1954, 340p., frontisp. portrait, fold. map, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. England's Wealthiest Son. A Study of William Beckford. Ibid., Centaur Press, 1962, IX,(1),308p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Newspaper clipping tipped onto upper pastedown.

AND 5 others by/ on the same, i.a. G. CHAPMAN, Beckford (London, 1952, frontisp. portrait, orig. cl.) and B. FOTHERGILL, Beckford of Fonthill (ibid./ Boston, 1979, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

€ (50-70) 50
83 1770 Canetti E
83/1770 Canetti, E. Het Martyrium. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1981, 4th ed., 573,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. Massa & Macht. Ibid., idem, 1983, 2nd rev. ed., 547p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Hanuschek, S. Elias Canetti. De biografie. Amst./ Antw., De Arbeiderspers, 2008, 682p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

= Open Domein 45.

AND 7 others by/ on the same, i.a. K. WACHINGER, Elias Canetti. Bilder aus seinem Leben (Munich/ Vienna, 2005, num. ills., orig. boards, 4to) and E. CANETTI, Vliegenpijn (Amst., 1993, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

€ (50-70) 50
83 1771 Casanova G
83/1771 Casanova, G. Het verhaal van mijn leven. Transl. T. Kars. Amst., Van Oorschot, 2017, 3 vols., 1151,(1); 1147,(4); 1500,(3)p., col. plates, india-paper, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase. - AND 5 others, i.a. R. GRAVES, Griekse mythen (Houten, 1999, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and J. AUSTEN, Pride and Prejudice. An Annotated Edition. Ed. P. Meyer Spacks (London, 2010, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sq. 4to).
€ (70-90) 100
83/1772 Cervantes Saavedra M de Don Quijote and Sancho Panza
83/1772 Cervantes Saavedra M de Don Quijote and Sancho Panza
83/1772 Cervantes Saavedra M de Don Quijote and Sancho Panza
83/1772 Cervantes Saavedra M de Don Quijote and Sancho Panza
83/1772 [Cervantes Saavedra, M. de]. (Don Quijote and Sancho Panza). Four anonymous wooden sculptures, between 17,5x5x7 and 21,5x15x8 cm., 20th cent.

= Showing a seated Don Quijote with his book on his right knee, a standing Don Quijote holding his book in front of him, the head of Don Quijote and a standing Sancho Panza.

€ (80-100) 80
83 1773 Chatwin B
83/1773 Chatwin, B. Utz. London, J. Cape, 1988, 1st ed., 154p., orig. boards w. (unclipped) dustwr.

- Unobtrusively mounted anti-theft strip on inner margin of lower pastedown. Fine copy.

AND 6 others, i.a. A. HUXLEY, The Doors of Perception (London, 1954, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Owner's entry on first free endpaper; dustwr. w. two sm. holes in spine and sl. rubbed at spine-ends and corners) and 2 good/ fine first editions of G. GREENE: May we Borrow Your Husband/ The Comedians (both 1st ed., orig. cl. w. (unclipped) dustwr. Both w. owner's stamp in blue on first free endpaper).

€ (50-70)
83 1774 Classical antiquity Livius T
83/1774 [Classical antiquity]. Livius, T. Zonen van Mars./ Hannibal voor de poorten./ Vrijheid voor de Grieken. Transl. and ed. F.H. Van Katwijk-Knapp and H.W.A. van Rooijen-Dijkman. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1997-2001, 3 vols., 831; 751; 951,(1)p., maps, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around slip.

= Baskerville serie. De geschiedenis van Rome I-X/ XXI-XXX/ XXXI-XLV.

Polybios. Wereldgeschiedenis 264-145 v. Chr. Dutch transl. W. Kassies. Ibid., idem, 2007, 2 vols., 824; 825-1579p., maps, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. vol. 2 sl. faded and waterwrinkled. = Baskerville serie.

AND 4 others from the same series and the "Grote Baskerville serie" (1x), i.a. APOLLONIOS VAN RHODOS, De tocht van de Argonauten (ibid., 1996, maps, orig. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around slip) and VERGILIUS, Het verhaal van Aeneas (ibid., 2000, orig. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around slip).

€ (150-250) 230
83 1775 Classical antiquity Ovidius Naso P
83/1775 [Classical antiquity]. Ovidius Naso, P. Metamorphosen. Dutch transl. M. d'Hane-Scheltema. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2002, 506,(3)p., ills. after C. DE PASSE, orig. cl. w. dustwr., cl. slipcase, large 8vo. Homerus. Ilias. De wrok van Achilles./ Odyssee. De terugkeer van Odysseus. Ingeleid en vertaald in Nederlandse hexameters door H.J. de Roy van Zuydewijn. Ibid., De Arbeiderspers, 2005, 4th rev. ed., 2 vols., 407; 511p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase. - AND 3 others, i.a. C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS, De wereld. Naturalis historia (ibid., orig. boards, 2004).
€ (50-70) 90
83/1776 [Crime fiction]. Conan Doyle, A. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Ed. L.S. Klinger. Introd. J. le Carré. New York/ London, Norton & Co., 2005-2006, 3 vols., LXVII,(1),776; VII,(5),781-1878; XIV,907p., richly illustrated, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., together in 2 slipcases, folio.
€ (100-150) 100
83 1777 Crime fiction Fleming I
83/1777 [Crime fiction]. Fleming, I. Moonraker. London, Pan Books, 1956, 1st pocket ed., 191,(1)p., orig. wr. Idem. Diamonds are forever. Ibid., idem, 1958, 1st pocket ed., 191,(1)p., orig. wr. Idem. Dr. No. Ibid., idem, 1958, 1st pocket ed., 188,(4)p., orig. wr.

- All 3 vols. contents trifle age-toned (esp. along margins). Otherwise fine.

AND 19 other similar, mainly 1st pocket editions of i.a. IDEM, You only live twice (ibid., idem, 1965, 1st pocket ed. ("Not for sale in U.K."), orig. wr.); G. ORWELL, 1984 (New York, 1950, "first printing July 1950", orig. wr.) and R. BRADBURY, Fahrenheit 451 (ibid., 1953, 1st ed., orig. wr. w. "33ȼ" on backwr.).

€ (100-150) 240
83 1778 Crime fiction Fleming I
83/1778 [Crime fiction]. Fleming, I. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London, J. Cape, 1966, 1st ed., 94,(1)p., orig. giltlettered dark brown boards w. (price-clipped) dustwr. by RICHARD CHOPPING.

- Price-clipped. A fine copy of the first edition.

€ (100-150) 100
83 1779 Dickens C
83 1779 Dickens C
83/1779 Dickens, C. Bleak House. London, Bradbury & Evans, 1853, 1st ed. in bookform, XVI,624p., engr. frontisp., title and 38 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne), contemp. gilt hmor.

- Plates severely browned along edges/ (sl.) foxed; owner's annot. on first blank. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn; backcover dam.

= Eckel p.80; Kitton p.106ff; Sadleir 682.

€ (40-60) 40
83 1780 Dickens C
83/1780 Dickens, C. Leven en lotgevallen van Maarten Chuzzlewit, zijne bloedverwanten, vrienden en vijanden. Naar het Engelsch. Amst., H. Frijlink, 1843-1844, 3 vols., 1st Dutch ed., (4),282; IV,320; IV,314p., 21 lithogr. plates, contemp. unif. green giltlettered hcalf, 1x w. orig. frontwr. pres.

- Sl. foxed/ browned. Covers rubbed/ sl. chafed.

= Scheepers II, 531: "Dl. I verscheen in 't zelfde jaar als de Engelsche uitgave"; The Children's World of Learning 825.

Idem. Lotgevallen en ontmoetingen van Nicolaas Nickleby. Naar het Engelsch. Ibid., idem, 1841, 1st Dutch ed., 2 vols., VIII,367; IV,314p., 2 diff. lithogr. titles, 8 plates, bound unif. w. the above.

- Similar defects as above, sl. worse. = Rare. Scheepers II, 527.

Idem. De firma Dombey en Zoon, handelaars in 't groot en klein. Dutch transl. by Boudewijn. The Hague/ Haarlem and Rott., J.L. van der Vliet, A.C. Kruseman and H. Nijgh, 1847-1848, 1st Dutch ed., 3 vols., (6),245; (6),277; (6),263p., 20 lithogr. plates on chine collé, contemp. unif. hcl.

- Contents sl. fingersoiled and agetoned. Spine-ends frayed/ dam.; corners showing.

= Scheepers II, 533. Rare.

€ (70-90) 90
83 1781 Dickens C
83/1781 Dickens, C. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London, Chapman & Hall, n.d. (±1880), 2 vols., IX,(3),517,(1); VI,(3),527,(1)p., 39 engr. plates by H.K. BROWNE, orig. unif. cl.

- Hinges sl. weak; occas. trifle foxed. = Illustrated Library Edition.

€ (30-50)
83 1782 Dictionaries Nosovich I I
83/1782 [Dictionaries]. Nosovich, I.I. Slovar' Belorusskago Narechia (Dictionary of Belarusian Dialect). St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy Press, 1870, (6),756p., contemp. hcl. w. mor. letterpiece, folio.

- Occas. sl. foxed. = The first scientifically approved dictionary of the Belarusian language. Rare.

ADDED: Unbegaun, B.O. and Simmons, J.S.G. A Bibliographical Guide to the Russian Language. Oxf., Clarendon Press, 1953, XI,(3),174,(1)p., orig. gilt cl.

€ (80-100) 325
83 1783 Du Bouchet A
83/1783 Du Bouchet, A. Qui n'est pas tourné vers nous. Paris, Mercure de France, 1972, 174,(12)p., printed in 2535 numb. copies (2300), orig. wr.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on p.5.

Idem. La Couleur. Ibid., Le Collet de Buffle, 1975, (33)p., printed in 550 numb. copies (450), orig. wr. - AND 3 others by the same, all printed in a lim. ed.: Ou le Soleil (Paris, 1968, orig. wr.); Hölderin aujourd'hui (ibid.,1976, orig. wr.) and Air (1977, orig. wr.).

€ (70-90) 70
83 1784 Duhamel G
83/1784 Duhamel, G. AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED "Duhamel", dated "Noël 1958", pen and black ink, 1 leaf w. printed letterhead of the Académie Française.

= On his warm feelings towards the Netherlands: "Je considère les Pays Bas comme une seconde patrie. J'y ai fait de beaux séjours, j'y ai noué de chaudes amitiés (...). J'ai eu l'honneur d'être désigné par la France comme ambassadeur exceptionnel à l'investiture de s.m. la Reine Juliana (...)".

€ (70-90) 70
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