Albert Dubout (1905-1976)

Gabriel Chevallier. Clochemerle. Illustrations de Dubout. (Paris), Flammarion, (1945). 340 p. 4to. Sc w. transparent wr., slipcover, no. 3808, num. (full-p.) col. ills. Spine sl....

Four titles: (1) Louis Couperus. Langs lijnen van geleidelijkheid

Nijmegen, G.G.J. Thieme for L.J. Veen in Amst., n.d. (1900). 1st ed. 2 parts in 1 vol. (4),240; (4),216 p. Large 8vo. Orig. dec. cl. after J.G. van Caspel. Lower joint loosening....

[Arabic] Les mille et une nuits

Text in Arabic. 2 vols. 19th or 20th cent. Unif. hcalf w. marbled boards, marbled paper pastedowns and flylvs., gilt title and dec. on spine w. name J.G. Witterscheim on bottom.

[Photography] Eddy Posthuma de Boer (1931-2021). B/w portrait of Gerard Reve

Ca. 2004. Gelatine silver print. 29.5 x 21 cm. Under passepartout, 45 x 35 cm. Signed on verso in ink, passepartout signed in pencil.

[Photography. Suriname] Eddy Posthuma de Boer (1931-2021). B/w portrait of Albert Helman

Pseud. of Lou Lichtveld. Ca. 1990. Gelatine silver print. 60 x 40 cm. Titled in ink below image, w. copyright stamp of Eddy Posthuma de Boer on verso.

Dickens Fellowship. Godfried Bomans

Ring binder titled on the spine w. 33 plastic folders containing documentation on the Dickens Fellowship (Haarlem Branche) and its most important Dutch member, Godfried Bomans....

[Dutch literature] Karel van het Reve. Verzameld Werk

Amst., Van Oorschot, 2008-11. 7 vols. Cl. w. dust-j. -and 3 others by Karel van het Reve. Added: Privé-domein. Amst., Arbeiderspers, 1955-67. 8 vols, incl. 5 by Paul Léautaud....

The Folio Society. 30 titles

(1) Edmond & Jules de Goncourt. Ed. & transl. by R. Baldick. Pages from the Journal. Contemp. photogr. by Nadar a.o. (2) Jerome K. Jerome. My Life and Times. Intro. by J. Connolly....

The Folio Society. 37 titles

(1) Horace Walpole. The Castle of Otranto. Lithographs by Charles Keeping. (2) Henry Fielding. The History of Tom Jones. Engravings by Derrick Harris. (3) R. Vallance (ed.). Dickens'...

Ten titles: (1) John Steinbeck. East of Eden

New York, Viking Press, 1952. 1st ed., 1st printing ("bite" instead of "bight" on p. 281). Cl. Name stamp on French title and 2 contemp. bookplates upper pastedown and flyleaf....

[Gabriel Fabre] Edmond Pilon. La Maison d'Exil

Paris, édition du Mercure de France, 1898 (printed 5 November 1897). 1st ed. 145,(1) p. Contemp. (orig.?) gilt hcl. w. gilt letterpiece and orig. printed wr.

[Privé-domein] 24 miscellaneous volumes

Amst., Arbeiderspers, ca. 1980-2014. Incl. a.o.: (1) Viktor Sjklovski. Sentimentele reis. 1980. (2) August Willemsen. Vrienden, vreemden, vrouwen. 1998. (3) George Perec. W of...

Giacomo Casanova. Twelve volumes from the Grote Bellettrie Series

Amst., Athenaeum, 1991-8. Including a.o.: (1) Heimwee naar Venetië, 1998. (2) De school van het Leven, 1991. (3) De ontsnapping, 1993. Hc w. red dust-j.

Seven titles: (1) Joseph Roth. Der Antichrist

Amst., Allert de Lange, 1934. 1st ed. 248 p. 4to. Orig. gilt cl. w. (worn) dustwr. Bookplate of Arend Serné on inside front cover. Sl. foxed, cl. discol. along top edge. (2) Jo...

[Concrete poetry] Ten titles: (1-2) Roger Connah. Juvenilia. Fifteen Landscapes

A Sketchbook. And: Apologies from Birth to the Era. A Collection. Helsinki, The Cricket Press, 1981/ 1980. 48/ 64 p. Sm. 8vo. Orig wr. Printed in green/ brown in limited eds. Juvenilia...

[Science fiction] Four early illustrated editions of Jules Verne works

(1) Voyage au centre de la terre. Vignettes par Riou. Paris, Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation J. Hetzel, éditeur, 1867. (2),220 p. Large 8vo. Full red percaline, "rouge...

[Amsterdam. Judaica] Three titles in five vols.: (1) Bernard Canter. Germania

Amst., Vennootschap Letteren en Kunst, 1905. 1st and only ed. 2 vols. Blind hcl. w. orig. boards preserved.

[Louis Couperus] Paul Bourget. De zonden der ouders. (Cosmopolis)

Naar het Fransch van Paul Bourget. Amst., N.J. Boon, (1898). 1st and only ill. ed. Dec. paper wr.

[French Literature] Four titles: (1) Léon Hennique. Michelle Jeoffrin

Naar den naturalistischen roman Le Dévouée. 's-Gravenhage, H.C. Susan, 1879. 1st and only ed. Orig. paper wr. Front cover loose, lacks spine and back cover, quires loosening.

[Suriname] A.W. Marcus. Surinaamsche Rijm- en Dichtwerken

Paramaribo, n.publ., 1906. (4),63,(1) p. 8vo. Sc. W. portrait of the author. Rare collection of Surinamese poetry in Dutch. Covers sl. discol. and some mild waterst. Overall good copy.

[Gay Literature] Three titles: (1) William Beckford. Vathek

Eene Arabische vertelling. (Transl. by E.J. Potgieter). Amst., Van Heteren, 1837. 1st and only ed. Orig. boards. Front cover and first quire loose, spine almost gone, marginal...

[Gay literature. Art] Theodore Watts-Dunton. Aylwin

Uit het Engelsch door L. van Hamburg. Rott., Bolle, 1899. 1st and only ed.

[Fantasy. Nonsense Literature] Two titles: (1) George MacDonald. Wilfrid Cumbermede

Naar het Engelsch. Amst., Van Kampen, 1874. 1st and only ed. 2 vols. Orig. paper wr. Lithogr. frontisp. after C.C.A. Last, partly uncut.

[Spanish literature] Armando Palacio Valdés. De vierde macht

Naar het Spaansch vertaald door P.J. Hora Adema. Amst., S. Warendorf jr., (1890). 1st and only ed., 2 vols. Blind hcl. w. marbled boards.

[Italian literature] Giuseppe Garibaldi. Cantoni de vrijwilliger

Eene historisch-romantische episode uit den Italiaanschen bevrijdingsoorlog. Naar het Italiaansch door J. P. CHs Wibmer. Arnhem, Van Egmond, 1871. 1st and only ed. Blind hcl. w....

[Feminism. Women writers] Bayard Taylor. Hannah Thurston, of de emancipatie der vrouw

Roman uit het Amerikaansche leven. Deventer, Ter Gunne, 1865. 1st and only ed. 2 vols. Orig. boards.

[Gothic. Horror] Anonymous. Het kasteel van Albert, of het wandelend geraamte

Uit het Engelsch, naar een Fransche vertaling. Amst., G. Roos, 1802. 1st ed. 2 vols in 1. 218 p. Contemp. paper wrappers. Engr. frontisp., title-p. and 1 plate.

[Gothic] Corallo. Eene rooversgeschiedenis uit het laatst der vorige eeuw

Amst., B. Eisendrath, (1855). 1st and only ed. 290 p. Lithogr. title-p.

[Black interest] Thomas Hood. Tylney Hall, of: Misdaad en vergelding

Naar het Engelsch door C.J. Zweerts. Deventer, Ballot, 1845. 1st and only ed. 2 vols. Paper wr. Lithogr. title-p. by Desguerrois after C.C.A. Last.

Sir Francis Trolopp (pseud. Paul Féval). De verborgenheden van Londen

Amst., H. Binger, 1844-5. 1st and only ed., 4 vols. Orig. boards. 6 lithogr. plates. Covers and quires loosening and other small imperfections. Transl. of Féval proto-roman noir...

[Historical fiction] Walter Scott. (1) Waverleij, of: Zestig jaar geleden

Amst., Beijerinck, 1824. 1st ed., 2 vols. (2) Red Gauntlet. Groningen, Van Boekeren, 1825. 1st ed. 3 vols. (3) St. Valentijnsdag, of: Het schoone meisje van Perth. Amst., Diederichs,...

[Women writers] Fourteen titles: (1) Louise von Francois. Schrijfster van De laatste van haar geslacht

Natuur en geloof. Naar het Hoogduitsch door Hermina (mejuffrouw H.H. Nijhoff). Arnhem, P. Gouda Quint, 1877. 1st and only ed. Orig. paper wr. Partly uncut. Loose in quires. Rare,...

J. van Lennep. Romantische werken

Leyden, A.W. Sijthoff, n.d. (ca. 1890). 20 vols. Orig. unif. dec. gilt cl. Wood-engr. ills. by W. de Famars Testas, Ch. Rochussen and David Bles. Spines sl. faded, some spine ends...

Anne Frank. Weet je nog? Verhalen en Sprookjes

Amst., Uitgeverij Contact, 1949. 1st ed. 63 p. 8vo. Orig. publ. pictorial boards w. dust-j. Title-p. ills. and ills. by Kees Kelfkens, incl. 4 full-p. b/w drawings.

[Dutch literature. Magical realism. New objectivity] F. Bordewijk. Bint

Roman van een zender. Utrecht, De Gemeenschap, 1934. 1st ed. Sc. Covers worn, some p. loose, browning. Added: a hc 2nd ed. of the same. (2) Idem. Karakter. Roman van zoon en vader....

[English literature. Rackham. Fine bindings] Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London/ Philadelphia, W. Heinemaan/ J.B. Lippincott, 1915. 147 p. 4to. Orig. deluxe gilt-pictorial vellum. No. 363 of 500, signed by Rackham, 12...

[Gerard Reve] Six titles: (1) De avonden. Een winterverhaal

Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 1947. 1st ed. Cl. w. repaired dust-j. (2) 'De bus van Gerard Reve. Ingezonden naar Propria Cures'. Photocopy of letter, 31 aug. 1974. Signed in ink by Reve.

[Boekenweek] Collection of fourteen boekweekgeschenk publications

(1) J. Tersteeg. De uitgever en zijn bedrijf. Amst., Nederlandsche uitgeversbond, 1930. 70 p. Sc. Foxing. (2) Geschenk 1934. Boekenweek 28 April-5 mei. Inhoudende 12 portretten...

[Gay literature] Charles Sayle. Musa Consolatrix

London, David Nutt, 1893. 1st ed. 130 p. 8vo. Sc in modern clamshell box. Covers and binding worn, some browning.

[English literature] Norman Douglas (1868-1952). Two works: (1) London Street Games

London, Chatto and Windus, 1931. 102 p. 8vo. Hcl. No. 39 of 110 copies, signed by the author, untrimmed. Traces of use and other minor imperfections. (2) Some Limericks. Privately...

[Occult. Horror] Thomas Wright (ed.) The Calendar of Horrors

An interesting collection of the Romantic, Wild and Wonderful. London, G. Drake, 1835-'36. Year I & II, nos. 1-88. Each issue w. half page engraving. Modern cloth. 8vo. Good condition....

[Jan Toorop] Six titles: (1) 'Psyche door Louis Couperus'

L.J. Veen, oct. 1898. 1 leaf, 11 x 14 cm (folded). Prospectus for the classic symbolist fairy tale. Good condition. Stamps of bookstore D. Gorter, Wormerveer. Very rare. (2) L....

[Dystopia. English literature] George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four

London, Secker & Warburg, 1950. 2nd ed. 312 p. Green cl. w. red lettering on spine.

[English literature. Theatre] Two miniature sets of the Complete Works of Shakespeare

(1) The Oxford Miniature Edition. London, Henry Frowde, 1903. 12 vols. in orig. (sl. worn) box (complete set). Each book bound in leather, a.e.g., 11 x 7.5 cm.

[French literature] [Fine Press] André Gide. Le Voyage d'Urien

Gravures sur bois par Alfred Latour. Maastricht, Halcyon Press/ A.A.M. Stols, 1928. 94 p. Lim. ed.no. 28 of 30 copies with a "double suite" of the woodcut engr.

[Dutch Poetry] Gerard Petrus Fieret (1924-2009). Three works: (1) De lasso van de minnaar

The Hague, Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1980. 128 p. Handwritten poem signed 'Gerard' verso front cover. Sc. 8vo.

[Debut] Jan Wolkers. Serpentina's petticoat, 1st ed.

Heijnis N.V./Gard Sivikreeks, 2de serie, dl. 1, 1961. 1st ed. Pictorial boards w. dust-j w. photo of Wolkers by W.F. Hermans.

[Exile. Theatre] Erika Mann. Pfeffermühle

Illustrated programme. (Amsterdam, Leidschepleintheater, 1936). Orig. paper wrappers.

[J.I. de Haan. Gay Literature] Johan Schmidt (ed.) Levensrecht. Maandschrift ter Gedachtenverspreiding

Amsterdam, C.L. Petersen, 1907. Year III, nos. 1-9, 11-12. Paper wrappers. Design: J.H. Been. Orig. paper wrappers.

[Book Binding] Stijn Streuvels. Volledige Werken

Kortrijk, 't Leieschip, 1950-'55. 12 vols. One of 100 copies on Hollandsch, signed and numbered by Streuvels. Loose in unbound quires. Sheet size 55 x 42 cm.

[English literature. Poetry] Seven works: (1) Edmund Spenser. The Faerie Queene

Introduction by Graham Hough. London, Scholar Press, 1976. 2 vols. Hc. (2) The Poetic Edda. Ed. and transl. by Ursula Dronke. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1969 and 1997. 2 vols. Hc....

Multatuli. Max Havelaar, of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij

J. de Ruyter, Amsterdam, 1860. 1st ed. in 2 vols. (6), 212; (4), 185p., in contemp. half cloth, title in manuscript. Sl. soiled, worn at extr., p. 15/16 loose.

[Fantasy] Tolkien. The Silmarillion, 1st edition

George Allen & Unwin, first impr., first ed., 1977. Cloth with dust j. With: (2) Lord of the Rings vol. I-III. Second edition, 9th impression, 1974. Cloth with dust-j. (3) The...

[Russian revolution] Two titles: (1) Alexander Block. Die Zwölf

German transl. W.E. Grouger. Berlin, Newa, 1921, 34,(2) p., w. 4 full-p. woodcut ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by W.N. Masjutin, 4to. Endpapers and first and final p....

Molière. Oeuvres. Illustrations de Dubout

Vol. 1-8. Paris, Sauret, 1953 - 1955. 4to. Cloth in slipcase. Including: (1) Tartuffe. (2) L’Ecole des femmes. (3) Le Malade imaginaire. (4) Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. (5) Les Fourberies...

[Boekenweek] Lot of nine invitations for the Boekenbal

Including: (1) Het Waanzinnig Boekenbal, 2015. Two envelopes incl. invites, entree tickets, psychedelic postcard set in envelope and a set of Psychodelicaatjes. Effectieve waanzin-stillers,...

[Fine bindings] The Sonnets of William Shakespeare

London, Riccardi, 1913. No. 305/1000 copies. In private full green gilt morocco binding by Bumpus Ltd., Oxford St. W. (stamp upper turn-in). Gilt title and floral dec. on ribbed...

'S.F.' Zondekamertjes (Casinogeheimen)

Amsterdam, August Koster, (ca. 1907). 1st and only ed. Orig. paper wrappers. Book block split into quires, covers loose and dam.

[Dutch literature. Art] Jean-Paul Franssens (1938-2003). Small archive

Incl. a.o.: (1) Approx. 20 humorous and personal picture postcards, letters and notes to journalist Willem Ellenbroek (1944-2022). (2) Approx. 15 invitations for openings, events...

Cees Buddingh'. (1) Hoe hij loog tegen haar echtgenoot

Selectie uit de Aurora-cyclus (..) Vrij bewerkt naar het oorspronkelijke manuscript door C. Buddingh', Jan Elburg, Hans Andreus a.o. 6 p. Handed out to visitors of the Boekenweek...

[Pléiade. French literature] 21 titles: (1) Album Sand. 1973.

(2) La Fontaine. Oeuvres diverses. 1958. (3) Cervantes. Don Quichotte. Nouvelles exemplaires. 1949. -and 18 more. Partly lacking the transparent or paper dust.j., in various, mostly good condition.