[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.
Canter was a writer, journalist and pioneer of Dutch abstract painting. His classic novel Kalverstraat (1904) described Jewish Amsterdam and the rise of modern consumerism. Rare in orig. wr. (2) Meijer de Hond jr. Ghetto-kiekjes. Amst., Letteren en Kunst, 1909. 1st ed. Orig. paper wr. Sl. worn and dam. Rare in orig. wr. Added: (3) F.A. Buis (pseud. A.N.J. Fabius). Bettekee. Amst., 1919. 1st ed. 2 vols. Blind hcl. w. orig. boards. Novel set in Gelderland by general and commander of the 'Stelling van Amsterdam'. (total 5)