[Jeanne Bieruma Oosting] Charles Baudelaire. Une selection des Fleurs du Mal

Douze eauxfortes de Jeanne Bieruma Oosting. Zutphen, Gaillarde Pers, 1976. Printed in 125 copies on Hahnemühle paper, signed by the artist. Unnumbered copy. Cl. Folio.

[Avant-garde. Surrealism] (1) Le disque vert. Revue mensuelle de littérature

15 vols. Paris/Bruxelles, 1922-1924. Orig. paper wrappers. Texts by a.o. Max Jacob, C.J. Kelk, Franz Hellens, Pascal Pia, Henry Michaux, C.F. Ramuz, Blaise Cendrars, Raymond Radiguet....

[Russia] Collection of eight titles publ. in Russian by the Alexander Herzen Foundation

(1) Gyuzel Amalrik. Childhood Memories, Letter from Siberia. Amst., Alexander Herzen Foundation, 1976.

[Decadent movement] Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938). Sogno d'un mattino di primavera

Milan, Fratelli Treves, 1899. (6), 104, (16 p. of advertisements) p. Beautiful cont. red morocco, gilt spine, title lettered in gold, boards w. gilt ruling and corner pieces, gilt...

[Literary magazines] Transition

Collection of 22 various issues of the literary magazine Transition, publ. from 1927 to 1948. W. contributions by a.o.: James Joyce; Gertrude Stein; Samuel Beckett; and Franz Kafka.

Louis Couperus. De Stille Kracht

Amsterdam, Veen, (1900). 1st ed. 2 parts in one volume. 183, 212 p. Deluxe edition in batik binding. Mediocre copy: spine dam., cover soiled and worn on extremities.

[Magazine] Het getij. Maandblad voor letterkunde

Amst., De Hooge Brug/ Vereeniging Kring voor Letterkunde, 1918, Jan-Dec. Sm. 4to. Orig. paper woodcut wr. and woodcut vignettes in text.

[Magazine. W.F. Hermans] Parade Der Profeten

2 issues of this clandestine magazine: (1) Vol. 7/8/9, Oct./Nov./Dec. 1944. Contains poems by Hermans: Een opdracht; Regen en maan; Op straat; Herfst; Ontgoocheling. Hand-numbered...

[Clandestine printings. WWII] Dick Elffers (1910-1990). Front 1944

Zes teekeningen en zes gedichten. 4 p. text and 6 p. ills. in folder, loose as issued. 1 of 50 printed copies. Cover sl. discol. W.: (2) Edgard Degas. Huit Sonnets. Amst., A.A....

Francis Ponge and Lucassen. Vijf Sapates

Ghent, Ergo Pers, Kris Landuyt, de Slegte, 2001. Folio, in cassette. No. 11 of 60 copies w. 2 etchings numb. and signed by Lucassen.

[Magazines] Henk J. Meier. Ratio

No. 1-16 (=all issues), 1964-65.

[German literature] Eight titles: (1) Thomas Mann. Der Tod in Venedig

Novelle. Berlin, S. Fischer, 1913. 7th ed. 145 p. Sm. 8vo., h-vellum w. marbled boards, upper edge gilt, ribbon bookmark and spine w. gilt lettering, owner's inscription on 1st...

[American literature] 18 titles publ. by the Library of America

Incl. a.o.: Faulkner; Bellow; Poe; and Nabokov. From the main series publ. by Library of America, ca. 1980-2007. Unif. bound in cl. w. dust-j, some in unopened plastic wr.

N.E.M. Pareau (pseud. H.J. Scheltema). Mengelingen

Eerste stukje. Groningen, Eben Haëzer, 1933. 16 p. Printed blue wr.

Herman Pieter Schönfeld Wichers (1902-1990). Belcampo

8 orig. pencil drawings, ca. 1930-40, w. some text on verso. Sizes between 37 x 26.5 and 14.5 x 20 cm. Added: Announcement poster 'De Zwerftocht van Belcampo' by Eppo Doeve for...

Belcampo. Bach in Groningen

Silkscreen prints by Bert Andreae, Ansje van den Muzenberg, Aldrik Salverda, and Antje Veldstra. Grafisch Centrum Groningen, 1997. No. X of 40 numb. copies. In wooden case. Fine copy.

[English literature] Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1860. 1st ed., 1st issue. (2),260,(4) p. Printed in columns, advert in back w. 'Muloch', 9 titles mentioned and ad for Mill on the Floss, woodcut engr....

[Autograph] Belcampo. (1) Fantasieën

Amst./Antwerp, Kosmos, 1959. 1st ed. Cl. w. dust-j., signed by author w. manuscript note on French title.

[French literature] H. de Balzac. (1) Contes drolatiques (...)

Colligez et abbayes de Touraine (...) (Œuvres complètes). Paris, Libraire nouvelle/A. Bourdilliat et cie, 1859. 3 vols. Orig. wr. preserved. Rare early ed.

[Autograph. French literature] François Mauriac. (1) Les anges noirs

Paris, Grasset, 1936. 1st ed. 1 of 400 press copies on Alfa paper, sc w. dedication by the author to the Walloon journalist and writer Victor Moremans (1890-1973) on French title.

Godfried Bomans. Letter to publisher the Bezige Bij

On the possible transl. of Les Amitiés Pariculières by Roger Peyrefitte, 6 Nov. 1950.

[English literature] Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock

London, Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841. 3 vols. 8vo. Engr. frontisp. and num. in-text ills. by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), 19th cent. gilt hcalf, marbled boards,...

[Illustrated. French literature] Four titles: (1) Marcel Proust. Un amour de Swann

Avec douze aquarelles par Hermine David. Paris, Le rayon d'or, 1951. Paper wr.

[Fine bindings. English literature] 14 titles: (1) Charles Dickens. Sketches by Boz

Ills. by George Cruikshank. London, ca. 1880. 577 p. Bound by E. Watson. Hcalf, ribbed spine w. gilt lettering and ornamentation, mor. letterpieces, marbled edges.

[Fine bindings. English literature] Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock

W. ills. by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London, Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841. 1st ed. 3 vols. 306;306;426 p. Sm. folio. Rebound in modern leather, ribbed spine w. gilt lettering,...

[Fine bindings] Five titles: (1) John Forster. The Life of Charles Dickens

London, Chapman & Hall, 1872-1874. 7th ed. 3 vols. Large 8vo. H-calf w. marbled boards, ribbed spine w. gilt lettering, marbled edges, engr. frontisp. portraits and other ills....

Gerard Reve and Vincent Mentzel. Slager Crolus Koopt een Oude Viool

Kunst Eds., New York, 1997. 31 loose numb. and signed p. in blue cl. folder.

Nine titles: (1) Frederik van Eeden. De kleine Johannes

Met IX lithografiën en versieringen door Edzard Koning. The Hague, Mouton & Co., n.d. (1899). 190,(2) p. 4to. Orig. gilt dec. on h-vellum cover, t.e.g., bookplate of Grada J. Fortanier...

[Irish literature] Seven titles: (1) Oscar Wilde. Die Erzählungen und Märchen

Leipsic, Spamer for Insel, 1917. 216,(6) p. Orig. gilt full calf, w. fine full-p. ills. and initials, w. dedication in pen by German actress Ernestine Costa (1900-1959), dated...

[Fine bindings. English literature] Three titles: (1) William Ernest Henley. Poems

12th impression. London, D. Nutt, 1910. XIII,(1),255,(1) p. Contemp. (orig.?) gilt-lettered overlapping limp vellum w. remains of silk ties, t.e.g., printed on handmade paper,...

[Nonesuch Press. English literature] John Milton. Poems in English

With ills. by William Blake. Vol. 1 Paradise Lost. Vol. 2 Miscellaneous Poems, Paradise Regain'd & Samson Agonistes. London, Nonesuch Press, 1926. (8),359; (4),283 p. 4to. Orig....

[Fine bindings. English poetry] Six deluxe copies

All bound in dec. gilt h-vellum w. col. letterpiece, t.e.g. w. frontisp. portraits. Most w. bookplates and/or former owners' entries. 5 printed in London by Henry Frowde and Humphrey...

[Fine bindings] Louis Couperus. Ten titles: (1) De Berg van licht

Amst., L.J. Veen, 1905-1906. 1st ed., 3 ill. vols.

[Russian literature] Various titles: (1) Tolstoj

Verzamelde werken I-VIII.

[American poetry] 16 works by and on George Edward Woodberry

(1) The North Shore Watch. A Threnody. Cambridge, privately printed, 1883. 1st ed. 1 of 200 signed copies, on handmade paper, incl. letter by Woodberry dated Nov. 16, 1883 to 'My dear Dudley'.

[American poetry] Francis S. Saltus. Two titles: (1) Shadows and Ideals

Poems. Buffalo, Charles Wells Moulton, 1890. 1st and only ed. 366 p. 8 vo. 1 of 1.000 copies, frontisp. portrait, w. bookplate. Rebound in modern hcl.

[Gay literature] Baron Corvo/Frederick Rolfe. Seven titles: (1) Venice Letters

Ed. by Cecil Woolf. London, Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1974. Cl. w. dust-j.

[Gay literature. Poetry] 13 titles: (1) James Berry Bensel. In the King's Garden

Poems. Boston, Lothrop & Co., 1885. 1st and only ed. Contains several homoerotic poems, a.o.: My Sailor; The Statue in the Wood; Forgotten; and Remembered.

[Gay literature. Gay studies] 15 various titles: (1) Anthony Reid, ed. The Eternal Flame

A World Anthology of Homosexual Verse, ca. 2000 B.C. - ca. 2000 A.D. Dyanthus Press, 1992/2002. 2 vols.

[Gothic literature] Ten works by Montague Summers: (1) Antinous and other Poems

Ed. by T. d'Arch Smith & E. Pouncey. London, Cecil Woolf, 1995. Dust-j. Reprint of Summers' very rare 1907 decadent/homoerotic début, which was dedicated to Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen.

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. Six first and early eds.:(1) Black Beetles in Amber

San Francisco & New York, Western Authors Publishing Co., 1892. 1st ed. Blindst. cl., frontisp. portrait. Sl. soiled, stain on back cover.

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. Five first and early eds.: (1) Fantastic Fables

New York & London, Putnam's Sons/Knickerbocker Press, 1899. 1st ed., 1st impression. Dec. cl., ads in back by Anna Fuller. Fine copy.

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. Four first and early editions

(1) A. Bierce and G.A. Danziger. The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter. Ill. by Theodor Hampe. Chicago, F.J. Schulte, 1891. 1st ed., 1st impression. Red morocco w. gilt lettering,...

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. Four first and early eds.:(1) Tales of Soldiers

and Civilians. San Francisco, E.L.G. Steele, 1891. 1st ed. Orig. brown cl. w. gilt lettering, w. newspaper clippings of orig. publ. of Bierce's Fables (1899) mounted on inside front flyleaf.

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. Collected Works

New York & Washington, The Neale Publishing Co., 1909-1912. 12 vols. Large 8vo. 1st ed. Hcl, t.e.g., frontisp. portrait, all vols. w. bookplate.

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. Biographies and bibliographical studies

(1) Cary McWilliams. Ambrose Bierce, a Biography. New York, Albert & Charles Boni, 1929. 1st ed. Cl. w. dust-j. 1st full biography about Bierce.

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. 15 bibliophile editions

(1) My Favorite Murder. New York, G. Bruno, 1916. 16 p. Sm. 8vo. Paper wr. loose.

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. Ten bibliophile editions

(1) Battle Sketches. W. 8 engr. on wood by Thomas Derrick. Oxford & London, Shakespeare Head/First Editions Club, 1930. Sm. folio. Vellum, printed in 350 copies on Bachelor's handmade paper.

[Fine printing. American literature] Ambrose Bierce. One of the Missing

Tales of the War between the States. W. an introd. by Page Smith and ills. by David Page. Covelo, The Yolla Bolly Press, 1991. Sm. folio. Printed in 120 hand-numb. copies, on Lana...

[American literature] Ambrose Bierce. 18 various titles on and by Bierce

(1) Adolphe de Castro. Portrait of Ambrose Bierce. London & New York, Century, 1929. 1st ed., 1st printing. Early biography w. ills. and rare dust-j., cl.

[Gay literature] Norman Douglas. Ten titles: (1) Alone

London, Chapman & Hall, 1921. 1st ed. Cl. sl. soiled.

[Irish literature] Oscar Wilde. Complete Works

Patrons Edition de Luxe. New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. 12 vols. H-leather, t.e.g.

[Pléiade. French literature] Five titles: (1) Marcel Proust. À la recherche du temps perdu

Paris, Gallimard, 1987-1989. 4 vols. in cassettes.

[Pléiade. French literature] Five titles: (1) Louis Aragon. Œuvres poétiques complètes

Paris, Gallimard, 2007. 2 vols. in cassette.

[Dutch literature] Karel van het Reve. Verzameld Werk

Amst., Van Oorschot, 2008-2011. 7 vols. Cl. w. dust-j.

[Supernatural fiction. Book collecting] Eight titles: (1) Mark Valentine. Haunted by Books

Tartarus, 2015. Lim. ed. of 300 copies, signed by the author. Incl. a.o.: A Dandysme of the Soul: Michel Arlen; The Fantasies of Vernon Knowles; Ernest Downson and Arthur Moore's...

[American literature] Five titles: (1) Jay Irving Landesman & Gershon Legman, eds.

The Compleat Neurotica. St. Louis/New York, 1948-51. Reprint by Hacker Art Books, 1963. Cl. w. dust-j.

[Russian literature. American literature] Vladmir Nabokov. Collected Works

Transl. in Dutch. Amst., De Bezige Bij, 1991-1995. 16 vols. Cl. w. dust-j. Fine set.

[Dutch literature] Karel van het Reve. Verzameld Werk

Amst., Van Oorschot, 2008-2011. 7 vols. Cl. w. dust-j.

[Erasmus] De Correspondentie van Desiderius Erasmus

Ad. Donker, 2006, 2019. Vols. 1-11, 17 and 20. All hc w. dust-j. In excellent condition.

[Pléiade. French literature] Sixteen titles: (1) Album Apollinaire

Iconographie réunie et commentée par Pierre-Marcel Adéma et Michel Decaudin. Gallimard, 1971.

[Fine bindings. René Kieffer] Two titles: (1) Francis Jammes. Pommes d'anis

Illustrations de Henri Georget. Paris, Mercure de France, 1914. 79,(1) p. 4to. No. 55 of 300 numb. copies, 1 of 250 copies on vélin, finely bound in full tooled brown leather by...

[Dutch poetry] Hendrik de Vries. Collection of almost 50 publications

Ca. 1920-2006, all in orig. bindings, hc w. wr., various sizes.

[Privé-domein. French literature] 28 various volumes

Amst., Arbeiderspers, ca. 1976-2000. Collection of 28 vols. incl. (1) Paul Léautaud. 6 vols. (2) 5 vols. on Gustave Flaubert. -and 16 more, all by and on French authors.

[Privé-domein. Dutch literature] 21 various volumes

Amst., Arbeiderspers, ca. 1976-2000. Collection of 21 vols. incl. (1) Louis Paul Boon. Brieven aan literaire vrienden. 1989. (2) Heere Heeresma. Bleib gesund! 2015. -and 19 more...

[Privé-domein. German literature] 18 various volumes

Amst., Arbeiderspers, ca. 1976-2000. Collection of 18 vols. incl. (1) Franz Kafka/Max Brod. Een vriendschap in brieven. 1993. (2) Eckermann. Gesprekken met Goethe. 1990. -and 16...

[Privé-domein] 22 various volumes

Amst., Arbeiderspers, ca. 1976-2000. Collection of 22 vols. incl. (1) Marina Tsvetajeva. Herinneringen en portretten. 1981. (2) Man Ray. Belicht geheugen. 2nd pr. 1996. (3) Fernando...

[Dutch literature] Belcampo. 13 titles: (1) Het grote gebeuren

Utrecht, De Roos, 1958. No. 175/175, woodcuts and typography by H.P. Doebele, incl. handwritten sonnet by Belcampo to his friends Herman and Ria Hammink.

[Flemish literature] Willem Elsschot (1882-1960). 14 titles: (1) Lijmen

Antwerp, L.J. Janssens & zonen, 1924. 1st ed., Keur-Serie nr. 8. Rebound in modern hcalf, incl. orig. wr.

[Dutch poetry] Herman Gorter (1864-1927). Mei

Amst., W. Versluys, 1889. 1st ed. Dec. cl. Cover sl. worn, good copy.

[Dutch literature] F. Bordewijk (1884-1965). Karakter

Roman van Zoon en Vader. Rott., Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1938. 1st ed. 366,(2) p. Orig. red cl. binding, incl. red lettered dust-j.

[Dutch literature] F. Bordewijk. Bint

1934. 1st ed. Sc. In fine condition.

[Dutch literature] F. Bordewijk. 29 titles: (1) De Joodse Cel

Utrecht, De Roos, 1981. 1 of 175 copies.

[French literature] Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Le Petit Prince

Paris, Gallimard, 1945. 1st French ed. 93,(4) p. Numb. copy, orig. cardboard binding, ills. by the author. Spine and cover sl. discol.

[Pléiade. French literature] Six titles: (1) Album Claudel

2011. (2) Album Sand. 1973. (3) Album Stendhal. 1966. (4) Album Green. 1998. (5) Album Simenon. 2003. (6) Album Montherlant. 1979.

[Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep] Five titles: (1) Dante Alighieri. De goddelijke komedie

Gouden Reeks, Atheneum-Polak & van Gennep, 2001. 2 vols. in slipcase.

[Athenaeum-Polak & van Gennep. Dutch poetry] Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997). De zomen

van het licht. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & van Gennep. 1st ed. No. 11 of 40 signed copies in hcalf, marbled boards.

[Dutch literature] Nescio (1882-1961). Dichtertje, de uitvreter, titaantjes

Haarlem, J.H. de Bois, n.d. (1918). 1st ed. 129,(1) p. Large 8vo. Orig. dec. wr. by Reyer Stolk.

[Dutch literature] Nescio. Five titles: (1) Dichtertje

De Uitvreter Titaantjes. Rott., Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1933. 2nd print. 141 p. Bound in Hofman binding, bookplate front endpaper. Good copy.

[Dutch literature] Stijn Streuvels (1871-1969). Two titles

(1) Op de Vlaamsche binnenwateren. Amst., L.J. Veen, 1923. 1 of 50 numb. copies on Simili Japon, rebound in deluxe hcalf with orig. wr., signed and addressed to Georges Minne,...

[French literature] Marcel Proust. A la recherche du temps perdu

Gallimard, 1946. Complete set in 15 vols. Privately bound in unif. hcalf w. marbled boards.

[English literature] Charles Dickens. Lotgevallen van Samuel Pickwick

en zijne reisgenooten. Hendrik Frijlink. Eerste deel tweede druk, 1841 and Tweede deel, 1840. 1st ed. 4to. Hcl. Foxed.

[Signed copies. Dutch literature] Gerrit Komrij. Op de planken

Amst., C.J. Aarts, 1978. No. 75 of 100 signed copies, hc w. dust-j.

[Original drawings. Dutch literature] Godfried Bomans and Karel Thole. Het Doosje

Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Druk-en Boekkunst, 's-Gravenhage, 1956. No. 351 of 500 copies, incl. 3 orig. paint on sandpaper ills. by Karel Thole (1914-2000).

[Original drawings. Dutch literature] Godfried Bomans and Carol Voges

Avonturen van Pa Pinkelman. Tweede reeks. De Volkskrant, 1947. Incl. 5 orig. drawings by Carol Voges: 3 b/w indian ink drawings (pinholes in corners) and full col. cut-out portraits...

[Flemish literature] Five titles: (1) Willem Elsschot. Villa des roses

Amst., van Kampen & zn., 1952. 5th ed. Signed by Willem Elsschot, dated '5 okt, 1957'.

[Signed copies. Dutch literature] 12 titles: (1) Hella Haasse. Het Woud der Verwachting

Querido, 1949. 1st ed. 2 vols. W. dust-j. Sl. dam. to spine, otherwise a fine copy.

[Signed copies. Dutch literature] Godfried Bomans. 37 titles: (1) Erik

oder das kleine Insektenbuch von Godfried Bomans. Munich, Josef Müller, 1952. 1st ed. Author's copy given to Herman Hannink "Cordially yours in fellowship, July 10th 1958".

[Signed copies. Dutch literature] Three titles: (1) Godfried Bomans. Pieter Bas

Rott., Vox Romana, 1937. 1st ed. w. handwritten dedication to Bomans' teacher (and author) A.J. Schneiders at the Rijnlandsche Academie dated 5 Januari 1937.

[Dutch literature] Godfried Bomans. Five titles: (1) Sprookjes

Elsevier, 1947. 3rd (deluxe) ed. No. Lxxxii of 150 copies, gilt cl.

[Photography. Dutch literature] Godfried Bomans. Four photographs

Privately boxed collection of 4 gelatine silver photos, all in passe-partout. Together in gilt titled red cloth box w. bookmark ribbon.

[Dutch literature] Godfried Bomans. Manuscript de Pantoffelheld

Complete manuscript, including edits on 25 pages of the manuscript. Publ. in 1966 by Agon Elsevier. In dark green cl. bound box, incl. copy of the book.

[Dutch poetry] Hendrik de Vries. Het gat in Mars en het Milagrat

Een strijd van de verste toekomst. En twee lofzangen. N.pl., n. publ., 1917. 12 p. Sm. 8vo. Orig. stapled printed wr.

[Dutch literature] Godfried Bomans. Brief aan Markies van het Reve

Amstelveen, Amo, 1985. No. 1 of 10 copies, incl. orig. letter, in velvet red cl. box.

[Judaica] Anne Frank. Het achterhuis

Dagboekbrieven 12 juni 1942 - 1 augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. Tweede druk. Amst., Uitgeverij Contact, n.d. (Dec. 1947). IX,(1),252,(2) p. A few...