- Corners trifle rubbed. Fine copy.
= Bilderwelt 1933; Brüggemann 50: "Bettina Hürlimann nennt in dem Ausstellungskatalog "Kinderbücher als Weltliteratur" das Bilderbuch von Elvira Bauer "Ein grauenhaftes Dokument menschlicher Verirrung"." Extremely rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XX.
- First free endpaper restored w. sellotape and w. owner's stamp. Boards trifle stained.
Wildvanck, J. Hansje en Blondje in Bloemenland. Amst., Scheltens & Giltay, n.d. (±1900), (29)p., col. lithogr. title, 13 full-p. ills., 1 ill. in the text and orig. col. lithogr. boards by ELSA BESKOW, folio.
- Frontcover sl. foxed; backcover waterst.
AND 1 other: E. BESKOW, Hansje in 't Bessenland (Bussum, n.d. (±1900), col. lithogr. plates, orig. clothbacked lithogr. boards, obl. 4to).
- Occas. trifle foxed. Covers sl. soiled.
AND 21 others, i.a. F. LANGELER, Van de Wortelkindertjes (ibid., n.d. (±1950), col. ills., orig. hcl., obl. 4to); C. HOOYER, Zeven dagen bij Familie Konijn (Haarlem, n.d. (±1960), ills., orig. boards, obl. 8vo) and N. VAN HICHTUM (ed.), Nellie's Groote Vertelselboek (The Hague, n.d. (±1960), ills. by T. BOTTEMA, orig. gilt cl., 4to).
- Bookblock loosening; owner's entry on title-p.; sl. foxed.
Idem. Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter im Zwergenland. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1935), 19,(1)p., 8 col. ills. by R. BITTERLICH, photogr. portrait of the illustrator, orig. pict. boards, sm. 4to.
- Owner's entry on title-p.; sl. foxed (incl. wr.).
AND 7 others on/ by the illustrator (incl. one duplicate), i.a. G. STRIEBER, Mit Roswitha ins Märchenland. Band 5/ 6 (ibid., n.d. (±1935), 2 vols., col. ills., orig. unif. boards, 12mo).
- Bookblock loose(ning) (holding on cords). Frontcover sl. bent.
= Rare children's work in which a small boy accidentally starts a motorcar and drives away with it, with serious consequences.
- Owner's entry on title-p. Frontcover sm. waterstain; covers sl. fingersoiled.
= With autograph (?) dedication signed ("Nel") on verso first free endpaper: "26 October 1936/ Voor Freddy/ van Nel" (and, below it, a later owner's entry in pen). De hele Bibelebontse berg p.563.
Idem. Luilekkerland. Amst., S. van Looy, n.d. (1915), 1st ed., (12)p., col. lithogr. title-p., (full-p.) ills. and orig. clothbacked boards w. col. lithogr. frontcover by N. BODENHEIM, large 8vo.
- Sl. foxed (incl. covers). = De hele Bibelebontse berg p.563; Ki.la.ki.le. 737.
AND 3 others, illustrated by the same.
- Bookblock loosening. Binding worn along extremtiers.
= De Bodt/ Kapelle p.45 and 231; De hele Bibelebontse berg p.563.
Bodenheim, N. Luilekkerland. Amst., S. van Looy, n.d. (1915), 1st ed., (12)p., col. lithogr. title-p., (full-p.) ills. and orig. clothbacked boards w. col. lithogr. frontcover N. BODENHEIM, large 8vo.
= De hele Bibelebontse berg p.563; Ki.la.ki.le. 737.
AND 2 others illustrated by the same. - ADDED: 1 other by E. BESKOW.
= Contains a bibliography.
AND 12 others, all illustrated, i.a. DE HELE BIBELEBONTSE BERG (...) (Amst., 1990, orig. boards w. dustwr.); N. DES VALLIÈRES, Saint Exupéry. Art, writing and musing (New York, 2003, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to); J. AKVELD and A. BECKERS, Tekenaars. Kinderboekenillustratoren geportretteerd (n.pl., 2010, orig. hcl., 4to); J. LINDERS, Ik bof dat ik een kikker ben. Leven en werk van Max Velthuijs (Amst./ The Hague, 2003, orig. boards, 4to) and M.J. DE MEULDER, De kunst van Jean Dulieu (Assen, 2011, orig. boards).
- Without the text vol. by J.H. Enter containing the questions; sl. foxed and dampstained; upper hinge broken. Board extremities and corners worn; frontcover loosening.
= First Dutch edition of this popular and often reprinted children's book, which is in fact a mathematics schoolbook (first publ. Stuttg., 1847). The plates, each consisting of 3 or 2 horizontal strips w. images showing objects that young children could recognize, teach the children to count, to add and subtract, to combine, to name colours and forms etc. Lust en leering p.163-165 (erroneously calling for a title-p. and 29 plates), referring to this and another Dutch edition of two works by Bohny: "antiquarisch gesproken witte olifanten. (...)". Cf. Rümann 53, Wegehaupt II,374 and Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch 1985.
WITH a facsimile reprint of the English edition of 1858.
- Sl. foxed. Covers rubbed/ sl. (water)stained.
Jordis. Monsieur de La Hure chez son perruquier. Ibid., Boivin & Cie., n.d. (±1930), (16)p., num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. clothbacked boards, obl. 8vo.
- Trifle foxed; library ticket on first free endpaper. Covers sl. rubbed; corners showing.
AND 5 others similar, all (but two) in French, i.a. B. ROY, Diki. Le Rouge-Gorge Enchanté (ibid., n.d. (±1945), col. ills. by J.A. MERCIER, orig. clothbacked boards, sq. 8vo) and ROCOCO (ibid., n.d. (±1945), col. ills. by J. TRUBERT, orig. clothbacked boards, obl. 8vo).
- Some foxed spots. No. 10 lacks mounted plate on frontcover; all vols. covers sl. frayed along edges.
- Very fine copy. = De Bodt/ Kapelle p.105-106.
- Contents loosening. Binding trifle stained.
= Lust en Leering p.223 (ed. ±1870); cf. The Children's World of Learning: "(...) telling in verse and fully depicting on the plates all sorts of hilarious mishaps which can take place when not very skilfull people go chasing a mouse in the middle of the night". Cf. Caljé-van Gulik 483 (ed. ±1850).
Visser-Dücker, M. Baron van Hippelepip. Een Verhaaltje voor Kinderen met Plaatjes en Muziek. Zaltbommel, Nutsuitgeverij, 1917, 36p., scores (by M. van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen) within dec. borders, 8 col. plates and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by L. VISSER, large 8vo.
- Binding rubbed and worn along extremities.
Oever, K. van den. Perelierken en Ginneginneken. Rott., M. Boogaerdt Jr., n.d. (±1910), 41p., 5 col. plates, ills., dec. borders and orig. clothbacked dec. boards by C.J. ADDICKS, 4to. - AND 6 others, i.a. M. BAKE, In zwartjesland (Utr., n.d. (±1920), ills., orig. hcl.); P. VAN BUREN, De witte wereld (Alkm., (1935), col. ills. and orig. hcl. by P. WORM) and J. RINKE, Geschiedenis van Ali-Baba en de Veertig Roovers (Amst., n.d., (col.) ills., orig. boards).
- Sl. foxed/ soiled; a few lvs. (incl. one plate) outer upper corner torn off. Wr. browned/ dam.
= Buur 0032; Bastin/ Brommer 558.
Java. Prentenboek voor de Nederlandsch-Indische Jeugd. Door een Oost-Indisch Oudgast. Tweede bundel. Batavia/ Leyden, V. Haren Noman & Kolff/ A.W. Sythoff, 1859, (8),142p., 29 full-p. contemp. handcol. and gommé lithogr. ills., later plain wr.
- Sl. foxed. Wr. waterstained/ sl. dam.
= Buur 0030 (the ills. uncol.); Bastin/ Brommer n.555 (idem) and p.35/ 36.
AND 4 others, i.a. N. ROUSSEL, Les Enfants de la Bible (Paris, 1858, 3rd ed., ills., contemp. dec. boards, sm. 8vo); C. SCHMID, Derde Honderdtal Leerzame Verhalen (Amst., 1873, orig. (dam.) wr., sm. 8vo) and GUIDO EN THÉRÈSE, DE SAVOIJAARDSCHE KINDEREN (ibid., 1856, ills., contemp. boards, sm. 8vo).
- Schoolprize tipped onto verso frontwr. A fine copy.
= Very rare. No copy traced. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXI.
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown
AND 29 others similar, w. Dutch and English text, mainly publ. by the same, illustrated by A. TARRANT (10x), M. BRETT (15x), J. GILDER (3x) and T. MORDUE (1x).
- A few w. children's scribblings/ owner's entries. Overall in good/ fine condition.
= A colourful collection of children's books, comprising mostly titles concerning Miffy.
AND 9 vols. illustrated by the same in foreign languages (i.a. Arabic, English, French, Portugese, Latin and Thai).
- Owner's entry on title. Boardedges rubbed, corners sl. worse.
Idem. Babar en famille. Ibid., Hachette, 1938, 1st ed., (40)p., (full-p.) col. ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by J. DE BRUNHOFF, folio.
- Owner's entry on title-p.; bookblock partly loose.
Idem. Les vacances de Zéphir. ibid., idem, 1936, 1st ed., (40)p., col. ills., and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by J. DE BRUNHOFF, folio.
- Owner's entry on title-p. Rubbed board edges; a few rubbed spots on frontcover.
AND 2 others by the same: Histoire de Babar (2nd ed./ impr., before 1938), Le Voyage de Babar (2nd ed./ impr., before 1938).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; repaired tear in first free endpaper; lower hinge weak; sl. foxed. Covers sl. soiled.
AND 3 others, i.a. K. OLSHAUSEN-SCHÖNBERGER, Im Spiegel der Tierwelt (Munich, n.d. (±1915), ills., orig. boards, obl. 8vo).