= I.a. showing mills, a cheese market, the Efteling, Dutch dunes and people riding their bikes.
Minderhoud, J. (20th cent.). (Dutch scenes). Drawing, watercolour and black pen, 50x34 cm., signed "Joost Minderhoud". - AND 2 drawings by children's books illustrator DAGMAR STAM (cut out along image borders).
= Illustration for an unknown work.
AND 1 other by the same: "In t spel verdiept" (black chalk, signed).
- Boards. sl. sunned. = Not found in the usual reference works. Very rare.
- Rebound in cl. using orig. wr. = Not in the usual reference works. Rare.
Andersen, H.C. Duimelijntje. Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, n.d. (1909), (30)p., 15 col. lithogr. plates (incl. title-p.) and orig. clothbacked boards by E. BESKOW, 4to.
- Sl. rubbed along extremities.
AND 8 others, i.a. HET PRENTENBOEK DER SPORTEN (Baarn, n.d. (±1915), (32)p., num. (col.) lithogr. ills., orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, folio) and T. HELLINGA-ZWART, Het Käthe Kruse Poppenboek (Alkmaar, n.d. (1931), 12 col. plates, orig. clothbacked lithogr. boards, obl. 4to).
- Lid of some boxes sl. dam. and mounted plate sl. soiled.
= All (but one) boxes apparently complete or almost complete (possibly one or two small stones lacking), but accomp. booklets absent or incomplete.
- Lid sl. yellowed/ dusty and a few rubbed spots. Otherwise fine.
= Fine and rare copy of this conjuring set. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.
- Without the rules. Board box w. worn. = Papertoys, p.129.
- A few cards paper over board loosening. Box sl. worn along extremities; part of joint dam.
- Some restorations and sm. damages to the surface. = Rare and very decorative early toy.
- Small defects.
- Some wear from playing.
= Includes two locomotives, a horsedrawn cart, a waggon with a movable scene showing the prince offering the glass slipper to Cinderella, two train waggons and 3 carts.
ADDED: several other (mainly wooden) toys, i.a. a painted spinning-top, a game of skittles and a box containing 20 (mainly Elastolin) soldiers (incl. a horse and a Dutch flag).
- First blank cut out; title-p. sl. foxed and w. sm. owner's entry; sl. fingersoiled; hinges weak. Frontcover sl. rubbed; backcover waterstained.Kubašta, V. Doornroosje. Prague, Artia, 1962, no pagination, 8 pop-up plates with movable parts with Dutch caption and orig. clothbacked pict. boards w. movable parts by the author, 4to.
- Occas. trifle fingersoiled. Cloth sl. dam. at spine-ends; corners bumped.
AND 1 other: G.E. STUDDY, Puppy tails (London, n.d. (±1922), col. ills., orig. clothbacked pict. boards (worn)).
- Bookblock sl. loosening. Trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= De Groot 140; Braches 619; Cat. Ned. Boek 201; Cat. Theo van Hoytema 1863-1917 p.76-79; De Bodt/ Kapelle p.126.
Bodenheim, N. Luilekkerland. Ibid., 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.
- Bookblock sl. loosening. Backcover partly discoloured. = De hele Bibelebontse berg p.563; Ki.la.ki.le. 737.
AND 3 others, i.a. IDEM, 12 sprookjes en rijmpjes (ibid., n.d. (1908), 1st ed., col. lithogr. plates/ ills., silhouette ills. and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by N. BODENHEIM).
- Contents loose; inner margin verso frontcover and first leaf taped together. Spine split; chipped along edges.
= Rare. No copy traced.
- Frontisp. and title cut sl. short; new endpapers; several leaves w. corners/ margins torn off (not affecting images) and repaired; two leaves doubled and repaired (one w. sellotape); occas. (finger)soiled. Recased; rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip.
= Rare first edition of this extremely popular hieroglyphic children's bible.
- Paint partly worn away.
- One w. worn spot in the image.
AND 23 others for the same device, various sizes, prob. all by Lapièrre freres, from various series, i.a. Sleeping Beauty (5x), Don Quichotte (3x), Ali Baba, figures from the Commedia dell'arte (4x).