- Hinges sl. weak; lacks first free endpaper; htitle dam.; gluestains and owner's entry on verso frontisp. Spine sl. darkened.
= Rare first edition of the adaption for girls of the famous Scouting for Boys. Its main author is Robert Baden-Powell's younger sister Agnes.
Baden-Powell, R.S.S. Girl Guiding. A Handbook for Guidelets, Guides, Senior Guides, and Guiders. London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1920, 5th rev. ed., 204,(4)p., ills., orig. dec. cl.
- Bookplate and owner's stamp on first endpaper. Spine-ends worn/ sl. dam.; backcover foxed and discol.
= Reworking of the previous work by R.S.S. Baden-Powell himself, first published 1918. Early editions are rare.
AND 2 others, i.a. GIRL SCOUT HANDBOOK (New York, 1936, ills., orig. cl.).
- Used copy; stamps and annots. on htitle; yellowed. Wrappers dam. and loosening; upper joint strengthened w. sellotape.
= The founder of the Boy Scouts' major work. Early editions are rare.
AND a 4th and 9th ed. of the same work.
- Stamp and annots. on first free endpaper; bookplate on upper pastedown. Sm. ticket on spine.
= The founder of the Boy Scouts' major work. Early editions are rare.
AND a 9th and 11th ed. of the same work.
- Backstrip and wr. loosening.
= The founder of the Boy Scouts' major work. Early editions are rare.
AND a 9th and 12th of the same work.
- Some offsetting on endpapers. A good/ fine copy. = Classic work on international scouting.
Idem. Aids to Scoutmastership. A Handbook for Scoutmasters on the Theory of Scout Training. Ibid., idem, 1919, 1st ed., 127p., orig. wr.
- Sl. foxed; partly browned.
AND 1 other by the same: Scouting for Boys (London, 1935, 17th ed., ills., orig. wr.).
- Owner's stamp on (h)title and frontwr.; backstrip trifle worn.
= Very rare Welsh edition of Scouting for Boys.
AND 1 other: IDEM, Scouting for Boys (London, 1930, 15th ed., ills., orig. wr.).
= Memorial vols. of Girl Scout expeditions along the Baltic and North Sea coasts.
AND 6 others, i.a. B.P.'s FAMILY IN PICTURE AND STORY. MY RECORD BOOK (n.pl., 1938, num. photogr. ills., orig. cl., 4to) and 3 biographical comics on R.S.S. Baden-Powell.
- Various defects. Mostly in good/ fine condition. = Nice collection.
- Hinges weak; owner's entry on title-p. Binding stained and soiled.
Idem. Sport in War. Toronto, G.N. Morang & Co., 1900, 1st ed., 202p., 20 plates, each page printed within green ornamental border, orig. gilt dec. cl., t.e.g.
- Dedications on title-p. and first free endpaper.
= Account of sporting adventures during the Boer War. Mendelssohn I, p.64f.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Backstrips trifle sunned. Otherwise a fine set in (except for 3 vols.) deluxe bindings.
= Comprises: Series Maior (6 vols): vol. I/ 1-3 and II/ 1.1, 1.2 and 3; Series Minor (9 vols.): vol. I/ 1-4, II/ 1-2, III/ 1 and V/ 1-2; Miscellanea (4 vols.): vol. I-IV; Catalogus: J.A.A.M. BIEMANS, Middelnederlandse bijbelhandschriften.
- No. 12 upper joint splitting at foot of spine; frontcover sl. creased; no. 16 frontcover sl. soiled and scribbled w. ballpoint; two issues frontwr. (sl.) dam.
= Contains contributions by i.a. P. Andriesse, B. Vuijsje, E. van Moerkerken, R. Waskowsky, R. Chapkis, H. Heeresma, J.W. Holsbergen, K. Soudijn, J. Waasdorp, S. Vinkenoog and Jan Wolkers.
Provo. No. 8, 10 and 12. Amst., Provo, 1966, 3 issues, ills., orig. wr., narrow 4to (fine). Willem de Ridder. No. 2: Lijfblad voor iedereen die alleen maar doet wat het Lekkerst voelt. Amst., W. de Ridder, n.d. (1993), newspaper, 1 (of 4) issues, 56p., ills. (fine and rare). - AND a duplicate of GANDALF, no. 14 and 32, and an issue of SEXTANT, no. 3/ 4. Ed. H. Baaij and M. van Loggem (The Hague, 1969, num. (col.) (photogr.) ills., orig. wr., 4to).
- Dedic. on title-p. Wr. worn along edges; closed tear in frontwr.; one corner chipped. Otherwise fine.
= "Suck" special issue. Very explicitly illustrated and with the following text on the final page: "Final instructions: this is not a work of fiction or of one man. Keep your eye on it's bi-unity. I am smiling now. But if you don't think my story marvellous and you should happen to meet me, kindly pass as though we don't know each other. [...] Moral: At the moment of coitus all Men are one Man!" The concept was conceived by the photographer Anna Beeke as an anti-pornographic statement. Her second husband Anthon Beeke did the layout. Parr/ Badger, Photobooks III, 84: "This charmingly liberated fairy story is gleefully hardcore - The point of the exercise, after all. The pornographic photography itself is timeless, that is to say standard and a little boring, but the factor that makes this a classic of 1970's counterculture literature and the legacy of 60s' 'flower power' - where sexual liberation was seen as the beginning of political liberation - is the inspired graphic design of Anthon Beeke. Exuberant, wacky and excessive (...)."
- Binding sl. worn along edges, otherwise fine.
= Very explicitly illustrated, banned in the UK. Published on the occasion of the First and Second Wet Dream Festival, organised by Suck, The First European Sex Paper in Amsterdam in 1970 and 1971. Includes a film catalogue of the two festivals and contributions by Felix de Mendelssohn, Jim Haynes, Betty Dodson a.o.
- Library stamp on title-p. Frontcover w. sm. rubbed spot.
- Lacks the parts De schilderkunst and Het muziekleven. All vols. occas. (sl.) foxed. Frontcover of one vol. sl. waterst.
= Orig. published by W.P. van Stockum & Zoon (The Hague, 1897-1904, 9 parts and index in 3 vols.). Comprises: I. Groei en bloei der stad; II. Regeering en historie; III. Handel en nijverheid; IV. Huiselijk en maatschappelijk leven; V. Het kerkelijk en godsdienstig leven; VI. Bouw- en beeldhouwkunst; VII. De letterkunde en het tooneel.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Covers trifle rubbed; corners sl. worn
= Cf. Vicaire IV, p.42. Attractive plates of Amsterdam and Venice.
Idem. La Hollande à vol d'oiseau. Paris, G. Decaux and A. Quantin, 1882, 3rd ed., (6),II,400p., 1 tinted map, 24 helio-engr. plates by M. LALANNE, num. ills., orig. gilt hmor., a.e.g., 4to.
- Bookblock loosening; occas. sl. browned. = Vicaire IV, p.44f.
AND 2 others, i.a. 1x by the same: La Flandre à vol d'oiseau (Amst., 1883).
- Lower hinge broken; sl. worn and fingersoiled.
= BNK 1148; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 220; Ki.la.ki.le. 447; The Children's World of Learning 2885.