- Title-piece on spine sl. browned and rubbed.

Idem. Eighteen tales. Engl. transl. J. Kooistra. London, F.V. White & Co., n.d. (1924), 1st ed., (10),214p., orig. cl. Idem. Eighteen tales. The same work, same edition, orig. wr. (w. title Eighteen short stories).

- First vol. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; second vol. foxed, wr. frayed and worn, backwr. w. fold.

Raden Adjeng Kartini. Letter of a Javanese princess. Engl. transl. A.L. Symmers, forword by Louis Couperus. London, Duckworth & Co., 1921, XVIII,310p., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. (fine). - AND 10 others, mainly translations of works by Couperus.

- Small owner's stamp on title. Backstrip sl. darkened. A very good copy.

Idem. Majesté. French transl. L.[ouis] B.[resson], introd. M. Spronck. Paris, Librairie Plon. E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, (1898), 1st ed., XXIII,(1).294p., contemp. giltlettered hmor.

- Some sl. occas. foxing; a few lvs. in the first part w. greyish stains. Spine-ends rubbed (w. sm. dam. at foot of spine).

Idem. Su majestad. Spanish transl. J. García Rodríguez. Madrid, L España Moderna, n.d. (1904), 1st ed., (4),274,(2)p., orig. wr., in slipcase.

- Yellowed and sl. brittle. Wrappers sl. frayed (strengthened on verso); backstrip waterst. and some sm. defects.

AND poor ex library copies of the first American edition (1895) and the second German edition (1900) of the same work.

= Van Vliet p.312, no.1 (our copy lighter brown cl.).

Idem. Met Louis Couperus in Afrika. The same work, same edition, orig. wr. (w. lettering diff. from the above, reading "Met Louis Couperus naar Afrika").

- Yellowed. Wrappers partly browned and frayed along overlapping fore-edge margin; frontwr. reattached; backwr. waterstained.

= Van Vliet p.312, no.2.

Idem. Met Louis Couperus in Afrika. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (±1930?), 168p., orig. wr., sm. 8vo.

= Pirated edition. Van Vliet p.312, no.3.

Idem. Oostwaarts/ Nippon. The Hague, H.P. Leopold, 1924/ 1925, 1st eds., 2 vols., XII,260,VI; VII,(1),217,(4)p., frontisp. portrait to the first work, num. plates, orig. unif. gilt dec. buckram by T. VISSER, large 8vo.

- Both vols. backstrip sunned. = Van Vliet p.318, no.1 and p.326, no.1.

AND 3 others by the same: Reis-impressies (1st ed., orig. later publ. hcl. Van Vliet p. 349, no.33), Langs lijnen van geleidelijkheid (1st ed., orig. dec. Binding soiled; Van Vliet p.202, no.1) and Antiek Toerisme (3rd ed., orig. dec. cl.).

= One of 75 numb. copies bound in giltlettered full calf, orig. slipcase.

Idem. Verzamelde werken, Amst./ Antw., De samenwerkende uitgevers, 1952-1957, 1st ed., 12 vols., india-paper, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- Some sl. occas. foxing. Binding trifle soiled. = Van Vliet p.225, no. 1 (this copy).

Idem. Over lichtende drempels. The same work, same edition, orig. greenish grey wr. w. dec. in lightgreen, identical to the above.

- Some sl. occas. foxing; owner's stamp on title. Wrappers frayed and w. (repaired) tears and portions lacking from margins (lacking corner of backwr. replaced); backstrip entirely worn off.

= Van Vliet p.225, no.2 (this copy).

AND 2 copies of the same work, same edition, in the so-called 'poortjes'-binding by J. BRAAKENSIEK: clothbound (Van Vliet, p. 225, no.3) and in wrappers (idem, no.4; lacks part of backstrip, backwr. foxed).

- Some foxing; Wrappers (sl.) soiled/ foxed; backstrips browned and spine-ends trifle frayed; vol.2 sm. tear in backstrip

= Van Vliet p.323, no.9. Rare.

Idem. Proza. Eerste-derde bundel. The same work, same edition, orig. unif. blue cl. w. gilt dec. by J.B. VAN HEUKELOM, t.e.g. (vol.3 only).

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; vol.3 some foxing. Gilt dec. on backstrip of the first 2 vols. worn off.

= Van Vliet p.320, no.1 and 2.

AND 3 other vols. of the same work in variant bindings w. dec. identical to the preceding set.: Eerste-tweede bundel (orig. unif. grey cl. w. dec. in blue. Backstrip yellowed; Van Vliet p.323, no.5) and Eerste bundel (orig. clothbacked boards w. dec. in red. Binding soiled/ yellowed; Van Vliet p.323, no.7).

- Binding trifle worn. = Die Freunde 28.

Idem. Psyche. Engl. transl. B.S. Berrington. London, Alston Rivers, 1908, 1st ed., (8),198,(2),(20 publ. cat.)p , 12 (col.) plates by D. CLAYTON CALTHROP, orig. giltlettered cl. Idem. Psyche. Hungarian transl. B. Barna. Budapest, Franklin-Társulat Kiadása, n.d. (1922), 135p., orig. gilt cl. (Külföldi Regényírók). - AND 5 other translations of the same work: English (1999), French (2002; in 1 vol. w. Fidessa), Slowakian (2008), Russian (2009) and Bulgarian (2018). - ADDED: a Norwegian translation of Fidessa (1981).

- Some sl. foxing. Backstrip sl. browned; spine-ends and corners sl. worn. = Van Vliet p.270, no.1.

Idem. Schimmen van schoonheid. The same work, same edition, orig. yellow wr. w. dec. identical to the above in red.

- Some sl. foxing. Stamp "Ter Recensie" on frontcover (and htile); wr. sl. dustsoiled; frontwr. w sm. stains; backstrip sl. browned and some sm. imperfections.

= Van Vliet p.270, no.2 (this copy).

Idem. Lucrezia. Amst., Em. Querido, 1920, 1st separate ed., 115,(2)p., sm. 8vo.

= Copy "gedrukt voor Han Peek" [colophon].

Idem. De Binocle. Baarn, Arethusa Pers, 1994, 35,(1)p., 2 tipped-in photographs, printed in 100 numb. copies (50), obl. 4to.

= One of 50 copies bound in wrappers.

Idem. Zijn aangenomen zoon. Een fragment. (Amst.), Sub Signo Libelli, 1980, 1st ed., 28,(2)p., printed in 100 numb. copies, one of 24 copies in orig. wr.

= Breugelmans 55. With the orig. prospectus.

Louis Couperus & Pier Pander. Teksten voor en over de beeldhouwe Pier Pander. Ed. M. Klein. Baarn, Arethusa Pers, 1985, 34,(2)., photogr. ills. by M.R. VAN DER TOORN, printed in 100 numb. copies, orig. cl. (50), 4to.

- Sl. foxed; leaf w. dedication mounted on htitle. Backstrip sunned. = Van Vliet p.324, no.1.

Idem. Het Snoer der Ontferming en Japansche Legenden. The same work, same edition, orig. wr.

- Sl. foxed. Wrappers soiled/ sl. stained.

= Not in Van Vliet; cf. p.324, no.2 for a satinbound copy w. a dustwr. that has identical lettering to this copy in wrappers (backstrip without lettering).

Idem. Het Snoer der Ontferming en Japansche Legenden. The same work, same edition, orig. cl.

- Sl. foxed (incl. binding). Backstrip browned and spine-ends sl. worn.

= Van Vliet; cf. p.324, no.6. "Een latere bindpartij verscheen in een eenvoudig blauwlinnen band met een gezette auteursnaam en titel, samen met het uitgeversmonogram in zwart" (p.325).

Idem. Het Snoer der Ontferming en Japansche Legenden. The same work, same edition, orig. plain wr. w. privately made dustwr. w. all over decoration and lettering in oriental style in pen and ink, monogrammed "C[?].M." in custom made slipcase.

- Dustwr. varnished(?) w. staining on plain wrappers and first and last page.

AND a copy of a modern illustrated reprint w. annots. by H.T.M. van Vliet (Amst., 2018, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo).

- Some occas. foxing; 2nd vol. partly w. narrow brown stain in fore-edge margin; one p. w. later sm. ballpoint annot.

= Prepublication. Van Vliet p.208: "De eerste druk is gelijktijdig gezet met de voorpublicatie in De Gids: de boekuitgave werd naar Couperus' kopijhandschrift gezet, de tijdschriftpublicatie naar proeven van de eerste druk."

Idem. De stille kracht. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1911), "tweede goedkoope druk", (4),246p., orig. dec. cl. by B.W. WIERINK.

- Some sl. occas. foxing. Binding sl. soiled. = Van Vliet p.211, no.8.

Idem. De stille kracht. The same work, same edition, orig. green cl. w. dec. in black by by TH. NEUHUYS.

- First and last lvs. some foxing. Spine-ends sl. wonr.

= Van Vliet p.211, no.9 (copy in grey cl. w. identical decoration); cf. Braches 1453.

Idem. De stille kracht. The same work, same edition, orig. brown cl. w. dec. in black by C. LEBEAU.

- First and last lvs. some foxing. = Van Vliet p.211, no.10; cf. Braches 825.

AND 4 other later eds. of the same work.

- Yellowed and brittle. Joints rubbed; wr. trifle frayed. = Rare.

Idem. Der verliebte Esel. German transl. E. Otten. Berlin, W. Borngräber, n.d. (1920), 1st-5th thousand, 176,(8)p., orig. gilt clothbacked dec. boards. Idem. Babel. German transl. E. Otten. Ibid., E. Rowohlt, 1920, 2nd ed., 207,(5)p., orig. dec. boards (yellowed; spine darkened). Idem. Das schwebende Schachbrett. German transl. E. Otten. Ibid., idem, 1921, 1st-4th thous., 334,(2)p., orig. dec. boards. - AND a modern paperback ed. of the last work.

- Some sl. occas. foxing. Frontcover vol.3 sl. stained

= (1) Rome; (2) Genève, Florence; (3) Sicilië, Venetië, München; (4) Van en over mijzelf en anderen. Tweede bundel; (5) Spaansch toerisme. Van Vliet p.289, no.7-12.

Idem. Van en over alles en iedereen. The same series, same edition, 10 parts in 5 vols., orig. unif. clothbacked blueish grey boards w. darkgreen dec. identical to the above and lettering in red.

- Backstrips trifle browned. Good set. = Van Vliet p.291, no.18-23.

Idem. Van en over alles en iedereen. The same series, same edition, 8 (of 10) parts in 6 vols.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; some sl. occas. foxing. Joints, spine-ends and corners trifle rubbed.

= Van Vliet p.248, no.1.

AND 3 other copies of the same work, same edition: (1) bound in orig. green cl. w. dec. in black and yellow identical to the first work (Van Vliet p.248, no.2 (diff. col.?)); (2) bound in orig. green wr. w. dec. in darkgreen and yellow identical to the first work (backwr. dam. in blank margin; frontwr. trifle frayed; backstrip darkened. Van Vliet p.248, no.3); (3) bound in orig. yellow w. dec. in black ('Standaardbibliotheek') (Van Vliet p.248, no.5 and p.344, no.6). Idem. Van en over mijzelf en anderen. Derde bundel. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1916), 1st ed., (6),183p., orig. lightblue cl. w. dec. in black and yellow by W.J. TAANMAN, identical to the first vol. of the lot.

- Yellowed (due to the quality of the paper); stamp. on title. The vulnerable dustwr. stained and w. inevitable damages.

Idem. Ludzie starzy i sprawy przemijajace. Polish transl. M. Chelkowski. Warsaw, Pax, 1966, 1st ed., 266,(2)p., orig. wr. w. dustwr. (yellowed, incl. (sl. worn) wr.). Idem. Co dávno odnesl cas. Czech transl. K. Vodák. (Prague), Odeon, (1974), 1st ed., 220,(3)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. O starých l'udoch veci minule. Slovakian transl. J. Majekova. (Bratislava), Tatran, 1978, 1st ed., 258,(3)p., orig. cl. w. (sl. worn) dustwr. - AND 7 other translations of Van oude menschen, de dingen die voorbijgaan: English (1963), French (1973), Romanian (1975), German (1985), Urdu (1985), Esperanto (2013) and Portuguese (2019).

- Bookplate on first free endpaper and remnants of bookplate on upper pastedow. Sm. stain on frontcover.

= Van Vliet p.304, no.2.

Idem. The same work, same edition, orig. grey wr. w. black lettering.

- Bookplate and 2 owner's entries on htitle. Wr. sl. browned and worn; sl. dogeared.

= Rare. Van Vliet p.304, no.3.

Idem. The same work, same edition, orig. grey cl. w. darkblue lettering.

- Binding trifle thumbed. = Van Vliet p.171, no.1: "Oplage waarschijnlijk 500 exemplaren". Rare.

Rostand, E. Kantekleer. Metrische bewerking door Louis Couperus. N.pl., n.pl., n.d. (Amst., Groot Nederland, 1925), 1st ed., 10 parts in 1 vol., contemp. giltlettered hcalf, large 8vo.

= Privately bound complete collection of Couperus' adaptation of Rostand's play Chantecler, as published in parts in Groot Nederland, 1925: p.225-244, 355-363, 469-492, 572-588 and 15-44, 113-131, 225-241, 357-366, 471-484 and 584-600. Couperus made the translation for 'Die Haghespelers' company of Eduard Verkade, but it was never taken into production and was published in Groot Nederland after Couperus' death. It was never published as a book.

Kleeding en de Man. The Hague, Magazijnen "Nederland" (Kattenburg & Co.), 1915, 79,(1)p., ills., orig. giltlettered boards, large 8vo.

- Binding sl. stained. Bookplate (of Albert Hahn) on upper pastedown.

= Contains "Meditatie over het Mannelijk Toilet" by Couperus (p.7-9 and 12). Also contributions by i.a. Top Naeff, M.J. Brusse, Jan Feits and J.H. Speenhoff.

AND 7 others: a copy in orig. wr. of the last work, 2 copies (in variant bindings) of OSCAR WILDE, Het portret van Dorian Gray (transl. by E. Couperus-Baud); PIO BAROJA, Op een dwaalweg (transl. by the same, introd. by Louis Couperus, orig. wr.) and 3 vols. of the Dramatisch bijvoegsel van Groot-Nederland, Amst., 1916-1918, orig. unif. wr. (2 vols. backstrip dam.), large 8vo (L. COUPERUS, Tweelingbroeders, Jambische Bewerking van Plautus' Menaechmi. Backstrip dam.; E. COUPERUS, Psyche, Een spel van de ziel in vier bedrijven. Naar Louis Couperus "Psyche"; IDEM, Eline Vere, Tooneelspel in vier bedrijven. Naar den Roman van Louis Couperus).

- Browned and brittle.

AND a modern Polish translation of Wereldvrede (2010). - ADDED: 3 copies in variant bindings of the German transl. of Aan de weg der vreugde (1920), partly w. sm. defects.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; edges and first and last lvs. (sl.) foxed. Binding soiled and decoration sl. rubbed.

= Van Vliet p.162, no.1; Braches 164.

Idem. Wereldvrede. The same work, same edition, orig. wr. w. decoration identical to the above.

- Bookplate on htiitle. Wrappers sl. brown and worn at extremities; spine pasted over w. black cl. tape, w. orig. (worn/ sl. dam.) backstrip mounted.

= Van Vliet p.162, no.2 ; Braches 164.

Idem. Wereldvrede. The same work, same edition, orig. pink cloth w. decoration in red by R.N. ROLAND HOLST.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; edges and first and last lvs. sl. foxed. Backstrip sunned.

= Van Vliet p.162, no.3; Braches 1665.

AND 2 other copies of the same work, same edition: Van Vliet p.162, no.7 (first free endpaper partly cut out; spine-ends and lower corners worn) and a privately bound copy in green cl. w. nice gilt Jugendstil decoration. - ADDED: a copy of the 3rd [=2 nd] ed., Van Vliet p.162, no.6.