- Spine sunned. Otherwise fine.
= One of 10 Roman numb. copies.
= Rare. Monod 3029.
Villon, F. Oeuvres. Ibid., Éditions de la nef d'argent, 1943, 166, (2)p., pochoir col. frontisp./ plates/ ills. and orig. wr. w. glassine dustwr. by J. DRATZ, printed in 1500 numb. copies on vélin de Navarre, 4to.
- Frontispiece loose. = Monod 11293.
- Upper joint broken; lower joint splitting at top. Otherwise a (very) fine copy.
= Copy printed on the name of M.B.B. Nijkerk, w. the original presentation card loosely inserted. - ADDED: the original prospectus (sl. foxed/ dustsoiled) in separate stiff paper slipcase.
Saint-Évremont, (C. de St. Denis de). Oeuvres. Ibid., idem, 1954, 2 vols., 373,(4); 361,(6)p., printed in 88 numb. copies, orig. unif. gilt vellum, orig. marbled wr. pres., folio.
- Sl. yellowed. Bindings sl. soiled. Good, unopened copy.
= Printed on name of M.B.B. Nieuwkerk [sic].
Patru, O. La vie de Monsieur d'Ablancourt, suivi du Discours et des Lettres de M. d'Ablancourt à Monsieur Patru. Pref. V. Larbaud. Maastr., A.A.M. Stols, 1934, VIII,45,(2)p., printed in black and green in 256 numb. copies (31), orig. wr.
- Backstrip and covers along backstrip discoloured.
= Van Dijk 330. One of 31 copies on Pannekoek paper for members of "La Compagnie Typographique"; this copy printed on the name of M.B.B. Nijkerk.
AND 1 other publ. by La Compagnie Typographique: "Puisque tout est pardonné". Deux lettres de Marie Rubens à son époux Jan Rubens MDLXXI (n.pl., 1975, typogr. by SEM HARTZ, printed in 100 copies, orig. wr.). - ADDED: Baudelaire, C. Poèmes. Bourg-la-Reine, A. Carles, 1967, (26)p., printed by D. VIGLINO in 125 numb. copies on handmade paper, loose as issued in orig. wr., kept in cl. dropback box, folio.
- Without the dustwr. Large annot. in ballpoint on title-p. and crossed-out annot. on first free endpaper. Some sl. foxing; wr. some dustsoiling.
= SIGNED by the artist in the colophon. Rare.
= Van Dijk 745.
Looy, J. van. Nieuwjaarsdag. (The Hague), Vereeniging Joan Blaeu, 1919, 1st ed., 101,(3)p., printed in black and red in 200 copies, typography by S.H. DE ROOS and J.F. VAN ROYEN, orig. gilt hvellum, 4to.
- Dedication in pen on first free endpaper.
AND 5 others, i.a. G. VRIAMONT, De exploten van Tabarijn (Maastr., 1927, printed in 45 numb. copies, orig. wr.); M. NIJHOFF, De pen op papier (Haarlem, 1927, printed in 150 copies, orig. hcl., 4to) and A. BESNARD, Opstand en wroeging. Gedichten. Introd. J.C. Bloem (Maastr., 1925, printed in 565 numb. copies, orig. wr.).
= With an extra loosely inserted COLOUR SERIGRAPH, signed "Corneille 2001" and "45/100" in pencil. The first tipped-in serigraph also signed "Corneille 2001" and "45/100" in red pastel crayon and titled "Salomé" in black felt-tip pen.
- Covers worn along extremities; upper joint splitting at spine-ends
= Ray 247; Houfe p.271; Spencer, Walter Crane p.106: "(...) [his] first and finest flower book (...)".
- Owner's entry on verso first free endpaper; lvs. cut open. Paper over edges partly worn off.
= Massé p.41; Spencer, Walter Crane p.137/ 138.
Moffat, A. Our Old Nursery Rhymes. London/ New York, Augener/ G. Schirmer, n.d. (1912?), 2nd ed.(?), 63,(1)p., 32 full-p. col. ills. by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR, scores by ALFRED MOFFAT, orig. cl., obl. 4to.
- Lvs. occas. torn along inner margin. Binding sl. foxed/ soiled. = Cf. Heller 3A.
AND 8 others, i.a. a poor copy of: C. BINGHAM, The Animals' Rebellion (iibid., num. (col.) lithogr. plates by C.H. THOMPSON, orig. col. lithogr. boards, obl. folio).
- Unnumb. copy. Top of spine sl. dam., otherwise fine.
= Monod 3372: "1 photographure en couleurs reproduisant une peinture, 2 fragments de celle-ci en noir et couverture spécialement composée par l'artiste".
- Both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry; hinges weak. Both vols. upper joint split/ spine worn; frontcover loosening.
AND 1 other: IDEM, l'Ingenieux chevalier Don Quichotte de la Manche (Tours, 1870, woodengr. frontisp. and 7 plates by T. RUHIERRE after J.J. GRANDVILLE, textills., orig. richly dec. hmor., a.e.g.).
- Vol. 2 small dent in frontcover.
AND 1 other: A. FERNANDEZ DE AVELLANEDA, Don Quichotte (Paris, 1853, title-vignette, contemp. gilt hmor.).
- Occas. sl. foxed. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Vicaire III, p.603; Carteret III, p.224; Sander 253; Brivois 139.
Töpffer, R. Nouvelles Genevoises. Paris, J.-J. Dubochet et Cie, 1845, 1st illustr. ed., VII,(1),350,(1)p., woodengr. frontisp., title-vignette, 39 woodengr. plates and num. ills. after R. TÖPFFER, contemp. gilt hmor.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Covers trifle rubbed. Good copy.
= Vicaire VII, p.858; Carteret II, p.584-586; Brivois p.406; Sander 685.
AND 5 others similar, i.a. B. DE SAINT-PIERRE, Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1855, later ed., num. engr. plates, contemp. richly dec. cl., 4to).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown and first free endpaper; (sl.) foxed. Very good copy.
= Carteret III, p.224; Vicaire III, p.603; Sander 253; Brivois 139.
Janin, J. Un hiver à Paris. Ibid., L. Curmer/ Aubert et Cie., 1843, 1st ed., (4),283,(1)p., 18 steelengr. plates by E. LAMI, num. ills. after i.a. GAVARNI, H. DAUMIER and N.T. CHARLET, contemp. gilt hcalf, 4to.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; plates (sl.) foxed. Backstrip sl. rubbed.
= Carteret III, p.316f; Vicaire IV, p.538f; Brivois 207; Sander 359.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. yellowed. Corners sl. bumped. = Dreyfus 1.
(Wilson, C.A. (ed.)). First Appearance In Print Of Some Four Hundred Familiar Quotations. Middleton, Wesleyan Univ., 1935, XIV,(2),261,(3)p., printed in a lim. numb. ed., orig. hcl.
- Sl. yellowed.
= With MANUSCRIPT DEDICATION on first free endpaper: "To my good friend Richard Curle from the surveyor (p.xii) of what he hopes will become a well-trodden new path in book-collecting. Feb.26, 1935." On page XII the initials "C.A.W." below the Preface are crossed out and replaced by the signature of the editor, Carroll Atwood [Wilson]
AND a anonymous calligraphed manuscript "Bible Prayers", black and red ink, bound in full gilt mor. by "Bain, London", dated "1920" on the frontcover, t.e.g. (binding some sm. specks and trifle rubbed at extremities).
- Wrs. loose/ frayed (sl. dam. ill.).
= First publ. 1851. Each plate w. 1 to 17 illustrations relating to each other, w. accomp. text below. Leblanc p.88.
= First illustrated edition. Vicaire I, p.4; Brivois p.1; Sander 1; Leblanc p.15; Carteret III, p.30: "(...) recherché aussi bien pour le texte que pour les illustrations".
AND 2 others illustrated by/ after G. DORÉ: H. DE BALZAC, Les contes drolatiques (ibid., (±1880), 13th ed., 425 ills. by G. DORÉ, contemp. gilt hcalf) and A. TENNYSON, Enid (London, 1868, 1st ed., 9 steelengr. plates after G. DORÉ, orig. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g., folio).
- Endpapers browned/ foxed; contents trifle foxed. Covers trifle rubbed along extremities.
Gautier, T. Le capitaine Fracasse. Ibid., F. Polo, n.d. (±1863), 396p., num. ills. by G. DORÉ, contemp. gilt hmor., 4to.
- Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
ADDED: 3 others, all. w. hmor./ hleather bindings.