= Nice complete set, comprising: Op een lenteavond; Het varken Morin; De jongedochter Martin; Eenzaamheid; De brandstapel; De kleine van Roque; Het konijn; De grafbruiden.
- The original price ("Francs: 900") on backwr. of both vols. rubbed off (only the part "900"); backstrips sl. creased; frontwr. vol. 1 sl. dogeared in upper corner and w. sm. tear at fore edge.
= Kearney, The Paris Olympia Press 24. First edition, first issue.
- Hinges sl. weak. Backstrip creased. = Rare Ukrainian émigré publication.
= Nice complete set, comprising i.a. Euthydemos, Ion, Menexenos, Hippias; Theaitetos; Euthyfron, Apologia, Kriton; Faidon.
= I.a. Marcel Aymé, L.F. Céline, B. Cendrars, J. Cocteau, G. Simenon, Montherlant, J. Green, W. Faulkner, Jorge Luis Borges, R. Queneau, G. Perec, J. Verne, A. de Saint Exupéry, Mille et un Nuits and Un siècle NRF. Iconographie (...).
- Vol. 1 a tad yellowed. = Privé-domein vol. 123 and 149.
Achmatova, A. De echte twintigste eeuw. Autobiografische proza. Ibid., idem, 2006, 233p., orig. wr. (Privé-domein vol. 249). Rousseau, J.J. Bekentenissen. Ibid, idem, 1996, 770,(5)p., orig. cl. w. dustrwr. (Privé-domein vol. 211). Paustovskij, K. Verre jaren/ Onrustige jeugd/ Begin van een onbekend tijdperk/ De tijd van de grote verwachtingen/ De sprong naar het Zuiden/ Boek der omzwervingen/ De gouden roos/ Register. Ibid., idem, 1976-1987, 8 vols., orig. unif. pict. wr.
- Six vols. spines (and edges) (sl.) yellowed.
= Privé-domein vol. 16, 32, 5, 61, 83, 103, 137, and an index volume of names featured in the six-volume autobiography, by the same publisher.
AND 53 others of the same series in 54 vols.
= Privé-domein vol. 1, 2, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 30, 32, 34, 39, 43, 50, 53, 71, 74, 82, 84, 89, 99, 108, 113, 126, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 145, 146, 151, 153, 158, 163, 165, 167, 169, 172, 174, 180, 181, 187, 188, 200, 202, 203, 229, 236 and 269.
ADDED: 5 others related to the series.
- Upper hinge sl. weak; owner's entry on first free endpaper; traces of glue on pastedowns; frontisp. sl. foxed. Spine sl. sunned.
= Rare oriental pastiche based on the Arabian Nights.
- All vols. (sl.) foxed. Sl. worn along edges; corners showing. Otherwise a fine set.
= Vols. 60-62 and 79-81 of the Sammlung. Ad 1: Goedeke IV.1, p.395, no.100. Ad 2: Goedeke IV.3, p.2; Kippenberg I, 327.
- Sm. bookplate on upper pastedown. Upper hinge weak; occas. sl. foxed. Backstrip sunned; frontcover sl. sunned along margins.
= The rare first edition of Sand's autobiographically inspired novel.
Idem. Jean de la Roche. Ibid., idem, 1860, 1st ed., (4),390,(1)p., sl. later gilt green hmor.
- Htitle and title-p. reattached (w. sm. repair on inner margin).
- Htitle sl. foxed and w. owner's entry. Spine-ends sl. rubbed. = Rare.
- Gilding trifle rubbed at places and sl. faded on backstrip. (Very) fine copy.
= "Voyages extraordinaires". Bottin, p.477. Cartonnage Type "Aux initiales J.V. et J.H.", dos Type "2", 2e plat type "C".
= Open Domein vol. 20.
AND 11 others of the same series in 13 vols.: vol. 1 (J. van Oudshoorn), 5 (Franz Kafka), 6 (Willem de Mérode), 10 (Mussert), 10 [sic] (Willem Elsschot), 16 (Annie Romein-Verschoor), 18 (Gerrit Achterberg), 34 (Jan Hanlo), 38 (Bach), 39 (Richard Minne) and 43 (Adriaan Morriën). - ADDED: 5 vols. from the Privé-domein series: vol. 84, 129, 149 (E. Jünger. Parijs Dagboek 1943-1944), 180, 188 and 1 vol. on the same series: De Wereld van biografie en autobiografie. Catalogus van Privé-domein en Open Domein.
= Sladké jádro srdce, vol. 10.
AND 15 others, all containing orig. graphics by Czech artists, i.a. by P. MELAN, J. BRÁZDA, L. KUKLÍK, O. ČECHOVÁ, D. KALLAY and V. TESAŘ.
= I.a. M. HAUSMANN, Sechs Volkslieder nach dem Französischen (2 vols., 1982, 2 diff. orig. wr.); A.V. THELEN, Goethes Gespräche mit Frau Eckermann (1987, printed in 150 numb. copies, woodcut ill. by H. BURKHARDT, signed by the artist and the printer, orig. boards); W. HELWIG, Letzte Gedichte (1985, printed in 200 numb. copies, orig. wr.); E. EYBERS, Zwölf Gedichte (1985, printed in 200 numb. copies, orig. wr.); G. COUFAL, Überlaut (2 vols., 1996, woodcut ill. by K.-G. HIRSCH, printed in 132 numb. copies, SIGNED by the author, the artist and the printer, orig. boards) and E. POUND, Cat and Salamander (1993, orig. wr.).
AND num. (sm.) publications by/ on the Aldus-Presse, i.a. prospectuses, New Year's wishes and 2 catalogues (1990-1994, signed by the printer).
= Insolations no.1. The first volume of 3 that were published, edited by B. Dufour and B. Roy. "l'Insolation est un procédé héliographique de reproduction qui donne son titre à cette série d'ouvrages: textes et dessins de peintres sculpteurs et écrivains" (from the prospectus [not present]). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVIII.
- Offsetting from plates. Chemise and slipcase partly foxed.
= One of the 995 numb. copies reserved for L'Union Bibliophile de France. Monod 246.
- Trifle worn along extremities.
= Monod 5894; Carteret IV, p.199: "Édition recherchée et cotée, surtout en grand papier."
= With accomp. fold. computer printed publisher's announcement, describing the work i.a. as follows: "What are the sights and sounds of paradise? This book suggests ideas of the physical surroundings, (as opposed to states of mind), that evoke a pleasurable and undemanding experience. Each section of the book is a separate proposal that is expressed through the shapes, textures and colours of the pages and the prints. (...) The words are brief; short lines found in Coleridge, a hymn, Kipling or Shakespeare (...)." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIX.
- Very fine. = Very attractive booklet. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIX.