- Fine copies.
= Being the Adventures of Hungry Peter, the Pig; Rufus, the Cat; Humpty & Dumpty, the Rabbits and Forager, the Puppy.
- First 3 vols. fine; final vol. sm. dam. to lower joint; contents fine.
= BNK 1641 (year 1787) en 1642 (year 1790). Very rare almanacs. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- First and final lvs. sl. frayed/ foxed. Wrs. reattached. = Not in the usual bibliographies.
- Owner's entry on title; 1 leaf dam. in lower inner corner w. sl. loss of text (restored). Top of spine dam.; joints splitting at top of spine.
= Cf. The Children's World of Learning 2850 and Huiskamp P183 (1st ed., 1817).
- Ticket in upper outer corner of frontwr. and both lower corners cut off. Backwr. cracked. = Rare.
Sint Nikolaas en zijn Knecht. Amst., J. Vlieger, n.d. (1910), (10)p. (col.) ills. and orig. pict. wr. by L. LANDRÉ (fine). - AND 8 others, i.a. A. DES TILLEULS, Mr & Mme Croquemitaine (Paris, n.d. (±1870), 15 handcol. woodengr. ills. and orig. handcol. wr. by BERTALL. Mediocre/ loosening copy of this horror story for children).
- Both sl. dustsoiled in outer margins wrappers. Otherwise good/ fine copies.
AND 2 others similar.
- Hinges weak; trifle foxed. Corners worn.
= Wegehaupt II, p.370; Bilderwelt 434; Seebaß 248; Seebaß II, no.222. "Ein der reizendsten und phantasievollsten Kinderbücher des ausgeh. 19. Jahrhundert. Sehr selten." (Seebaß).
Von Hasen und Hasenkindern. Esslingen a.N./ Munich, J.F. Schreiber, 1938, 4 col. pop-up plates, orig. clothbacked pict. boards.
= Schreibers Stehauf-Bilderbücher No. 323.
AND 3 others, i.a. H. KÜRTH, Lustiges Spielzeug aus Kinderhand (Weimar, (1949), col. ills., orig. clothbacked boards, obl. 8vo).
- With ms. prize on first free endpaper; sl. foxed. Cloth sl. worn. = Rare.
La Fontaine, J. de. Keur van fabelen. Ed. Fiore della Neve. Amst., S. Warendorf, n.d. (±1915), title-p. and 20 leaves w. col. ills. by i.a. G. GÉLIBERT, JOB and G. FRAIPONT, letterpress text, orig. giltlettered and blindst. cl., folio.
- Bookblock loose; plates sl. foxed; 1 plate sl. dam. in (blank) margin. Cloth sl. worn/ stained.
AND 3 sm. schoolbooks.
- Fine copy. = Bilderwelt 2611; Gumuchian 888. Nice illustrations.
Berlaer, J. Les Images. Brussels, K. Dickinson, 1912, 60p., scores, ills., bookdec. and orig. clothbacked dec. boards by CONSTANT VAN OFFEL, 4to.
= Printed in a limited numb. edition, monogrammed by the author.
AND 7 other children's songbooks in 8 vols., i.a. J. WORP, De zingende kinderwereld. Kinderliedjes voor een of twee stemmen met piano-begeleiding (Gron., n.d. (1907), col. lithogr. plates and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by C. JETSES, scores, obl. 4to) and T. GODE-POSTMA, Trippel, Trappel en andere aardige kinderversjes. Muziek van Ben Geysel (Leyden, n.d. (1925), col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards by A. VLAANDEREN, sm. folio).
- Lower corners trifle fingersoiled; hinges weakening slightly. Covers trifle fingersoiled. = Monod 1826.
AND 2 others illustrated by the same: another copy of the above bound in cream cl., and A. FRANCE, Nos enfants (Paris, n.d., ills., orig. clothbacked pict. boards, 4to).
- Sm. stamp on title. Covers (sl.) dampstained. = Vicaire II, p.228.
Mars (= M.C. Bonvoisin). Nos chéris. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1886), 47p., num. col. lithogr. ills., orig. pict. cl. Idem. Friends & playmates. London etc., G. Routledge, n.d. (±1885), 47,(1)p., num. col. lithogr. ills., orig. pict. cl. Pijper, W. Vieilles Chansons de France. Utr., W. de Haan, n.d., (19)p., scores, 8 mounted col. plates and orig. wr. w. 2 mounted col. plates by R. CRAMER, 4to.
- Owner's entry on verso frontwr. Lacks silk tie on spine.
AND 3 others, i.a. Noëls de France.
- Fine copy.
= Rare children's book on Fridtjof Nansen's 1893-1896 polar expedition with the Fram. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- Spine newly stitched.
= Not in cat. The Children's World of Learning; not in cat. Ki.la.ki.le. Rare. Only 1 copy traced.
- Library stamp on title-p. Spine-ends dustwr. sl. chipped.
= Nikkertjes-serie, no.5. Fine example of different ethics in children's literature of previous times. Rare.
- Stamp on title-p.; title-p. and last leaf trifle foxed. Spine-ends worn/ dam.; 2 corners showing.
= Rare and early children's book by Dick Bruna. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- Fine copy. = Extremely rare.
Cuming, E.D. The Three Jovial Puppies. Ibid., Blackie and Son Ltd., n.d., (18) lvs., bound as a blockbook, num. col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards w. mounted ill. by J.A. SHEPHERD, 4to. - AND 1 other illustrated by F. ADAMS.
- Hinges starting; some foxing on title-p.; contemp. owner's entry on verso of first free endpaper; contents fine. Boards (sl.) soiled; top and bottom of spine and corners (sl.) worn.
Irving, W. Old Christmas: from the Sketchbook of Washington Irving. London, Macmillan, 1882, 4th ed., (2),XIV,(2),165,(1)p., num. woodengr. ills. after R. CALDECOTT, orig. cl. w. richly gilt front cover and spine, a.e.g.
- Lower hinge starting; contemp. owner's entry on title-p. Top and foot of spine and corners sl. rubbed.
AND 8 others, i.a. NORWEGIAN FAIRY TALES. English transl. by A. Heywood (London, 1895, num. ills. by B. DU VAL, orig. pict. cl.) and H. ANDERSEN, Fairy Tales (Nottingham, ±1920, num. (col.) ills. by W. HEATH ROBINSON, orig. gilt cl., 4to).
- Cards chipped; occas. creased/ dam. Box split and lacking side.
= Rare complete cardgame inspired by Carroll's story of Alice in Wonderland, consisting of 16 series of 3 cards.