- First vol. first 5 pages vague waterstain in lower margin. = Matla KAPP 5.3a and Matla 2.2a.
Idem. Tom Poes op het eiland van Grim, Gram en Grom./ Tom Poes en het monster ei. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1947-1948), 2 (of 4) vols., (1),29,(2); 30,(2)p., (col.) ills. and orig. unif. pict. wr. by M. TOONDER, obl. 4to.
- Wrappers of both vols. strengthened on inside along spine; first vol. bookblock loose; both vols. backwr. yellowed.
= Matla 6.3 and 6.5.
AND 5 others by the same, i.a. Tom Poes en de Knip-hoed (Gron., Th. Niemeijer, n.d., ills., orig. wr. Fine copy); Tom Poes en de Pier-race! (Amst., de Muinck & Co., n.d., ills. (printed in green), orig. wr.) and Tom Poes en de Chinese waaier (Amst., D.A.V.I.D., n.d., ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo. Two leaves reattached; frontwr. lacks sm. portion of lower right corner).
- Ad I: spine split; browned. Ad II: browned; worn along extremities. Ad III: browned; worn along extremities; frontwr. lacks upper right corner.
= Tom Poes-Boeken Serie I (kleurendruk), deel 1, 5 and 6. Matla Bomme 6.1/ 6.5/ 6.6.
AND 2 others by the same.
- Good copy. = Matla BOMME 10.1a.
Idem. Tom Poes en de laarzenreuzen. Amst., De Muinck & Co., n.d. (1948), (32)p., 5 full-p. col. ills. (1x double-p.), num. smaller (col.) ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by M. TOONDER.
- Trifle rubbed along extremities. Good/ fine copy. = Matla BOMME 9,1, 10,2.
Idem. Tom Poes en de watergeest. Amst., De Bezige Bij, n.d. (1950), 59,(2)p., 4 col. plates, 8 full-p. col. ills., num. smaller tinted ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards M. TOONDER, 4to.
- Covers sl. rubbed along extremities. = Matla BOMME 10.2.
AND 3 others.
- Folded vertically; small tear in centre.
- Rolled. = Made on the occasion of an exhibition in Galerie Kruisweg (Haarlem, 2018).
= Scarce. Contains a bibliography.
Kuhn, P. Het geheim van de Bosplaat. Originele tekeningen. Terschelling, Stichting Zeeschuim, 2008, 95,(1)p., num. ills., printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. cl., obl. folio. - AND 3 others: P. KUHN, De Vrijheid De avonturen van kapitein Rob (Amst., n.d., orig. wr., obl. 8vo. Modern facsimile reprint of the first part).
= Reprinted deluxe edition, signed on colophon by the publisher R. Olaf Stoop. Famous underground periodical, published up to issue no. 6 in 1974.
AND 3 others: Real Free Press Ehé-Catl. No. 1 (Amst., 1971, ills. and orig. wr. by i.a. Bud Fisher and T.S. Sullivant, folio) and R.O. STOOP, Roza's lotgevallen deel 1 (ibid., 1966, orig. wr., obl. 8vo. Considered as one of the earliest (if not the earliest) European underground comics).
- Trifle foxed; lacks portion of frontcover. Rebacked w. linen strip.
= Published in the series Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books. Cf. Osborne, p. 675, 1051.
The Hare and The Tortoise. London, Frederick Warne & Co., n.d. (±1871), 6 textp., 6 col. lithogr. plates, orig. pict. wr., 4to.
- Owner's entry dated 1871 on verso frontcover (=1st textp.). Spine reinforced w. clumsy stitching; covers sl. soiled.
= Published in the series Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books. AND 3 others, i.a. NEW SERIES TOY BOOKS. Willie and Mary's first day at school (London, n.d. (±1890), col. lithogr. plates, orig. pict. wr., 4to. Rebacked and w. facsimile backcover) and LITTLE ONES' HEROES & HEROINES (n.pl., n.d. (±1890-1910), chromolith. plates and ills., orig. pict. wr., 4to).
- Box sl. browned; corners bumped. Contents fine.
= One of 350 numb. copies of the DELUXE edition on handmade paper, SIGNED by the illustrator.
- Frontcover sl. foxed; large waterstain on backcover.
= Walter Crane's Picture Books Vol. III. Contains Cinderella (1873), Puss in Boots (1873) and Valentine & Orson. Cf. Spencer, p.46 and 57; Osborne I, p.26/27. Rare.
AND 1 other: O. WILDE, The Happy Prince and Other Tales (London, 1907, 5th impr., ills. by W. CRANE and J. HOOD, orig. boards).
- Contents fine. Bindings sl. browned and w. a few stains; sl. worn along extremities.
= Spencer, Walter Crane p.106: "(...) [his] first and finest flower book (...)". Cf. Massé, p.39.
Idem. Queen Summer or the Tourney of the Lily & the Rose. Ibid., idem, 1891, 1st ed., 40,(1),9(advert.)p., (full-p.) col. lithogr. ills., endpapers and orig. clothbacked dec. boards by W. CRANE, bound as a blockbook, 4to.
- Contents fine. Boards trifle/ sl. soiled; sl. worn along extremities.
= Massé p.41; Spencer, Walter Crane p.137/ 138.
- Upper hinge broken; occas. trifle soiled, otherwise contents fine. Binding sl. soiled and sl. worn along extremities.
= Massé p.58; Spencer p.138; Houfe p.271.
- Corners and lower board edges sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
= Massé p.37; Spencer, Walter Crane p.91; Osborne I, p.59: "The sketches were made to amuse Crane's eldest son, Lionel, and were originally intended "strictly for home consumption".
- Mounted schoolprize on upper pastedown, dated July 25th 1889(?). Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Cf. Massé p.34.
Idem. The Baby's Opera. A book of old rhymes with new dresses. London & New York, F. Warne & Co. Ltd., n.d. (±1919), 56p., num. col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by W. CRANE.
- Endpapers trifle foxed, otherwise contents fine. Boards sl. worn along extremities. = Cf. Massé, p.30.
- Trifle foxed. Corners sl. rubbed.
= New series of Picture Books No.1. Massé, p.13; Spencer, p.95; Gumuchian 1933 ("24 splendid coloured plates by Walter Crane").
Willebeek Le Mair, H. Schumann Album of Children's Piece for Piano. London, Augener, n.d. (1913), 28p., col. title-vignette, 12 col. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards w. mounted plate by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR, 4to.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Covers sl. foxed; corners sl. worn.
= Heller 5A, note: later impression w. the publisher's address of both Augener Ltd and David McKay on frontcover.
AND 4 others, i.a. a fine copy of G. JAMES, Toby and his Little Dog Tan or the Great Detective of Fairy-Land (ibid., 1903, num. (full-p.) col. ills. and orig. pict. cl. by C. PEARS, 4to. Covers fingersoiled along margins) and F.B. CROFTON, Big-talk Stories (London, n.d. (±1881), ills., modern hcl. Sl. foxed).
- Bookblock broken (some lvs. loose). Binding soiled and sl. dam. at spine-ends.
= Contains "Mother Hubbard", "The three bears" and "The absurd A.B.C.". Cf. Massé, Walter Crane: A bibliography, p.12.
Idem. The Yellow Dwarf. London, John Lane, n.d. (1890), 6p., 5 col. lithogr. plates (1 double-p.), endpapers and orig. wr. by W. CRANE, 4to (fine).
= From Walter Crane's Picture Books: Large Series. Rare re-issue of the tale commonly published in the Goody Two Shoes Picture Book.
AND 2 others by the same, i.a. A MASQUE OF DAYS (London, 1901, col. lithogr. ills. w. text, orig. clothbacked pict.boards, 4to. Covers soiled and corners worn).
- Binding stained.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "with all good wishes [signed] 1972" on first free endpaper.
- Contemp. address on first free endpaper. Trifle/ sl. soiled and rubbed along extremities. Otherwise fine.
= Nice A.B.-book published for the wounded of World War I.
Gordon, H. Our Girls in Wartime. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1917), 3rd ed., (58)p., 27 col. lithogr. plates, ills., pict. endpapers and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by J. DENNYS, text and ills. printed in grey, red and brown (fine copy).
- Vol.1 one section reattached. Box trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Contains the following titles: Het roode kluwen; Jan Tooverneus; De speelgoedstad; Hans en zijn toovergans; Ons mooie tuintje and De vogelbruiloft. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.