- Owner's entry on title of all vols.; stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum") of 3rd and 4th vol. Otherwise fine copies.
= De kleine zielen (whitish dec. on light grey cl.); Het late leven (brown dec. on greenish grey cl.); Zielenschemering (dark blue dec. on grey cl.); Het heilige weten (green dec. on greenish grey cl.). Van Vliet p.216, no.1-4; Braches 1453 I-IV.
- Contents trifle foxed; stamp of the Louis Couperus Museum on title-p. Backcover sl. dustsoiled. = Van Vliet p.232, no.1.
Idem. Dionyzos. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1904), 1st ed., XVI,346,(2)p., orig. gilt and blindst. cl.
= Van Vliet p.235f. no.7: "Voor latere bindpartijen zijn ook ingenaaide exemplaren van de eerste druk gebruikt. Eén bindpartij verscheen in een oranjelinnen band met gouden ornament op voorplat en rug en met een zwart kader en zwarte, gezette letters."
AND 4 others by the same, i.a. two copies of Antieke verhalen, both 1st ed., in diff. orig. publ. bindings (Van Vliet p.258, no.1 and 4) and Xerxes (1st ed., orig. gilt and dec. cl. Van Vliet p.306, no.1).
- Occas. trifle foxed. All vols. w. owner's entry of "L. Ebeling" on frontwrapper); frontwr. of 1st vol. loose and lacks paper over backstrip at spine-ends; all joints splitting. A good set of the rare first edition in original wrappers.
= Van Vliet p.117, no.1a.b.c. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.
- Fine copy. = Van Vliet p.129/ 130, no.1.
Idem. De verliefde ezel. Rott., Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1918, 1st ed., 178p., orig. giltlettered browh hcl.
- Sm. stain on frontcover, otherwise fine. = Van Vliet p.304, no.2.
Idem. De zwaluwen neêr gestreken... Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, n.d. (1911), 1st ed., (5),10-221,(1)p., orig. blue cl. w. dec. in darkblue and white by A. VLAANDEREN, sm. 8vo.
- From the library of Willem Kloos w. his stamp on htitle. = Modern-Bibliotheek. Van Vliet p.269, no.1.
AND 7 others, all but one by the same, i.a. Het zwevende schaakbord (orig. gilt cl. Van Vliet p.314, no.1) and De ongelukkige (orig. gilt cl. Van Vliet p.294, no.1).
- Sl. foxing. With ms. annotation on first free endpaper: "5 December 1913. E.J. en L" [strongly resembling the letter L of Couperus' signature].
= Van Vliet p.280, no.1 and 3 (this copy); not in Braches. Copy in the rare binding by Roland Holst (an adaptation of the binding he designed for Majesteit in 1893), with the title misspelled Herackles on the binding and with the addition "Roman in twee deelen" by L.J. Veen (disapproved of by Couperus) on the title-p. "Deze uitvoering in de band van Majesteit, met de eigenmachtige toevoeging op het titelblad en met de foutief gespelde titel geldt alleen voor exemplaren op dik papier [750 copies]". (Van Vliet).
Idem. Iskander. De roman van Alexander den Groote. Rott., Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1920, 1st ed., 2 vols., 306,(2); (2),307-611p., orig. unif. gilt dec. cl.
- Htitle and last p. of both vols. browned. Backstrips sl. sunned. = Van Vliet, p.308, no.1.
AND 2 others by the same: Van Vliet p.298, no.1 and Van Vliet p.306, no.1.
= Provenance: the library of F. Bastet, partly w. his bookplate.
- Stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum"). Fine copy. = Van Vliet p.140, no.1.
Idem. Extaze. Een boek van geluk. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1892), 1st ed., (6).200p., orig. giltlettered dec. cl.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper. Binding trifle rubbed, but otherwise a fine copy. = Van Vliet p.130, no.1.
Idem. Een lent van vaerzen. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1893), 2nd ed., 90,(6)p., orig. giltlettered dec. cl.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; trifle/ sl. foxed, otherwise fine. = Van Vliet p.107, no.4.
AND 4 others by the same, i.a. Eene Illuzie and Extaze, both later eds. and in later orig. unif. publisher's binding from the series Werken (Van Vliet p.141, no.7 and p.134, no.5).
- Erased owner's entries on first free endpaper. Otherwise fine copies. = Van Vliet, p.308, no.1.
Idem. Herakles. Roman in twee deelen. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1913), 1st ed., 2 vols., (4),245; (4),226,(2)p., orig. grey wr. w. dec. in blue by R.N. ROLAND HOLST.
- Poor copy. = Van Vliet p.280, no.2. Rare in its orig. wr.
AND 1 other in 3 vols. by the same: De Berg van licht (Van Vliet p.241, no.7-9).
- Spine-ends sl. dam.; upper corner stained on frontcover; lower corner of frontcover lacks portion of leather; covers sl. sunned and chafed.
= One of 25 numb. and SIGNED DELUXE COPIES ('weelde-uitgave'), bound in orig. giltlettered and decorated overlapping red limp peau-de-suède, t.e.g. Van Vliet p.299, no.3. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVIII.
- Upper hinge broken. Binding sl. rubbed. = Van Vliet p.202, no.1.
Idem. Over lichtende drempels. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1902), 1st ed., (6),187p., orig. grey cl. w. dec. in orange by J. DE PRAETERE.
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Binding trifle soiled. = Van Vliet p.225, no. 1 (this copy).
AND 2 other copies of Langs lijnen van geleidelijkheid, both 2 parts in 1 vols., i.a. orig. brown publisher's cl. w. dec. in black (identical to the dec. of Van oude menschen) (Van Vliet p.204, no.4).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; some sl. occas. foxing; upper hinge broken, bookblock partly loose. Backstrip trifle sunned.
= Van Vliet p.202, no.1.
Idem. Hooge troeven. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1896), 1st ed., (4),121,(1)p., orig. cream cl. w. dec. in purple by H.P. BERLAGE.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; some occas. foxing. Spine sl. faded. = Van Vliet p.166, no.2.
AND 1 other first edition (publ.) by the same: Wereldvrede.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper and on verso orig. frontwr. Orig. backwr. trifle foxed and lacks tiny portion of fore-edge. A fine, clean copy.
= Van Vliet p.104, no.1; Braches 2419. The author's debut.
Idem. Een lent van vaerzen. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1893), 2nd ed., 90,(6)p., printed in black and red, modern board w. giltlettered letterpiece on spine, orig. wr. pres.
- Bookplate on frist free endpaper; some foxing. = Van Vliet p.106, no.7.
Idem. Een lent van vaerzen. The same work, same ed., orig. gilt and dec. darkblue. cl.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; some foxing (especially title). Backstrip. w. sharp fold.
= Van Vliet p.107, no.4.
- Fine copy. = Van Vliet, p.143, no.1; Braches 1665.
Idem. Majesteit. The same work, the same edition, orig. bright green cl. w. dec. in light brown by R.N. ROLAND HOLST, unif. w. the above.
- Lacks first free endpaper. Lower joint splitting. = Variant binding, not recorded in Van Vliet?
AND 3 other copies/ editions of the same work: 2nd ed. (Van Vliet p.152, no.5), 2nd ed. (Van Vliet p.153, no.8) and 3rd ed. (Van Vliet, p.155, no.15).
- Frontisp. portrait loose. Cloth over lower joint splitting; lower corner of upper cover bumped.
= Van Vliet p.172, no.1; Braches 2124.
Idem. God en goden. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1903), 1st ed., (4),237,(2)p., orig. cream cl. w. dec. in black and olive green by J.TH. TOOROP.
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Fine copy. = Van Vliet p.229, no.2; Braches 2153.
Idem. Babel. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1901), 1st ed., 199p., orig. cream cl. w. dec. in brown by J.TH. TOOROP.
- Occas. trifle foxed. = Van Vliet p.212, no.1; Braches 2142.
- Owner's entry and remnant of bookplate on upper pastedown; free endpapers browned from offsetting pastedowns. Dustwrapper sl. rubbed and w. 3 very small marginal tears.
= Very rare unrecorded variant binding: plain hcl. with dustwrapper, frontwrapper lettering in gold, similar to the copies in wrappers, cf. Van Vliet p.305, no.2. De Ode was privately published by the dedicatee F.E. Vlielander Hein and distributed by Nijgh en Van Ditmar.
- Manuscript dedication on first blank ("Redactie Wereldkroniek"); stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum"). Lacks backstrip; covers sunned and foxed.
= Van Vliet p.305, no.2. De Ode was privately published by the dedicatee F.E. Vlielander Hein and distributed by Nijgh en Van Ditmar.
- Both vols. w. stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum"). Backstrip of 2nd vol. sl. darkened.
= Van Vliet p.318, no.1 and p.326, no.1.
Idem. Van en over alles en iedereen. Amst., L.J. Veen, 1915, 1st ed., 10 parts in 5 vols., orig. unif. clothbacked blueish grey boards w. darkgreen dec. and lettering in red.
- Binding of the 1st vol. w. white specks. Backstrip of the 2nd work sunned
= Van Vliet p.318, no.1 and p.326, no.1.
AND 2 others by the same i.a. Antiek toerisme. Roman uit Oud-Egypte (Ibid., 1917, 2nd ed., orig. dec. cl. by A. VLAANDEREN, 8vo. Van Vliet p.264, no.4).
= Provenance: from the library of F. Bastet.
- Mediocre copy: spine badly dam. and split/ broken; backwr. lacks large portion.
= Couperus' second publication in the orig. publisher's binding. Van Vliet p.108, no.4. Rare.
Idem. Williswinde. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1895), 1st ed., 85,(1)p., orig. giltlettered dec. cl. by L.W.R. WENCKEBACH.
- Stamp on title ("Eigendom Louis Couperus Museum"). Binding w. white specks; sm. dam. spot at foot of spine.
= Van Vliet p.164, no.1; Braches 2249; Cat. Ned. Boek 26.
AND 4 others, i.a. 2 other copies of Orchideeën in orig. variant publisher's bindings: Van Vliet p.110, no.5 and p.111, no.11.
- Some sl. occas. foxing. Binding trifle soiled. = Van Vliet p.225, no. 1.
Idem. De verliefde ezel. Rott., Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1918, 1st ed., 178p., orig. giltlettered brown hcl.
- Owner's stamp and entry on prelim. lvs. Covers sl. stained. = Van Vliet p.304, no.2.
AND 5 others by the same, i.a. Majesteit (Amst., n.d. (1902), 3rd ed., plates by W.F.A.J. VAARZON MOREL, orig. cream cl. w. dec. in black by R.N. ROLAND HOLST. Van Vliet p.153, no.12).
= Provenance: the library of F. Bastet, partly w. his bookplate.
- Vol. 2 and 3 sl. foxed. Vol. 3 backstrip sl. sunned; vol.1 backstrip and corners rubbed; vol.3 backstrip sl. rubbed.
= Van Vliet p.320, no.4. The rare DELUXE edition bound in gilt burgundy calf with gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers and gilt top edge, designed by J.B. VAN HEUKELOM, published in a very limited number of copies. "Er bestaat ook een zogenaamde 'Weelde-uitgave' in roodbruin leer met goudopdruk. Het aantal luxe exemplaren staat niet vast, maar zal niet veel meer dan enkele tientallen zijn geweest. Soms wijkt de kleur van het leer enigszins af." (Van Vliet p.322). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVIII.