- Two vols. w. a few lvs. cut out; occas. cut (sl.) short in the upper or lower margin w. loss of text; a few lvs. w. sm. tears; occas. sl. browned. One vol. rebound w. use of orig. backstrip; two vols. joints weak, spine-ends sl. dam. and corners rubbed. Not collated, sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
= Also includes two issues of Le Rire Belge from 1901. Nice art nouveau illustrations by various artists, including M. RADIGUET, A. GUILLAUME, L. MÉTIVET, C. LÉANDRE, P.-G. JEANNIOT and L. CAPPIELLO.
AND 1 other: LE JOURNAL AMUSANT. JOURNAL HUMORISTIQUE ((Paris), 1899, No. 1-27, num. (col.) lithogr. plates, contemp. hcl., folio).
- Year 2 incomplete. Contents (sl.) yellowed/ browned; edges of loose issues trifle frayed/ brittle. Most vols. hinges weak/ broken; all vols. backstrip dam. or partly lacking; one vol. bookblock broken.
= Some issues incl. "Beiblatt
Eulenspiegel. No. 1-5 and 7-26. Stuttg., L. Pfau and J. Nisle, 1848, 25 issues in 1 vol., 104,(2)p., num. woodengr. ills. by X.A. and A. MAUCH, contemp. plain boards, 4to.
- Lacks issue 6; trifle/ sl. foxed; one leaf sm. tear. Upper joint nearly broken; lacks most of backstrip.
= The first half-year only of this weekly periodical. With at the end the "Extra-Blatt zum Eulenspiegel". Hinz 1558.
- All vols. (sl.) browned; a few vols. w. sl. frayed edges. Corners and spine-ends rubbed/ sl. dam. on most vols.; covers occas. sl. stained.
- An almost complete run, lacks final issue no.125.
= Flemish satirical weekly with many cartoons and caricatures. I.a. mocking Belgian and international politics. With contributions by i.a. Herman Brusselmans, Tom Lanoye, Jan Mulder, Jan Blokker, Jeroen Brouwers, Hugo Claus. Cartoons by i.a. Quirit, Zak, Luc vandenVijver.
- Manuscript annot. on first free endpaper. Dustwr. trifle yellowed. = Sorlier 40.
- Occas. sl. foxed, mainly first and last lvs.; a few uncut lvs.
= Monogrammed "GC" by the publisher on the colophon. Monod 6206; Carteret IV, p.210. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Traces of silverfish nibbling on covers; corners and spine-ends trifle rubbed; bookplate at foot of spine.
= Enlarged edition with coloured plates.
- One vol. rubbed spot at top of spine. = Copy printed on name of M.B.B. Nijkerk.
La Tour du Pin, P. de. Lettres de faire-part. Paris, La Compagnie Typographique, 1974, (77)p., printed in black and red in 103 numb. copies on Vélin de Rives (88), orig. calfbacked boards w. gilt vignette on both covers, orig. wr. pres., 4to.
= Copy printed on name of M.B.B. Nijkerk.
- Endpapers occas. sl. browned. Backstrips sl. chafed.
= Van Dijk 308. Final volume printed on name of M.B.B. Nijkerk.
= Both copies printed on name of M.B.B. Nijkerk.
= Copy printed on name of M.B.B. Nijkerk.
Rivarol, (A. de). De l'universalité de la langue française. Ibid., idem, 1982/ 1983, 2 vols., (8),105,(5); (6),187,(5)p., printed in 130 numb. copies (88), loose as issued in orig. unif. cl. chemise, matching slipcase.
= Printed on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Compagnie Typographique. One of 88 copies for members, this copy printed on name of M.B.B. Nijkerk.
AND 1 other publ. by the same.
= One of 150 numb. copies bound by GEERT VAN DAAL in clothbacked boards w. paper letterpiece and marbled covers.
Idem. Blauwbaard en Reus. Vier verhalen. (Ibid.), Cornamona Pers, (1982), 1st ed., 57,(3)p., printed 175 numb. copies (125), orig. clothbacked marbled boards and board slipcase by G. VAN DAAL (copy marked "h.c."). Idem. Het dagboek van het witte bloedlichaampje. (Ibid.), idem, 1981, 1st ed., 44,(2)p., printed in black and red in 500 copies, orig. wr. - ADDED: Idem. Deernis met de wegen. Zandvoort, Eliance Pers, 1974, 1st separate ed., 14,(2)p., printed in 100 numb. copies, orig. wr. (backwr. sl. soiled).
- All w. bookplate on first free endpaper.
= Each of resp. 25/ 50/ 50 Roman numb. copies bound by GEERT VAN DAAL in hmor. with marbled covers, t.e.g., matching board slipcase.
AND 1 other.
= Contains contributions by Stanley Morison ("The Theorist"), James Wardrop ("Civis Romanus Sum. Giovanbattista and his circle"), A.S. Osley (the English translation of "The Tools of Handwriting") and Sebastian Carter ("A note on Hermann Zapf's Palatino typeface").
- Contents loose; sl. offsetting from plates on textlvs.; ruststains from staples. Frontwr. sl. chipped.
- Vol. 1 upper hinge weak, title-p. loosening and last blank loose; all vols. w. two library stamps (Library of Ricardo A. Caminos) on first contents page and w. the ms. edition number on verso htitle added later in ballpoint; contents overall trifle yellowed. Bindings (sl.) rubbed along extremities; corners showing; spines sl. faded. Despite the small defects a fine and desirable, nicely bound set.
= Longfellow's translation was first published in 1865. John Flaxman (1755-1826) created his fine neoclassical line-drawings (110 in total) on commission in 1793.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends worn. = Hughey 39d.
Hamerling, R. Amor und Psyche. Leipsic, Adolf Titze, n.d. (1883), 4th ed., 142,(2)p., 9 mounted plates and num. textills. by P. THUMANN, lithogr. endpapers and orig. richly gilt and dec. cloth by G. WEIDENBACH, a.e.g., 4to (spine-ends dam./ worn). - AND 2 others similar.
- All w. owner's entry.
- Two bookplates on upper pastedown and first free endpaper (i.a. "Henry C. Taylor"). Joints sl. rubbed (upper joint starting).
= Gay/ Lemonnyer III, p.593; Cohen/ de Ricci 306.
- Bookplate of H. Boekenoogen on upper pastedowns.
= Vicaire I, p.592; Gay/ Lemonnyer, p.519ff.
- Linocuts w. sm. gluestains from formerly being tipped-in.
= Rare. One of 10 copies probably privately printed and bound by/ for the artist.