= Published on occasion of the awarding of the Laurens Janszoon Costerprijs to Bram de Does. Contains contributions by i.a. Alex Barbaix (Pastei), Jaap Binsbergen (Tussen Haakjes), Karel Gildemacher (De Hynsteblom), Lodewijk de Groot (Cicero), Piet Jacobs (Priegelpers), Jan de Jong (De Buitenkant), Rob Over de Linden (Ovira Linda), Kees Thomassen (De Uitvreter) and Pauline van Wensveen (Vette Venus Pers).
Ariosto, L. Orlando Furioso. Eerste zang. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Utr., Stichting De Roos, 1994, (6),(81),(9)p., printed in red and black by BRAM DE DOES in 175 numb. copies, orig. boards, sm. 8vo.
- Unnumb. copy.
AND a small stack of ephemera (prospectuses, menus etc.) and small publications printed by Bram de Does, incl. duplicates.
- Spines sl. sunned.
- Fine. = Monod 8374. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLII.
- Some foxing. Bindings sl. worn, stained and soiled.
= 1. De Hel; 2. Het Vagevuur; 3. Het Paradijs. With parallel Italian and Dutch text. Vol. 2 w. AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by the translator on first free endpaper.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Covers sl. soiled/ rubbed along extremities; spine sunned.
- Contents (trifle/ sl.) foxed; w. stamp on free endpaper and title-p; w. bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding (sl.) soiled and sl. worn along extremities.
= Vicaire IV, p.905; A.-M. Bussy, Les Fables de La Fontaine, Quatre siècles d'illustration 45.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Corners sl rubbed; backstrip expertly restored. Very good/ fine copy.
= Leblanc p.276-277; Vicaire VI, p.544; Carteret III, p.466; Sander 563; Bilderwelt 2539; Ray 247: "He [Hetzel] fell in with the artist's desire that the book should be presented with all the splendour of the Inferno, not in the least disturbed by "that apparent enormity, a very large and expensive book for little children." So it was that this handsome folio, with its frontispiece and forty plates, bound in elaborately gilt cloth, came into existence. It proved to be one of Doré's most popular works. (...) Particularly vivid are the ten plates devoted to Tom Thumb and his family. In that shown he is marking the way back with white pebbles, as his despairing father tries to lose his children in the woods so that he won't have to watch them die of hunger. Even Doré rarely conceived so harmonious and moving a composition."
- First free endpaper and binding some sl. foxing. Fine copy from the library of J.F. VAN ROYEN, sold at our auction, 2009.
= Franklin p.271; Tomkinson 51.
- Inner blank margin along spine and binding sl. foxed.
= "This essay was originally printed in 1908 by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Press in London. There was no statement of limitation in the colophon, but only a few copies were printed. (...) The Press of the Pegacycle Lady has reset the essay line-for-line in Centaur types and printed one hundred copies on handmade Hayle paper." [colophon]. Nice edition, duplicating the original edition as precisely as possible.
= Inscribed "Doves Press Hamlet / specimen sheet" and monogrammed "C.S." (= Cobden-Sanderson) in pen on the first page.
Mackail, J.W. William Morris. An Address delivered the XIth November MDCCCC at Kelmscott House Hammersmith before the Hammersmith Socialist Society. Hammersmith, Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1945, 39,(1)p., printed at the Chiswick Press, orig. hvellum.
= The first edition was published in 1902 by the Doves Press, Hammersmith.
AND 3 others (incl 1 duplicate), i.a. THE CLOSING OF THE DOVES PRESS. A letter from Coben-Sanderson with a preface by Davis Magee (Stanford, 1969, printed in black and red by Grabhorn-Hoyem, orig. wr.).
- Fine copy. = Franklin p.271/ 272; Tomkinson 2.
- Some vague foxing; offsetting of turn-ins on free endpapers. Joints restored.
= Franklin p.272 (calling for brown paper wrappers); Tomkinson 9.
- A few pages sl. foxed. Binding trifle soiled. A fine copy.
= Franklin p.275 (dated 1915); Tomkinson 45.
- Backstrip some foxed spots. = Franklin p.277; Tomkinson 24.
- Engr. bookplate of Robert Arundell Hudson on upper pastedown (w. sl. offsetting on first free endpaper).
= Franklin p.278; Tomkinson 46.
- Traces of bookplate on upper pastedown. Fine copy from the library of J.F. VAN ROYEN, sold in our rooms in 2009.
= Franklin p.278; Tomkinson 18. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.
WITH: Cobden-Sanderson, T.J. Shakespearian Punctuation. A Letter Addressed to the Editor of "The Times." October 26, 1911. Ibid., idem, 1912, (4)p., printed in approx. 300 copies.
- Some vague handling creases. Without wrappers. = Franklin p.279; Tomkinson 33.
- A fine copy. = Franklin p.279; Tomkinson 36. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.
- Edges trifle foxed. Very fine copy from the library of J.F. VAN ROYEN, sold in our rooms in 2009.
= Franklin p.280; Tomkinson 1. The first book printed by The Doves Press.
= A joint project between members of the Oxford Guild of Printers in England and Stichting Drukwerk in de Marge in the Netherlands. Comprises publications by Alex Barbaix, Alembic Press, Atlantis Press, Avalon Pers, Bert Post, Carpathian Press, Clipeus Press, Cobbenhagen Pers & Ex Officiana Gergoviana, Demi-Griffin Press, Dick Wessels, Frans de Jong, Kit-Cat Press, Old Forge Press, Priegelpers, De Uitvreter, Veerpers and WordWynker Press.
- Lacks first free endpaper. = Hughey 39d.
Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1916), (8),169,(1)p., 15 tipped-in col. plates and orig. dec. cl. by E. DULAC, 4to.
- Trifle foxed; owner's marks and annots. on verso first plate. = Hughey 47a.
AND 2 others illustrated by A. RACKHAM (later editions).