- First and final leaf sl. browned as usual. Spine faded as often.
= From the library of Siep van den Berg, with his bookplate on upper pastedown. Van Dijk 380. Halcyon Pers 6.
Idem. Ex Tenebris Mundi. Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1926, 1st ed., 63,(1)p., printed in black and red in 150 copies, orig. boards.
- Free endpapers browned. = With the orig. prospectus (foxed; final p. browned) loosely inserted.
- Foxed; under passepartout.
- Each vol. w. bookplate or owner's entry in pen on upper pastedown.
= Comprises Vierentwintig sonnetten (1954); Vrienden ter gedachtenis (1955); Twintig nagelaten gedichten (1957); Wat het oosten mij schonk (1958); Portretten en verzen (1959); Het rijkere leven en andere literaire beschouwingen (1960); Gebroken kleuren (1961); Vroegste sonnetten (1962) and Erasmus herdacht (1963). Good set.
= Monod 10038; Carteret IV, p.353.
- A few foxed specks; otherwise good/ fine.
= No.1 of Sandberg's famous series "Experimenta Typografica". De Jong 258; Petersen/ Brattinga p.33, 35 and 198 (diff. wr.); Purvis p.186-187. The work was published w. 2 variant wrappers: of brown crêpe-paper with large woodtype number "1" printed in red on frontcover, and an edition with stereotype-stamped boards.
- Joint sl. dam.
Shakespeare, W. The Tragedy of King Richard III. N.pl. (London), Ballantyne Press, 1903, CXXIII,(2)p., bookdesign by C. RICKETTS, orig. blindst. cl. (backstrip sm. dam.). Wassenaer Crocini, L. van. Poesia Neerlandese. Verona, Alberto Fiorini, 1978, 137,(1)p., 9 etchings by JOHAN BREUKER, printed in black and red in 259 numb. copies, orig. wr., folio. - AND 3 others similar.
- Contents sl. yellowed and sl. foxed along margins. Binding generally sl. worn, bumped, "fingersoiled" and (water)stained
= "Werd als eerste (en waarschijnlijk laatste) deel in de Reflex Reuzen Reeks uiitgegeven."
- Portfolio sl. foxed and soiled.
= Fine copy of this remarkable Art Déco publication, designed by the editor of the periodical Wendingen.
- Vertical crease in htitle; otherwise fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
= Facsimilé edition of the Weimar ed. 1928 by the Cranach Presse.
Wilde, O. Epistola in carcere et vinculis. German transl. M. Meyerfeld. Berlin, S. Fischer, 1925, (10),182,(1)p., orig. giltlettered vellumbacked boards, large 8vo. - AND 3 others.
= One of 30 copies published for the market.
- Two sm. annots. and remnant of a label on first blanks.
= Monod 5800; Carteret IV, 99. Monogrammed "LC" by the publisher.
AND 1 other: J. MONTASSIER, Rose Foncé. Vert Sombre (ibid., 1885, etched title and plate by H. SOMM, orig. wr.).
- Binding worn along edges.
Mac-Nab, M. Chansons du Chat Noir. Ibid., Ménestrel, (1892), 114,(2)p., scores, num. ills. and orig. col. lithogr. wr. by BAC, 4to.
- Frontwr. sl. stained; spine-ends worn.
AND 3 others similar, i.a. J. FERNY, Chansons Immobiles (Ibid., 1896, scores, num. ills., col. lithogr. title-p. and orig. wr. by J. DÉPAQUIT, 4to)
- Corners sl. worn, otherwise fine.
- Unnumb. copy, marked "hors commerce" on the colophon. = With the orig. prospectus loosely inserted.
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.
= One of the unnumb. copies for contributors, with a signed dedication by the printer on the colophon.
AND 3 others printed or published by Bram de Does/ De Spectatorpers.
= One of 40 Roman numb. hardbound copies by E. Schots (this copy marked "H.C."), with the original prospectus loosely inserted. The text was originally written in 1923 for "Karrusel", a Russian cabaret, and was never reprinted since. See also the annotation to the second work in this lot.
Idem. Carrousel. Three texts by Vladimir Nabokov. Ibid., idem, 1987, 31,(1)p., printed by B. DE DOES in 100 numb. copies (40), obl. sm. 8vo.
= One of 40 hardbound copies. "The texts had already been printed when we received Mr Dmitri Nabokov's detailed Introductory Note. We then decided to make two separate editions, one, in a large format, with the introduction, consisting of 150 copies, and this one, hors commerce, without the introduction" [Publisher's note]. Both works w. dedication by the printer on the colophon.
= With the orig. prospectus (numb. "2/25") loosely inserted.