983 - 1027 FOREIGN LITERATURE
= Comprises: FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, De Oude Geschiedenis van de Joden (3 vols.); AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS, Van aangezicht tot aangezicht; IDEM, Het huis op de rots; PLINIUS DE JONGERE, De brieven; PETRARCA, Het leven in eenzaamheid & Brieven aan zijn broer.
= All published in the Grote Bellettrie Serie (Gouden Reeks).
- Backstrips of dustwr. occas. yellowed/ faded.
= Comprises Dutch translations of works by Aischylos, Apuleius, Cassius Dio, Hesiodos, K.P. Kaváfis (3x), Pindaros and Ploutarchos (2x).
- Slipcases trifle soiled, otherwise all fine. = All published in the so-called 'Gouden Reeks'.
- Fold. section of one plate loose; one vol. w. owner's entry on title-p.; occas. sl. yellowed; occas. a few foxed/ browned spots. One vol. frontcover loose; one vol. frontcover almost loose; spine-ends dam./ chipped.
= Generally considered to be the definitive edition according to Pottle.
AND a copy of Johnson's Dictionary (London, 1803, engr. portr., contemp. calf, sm. 8vo).
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "For Debbie and/ en voor Remco [Campert] - Thank you for the depth and the beauty of your company. En bedankt, lieve Remco, voor de voorbeeld van de gedichten. Breyten Breytenbach 22.08.08".
Idem. De zingende hand. Gedichten 2007-2016. Dutch transl. L. van Krevelen. Ibid., idem, 2017, 1st ed., 253,(2)p., Afrikaans and Dutch tekst, orig. wr.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "Remco, Remco, Remco! Wat een voorrecht om met jou op één blad te mogen zijn - Groeten, mij vriend en genoot en mentor. Breyten Breytenbach 18/4/20187"
AND 2 others by the same, both w. AUTOGR. SIGNED DEDIC. to Remco Campert: Nege landskappe van ons tye bemaak aan n beminde (Groenkloof/ Somerset, 1993, 1st ed., orig. wr.) and Intieme vreemde. Een schrijfboek (aan mevrouw Lezeres). Dutch transl. K.P. Hesselink (Amst., 2006, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.).
- (Severely) foxed w. a few sm. (water)stains; lacks 1 plate. Bindings sl. rubbed.
= Rius I, 535; Sander 147. Not in Vicaire.
= Both vols. part of the Perpetua series. Second vol. scarce.
AND 1 other: OVIDIUS, Metamorphosen (Amst., 1993. Baskerville series).
- Mint. All vols. still shrinkwrapped.
- Two vols. partly waterstained in (blank) margins; occas. sl./ trifle foxed. Trifle worn along extremities.
= The "Charles Dickens" Edition, crown 8vo.
- Lacks 4 vols. = The Fireside Dickens Complete Edition.
- Wrappers sl. frayed and spines sl. worn.
= Two rare almanacs (of a total of 4) published by the Tsekh Poetov (Poet's workshop, a poetic circle in existence in various forms between 1911 and 1925). With contributions by i.a. Alexander Blok, Nikolai Gumilev and Osip Mandel'shtam.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Dustwr. trifle soiled and worn. = First UK edition.
Hartley, L.P. The Hireling. Ibid., Hamish Hamilton, 1957, 1st ed., 247, (1)p., orig. silverlettered cl. w. dustwr.
- Trifle foxed on edges. A good copy.
Braine, J. The Vodi. Ibid., Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959, 1st ed., 283p., orig. silverlettered cl. w. dustwr.
- Trifle foxed on edges. Dustwr. trifle discoloured.
= Zaleski 197. Letters by Alexander Herzen (the "father of Russian socialism") to Ivan Turgenev. In Russia the book was banned until the Revolution of 1917. Rare.
- Vellum trifle soiled.
= One of 15 copies printed on papier Whatman. Vicaire IV, p.362.
- One dustwr. inner flap torn loose.
= Der Prozess; Amerika; Das Schloss; Tagebücher 1910-1923; Briefe an Felice.
Rilke, R.M. Werke in drei Bänden. Frankf. a.M., Insel, 1966, 3 vols., (4),XXXII,562,(2); 506; 597,(3)p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.
= 1. Gedicht-Zyklen; 2. Gedichte und Übertragungen; 3. Prosa.
AND 1 other: E.T.A. HOFFMANN, Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr (Sämtliche Werke, Band 5) (ibid., 1992, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).