1069 - 1683 FINE PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Binding speckled w. brown spots.
= One of 19 lettered copies, printed on B.F.K. Rives, w. loosely inserted 3 original drawings (not called for in the colophon) by JOHN VAN 'T SLOT (col. felt tip pen, signed and "1982" in pencil) and ARIE VAN GEEST (pen and ink, signed in pencil and dated "12.6.82" in pen and ink) and one drawing by both artists (pen and ink and col. felt tip pen, signed by both and dated "'83" in pencil).
- Covers soiled; corners sl. bumped.
= Produced on occasion of the wedding of Hans and Kristien Sleutelaar in 26 copies marked A to Z for the wedding couple and 13(?) copies marked "h.c." for the contributors. Contains contributions by Armando, Jules Deelder, Johnnie van Doorn, Betty van Garrel, Eelke de Jong, Truus Nienhuis, Henk Peeters, Ine van der Plans, K. Schippers, C.B. Vaandrager, Hans Verhagen, Rien Vroegindeweij and L.A. van de Wetering. This copy marked "h.c.", with accompanying ms. letter by the publishers Pandora & Pablo [van Dijk] to Betty van Garrel. "Dag lieve Betty, (...) Het is toch wat, eerst jullie (Gerard [Stigter] en jij) getuigen bij ons huwelijk. Nu jullie (jij en Gerard) samen in een boekje voor het huwelijk voor Christien (Kristien) en Hans [Sleutelaar]. Hedenavond (...) ontvangen ze 26 ex (A t/m Z) van bijgaand boekje. Hoop dat ze er blij mee zullen zijn. Ben jij tevreden? (...)".
- Wrappers partly sl. sunned and yellowed at outer margins.
= "Lieve Pandora en Pablo (...) verscheen 17 juli 1985 in opdracht van Uitgeverij Bébert ter herinnering aan het huwelijk van haar directie. De oplage bestaat uit 3 genummerde en door de auteur, de getuigen bij het huwelijk - Erica en Gerard Stigter, Betty van Garrel - en het bruidspaar gesigneerde exemplaren [this copy signed "Gerard" [Stigter] at the end of the printed text and "K. Schippers" (only) on the colophon] (...). De oplage is als volgt verdeeld: nummer 1 is voor de auteur c.q. beide getuigen Erica en Gerard Stigter, nummer 2 voor de assistent-getuige Betty van Garrel en nummer 3 voor de bruid Pandora van Dijk (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIV.
= Published on occasion of the publication of "Niet".
- Slipcase sl. rubbed.
= One of 15 numb. copies w. an extra suite of the etchings printed on Chiffen vergé pur fil marais. SIGNED by the artist in pen and w. AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION to Mr. Guepin(?) in pencil on htitle. Monod 9906.
- Slipcase sl. discol. = With an extra suite of the frontispiece, signed in pencil, loosely inserted.
AND 1 other: K.E. LAGERWEY and B. KRUITWAGEN, Die legende van Sinte Willebroert (Maastr., 1940, printed in black, red and blue, printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. giltlettered boards, 4to).
- Endpapers sl. foxed/ browned. Covers sl. soiled; corners and spine-ends rubbed.
= Copy of the deluxe edition (50 copies), printed on Holland Van Gelder and bound in "wit zeemleer met gouden opdruk", t.e.g., signed by the author and the artist and with the loosely inserted lithograph by W. VAN SCHAIK, signed on the stone and signed and numb ''4/100'' in pencil below.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown and colophon leaf; one textp. sm. vague yellow stain in lower blank margin. Despite minor defects, a fine copy.
- Dustwr. sl. faded at extremities.
AND 1 other by the same: Opstapper (Amst., 1974, photogr. ill., orig. wr.).
- Backcover worn; spine-ends (sl.) dam.; joints splitting. One plate loose; occas. (sl.) foxing throughout, not affecting plates.
AND 6 others, i.a. K. GRAHAME, Dream days (London, (1902), 10 photogr. plates by M. PARRISH, ills., orig. gilt cl.) and J. BUNYAN, The pilgrim's progress (London, (1898), num. (full-p.) ills., orig. gilt blindst. cl.).
- Second part dogeared. Backwr. sl. mouldy.
= VI. Programmheft, containing the essay "Blaue Vogel" -Perspektiven by R. Elchinger and the Repertoire des Theaters "Der Blaue Vogel", listing 71 plays. With loosely inserted: Der Blaue Vogel, Liedertexte ((4)p., printed in blue, 4to).
- Backstrip sunned; (ink)stain on frontcover/ backstrip.
- Sl. rubbed along extremities.
- Endpapers crudely removed.
- Bindings trifle rubbed along extremities. = Facs. reprint of the original of 1838.
AND 8 others (incl. 1 duplicate), all nicely bound by anonymous binders.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXV.
- Owner's entry on first blank and title-p.; plates w. marbled paper sl. foxed. Spine and part of backcover sl. sunned/ discol.
= A very fine specimen of a practical proof of a binder's proficiency. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXV.
- Backcover sl. stained.
Twentieth cent. artif. leather binding w. on both covers 4 blindst. circles surrounding an intertwined star and infinity symbol, blindst. spine, privately bound by P.A.J. VAN DAALEN, 4to. - ON: 56 yellow blank lvs.
- Sm. stain on backcover.
Early 20th cent. vellum binding w. gilt central ornament w. coat of arms-like motif withing richly gilt tooled border w. flower motif, richly gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to. - ON: Boehn, M. von. Deutschland im 18. Jahrhundert/ Das Heil. Röm. Reich Deutscher Nation. Berlin, Askanischer Verlag, 1921, VII,610,(2)p., num. (col.) plates/ ills. - ADDED: 3 others.
- Probably restored along outer edges w. dec. gilt calf and partly repainted on frontcover; colouring on vellum sl. smudged on backcover.
= One of 25 DELUXE copies printed on Japanese, loosely inserted in orig. HANDCOLOURED AND GILT FULL VELLUM portfolio in batik-style by C.A. LION CACHET with monogram "AD" on frontcover and his monogram on backcover. Braches 1054. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIV.