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No image found 74 1781 Aventures Passionelles Plus Gaillard que Moral ou Galants Souvenirs 74 1781 Aventures Passionelles Plus Gaillard que Moral ou Galants Souvenirs
74/1781 Aventures Passionelles. Plus Gaillard que Moral ou Galants Souvenirs. Amst./ Paris, n.publ., 1906, 3 vols., (4),322; (4),324; (4),292p., unif. contemp orange hcalf w. gilt spine by ANKER KYSTER, each vol. orig. wr. pres.

= Nicely bound set with lithogr. pastedowns showing little dogs playing with each other.

€ (80-100) 90
74 1782 Bindings  Tolstój A 74 1782 Bindings Tolstój A
74/1782 [Bindings]. Tolstój, A. Oepyr. Vier vampierverhalen. Transl. M. Fondse. Amst., B. Bakker, 1977, 176,(2)p., privately bound by P.A.J. VAN DAALEN in 20th cent. red mor., both covers gilt tooled in single-line panels, gilt floral motifs on both covers and spine, spine w. 5 raised bands, gilt inside dentelles and marbled endpapers, t.e.g.
€ (80-100)
74 1783 Blok A 74 1783 Blok A
74/1783 Blok, A. Dvenadcat'. Skify (The Twelve. Scythians). Introd. R.V. Ivanov-Razumnik. St. Petersburg, n.publ., 1918, 1st ed. thus, 48p., orig. wr. Idem. Yamby (Iambs). Ibid., Alkonost, 1919, 1st ed., 33,(6)p., orig. wr. by N. KUPREYANOV, sm. 8vo.

- Owner's entry on htitle.

AND 3 others by the same, publ. by Alkonost, all in orig. wr.: Pesnya Sud'by (1919), Ramzes (1921) and O simvolizme (1921).

€ (150-250) 150
74 1784 Blok A 74 1784 Blok A
74/1784 Blok, A. Stikhotvorenia (Poems). Moscow, Musaget, 1916, 2nd/ 3rd ed., 3 vols., 286; 264; 272p., private unif. cl. w. part of orig. wr. laid down, sm. 8vo.

- All vols. owner's entry on title-p. Otherwise fine.

€ (70-90)
74/1785 Borges J L Medaillion with a profile portrait of Jorge Louis Borges  74/1785 Borges J L Medaillion with a profile portrait of Jorge Louis Borges
74/1785 Borges J L Medaillion with a profile portrait of Jorge Louis Borges  74/1785 Borges J L Medaillion with a profile portrait of Jorge Louis Borges
74/1785 [Borges, J.L.]. (Medaillion with a profile portrait of Jorge Louis Borges.). Bronze, Ø 8,1 cm., sculpted on recto: "A Buenos Aires" and the profile within a larger decoration, sculpted on verso: a part of the poem "Fundacion Mitica de Buenos Aires" and people carrying a banner w. "Jorge Luis Borges", numb. "26/300" inscribed on the side.
€ (40-60)
74 1786 Bruant A 74 1786 Bruant A
74/1786 Bruant, A. Dans la Rue. Chansons & Monologues. Paris, the author, n.d. (±1900), 2 vols., 207; 207p., ills. and orig. (not unif.) wr. by A. STEINLEN.

- Wrappers of first vol. foxed; wrappers of second vol. reattached.

= One more vol. was published. De Crauzat 549.

Delmet, P. Chansons Tendres. Ed. L. Burret. Paris, Enoch et Cie., 1900, 318,(6 advert.)p., tinted ills. and orig. pres. wr. by L. DURRET, modern giltlettered cl.

- Frontwr. (dust)stained.

AND 9 others, i.a. P.J. DE BÉRANGER, Chansons complètes (The Hague, 1835, 19 lithogr. plates and ills., contemp. gilt hmor., 12mo); LES ENFANTS DU VAUDEVILLE, SUIVIS DES ÉCHOS/ LES ÉCHOS DU VAUDEVILLE. Vol. 2 (Paris, 1853/ 1860, 3 parts in 2 vols., contemp. almost unif. gilt hcalf. Frontcover of first vol. sl. faded).

€ (50-70) 50
74 1787 Bunin I 74 1787 Bunin I
74/1787 Bunin, I. Petlistye uši i drugie rasskazy (The knotted ears and other stories). New York, Izd. imeni Čekhova, 1954, 1st ed., 382,(2)p., orig. wr.

- Owner's entry on first blank. Wr. sl. creased; frontwr. dogeared.

= The final work of collected stories compiled by the author himself.

Šmelyov, I. Nyanya iz Moskvy (The nanny from Moscow). Paris, Vozroždenie/ La Renaissance, 1949, 3rd ed., 233,(1)p., orig. wr.

- Dedication on first blank; phone no. in ballpoint on final blank. Backwr. w. traces of annots. in pen and ink.

€ (70-90)
74 1788 Burroughs W S 74 1788 Burroughs W S
74/1788 Burroughs, W.S. Cities of the Red Night. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981, 1st ed., XVIII,332p., orig. hcl. w. dustwr. Greene, G. A Sort of Life. London etc., The Bodley Head, 1971, 1st ed., 215,(1)p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (backwr. trifle frayed). - AND 13 others, incl. Dutch translations, i.a. W. BURROUGHS, The Naked Lunch (London, 1965, 3rd impression, orig. boards w. (sl. frayed and chipped) dustwr.); J.P. DONLEAVY, A Singular Man (London, 1964, 1st ed., orig. boards w. (frayed/ creased) dustwr.) and T. TOLSTAYA, The Slynx. Engl. transl. by J. Gambrell (Boston, 2003, 1st Am. ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine).
€ (70-90) 70
74 1789 Burroughs W S 74 1789 Burroughs W S
74/1789 Burroughs, W.S. Electronic Revolution. 1970-71. Cambridge, Blackmoor Head Press, 1971, 76,(3)p., text in French and English, printed in 500 numb. copies (450), lay-out by H. CHOPIN, ills. and orig. wr. by B. GYSIN, 4to.

- Covers sl. yellowed; frontcover sl. fingersoiled. = Maynard & Miles A21.

€ (50-70) 160
74 1790 Colonna F 74 1790 Colonna F
74/1790 Colonna, F. De droom van Poliphilus. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Amst., Athenaeum/ Polak & Van Gennep, 2006, 2 vols., (4),466,(8); 174p., (full-p.) ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to. Cervantes Saavedra, M. de. De vernuftige edelman Don Quichot van La Mancha. Dutch transl. B. van de Pol. Ibid., idem, 1997, 2 vols., 570; (6),579-1206p., num. (full-p.) ills. by G. DORÉ, orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to. Boccaccio, G. Decamerone. Dutch transl. F. Denissen. Ed. R. van Stipriaan. Ibid., idem, 2003, 829,(1)p., 100 col. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to. Tasso, T. Jeruzalem bevrijd. Dutch transl. F. van Dooren. Ibid., idem, 2003, 621,(1)p., num. (full-p.) ills. by G. PIAZZETTA, orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to. Gontsjarov, I. Het ravijn. Dutch transl. M. Weijers. Ibid., idem, 2005, 800p., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to.

= All published in the Grote Bellettrie Serie (Gouden Reeks).

€ (100-150) 140
74 1791 Colonna F 74 1791 Colonna F
74 1791 Colonna F 74 1791 Colonna F
74/1791 Colonna, F. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. De droom van Poliphilus. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Amst., Athenaeum Polak & Van Gennep, 2006, 2 vols., (2),466,(9); 245,(1)p., (full-p.) textills., printed in 150 numb. copies, orig. unif. red cl. w. dustwr. (1x in cl. slipcase), 8vo/ folio (fine). Schönbeck, G.L.J. Sunbowl or Symbol. Models for the Interpretation of Heraclitus' Sun Notion. Ibid., Elixir Press, 1998, XLVI,(2),439,(1)p., (full-p) col. ills., printed in 724 numb. copies (679), orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to.

- Owner's dedication on verso first free endpaper. Dustwr. w. a few rubbed spots.

€ (80-100) 130
74 1792 Dickens C 74 1792 Dickens C
74 1792 Dickens C 74 1792 Dickens C
74 1792 Dickens C 74 1792 Dickens C
74/1792 Dickens, C. (Works). London, Chapman & Hall, n.d. (±1875), 18 parts in 15 vols., plates, portrait, contemp. unif. red calf w. richly gilt spine.

- Two vols. partly waterstained in (blank) margins; occas. sl./ trifle foxed. Trifle worn along extremities.

= The "Charles Dickens" Edition, crown 8vo.

€ (120-150) 150
74 1793 Ducasse I 74 1793 Ducasse I
74 1793 Ducasse I 74 1793 Ducasse I
74 1793 Ducasse I 74 1793 Ducasse I
74/1793 Ducasse, I. Poëzie. Dutch transl. Laurens D. Vancrevel. Amst., Surrealistisch Kabinet, 1968, 2 vols., no pagination, ills. by S. DUVAL and K. TONNY, orig. unif. wr., in stiff gold paper folder, obl. 8vo.

- Frontwr. vol. 1 waterst. in upper margin; folder broken.

= Nieuwe PTL reeks 2/ 3. Rare underground publication.

AND 1 other: ACTION POÉTIQUE. No. 20 (n.pl., 1963, ills., orig. wr. Contains i.a. French translations of poetry by the "Experimentele groep"). - ADDED 1 other: A. BRETON, La Surréalisme et la Peinture (Paris, 1979, new ed., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

€ (40-60)
74 1794 Gaberbocchus Press  Queneau R 74 1794 Gaberbocchus Press Queneau R
74/1794 [Gaberbocchus Press]. Queneau, R. Exercises in Style. English transl. by Barbara Wright. London, Gaberbocchus Press, 1958, 1st Engl. ed., 198,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. price-clipped and sl. yellowed.

Themerson, S. Special Branch (a dialogue). Ibid., idem, 1972, 1st ed., 94,(2)p., orig. wr. - AND 7 others, all but one published by the Gaberbocchus Press, various editions, i.a. S. THEMERSON, Woof Woof or Who Killed Richard Wagner? (ibid., 1972, 2nd ed., orig. wr. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle) and A. STERN, Europa. Engl. transl. S. Themerson and M. Horovitz (ibid., 1962, ills. and layout by M. SZCZUKA and orig. wr. by T. ZARNOWER).

€ (50-70) 160
74 1795 Hemingway E 74 1795 Hemingway E
74 1795 Hemingway E 74 1795 Hemingway E
74/1795 Hemingway, E. The Sun also Rises. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954, new ed., (8),247p., orig. giltlettered cl. w. (dam.) dustwr.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's blindstamp on first blank. Dustwrapper dam.

= With SIGNED dedication in pen by the author "To Howard Rome wishing him all good things! Very gratefully Ernest Hemingway". With two other dedications by Howard Rome to Robert Wilson and by Bob Wilson to Ron Zehel on blanks. Howard Rowe was Hemingway's psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in the seven months before he committed suicide (in 1961). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XL.

€ (400-600) 3000
74 1796 Herzen A  under pseud Iskander 74 1796 Herzen A under pseud Iskander
74/1796 Herzen, A. (under pseud. Iskander). Kontsy i nachala (Ends and beginnings). Norrköping, E. Biornström, 1863, 1st ed. thus, (2),IV,96p., modern black leather w. gilt red mor. letterpiece, orig. wr. pres., sm. 8vo.

= Zaleski 197. Letters by Alexander Herzen (the "father of Russian socialism") to Ivan Turgenev. The book was banned in Russia until the Revolution of 1917. Rare.

€ (150-250) 150
74 1797 Huxley A 74 1797 Huxley A
74/1797 Huxley, A. Island. London, Chatto & Windus, 1962, 1st ed., 286p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Owner's annots. on first free endpaper. Dam. at top of upper joint of book and top of spine of dustwr.; dustwr. sl. frayed.

Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey. London etc., Heinemann, (1962), 1st Engl. ed., (6),201p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; bookblock sl. foxed.

AND 4 others in 5 vols., i.a. L. CARROLL, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (New York, (1946), 2 vols., col. ills. by J. TENNIEL in colouring designed by F. KREDEL, orig. unif. hcl. in slipcase. Backstrip of the first title sl. foxed). - ADDED 1 other: C. DICKENS, A Christmas Carol (London, 1915, 1st ed., 12 col. (1x tipped-in) plates and orig. cl. by A. RACKHAM. Binding foxed/ stained esp. on backcover).

€ (50-70) 50
74 1798 Kafka F 74 1798 Kafka F
74/1798 Kafka, F. Gesammelte Schriften 1-7. Ed. M. Brod and H. Politzer. Berlin/ Prague, Schocken (vol.1-4)/ H. Mercy Sohn (5-6), 1935-1937, 1st ed., 6 vols., orig. unif. giltlettered cl.

- Vol. 2 and 6 a few sm. (partly very vague) spots on spine.

= 1. Erzählungen und kleine Prosa; 2. Amerika; 3. Der Prozess; 4. Das Schloss; 5. Beschreibung eines Kampfes; 6. Tagebücher und Briefe. Lame Duck 46.

Brod, M. Franz Kafka. Eine Biographie (Erinnerungen und Dokumente). Prague, H. Mercy Sohn, 1937, 1st ed., 287,(1)p., (sl. foxed) photogr. portrait, orig. cl. unif. w. the preceding.

= A rare set in good/ fine condition of the Gesammelte Schriften, including Max Brod's Eine Biographie in first edition.

€ (500-700) 600
74 1799 Kafka F 74 1799 Kafka F
74/1799 Kafka, F. Gesammelte Werke. Ed. M. Brod. New York/ Frankf. a.M., Schocken Books/ S. Fischer etc., 1953-1960, various eds., 5 vols. from the series, orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr.

- Four vols. w. owner's entry. All dustwr. sl. frayed/ dam. at spine-ends.

= Briefe an Melina; Eine Biographie; Erzählungen; Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande; Tagebücher 1910-1923.

AND 1 other by the same, Het Proces (Amst., 1953, orig. boards w. dustwr.).

€ (50-70)
74 1800 Kotzebue A von 74 1800 Kotzebue A von
74 1800 Kotzebue A von 74 1800 Kotzebue A von
74/1800 Kotzebue, A. von. Der Flußgott Niemen und noch jemand. Ein Freudenspiel in Knittelversen mit Gesang und Tanz. N.pl. (St. Petersburg), n.publ., 1813, 23p., contemp. plain wr., 12mo.

= Play on occasion of the defeat of Napoléon's Grande Armée. = Cat. (...) des Russica K1093.

Bouquet, M. and Jaloux, É. Sébastopol ou la Revanche de Moscou, tableau militaire et patriotique en deux actes. Paris/ Marseille, M. Levy Frères/ Lafitte & Roubaud, 1855, 27p., orig. wr., sm. 8vo.

- Frontwr. sl. stained.

AND 2 others: A. OSTROVSKY, Bednost' ne porok. Komedia v tryokh deistviakh (Moscow, 1887, orig. col. lithogr. wr.) and F. DE BARGHON FORT-RION (transl. and ed.), La Guerre d'Igor. Épopée Russienne (Paris, 1878, orig. wr., 12mo).

€ (50-70) 70
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