642 - 812 CHILDREN'S BOOKS, COMICS, GAMES and TOYS
= Posters by i.a. Theo van den Boogaard, Hans G. Kresse (Eric de Noorman), Henk Kuijpers, Peter de Smet (De generaal), Joost Swarte, Marten Toonder (Ollie B. Bommel en Tom Poes), W. Vandersteen and Piet Wijn (Olle Kapoen).
- Sticker on first free endpaper; sl. foxed.
Hille-Gaerthé, C.M. van. Zomerland. Rott., de erven de wed. J. van Nelle, n.d. (±1930), 79p., 13 mounted col. plates (incl. on frontcover) by R. CRAMER, orig. wr., large 8vo.
- Sl. foxed. Covers sl. soiled; corners frontcover creased.
AND 14 others (incl. 2 duplicates), mainly illustrated by the same, i.a. R. CRAMER, Zus en Jan (Gron., n.d. (±1930), ills., orig. hcl., obl. 8vo); IDEM, Lentebloem (The Hague, n.d. (±1930), 4th ed., col. ills., orig. hcl., obl. 8vo) and O. VERE and C. DOORMAN, Sprookjes van Grimm (Utr., n.d. (±1950), (col.) ills. by R. CRAMER, orig. hcl., large 8vo).
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Covers soiled/ rubbed.
Idem. Klein Klein Kleutertje. The Hague, G.B. Van Goor Zonen, n.d. (±1930), (16)p., num. (full-p.) col. ills. by R. CRAMER, orig. clothbacked boards, sq. 8vo.
- Sl. foxed; one leaf repaired. Covers sl. soiled/ rubbed.
AND 11 others illustrated by the same, i.a. VAN DITJES EN DATJES./ LENTE./ HÖST./ ZOMER./ SOMMAR./ WINTER./ HERFST (Utr., n.d. (±1930), 7 vols., ills. by R. CRAMER, orig. unif. clothbacked boards, sm. sq. 8vo).
- Bookblock loose; sl. foxed/ creased. Covers soiled/ rubbed.
Oven-van Doorn, M.C. van. Allermerkwaardigste avonturen van de aardige aapjes van admiraal Adrianus Apekolio. Alfabet voor allen. The Hague, G.B. van Goor Zonen, n.d. (1935), 93p., title, 4 col. plates, ills. and orig. col. pict. boards by R. CRAMER, large 8vo.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; title-p. sl. browned; occas. sl. foxed. Covers sl. (water)stained; owner's entry on frontcover.
= A is een Aapje p.129: "De leukste ontdekking te midden van alle ABC-boeken uit onze eeuw is Allermerkwaardigste avonturen [...] (...). Het verhaal heeft zesentwintig hoofdstukken die steeds door één letter gedicteerd worden. Twee aapjes beleven dolle avonturen, waar soms geen touw aan vast te knopen is, omdat de letter die aan de beurt is de gebeurtenissen van hot naar her stuurt (...). Geheel in stijl is het allemaal het beste te karakteriseren als kolossale kolder (...).'' An original approach to the A.B.-book, using the concept of alliteration in combination with Cramer's illustrations. Contains a prose chapter to each letter larded with words containing the letter in question. Burgers p.167. Rare.
AND 8 others illustrated by the same, i.a. LENTEBLOEMEN (ibid., n.d. (1914), 1st ed., 14 mounted col. plates and orig. cl. w. mounted col. plate by R. CRAMER, obl. 8vo) and HET ENGELTJESBOEK (The Hague, n.d. (1958), 3rd ed., 9 col. plates and orig. pict. clothbacked boards by R. CRAMER, obl. 8vo).
- One dustwr. torn in two; both dustwrappers sl. yellowed and frayed.
- Each vol. sl. foxed; endpapers browned. Covers (sl.) soiled; rubbed along extremities.
AND 2 others illustrated by the same.
- Owner's entry on recto and bookplate on verso first free endpaper. Covers trifle soiled; box (water)stained/ sl. dam.
= One of 200 DELUXE copies, SIGNED by the artist in the colophon.
AND an unnumb. copy of the same work, bound in orig. giltlettered cl.
- Sl. foxed. Covers w. rubbed spots; some sm. (water)stains.
= One of 125 de luxe copies SIGNED by the author, with AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION in pencil. Burgers p.163. Rare.
- Owner's entry on verso first free endpaper. Dustwr. w. some (repaired) tears.
AND 3 others, i.a. EIN JEDES TIERCHEN HAT SEIN PLÄSIERCHEN (Munich, n.d. (±1915), 3rd ed., later (?) handcol. woodcut ills. by i.a. E. REINICKE, orig. wr., 4to) and G. PLISCHKE, Allerlei ha holorio von der Schere: Schnippel-Froh. Erstes Buch: Vom Osterhasen Schnellebein und den vier bösen Engelein (ibid., n.d. (±1920), ills., orig. clothbacked boards, 4to).
- Sl. foxed; very vague waterstain in lower margin of final ±50p. Sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities.
= Brüggeman 725; Seebaß I, 486 (2nd ed. 1854).
Idem. Hellas und Rom. Erzählungen aus der Geschichte des Alterthums für die Jugend bearbeitet. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1840), (114)p., 8 col. lithogr. plates, orig. publ. boards.
- Incompl. copy; title-p. refers to 36 plates; covers sl. worn. Sold w.a.f.
- Sl. damaged at lower part of the torso; new hair attached to the head; some sm. stains on the skin; one finger sl. dam.
= Ernst Kämmer and Franz Reinhardt began The Kämmer & Reinhardt doll company in 1886 in Waltershausen, Thüringia, Germany. They are probably best known for their character baby and child dolls.
- Leporello partly detached; sl. soiled. Rubbed along boardedges. = Rare.
Drollige Bilder für Fröhliche Kinder. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (±1880), (8)lvs. only printed on recto, 8 col. plates, each w. 4 ills., orig. pict. wr., 4to.
- Lacks title-p. (?); hinges repaired w. sello tape. Wr. dam./ repaired w. sello tape.
AND 2 others.
- Text vol. annots on first free endpaper; plate vol. annots on upper pastedown; flaps of portfolio w. tears. Covers sl. soiled.
= Wegehaupt II, 2061; Bilderwelt 1425.
- (Sl.) foxing throughout; bookplate on upper pastedown and cat. clipping tipped onto title-p.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXII.
- Annots. on title-p. Dustwr. sl frayed/ foxed.
= No. 1 (of 15) from the series: Scholz' Künstler Bilderbücher. Serie A: Märchen.
Rotkäppchen. Ibid., idem, (±1910), (16)p., 8 col. lithogr. plates by A. SCHMIDHAMMER, orig. boards w. dustwr., obl. 4to.
- Owner's entry on title-p.; sl. foxed. Dustwr. repaired.
= No. 4 from the same series.
- A few drawings w. filing holes in blank margin and a few w. sm. marginal damages; nearly all w. (sm.) annot. in blue ballpoint and/ or pencil concerning reproduction.
= The original drawings for the illustrations of H. LOOMAN, Wij en het water; de strijd der lage landen tegen de erfvijand het water in het verleden, het heden en de toekomst (Amst./ Brussels, Elsevier, 1957), incl. some maps.
- Mounts sl. soiled/ foxed. Covers foxed/ worn; corners dam.
- (Sl.) foxed throughout; occas. creased/ dogeared; lacks map of Europe in vol. 1; p.133-136 of vol. 3 bound upside-down. Corners bumped; backstrips soiled; spine-ends dam.; vol. 6 lacks most of backstrip. Corners of slipcase splitting.
= Gumuchian 5694.
- Frontcover w. 2 sm. dents; spine-ends trifle rubbed.
AND 10 others, all illustrated by the same, i.a. T. JONES, The Saga of Erik the Viking (London, 1983, 1st ed., ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to), J.M. BARRIE, Peter Pan & Wendy (ibid., 1988, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., sm. 4to) and M. JAFFREY, Seasons of Splendour. Tales, Myths & Legends of India (ibid., 1985, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to).
- Contents loose(ning). Spine-ends and corners sl. worn. = Nice plates in fine handcolouring.