1312 - 1725 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
= Dedicated to the artist Piet Mondriaan.
AND 11 miscellaneous broadsides and small publications by Dutch private presses, i.a. by the Blauwe Maandag Pers, Bremmetje and Vera Jongejan.
- Spine faded. Otherwise fine.
- Perspex slipcase some very light tiny scratches (not affecting the silscreen title); otherwise mint.
= One of 80 copies w. each leaf (except for the title) numb. and signed in pencil by the artist on verso. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.
- Frontcover sl. soiled; some sm. scratches on slipcase.
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. Paris, E. Guérin, n.d. (±1910), (10)p., num. (full-p.) chromolithogr. ills. by E. TRAVIS, orig. pict. wr., sm. folio.
- Hinges repaired w. sellotape; sl. foxed. Wr. sl. soiled/ creased; corners sl. dam.
AND 2 other versions of the same story.
- Free endpapers sl. browned; bookplate and cat. clipping on upper pastedown. Cloth along backstrip sl. duststained, otherwise fine.
= Numbered copy. Beautiful bookproduction, entirely lithographed in ochre (decoration) and olive-green (text). Cat. Ned. Boek 242.
- Free endpapers (sl.) browned as usual; some foxed spots; verso title-p. vaguely waterstained in outer blank margin; bookplate on upper pastedown. Cloth sl. foxed as usual. Nevertheless a good copy.
= Numbered copy. Beautiful bookproduction, entirely lithographed in ochre (decoration) and olive-green (text). Cat. Ned. Boek 242.
- Spine of slipcase sunned/ sl. rubbed.
AND 3 others in 4 vols. published by the same, i.a. B. SHAW, Back to Methuselah (1939, woodengravings by J. FARLEIGH, orig. cl., board slipcase, 4to).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Slipcase sl. rubbed.
AND 3 others in 4 vols. published by the same, i.a. IDEM, The House of the Dead (1982, woodengravings by F. EICHENBERG, orig. cl., board slipcase, 4to).
- Two lvs. sl. sunned on recto and w. tape on verso along margins from former framing.
- Covers trifle dustoiled and sl. warped. Otherwise fine.
= DELUXE numb. copy on heavy paper, bound in full gilt dec. vellum by J.B. HEUKELOM, t.e.g. Cf. Braches 512 (1st ed. 1910). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.
= Published on the occasion of the 50th birthday of Marlies Louwes. Contains contributions by i.a. Albert Bouma, Hans van Eijk, Elze ter Harkel, Frans de Jong, Jan Keijser, Jaap Schipper, Kees Thomassen, Hester Verkruissen, Doortje de Vries and Pim Witteveen.
- Backstrip sl. dam.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to composer HENK BADINGS on first blank. Stefan Łubieński was a Polish born Dutch writer, musician and esoteric.
- Lower joint splitting.
= Provenance: the estate of composer Henk Badings. In 1963, three of Lucebert's poems (published in the present volume) were set to music by Badings for Koninklijk Mannenkoor Die Haghe Sanghers. With i.a. a loosely inserted typescript letter from the choir's director Jean Kierkels to Henk Badings asking for a copy of Lucebert's book ("Om de dichter niet te kwetsen willen wij zijn gedichten in ons programma-tekstboekje zorgvuldig overnemen van de oorspronkelijke uitgave").
- Frontwr. w. some sm. stains and rubbed spots.
= Unnumb. copy, as most copies we traced (Slagter 67 describing the edition as being numb. and signed).
- Wrapper stained.
= Unnumb. copy, as most copies we traced (Slagter 67 describing the edition as being numb. and signed).
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; sl. foxed. Spine darkened.
AND 3 others, i.a. E. PENZOLDT, Die Reisen Ins Bücherland (Munich, 1942, col. woodcut ills., orig. boards, sq. 8vo).
- First few leaves trifle foxed. Joints splitting, but holding well. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.
- Covers of box a few vague scratches/ dents and some minor marginal defects. Contents very fine. This lot is subject to 4% resale royalties ('droit de suite') over the total amount of hammerprice and buyer's premium.
= The first 4 lithographs were especially made by the artist for this publication, the other 8 are based on the mural paintings "Le domaine enchanté" in the Casino of Knokke. Cf. Sylvester IV, p.291 and cat. 1596, app. 188, app. 189 and cat. 792 (1-8). SEE ILLUSTRATION ON TITLE-PAGE.