1359 - 1565 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Fine copy of this rare work. = Braches 2401.
= Orig. publisher's address pasted over w. address of "Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel".
- Slipcase sl. foxed.
= One of 70 numb. DELUXE copies on Ossekop Antiek Druk (50), bound in giltlettered hcalf, in orig. cl. box, with an orig. numb. and signed aquatint etching by CHARLES HOFMAN; signed by the author and illustrator. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "Voor Annemarie, Uit dank voor zoveel lieve gastvrijheid, van Gerrit Komrij".
AND 2 other first editions by the same, both SIGNED (1x w. dedication): Op de planken (1978, orig. wr.; edges and wr. sl. foxed) and Dood aan de grutters (1978, orig. wr.; top edge foxed).
- A few sm. foxed spots on frontcover and a few sm. spots on vellum left from centre on frontcover. A fine copy.
= Braches 661. Our copy with printed on the first blank: "Presentexemplaar" (unknown to Braches).
- Final 3 leaves w. receding waterstain; both free endpapers browned. Backcover sl. foxed.
= Braches 661.
- Lacks one leaf (w. contribution by Nico van den Boezem).
= "Deze uitgave 'Kringloop VI' vormt een onderdeel van het projekt Kringloop en werd gedrukt te Middelburg in de maand oktober 1980 door Winddrukkerij 'De Kringloop' op één voor deze gelegenheid gewatermerkt en ter plaatse handgeschept papier. Er werd gedrukt op een zelfgebouwde mechanische pers door windkracht aangedreven, gekonsipieerd en gerealiseerd door Mass en Individual Moving te Brussel" (introduction leaf). With contributions by Burny Bos, Mies Bouhuys, Jules Deelder, Johnny van Doorn, Wim Hofman, Maurice Horsthuis, Theo Joling, Neeltje Maria Min, Jan de Noord, Hans Verhagen and Simon Vinkenoog. Rare, no copy traced.
- Backstrip repaired at foot of spine.
= Number 19 of an unspecified numb. English-language ed., numbered and signed in pen in colophon by the artist.
- Trifle foxed. Frontcover sl. warped.
= Signed by the illustrator in the colophon. Merelreeks 1. De Jong 336, note.
= Cf. Merelreeks 1 and De Jong 336, note (both listing the book). "'t Hooge Laand"; "In Terbörg"; "Speullaidje" and "Onder neerhangende takken".
- Both vols. bookplate mounted on verso frontwr. Otherwise fine.
= Bassy, Les fables de La Fontaine - Quatre siècles d'illustration 50: "Édition particulièrement originale (...)"; Carteret IV, p.228: "Intéressante publication Japonaise estimée (...)". Rare. With stamp "E. Flammarion Éditeur" on both frontwrappers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XL.
AND 1 other similar: DER SPIEGEL ZU MATSUYAMA (ibid., idem, ±1900, col. woodcut ills., printed on Japanese crêpe-paper, bound as blockbook, orig. wr., sm. 8vo. Wrappers foxed and dog-eared).
= Printed in an unspecified limited edition. Contains a great variety of original artwork, printed in colours and in various techniques, using i.a. typographical material. Rare.
AND 1 piezography by J. SWARTE, Haarlemse Nachten 2 (signed and numb "9/55).
- One leaf w. offsetting from opposite plate. Wrappers darkened along margins. Otherwise fine.
= Monod 6050; Carteret IV, p.205: "Interessante illustration de ce bel artiste (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLII.
- Joints of chemise and slipcase split(ting) and worn. Otherwise fine.
= Monod 7469; Brusberg/ Nobis 33; The Artist and the Book p.128: "His superpositions of mask-like faces and linear arabesques (...) can be compared with the relief-like designs and sculpture in the cubist manner by his great friend Braque. By a skilful use of simple shapes of attractive colour areas printed on laid Arches paper Laurens has produced superb and lively illustrations (...)".
- Fine copy. = Subscription edition. Cf. Tooley 472 (1st ed. 1858); Ray p.84.
AND 5 others by the same, all in orig. gilt and pict. cl., all Subscription edition, all but one w. handcol. woodengr. plates by J. LEECH (1x by PHIZ), all fine copies: Mr. Romford's Hounds; Plain or Ringlets; Hawbuck Grange; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour and Handley Cross.
- Frontcover of one chemise loose. Otherwise fine.
= Number I of 15 Roman numb. copies w. two extra suites (one printed on Lana and one on Auvergne), both containing two discarded engravings. This copy printed on the name of "Monsieur S.H. Gagneux", with manuscript dedication by J. and J. Tharaud and the artist in pen and ink on htitle. WITH an extra engraving by P. LEMAGNY (Snowy landscape) (signed and "29/50") in pencil). Monod 9192. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLII.
- Without no.48. = Near complete fine set, nicely bound in variously coloured morocco.
AND 1 other, publ. by the same.
- Fine copy. = Monod 7369.
Fellowes, D. Les Dimanches de la Csse de Narbonne. Paris, Éditions de France, 1935, (4),191,(5)p., 75 plates and ills. by M. VERTÈS, printed in 1000 numb. copies (900), contemp. gilt hmor., orig. pres., t.e.g., 4to.
- Fine copy. = Monod 4561.
= With the prospectus loosely inserted.
Idem. Jandl en rothm. Amstelveen, Stichting Beheer Museumfonds, 1993, (5)p., ill. by LUCEBERT, printed in 250 numb. and signed copies by Hans van Eijk, In de Bonnefant, loose as issued in orig. cl. portfolio.
= Published on occasion of the start of the construction of the Amstelveens Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Cobra Museum),
AND 1 other small publication by the same.
- All lvs. a few sm. stains in outer right blank margin. Portfolio some vague stains.
= Verwant Contrast III. With a loosely inserted invitation to the presentation of the portfolio.