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= Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 3 (p.97) and 24 (p.119).
AND 1 other by the same: "(...) het effekt van de hagelstorm van einde juli op onze appelboom" (Middelb., 1979, ills., orig. wr. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 53).
= A fine collection of the rare and diverse ongoing series of (conceptual) artist's books, partly illustrated, i.a. w. photographs, sand, tree leaves, cords etc. Comprises: (1). H. DE VRIES, Noise (unnumb.); (2). IDEM, To be always to be (unnumb.); (3). M. BOEZEM, As wide as; (4). S. BUISMAN, Swellings; (5). H. DE VRIES, O; (6). R. MATTES, Linie 200cm. lang/ Line length 200cm.; (8). H. DE VRIES, October, February, June (some foxing); (9). IDEM, The dust of some roads & a leaf from a tree (some foxing); (10). R. SACHSSE, Both sides; (11). H. BRAND, Brand news; (12). J. LEE BRYARS, Devil; (13). B. AUBERTIN, Essai sur le feu; (17). E. HILGEMANN, For Herman "Random sculptures" Torana di Carrara, 11.00-12.00 a.m. on a day in August; (18). H. DE VRIES, Concept; (19). F. MORELLET, A badly bound book (pages trifle creased in outer margins); (20). J. VALOCH, Five parts of one work; (21). IDEM, Three possibilities; (28). T. CLARK, Poem; (29). M. HASENEIER, Mykographie einer Wiese. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications p.217ff. Provenance: the collection of Liesbeth Brandt Corstius and Kees Broos. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
- Wrappers trifle dustsoiled. Frontwr. of no.1 tear in fore-edge margin.
= Containing contributions by i.a. Bernard Aubertin, Constant, Herman Goepfert, Christian Megert, Michel Seuphor, Peter Struyken, Jean Tinguely and Jiri Valoch. No.1 is also the catalogue of the exhibition "Aktuell 65"; no.9 consists of 5 black lvs. ("zwart" by Ad Reinhardt), 2 gold lvs. w embossed lines ("boodschap" by Mathius Goeritz) and 6 white lvs. ("wit" by Herman de Vries); no.10 is a hommage to i10. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications p.347ff. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
= Sumptuous publication, designed by Marcel Wanders. Contains contributions by i.a. Ferran Adrià, David Allen, Alain de Botton, Anton Corbijn, Angela Missoni, Jimmy Nelson and Erwin Olaf.
- Yellowed and sl. brittle as usual.
ADDED: 12 issues of FILMFAN (Amst., 1972-1979).
= Collection of 2 bulletins: Having from time to time a relation to: (1973) and Perhaps when removed (1971).
- Glue stains in upper and lower hinge (as usual?); backstrip trifle soiled and occas. sl. rubbed on joints.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
- Without no. 5 and 7/8. Occas. trifle foxed/ yellowed. All vols. wr. frayed/ (sl.) dam./ dustsoiled (1x waterstained)
= Le Coultre 2-1-4/ 6/ 9-12d. Wrappers by/ after K.P.C. de Bazel, P. Bolken, J. Luger, H. Krop, Jan Sluijters, J. Toorop and G.F. la Croix.
Wendingen. Year 1, no.12. Jan Toorop. Ibid., idem, 1918, 48p., ills., contemp. clothbacked boards w. orig. wr. by W. VAN KONIJNENBURG laid down, 4to.
- Cover soiled and worn along extremities.
- WITHOUT the separate large woodcut by C.A. Lion Cachet; contents fine. Wr. dam.; frontwr. loose.
= Le Coultre 2-7/8 d. WITH a separate prospectus "voor den vierden jaargang van Wendingen."
- Vaguely waterst. Partly worn along extremities. = Le Coultre 7-1d.
AND 4 woodcuts from the Wendingen Houtsnedennummer, all under passepartout, i.a. by G. DE SMET and J. RÄDECKER.
- Ttitle-p. trifle foxed and w. owner's stamp in upper blank outer corner. Wrappers sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine.
= Le Coultre d10-3. Ex/ Hoek p.126 (and ill. 205): "Bij zijn ontwerp voor Wendingen nam Huszár de betekenis van de naam als uitgangspunt. Een langwerpig tekstblok kreeg afwisselend boven en onder elkaar geplaatste letters; een vierkant tekstblok bevat de letters in allerlei richtingen en op de keerzijde van het omslag is de compositie in gesloten blokvormen herhaald."
AND 1 other: WENDINGEN. Year 12, no.1. Gewijd aan beeldend werk van S. Jessurun de Mesquita (Amst., 1931, plates and orig. wr. by S. JESSURUN DE MESQUITA, large 4to. Contents sl. dam. in upper margin; wrappers fine).
- (Sl.) yellowed (incl. wr.); corners vaguely bumped. Spine sl. rubbed; wr. w. traces of silverfish activity along upper margin along spine and margins of frontwr.
= Dekkers/ Van der Spek/ De Vries G-38; Cat. Hot Printing 21-g1.
ADDED: BLAD VOOR KUNST, October 1921 [no.1], woodcut wr. by JAN WIEGERS only (rubbed spine; with a few dam. lvs. from other issues loosely inserted, 1x w. full-p. woodcut by the same).
- Wr. plasticized and sl. yellowed as usual.
H.N. Werkman 1882-1945. Ibid., Stedelijk Museum, 1962, no pagination, col. plates, orig. wr.
- Sl. yellowed. = Catalogue no.292.
Straten, H. van. Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, de drukker van het paradijs. Ibid., J.M. Meulenhoff, 1963, X,284p., (col.) plates, facs., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 8vo.
= SIGNED and numb. "9/125 A[crossed out] B" in pen and ink by the artist on htitle.
AND 2 others on the same.
- Folded 3 times.
= Unilaterally printed leaf of the city of Magdeburg on physical training and body care, designed in "new typography". Clearly shows the influence of Johannes Molzahn, who was a professor at the local arts and crafts school from 1923 to 1928.
- Some small defects to bindings.
= The original edition of the "standard dictionary of Dutch and Flemish artists" (Arntzen/ Rainwater E135).