1824 - 2074 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
- One w. worn spot in the image.
AND 36 others (mainly) for the same device, various sizes, prob. all by Lapièrre freres, from various series, i.a. Sleeping Beauty (5x), Don Quichotte (3x), Ali Baba, figures from the Commedia dell'arte (4x).
- One box lacks upper lid; one lid lacks one side.
= I.a. "The House that Jack built"; "Where there's a Will there's a Way"; "Robinson Crusoe" and "Goldmarie und Pechmarie".
- One slide cracked (w. loss of sm. portion); one slide sl. skretched.
= Slides w. strips related to aviation: i.a. showing different types of hot air balloons, zeppelins and flying machines.
AND 22 circular col. glass slides, 20x6 cm. (17x), 24x8 cm. (4x) and 24,5x8,5 cm., in wooden box/ loose.
- Five slides cracked (1x repaired); one movable slide w. moving part absent; a few slides sl. scratched. Box defective and lacks lid.
= I.a. showing comical scenes, landscapes, tourist sights and animals.
= Various series.
AND ±60 other similar slides, w. various smaller sizes, from 3,5 to 4,2 cm. in height.
= Comprises various (complete) series with various subjects, i.a. fairy tales.
= I.a. biblical scenes, children's stories and topographical views (i.a. Switzerland, Germany, Italy).
- All curling up, but fine.
= Each envelope w. manuscript title of the enclosed series: "La vengeance du concierge (8 vues)" [8 numb. pictures], "Le pêcheur et le scaphandrier - 4 vues" [4 numb.pictures], "Le rêve d'une petite fille envieuse et vaniteuse - 9 vues" [ 9 numb. pictures w. accomp. handwritten 'script'] and "Une vocation de marin - 10 vues" [10 numb. pictures w. accomp. handwritten list of images].
- Sl. foxed. Dustwr. lacks portions at spine-ends, frayed and w. sm. tears along edges.
Byron, M. Little People of Other Lands. Ibid., H. Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, n.d., (20) lvs., ill. htitle, ill. title-p. and 11 chromolithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked col. dec. boards by R.C. PETHERICK, 4to.
- Hinges broken; dust- and fingersoiled; one leaf lacks lower corner. Covers stained.
AND 3 other English children's books.
- Lacks htitle; bookblock broken and contents loose(ning); some marginal waterstaining/ foxing; some pencil scribbling, i.a. on verso plates. Old owner's entry on frontcover.
= Lust en Leering p.42; Huiskamp M91; not in Coll. Caljé-Van Gulik or The Children's World of Learning.
Leerrijk onderhoud voor de jeugd; bevattende eene verscheidenheid van onderwerpen, tot nut en leering der kinderen. Leyden, P.H. Trap, 1826, 110,(2)p., 10 contemp. handcol. engr. plates, orig. printed boards,
- Occas. trifle foxed.
= The plates i.a. depicting the months of the year. Huiskamp L27; Lust en Leering p.75-77.
- Lacks textbooklet. Lithogr. plate on frontwr. w. dam. spots; backcover paper over board partly lacking.
= Very rare. "Deze map bevat 5 groote platen met teekeningen op ware grootte benevens een boekje met volledige beschrijving voor het maken van: A. Een zeilboot, B. Een telephoon met microphoon, C. Een bascule, D. Een waterrad met stampwerk, E. Een waterrad met hamerwerk" (frontwr.).
Landelijke Tafereelen. Mainz, J. Scholz, n.d. (±1865), 11 (of 12) handcol. lithogr. plates w. letter press caption, later cl. w. orig. handcol. lithogr. title mounted on frontcover, obl. 8vo.
- Restored copy w. new binding and w. left margin of all lithogr. plates remargined.
= Translation of the German series Bilder aus dem Landleben. The 5th part of a series of 6. Lust en Leering p.375.
AND 1 other.
- A few vols. occas sl. fingersoiled.
= Een stout grapje; Te laat op school; Rietje's logeerpartij (1st ed.); Van twee buurtjes; Op 't veld; Van drie kaboutertjes; In 't plantsoentje; Klein moedertje (1st ed.); In de speelkamer; Stoute poppenkinderen (1st ed.); Wimmie op de wandeling; Een droom van Hansje-Pansje.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; some lvs. w. repaired tears in margins. Covers sl. rubbed.
Kreidolf, E. Blumen-Märchen. Cologne, Hermann & Friedrich Schaffstein, n.d. (±1910), 5th ed., (48)p., (full-p.) (col.) lithogr. ills. by the author, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, obl. 8vo.
- Sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed; backcover discoloured.
Holst, A. Hochzeit im Walde. Hamburg, A. Hahn, n.d. (±1950), (13)lvs., col. plates (1x fold.) by E. WENZ-VIETOR, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, sm. 8vo.
- Some paper remnants on first free endpaper. Covers sl. soiled.
Hess, K. (ed.). Es singt es Vögeli ab em Baum. 25 Lieder von Sophie Hämmerli-Marti. Basel, B. Schwabe, 1928, 4th ed., 36p., 4 col. plates by R. DÜRRMANG, ills., musical scores, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, 4to.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Covers sl. (water)stained.
AND 17 others, i.a. I. BOHATTA-MORPURGO, Der Blümenstraüß (Munich, 1941, ills., orig. boards, sm. 8vo); H. HOLLRIEDE, Gesinchens Fahrt ins Blumenland (Stuttgart, 1942, ills., orig. hcl., large 8vo); PRINZESSIN TULPE (Leipsic, n.d. (±1910), 1st ed., ills., orig. (worn) wr., 12mo); L. MÜLLER-HEINZE, Das ABC in schwarzen Bildern (Eßlingen/ Munich, n.d. (±1920), ills., orig. clothbacked boards) and J. BECKMANNN, Vom Zufrieden-Werden (Postdam, n.d. (±1930), ills., orig. cl., sm. 4to).
- Some sl. thumbing, traces of wear; most plates strengthened in part of blank margins. Rebound w. new endpapers and cloth spine; covers sl. soiled/ rubbed.
= Not in the usual reference works. Beautiful children's book, each plate abundantly illustrating the various activities, events and meteorological circumstances associated with the specific months.
- Six transparencies (sl.) dam.; sl. yellowed and creased. Backstrip sl. dam.; covers sl. soiled; corners bumped. A fine copy, considering the frailty of the movable parts.
= Coll. Caljé-Van Gulik 333; Ki.la.ki.le. 564; Lust en leering p.415 and 398-399: "Het Chinesche Schimmenboek bevat vier toneelstukjes: "De Wrakke Brug, of hoe nuttig het zwemmen is", "De Gebroken Brug, of hoe men elkander noodig heeft", "Betje en haar katje, of het gevaarlijke der achteloosheid" and "De Twee Jeugdige Visschers, of Geduld en volharding". Elk tafereel van beweegbare figuren in zwart tegen een gekleurde achtergrond is bedekt met een transparant blaadje, zodat men echt de indruk van een schimmenspel krijgt. Als voorbeeld diende The Popular Performance of Galanti Show (Dean's New Moveable Books, 1861)." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown; newly sewn. Very fine copy.
= Early prop-up variant. The 6 chromolithogr. parts can be pulled forward to create a three-dimensional effect on the lithogr. plate. Very rare. Lust en Leering p.417; one copy in NCC. Not in The Children's World of Learning, cat. Beweegbare Boeken, coll. Caljé-van Gulik and Ki.la.ki.le.
= Facs. reprint of the edition Schiedam, 1856.
- Several (sm.) defects. Mostly in good condition.
= All Dutch language, i.a. S. MARSJAK, Jonge dieren in de dierentuin (ills. by L. MAJOROWA); A. TOLSTOJ, Haantje goudkam (ills. by A. BARSOEKOV); K. TSJOEKOVSKIJ, De gestolen zon (ills. by S. JAKOVLEV) and J. OSETROV, Moskou (ills. by I. PJATKIN).
ADDED: Kubašta, V. Hans en Grietje. Prague, Artia, 1967, col. pop-up plates, orig. wr. w. movable part, 4to.