1824 - 2074 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
- Wr. sl. faded along margins. Otherwise fine.
= Huiskamp V26; Waller 940; Ki.La.Ki.Le. 237. Attractive children's book, composed with the explicitly phrased intention to invite children to be merry and celebrate. Contains plates, with accompanying poems, of i.a. New Year's Day, Easter, a fair, "Sint Maarten" and "Sinterklaas"'.
- Backstrip repaired w. paper; boards sl. discoloured. = Ons Schemeruurtje XIV. A is een aapje p. 135.
Idem. Spreekwoorden. Plaatjes en Rijmpjes. Vol. 1 and 2. Gouda, G.B. van Goor Zonen, n.d. (1915), 16; 16p., col. ills. and orig. unif. pict. hcl. w. dustwr. by B. VAN DER VEER, sq. 8vo.
- Contemp. owner's entries on htitles. Dustwrappers dam. along edges.
= "(...) de intrinsiek geestige Bas van der Veer, die droevig miskend is." (Bibelebontse berg, p.569).
Idem. Wie luistert er mee? Bussum, C.A.J. van Dishoeck, n.d. (±1925), 1st ed., 109,(3)p., ills. and orig. giltlettered cl. w. mounted col. plate by B. VAN DER VEER, square 8vo. - AND 28 others, all illustrated by the same, incl. duplicates (i.a. 3x A dat is Aafje) and Het Borstel A.B.C.
- Lvs. and hinges carefully repaired w. japanese; newly sewn. Wr. fingersoiled; frontwr. lower corner cracked.
= With the owner's entry of the Dutch author Charlotte Mutsaers, dated "Sinterklaas 1964" in pen on title-p. Rare, only one copy traced.
- Covers sl. rubbed. = Bilderwelt 2669.
Histoire d'Ali-Baba et des Quarante Voleurs suivie de l'histoire du prince Ahmed. Tours, Maison Mame, 1946, 31,(1)p., (full-p.) col. ills. by R. BRODERS, orig. clothbacked boards, 4to.
- Upper hinge weak; sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed along edges; sm. waterstain on frontcover.
AND 12 others, i.a. ALADIN (Paris, n.d. (±1920), col. ills. by D. BRETT, orig. wr., 4to); R. PETIT, Jacqueline et Son Chien Pataud (ibid., 1930, col. ills. by H. MALLET, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, sm. folio) and IDEM, Pataud-le-chien à la Campagne (ibid., 1931, col. ills. by H. MALLET, orig. clothbacked boards, sm. folio).
- Sl. foxed. Bookseller's ticket on frontwr.
AND 2 similar German publications w. lithogr. lvs.
- Title lacks lower left blank corner. = Huiskamp V168.
- Professionally rebound; first and final plate w. repaired tear; some plates soiled.
= Huiskamp V169; Coll. Caljé-van Gulik 107; Waller 937. Rare.
- Frontcover sl. soiled along fore-edge margin. A fine copy.
= Braches 2563; cat. Ki.la.ki.le. 816. Rare in original cloth binding.
- (Sl.) offsetting from coloured borders around plates; upper outer corner first free endpaper cut out. Sm. scratch on ill. on frontcover.
= Heller 10A. With advertisement on verso of the last leaf. Heller: "Mir ist ein Fortdruck von 1914 bekannt [in der Verlagsanzeige sind 9 Serien der Postkarten angegeben!]". Our copy with 5 series of postcards.
Idem. Little songs of long ago. London/ New York, Augener etc., n.d. (1912), 1st ed., 63,(1)p., 32 col. ills. and orig. gilt cl. w. oval mounted plate by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR, scores A. MOFFAT, obl. 4to.
- Sm. dam. spot in ill. on frontcover. = Heller 4B.
- Upper hinge strengthened. Corners and spine-ends sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= The rare first edition: Heller 3a ("selten aufzufindene Erstausgabe").
ADDED: Boutet de Monvel, L.-M. Chansons de France pour les petits Français. Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie., n.d. (1885), 47,(1)p., num. (pochoir) col. ills. by L.-M. BOUTET DE MONVEL, scores by J.B. WECKERLIN, orig. gilt dec. cl., obl. 4to.
= Bilderwelt 2611; Gumuchian 888. Nice illustrations.
= Shows all kinds of children's games and adult pastimes. KVCS, p.823 (erven Wed. Stichter 49).
"Ziet hier wat Jonge Knapen spelen; Hun Oefening zal u niet vervelen (...)".
Catchpenny print w. 12 thumb-col. woodcut ills., each w. 2-line caption below, "No.226", Amst., Erve H. Rynders, ±1800.
- Formerly folded, w. closed hole in centre. = De Meyer 226 (Noman). Children's games.