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80 382 Dickens C 80 382 Dickens C
80 382 Dickens C 80 382 Dickens C
80/ 382 Dickens, C. (Works.) Schiedam, H.A.M. Roelants, n.d. (±1855), 11 vols., 11 woodengr. frontisp., orig. unif. giltlettered and blindst. cl.

- Contents occas. trifle foxed, mostly in blank margins. Backstrips partly sunned.

= Contains the following titles in Dutch translation by C.M. Mensing: Nelly, Maarten Chuzzlewit, Groote Verwachtingen, Nikolaas Nickleby, Kleine Dora, Dombey en Zoon, Schetsen uit Amerika, Tafereelen uit Italie, Olivier Twist, Jozef Grimaldi and Het Verlaten Huis.

€ (50-70) 50
80 383 Dickens C Clark C introd 80 383 Dickens C Clark C introd
80/ 383 [Dickens, C.]. Clark, C. (introd.). Charles Dickens' original autograph copy of his letter to Henry Colburn upon the controversy occasioned by the contribution of Walter Savage Landor to Pic Nic Papers, together with a note to Forster on the subject. April 1st, 1841. London, The Chiswick Press for C. Clark, 1918, 15p., double-p. facs. letter, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 4to.

- Endpapers browned. Covers sl. stained.

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80 384 Dobrowolski S R 80 384 Dobrowolski S R
80 384 Dobrowolski S R 80 384 Dobrowolski S R
80/ 384 Dobrowolski, S.R. Autoportret. Poezje. Warsaw/ Vilnius, Kwadryga, 1932, 46,(2)p., orig. wr. by C. DOBROWOLSKI, sm. 8vo.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle.

Żyżkowski, S. Czarne Wrota. Warsaw, n.publ., 1927, 61p., orig. wr.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle.

AND 11 others, all Polish, mostly works of poetry, i.a. E. ZEGADŁOWICZ, Krąg. Fragment poematu (Paris/ Krakow, 1926, col. woodcut frontisp., orig. wr.); E. SZYMAŃSKI, Słońce na szynach (Warsaw, 1937, orig. wr.); S. ŻYŻKOWSKI, K. WIERZYŃSKI, Krzyże i miecze (London, 1946, orig. wr.) and Z. WOJAROWSKA, Proletarjat. Poemat (ibid., 1921, orig. wr.).

€ (150-250) 150
80 385 Doctorow E L 80 385 Doctorow E L
80/ 385 Doctorow, E.L. Billy Bathgate. New York, Random House, 1989, 1st ed., (7),323,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. City of God. London, Little, Brown and Comp., 2000, 1st Engl. ed., (6),272,(3)p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Small chafed spot on frontwr. Otherwise fine.

Coraghessan Boyle, T. If the River was Whiskey. New York, Viking, 1989, 1st ed., (12),224p., orig. clothbacked boards w. dustwr.

- Bookplate on verso of imprint leaf (first blank). Otherwise fine.

Idem. The Road to Welville. Ibid., Viking, 1993, XII,(2),476p., plates, orig. clothbacked boards w. dustwr. (fine). - AND 24 others, 1st Am./ Engl. eds., all in orig. hardcover binding w. dustwr., all fine, i.a. B. EASTON ELLIS, The Informers (London, 1994); R. FORD, Women with Men (New York, 1997); W.T. VOLLMANN, Fathers and Crows./ The Rifles (London, 1992/ 1994. Vol.2 and vol.7 of Vollmann's Seven Dreams) and IDEM, The Atlas (New York, 1996).

€ (80-100) 130
80 386 Doyle R 80 386 Doyle R
80/ 386 Doyle, R. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. London, Secker & Warburg, 1993, 1st ed., (6),282p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Vague horizontal yellow stripe on title-p. Otherwise fine.

AND 30 others, almost all first Engl. editions, all in orig. hardcover binding w. dustwr., all (near) fine, i.a. W. GOLDING, Darkness Visible/ The Paper Man/ Close Quarters/ Fire Down Below (ibid., 1979/ 1984/ 1987/ 1989, 4 vols.); L. DE BERNIÈRES, A. Partisan's Daughter (ibid., 2008. Top of spine of dustwr. sl. rubbed); E. FREUD, Gaglow (ibid., 1997); M. ONDAATJE, The Cat's Table (ibid., 2011); A. BRINK, The Wall of the Plague (ibid., 1984) and J. BARNES, Talking it over/ England, England/ The Lemon Table (ibid., 1991/ 1998/ 2004, 3 vols. First free endpaper of first vol. sl. yellowed from newspaper clipping).

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80 387 English literature Lot of 32 vols 80 387 English literature Lot of 32 vols
80/ 387 [English literature]. Lot of 32 vols., all 20th cent. novels, mostly 1st editions, all in orig. hardcover binding w. dustwr., i.a. A. BURGESS, Little Wilson and Big God. You've had your Time (London, 1987/ 1990, 1st eds., 2 vols. Fine); IDEM, Enderby's Dark Lady or No End to Enderby (ibid., 1984, 1st ed. Fine); IDEM, The End of the World News (ibid., 1982, 1st ed. Two sm. dampstains on fore-edge of bookblock); N. GORDIMER, July's People (ibid., 1981, 1st ed. Fine); D. LESSING, Under my Skin. Volume One of my Autobiography (London, 1994, 1st ed. Fine); G. GREENE, Ways of Escape (ibid., 1980. Fine copy) and G. GREENE, The Human Factor (ibid., 1978, 1st ed. Owner's entry on title-p. and stamp on upper pastedown, otherwise fine).

= Incl. a few biographies, all in orig. hardcover binding w. dustwr., i.a. J. WORTHEN, D.H. Lawrence. The Life of an Outsider (New York, 2005, plates. Fine); M. MILLGATE, Thomas Hardy. A Biography (New York, 1982, plates. Two sm. tears at spine-ends of dustwr.); M. HOLROYD, Bernard Shaw. Vol.I 1856-1898. The Search for Love (London, 1988, plates. Fine) and B. CRICK, George Orwell. A Life (London, 1980, 1st ed. Fine).

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80 388 Fante J 80 388 Fante J
80/ 388 Fante, J. Ask the Dust. Sante Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1980, 165,(4)p., one of 750 copies in orig. clothbacked boards (fine). - AND 5 others published by the Black Sparrow Press: P. BOWLES, Midnight Mass (1981, one of 1000 trade copies in orig. clothbacked boards); IDEM, Collected Stories 1939-1976 (1980, 3rd printing); IDEM, The Spider's House (1982, one of 1000 trade copies in orig. clothbacked boards. Upper edge of bookblock sl. waterstained); C. BUKOWSKI, The Captain is out to Lunch and the Sailors have taken over the Ship (1998, 1st ed., ills. by R CRUMB, one of 1000 trade copies in orig. clothbacked boards) and IDEM, Post Office (1976, 6th ed., orig. clothbacked boards) .
€ (80-100) 150
80 389 Faulkner W 80 389 Faulkner W
80/ 389 Faulkner, W. Uncle Willy and Other Stories./ These Thirteen./ Dr. Martino and Other Stories. London, Chatto & Windus, 1958, 1st Engl. ed., 3 vols., 320; 272; 320p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- Vol.1 backwr. sm. chip and trifle frayed at top margin; vol. 3 dustwr. sl. chipped at foot of spine; wrappers trifle sunned/ yellowed. A good/ fine set.

= The Collected Short Stories of William Faulkner. Petersen A28.22.

Idem. Uncollected Stories. Ed. J. Blotner. New York, Random House, 1979, 1st ed., XVII,(1),716,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (fine).

- Dustwr. of all vols. not price-clipped.

€ (40-60) 40
80 390 Goethe J W von 80 390 Goethe J W von
80 390 Goethe J W von 80 390 Goethe J W von
80/ 390 Goethe, J.W. von. Faust. Eine Tragödie. Jena, E. Diederichs, 1909, 2 parts in 1 vol., 405,(1)p., bookdec. by F.H. EHMCKE, orig. gilt luxuriously blind-tooled leather over wooden covers w. leather ties, t.e.g., 4to.

- Contents fine. Binding trifle rubbed/ stained along extremities; ties broken. Nevertheless an attractively bound copy.

€ (120-150) 120
80 391 Goethe J W von Hansen W ed 80 391 Goethe J W von Hansen W ed
80/ 391 [Goethe, J.W. von]. Hansen, W. (ed.). Goethes Egmont-Handschrift. Berlin, Maximilian-Verlag, 1940, 2 vols., facs. vol.: (172)p. (incl. pastedowns), orig. gilt hcalf; commentary vol.: 25,(1)p., 2 fold. facs. plates of manuscript scores by L. VAN BEETHOVEN, orig. marbled boards, printed in 300 numb. copies, together in matching board slipcase, 4to.

- Spine of facs. vol. faded. A fine copy.

= Facs. ed. of the manuscript Ms. germ. fol. 534, preserved in the Preußische Staatsbibliothek, Berlin.

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80 392 Goethe J W von Schütz F K J 80 392 Goethe J W von Schütz F K J
80/ 392 [Goethe, J.W. von]. Schütz, F.K.J. Göthe's Philosophie. Eine vollständige, systematisch geordnete Zusammenstellung seiner Ideen über Leben, Liebe, Ehe, Freundschaft, Erziehung, Religion, Moral, Politik, Literatur, Kunst und Natur; aus seinen sämmtlichen poetischen und wissenschaftlichen Werken. Hamburg, F.H. Nestler, 1825-1826, 7 parts in 4 vols., engr. portrait of the author, fold. facs. letter, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.

- All vols. (sl.) foxed. Extremities sl. worn; 1 vol. frontcover loose; 2 vols. joints starting.

= Goedeke IV/2, 433, C, VI, 1.

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80 393 Grahame K 80 393 Grahame K
80/ 393 Grahame, K. The Wind in the Willows. London, Methuen & Co., 1908, 1st ed., 1st impr., (6),302p., frontisp. by Graham ROBERTSON, orig. gilt pict. cl., t.e.g.

- Endpapers foxed; contents trifle foxed. Backcover w. tiny rubbed spots.

= With an attractive art nouveau bookplate for "Miti van Tuyll" on first free endpaper.

€ (2.000-3.000) 3500
80 394 Gulik R H van 80 394 Gulik R H van
80/ 394 Gulik, R.H. van. The Gibbon in China. An Essay in Chinese Animal Lore. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1967, 1st ed., (6),123p., frontisp., map, num. (photogr.) ills., loosely inserted 7" blue flexi gramophone record, orig. gilt cl., 4to.

= "The Gibbon (...) occupies a unique place in Far Eastern culture, it being possible to trace the extent of his habitat, his appearance and his mannerisms for more than two thousand years. Therefore I thought it worth while to try to assemble these literary and artistic data, for the reference of orientalists, zoologists, and animal lovers in general." (preface). Van Gulik was a passionate fan of the gibbon, he studied their behaviour and several specimens were allowed into his circle of intimate friends. The gramophone record contains Van Gulik's recordings of the gibbon's morning call. The work was rashly finished on his death-bed. Interesting study.

Idem. Sexual Life in Ancient China. A preliminary survey of Chinese sex and society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D. Ibid., idem, 1974, reprint, XVII,(1),392p., col. frontisp., plates, ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

€ (100-150) 100
80 395 Heine H 80 395 Heine H
80/ 395 Heine, H. Lutezia. Berichte über Politik, Kunst und Volksleben. Hamb., Hoffmann und Campe, 1854, 1st ed., 2 vols., XVIII,319,(1); (4),310,(2)p., contemp. unif. clothbacked boards.

- Both vols. sl. foxed and owner's stamp on title-p. Upper hinge of vol.1 almost split.

= Vol. 2 and 3 of the Vermischte Schriften.

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80 396 Hugo V 80 396 Hugo V
80/ 396 Hugo, V. Oeuvres complètes. Édition définitive d'après les manuscrits originaux. / Oeuvres inédites. Paris, Hetzel-Quantin, 1880-1892, 57 vols., all vols. one of a limited numb. ed. of 100 (48x), 50 (3x), 30 (2x) and 25 (4x) copies, contemp. unif. tan hmor. w. contrasting red and green letterpieces, t.e.g., sm. 4to.

- Contents fine. A small number of bindings occas. trifle/ sl. rubbed, scratched, sunned or stained, but overall a fine set.

= Vicaire p. 411-419. This lot comprises the complete works of Victor Hugo, including 7 posthumously published works (in 9 vols.). The other works are divided into the following 8 categories: Poésie, Philosophie, Histoire, Voyage, Drame, Roman, Actes et Paroles and Oeuvres diverses. A complete set in this condition is rarely found.

€ (500-700) 500
80 397 Huysmans J K 80 397 Huysmans J K
80/ 397 Huysmans, J.-K. Tegen de keer. Dutch transl. J. Siebelink. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1977, 256p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. Uit de diepte. Dutch transl. G. Meijsing and K. Snel. Ibid., De Arbeiderpers, 1990, 317p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. Op drift. Dutch transl. and ed. W. Raven. Ibid., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1979, 72p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 12 others, i.a. IDEM, Verlaten (Antw., 1989, orig. wr.); J.A. BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Duivelinnen en demonen (Utr., 2009, ills., orig. wr.); C. BAUDELAIRE, De bloemen van het kwaad (Amst., 1995, orig. wr.) and W. VON GOETHE, Verdichting en waarheid (Baarn, n.d., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
€ (50-70) 50
80 398 Ishiguro K 80 398 Ishiguro K
80/ 398 Ishiguro, K. The Remains of the Day. London, Faber and Faber, 1989, 1st ed., (6),245p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Idem. An Artist of the Floating World. Ibid., idem, 1987, 1st ed., 206p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Idem. The Unconsoled. Ibid., idem, 1995, 1st ed., (6),535p., orig. boards w. dustwr.
€ (70-90) 80
80 399 Joyce J 80 399 Joyce J
80/ 399 Joyce, J. Epiphanies. Introduction and notes O.A. Silverman. N.pl., Richard West, 1979, XV,(2),32p., frontisp. portrait, printed in 150 copies, contemp. buckram.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. Buffalo, 1956.

Kenner, H. Dublin's Joyce. London, Chatto & Windus, 1955, 1st ed., IX,(3),372p., frontisp. portrait, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 8 others, i.a. P. COSTELLO, James Joyce. The Years of Growth 1882-1915 (n.pl., 1992, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); A. MARTIN, James Joyce. The Artist and the Labyrinth (London, 1990, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); B. BRADLEY, James Joyce's Schooldays (Dublin, 1982, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and G.H. HEALEY, The Dublin Diary of Stanislaus Joyce (London, 1962, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

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80 400 Joyce J 80 400 Joyce J
80/ 400 Joyce, J. Letters. Ed. S. Gilbert (vol. I) and R. Ellmann. London, Faber and Faber, 1957-1966, 1st ed., 3 vols., 437; LXXII,472; XXXI,(1),584p., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- All vols. dustwr. price-clipped; 2 vols. w. sm. dam. due to silverfish in fold. of lower (1x lower and upper) folding flap of dustwr. Otherwise very fine.

AND 1 other: M. SHECHNER, Joyce in Nighttown. A Psychoanalytic Inquiry into Ulysses (Berkeley etc., 1974, orig. cl. w. (nibbled) dustwr.).

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80/401 Judaica and hebraica Jiddische bibliotheek Vol 1 10 80/401 Judaica and hebraica Jiddische bibliotheek Vol 1 10
80/ 401 [Judaica and hebraica]. Jiddische bibliotheek. Vol. 1-10. Amst., Vassallucci, 1997-2002, 10 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

= Contains i.a. Manke Fisjke by Mendele Mojcher Sforim, Het leven een roman by Sjolom Alejchem, Een meisje van niets by Esther Kreitman and De familie Masjber by Der Nister.

€ (30-50) 30
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