942 - 1017 VARIA. EROTICA, FASHION AND COSTUME, JUDAICA, MUSIC, UNDERGROUND PRESS etc.
- Lacks hand cranck and key; some sm. rubbed/ worn spots; text on lid sl. faded; metal owner's label attached to box; entire box professionally restored/ cleaned; in good working order.
= (Facs.?) sheet w. "Symphonion. Printed in Germany." on inside of hinging lid. Ord-Hume, Musical Box, p.236f.
- Comb w. some limescale(?); professionally restored (in new box?); in good working order.
= "Schutz-marke/ Trade-mark/ Made in Germany" and company's mark on comb; (facs.?) sheet w. "Symphonion" on inside of hinging lid. Ord-Hume, Musical Box, p.236f.
- Lacks key; entire box professionally restored/ cleaned; in good working order.
= Ord-Hume, Musical Box, p.141f. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIII.
= Songs include: Toreador's Song (G. Bizet, Carmen, publ. Regina, 39,5 cm. diameter); Santiago Waltz (publ. Kalliope); A Man's a Man for a' that (R. Burns, publ. Symphonion); Alle Jahre wieder (W. Hey, idem); Komm, Karline, komm! (A. Spahn, idem).
- Contents occas. sl. foxed; w. library stamp/ owner's entry on first free endpaper. Bindings sl. chafed/ worn.
= "Im Einverständnisse mit den Verleger des Originals C.F. Peters in Leipzig/ Tobias Haslinger in Wien/ B. Schott's Söhnen in Mainz".
- Mostly frayed; occas. repaired/ strengthened w. sellotape.
= I.a. J.P.J.H. CLINGE DOORENBOSCH, Aan de lus van lijn 2 (Amst., Scheltens & Giltay, wr. by WILLY SLUITER); De Omnibus Conducteur (Rott., D. Bolle, 2nd ed.); L. STASNY, Locomotiv-polka (Maintz, B. Schott's Söhnen); M. LECOCQ, Le Mail Coach (Paris, L. Roberge); L. BOEDELS, Martha, pas op, de "Electrische" komt (Amst., Bureau T.A.V.E.N.U.) and L. GOBBAERTS, Tramway Galop pour piano (Maintz, B. Schott's Söhnen).
- Traces of former dustwr. on pastedowns; spine-ends of 2nd vol. (sl.) worn.
= Unchanged reprint of the 6th edition.
- Spine sunned.
- Hinges weakening. Corners and spine-ends trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= A fine association copy with a DEDICATION to the famous English violinist John Tiplady Carrodus (1836-1895), signed by "William E. Hill & Sons" and dated "27/6/93" in pen and ink on first free endpaper.
A short Account of a Violin by Stradivari, Dated 1690 ["The Tuscan Strad"]. Ibid., idem, 1890, 13p., 3 col. lithogr. plates by A. SLOCOMBE, 1 fold. facs. letter, orig. gilt green cl. w. silk ties.
- Binding trifle darkened along margins.
= With presentation by the firm "W.E. Hill & Sons" in pen and ink on upper pastedown.
- Stamp on title-p.; lower hinge weak. Remnants of ticket on spine.
AND 1 other: A.E. WAITE, The Holy Kabbalah. A Study of the Secret Tradition in Israel (...) (London, 1929, plates, orig. cl.).
- Hinges weak; owner's entry on title-p. Binding stained and soiled.
Idem. Sport in War. Toronto, G.N. Morang & Co., 1900, 1st ed., 202p., 20 plates, each page printed within green ornamental border, orig. gilt dec. cl., t.e.g.
- Dedications on title-p. and first free endpaper.
= Account of sporting adventures during the Boer War. Mendelssohn I, p.64f.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Upper hinge broken; loosening; some foxing; final free endpaper loose.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIII.
- Occas. trifle (/ sl.) foxed along edges; incl.4 issues (no. 3-6) in the English language edition.
= Attractive colourful wr. by i.a. F. WÜRBEL, K. PRIEN, L. HOHLWEIN and E.G. BIBERNELL
= Incl. ±50 photographs of equestrian disciplines (incl. duplicates); 12 Originalfotos von den Olympischen Spielen in Berlin 1936. Serie 1, 2, 14, 16, 17 (Berlin, Braemer & Güll, ±1936); V. KURON, Die Läufer des Friedens. Von Olympia nach Berlin (Berlin, 1936, photogr. plates, orig. limp boards) and Olympische Spielen. Nos. 1, 2, 5-7, 10-13, 15 (Berlin, 1935-1936, 10 issues).
= Dutch cultural weekly agenda on art, theatre, dance and music, with articles. Mostly trendsetting because of the design of the covers.
- Owner's stamp on title; occas. (sl.) foxed; final 10 lvs. and backcover torn/ dam. in upper inner margin.
AND 19 others on occultism/ spiritualism/ religion, i.a. V. HOORENS, Een ketterse arts voor de heksen. Jan Wier (1515-1588) (ibid., 2011, ills., orig. cl.) and M. BESSON, Le totémisme (Paris, 1929, helio-engr. plates, orig. wr.).
= Rare, early (theological) defense against the death penalty by the German pastor A.F. Holst. "Mein Wunsch ist erfüllt, können diese Beweise mitwirken, um die Ueberzeugung allgemeiner und fester zu begründen, daß das Heil des Bürgerthums nicht von vollzogenen Todesurtheilen abhänge, und daß wir wohl auf einem andern Wege, als der ist, welcher über Blutgerüste führt, uns und unsern Kindern die Pflicht schärfen können: Gott zu fürchten und den König zu ehren." (pref.).
- Both vols. owner's entry on first blank; first vol. occas. sl. foxed. = Rouffaer/ Muller p.513.
AND 11 others, i.a. G.J. VOS, Amstels Kerkelijk leven van de eerste zestig jaren der vrijheid (Amst., 1903, plates, orig. boards, folio) and H. BRUGMANS and A. FRANK, Geschiedenis der Joden in Nederland (ibid., 1940, plates, orig. cl., sm. 4to).
= All published. Continuation of Hitweek. With many comics by (underground comic) artists, i.a. A. Arts, H. Brood, V. Finlay, E. Geradts, F. Müller, R. Peters and B. Wolverton.
= One more issue was published. Among the members of this alternative arts faculty one finds the names Thomas Rajlich, Gust Romijn, George Lampe, Jan Sierhuis, Wil Bouthoorn, Peter Gentenaar, Georg Hadeler, the filmmaker Frans Zwartjes,