1666 - 1987 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
= One of 30 copies published for the market.
- Two sm. annots. and remnant of a label on first blanks.
= Monod 5800; Carteret IV, 99. Monogrammed "LC" by the publisher.
AND 1 other: J. MONTASSIER, Rose Foncé. Vert Sombre (ibid., 1885, etched title and plate by H. SOMM, orig. wr.).
- Binding worn along edges.
Mac-Nab, M. Chansons du Chat Noir. Ibid., Ménestrel, (1892), 114,(2)p., scores, num. ills. and orig. col. lithogr. wr. by BAC, 4to.
- Frontwr. sl. stained; spine-ends worn.
AND 3 others similar, i.a. J. FERNY, Chansons Immobiles (Ibid., 1896, scores, num. ills., col. lithogr. title-p. and orig. wr. by J. DÉPAQUIT, 4to)
- Corners sl. worn, otherwise fine.
- Unnumb. copy, marked "hors commerce" on the colophon. = With the orig. prospectus loosely inserted.
Ariosto, L. Orlando Furioso. Eerste zang. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Utr., Stichting De Roos, 1994, (6),81,(9)p., printed in red and black by BRAM DE DOES in 175 numb. copies, orig. boards, sm. 8vo.
= One of the unnumb. copies for contributors, with a signed dedication by the printer on the colophon.
AND 3 others printed or published by Bram de Does/ De Spectatorpers.
= One of 40 Roman numb. hardbound copies by E. Schots (this copy marked "H.C."), with the original prospectus loosely inserted. The text was originally written in 1923 for "Karrusel", a Russian cabaret, and was never reprinted since. See also the annotation to the second work in this lot.
Idem. Carrousel. Three texts by Vladimir Nabokov. Ibid., idem, 1987, 31,(1)p., printed by B. DE DOES in 100 numb. copies (40), obl. sm. 8vo.
= One of 40 hardbound copies. "The texts had already been printed when we received Mr Dmitri Nabokov's detailed Introductory Note. We then decided to make two separate editions, one, in a large format, with the introduction, consisting of 150 copies, and this one, hors commerce, without the introduction" [Publisher's note]. Both works w. dedication by the printer on the colophon.
= With the orig. prospectus (numb. "2/25") loosely inserted.
- Fine copy. = SIGNED in pen and ink by the typographer on colophon.
- Endpapers (partly) sl. browned. Covers partly sl. discoloured.
= With a SIGNED (1x) suite of the plates loosely inserted.
Vondel, J. van den. Lucifer. Treurspel. Ibid., idem, 1954, 128p., ills. and typogr. by H. KRIJGER, printed in 175 numb. copies, orig. giltlettered hcalf, 4to. Emants, M. Inwijding. Haags leven. Ibid., idem, 1949, 2 vols., 222; 193p., ills. by J. ROËDE, printed in 175 numb. copies by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to. - AND 9 others publ. by the same, all printed in 175 numb. copies and in good/ fine condition, i.a. ELCKERLIJC (1951, woodengr. ills. by ST. MROZEWSKY, orig. cl.); C. NOOTEBOOM, De koning is dood (1961, ills. by PAUL CITROEN, typogr. by KAREL BEUNIS, orig. gilt cl. Copy printed on the name of K. Beunis, w. a loosely inserted visiting card of Chr. Leeflang w. a short manuscr. note); J. ENGELMAN, Kindje wiegen (1975, orig. wr.).
- Edges (sl.) foxed, occas. extending into blank margins. = Copy marked "h.c."
Siebelink, J. 'Drie Verhalen'. Ibid., idem, 1998, 90,(6)p., lithogr. ills. by G. TEN BOSCH, typography and bindingdesign by IRMA BOOM, printed in 175 numb. copies, orig. limp boards, sm. 8vo.
- Copy marked "h.s."
AND 4 others publ. by the same: F. ABRAHAMS, Dagen met Kafka (2008); CASANOVA, Het Duel (1999); FOLGORE DA SAN GIMIGNANO, De Maanden (1979); J.W. VON GOETHE, Buch Suleika (2007). - ADDED: 2006>2007 New Year's wish of Stichting de Roos, designed by IRMA BOOM.
- Each vol. w. bookplate on first free endpaper. Fine copies.
- Wr. trilfle yellowed.
= Van Dijk 856. "Voor 'De Vrienden van J.C. Bloem' in den Zomer van 1950 gedrukt in een oplage van 75 exemplaren op de Ando-Pers te 's-Gravenhage onder leiding van F. Tamminga en A.A.M. Stols". SIGNED by the author.
= Trajectum ad Mosam 22. One of 75 numb. copies printed for "vaste inteekenaren". Printed on name of M.B.B. Nijkerk. Bound by BINDERIJ PAU in gilt dec. hmor., orig. wr. pres. Van Dijk 112.
Cremers, M. Nieuwe loten. Ibid., idem, 1923, 36,(4)p., printed in 200 numb. copies (30).
= Trajectum ad Mosam 3. One of 30 Roman numb. copies, bound by BINDERIJ PAU in giltlettered hmor., orig. wr. pres. Van Dijk 2.
Shakespeare, W. Sonnets. Ibid., idem, 1923, (6),CLIV,(1)p., printed in red and black in 200 numb. copies (30), orig. wr.
= Trajectum ad Mosam 2. One of 30 Roman numbered copies not for sale. Van Dijk 8.
= Started by Stols, to initiate cultural (literary) interchange between France and the Netherlands. Van Dijk, p.256 and p.517 and on the supplement volume: Van Dijk 771. Mostly contributions by French authors, but also some translated poems from Dutch poets, i.a. A. Roland Holst, M. Nijhoff, H. Marsman, M. Vasalis and S. Vestdijk.
= Van Dijk 344. Copy on papier de Chine (5), but this copy marked in pen "hc. sur chine/ d'archives" and signed by the publisher in the colophon.
Valéry, P. Le retour de Hollande. Descartes & Rembrandt. Ibid., idem, 1926, 1st ed., 25,(2)p., woodcut portr. by J. FRANKEN PZN, printed in black and red in 400 numb. copies by J. Enschedé en Zonen (300), orig. wr.
- One portrait foxed. Otherwise fine.
= Van Dijk 100. One of 300 copies on Pannekoek, unnumb., but instead with: "Cet exemplaire a été tiré pour les archives de l'éditeur" printed in the colophon. With autograph signed dedication of A.A.M. Stols to J.W.F. Werumeus Buning and with autograph signed dedication by J.W.F. Werumeus Buning to D. Oud.
AND 4 others by the same, publ. by the same, i.a. Existence du symbolisme (Van Dijk 469).