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81 2028 Mann K 81 2028 Mann K
81/2028 Mann, K. Flucht in den Norden. Amst., Querido, 1934, 1st ed., 319,(1)p., orig. cl.

- Trifle foxed. Spine-ends sl. worn. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.331.

Vad, P. Den fremmede Dag. Digte. Kopenhagen, Gyldendal, (1956), 56p., orig. wr. w. dustwr.

- Uncut copy. Wrapper under dustwr. sl. foxed.

= With a dedication on the halftitle and a loosely inserted letter, both in English by the author, addressed to Jacqueline van Maarsen.

Claudel, P. Les âmes grises. Paris, Stock, 2003, 284,(3)p., orig. wr.

= Signed by the author on htitle.

AND 6 other vols., Dutch, English and German language, i.a. B. SCHLINK, Die Heimker (Zürich, 2006, orig. wr., w. dedication by the author), L. BINET, HhhH. Himmlers hersens heten Heydrich (Amst., 2009, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and E. COERR, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (New York, 1977, w. ills by R. HIMLER, orig. cl. w. dustwr.)

€ (60-80)
81 2029 Márai S 81 2029 Márai S
81/2029 Márai, S. Bekentenissen van een burger. Dutch transl. H. Kammer. Amst., Wereldbibliotheek, 2007, 463p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. Kentering van een huwelijk. Dutch transl. H. Kammer. Ibid., idem, 2005, 415p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Pamuk, O. Het Museum van de onschuld. Dutch transl. M. Dorleijn. Amst./ Antw., De Arbeiderspers, 2009, 621,(3)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 10 others, all Dutch translations of works by i.a. S. MÁRAI, J. FILLOY and P. ESTERHÁZY, all fine copies in orig. cl. w. dustwr.
€ (70-90)
81 2030 Marryat F 81 2030 Marryat F
81/2030 Marryat, F. Poor Jack. London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840, 1st ed., X,384p., 46 plates and ills. by C. STANFIELD, contemp. hvellum.

- Bookplate (of Bob Luza) on upper pastedown; occas. sl. waterst. and fingersoiled.

€ (40-60)
81 2031 Marryat F 81 2031 Marryat F
81/2031 Marryat, F. Het spookschip of de Vliegende Hollander. Arnhem, P.A. de Jong, 1849, 2 parts in 1 vol., (6),291; (2),274p., 2 ident. engr. title-p., later clothbacked boards w. contemp. mor. letterpiece.

- Hinges broken but holding strong on cords.

= From the collection of M. Buisman w. his owner's entry on first free endpaper. Second Dutch edition of The Phantom Ship (first publ. 1837-1839). Buisman 2724.

Cooper, J.F. De Spion. Uit het Engelsch. Gron., W. van Boekeren, 1827, 2 vols., XII,342; (2),363p., 2 ident. engr. title-p., contemp. unif. gilt hcl.

- Both vols. vague owner's stamp on htitle and title-p. = Scheepers II, 492.

AND 2 others in 5 vols. by the same authors, both publ. in Amst. and Dutch translations in similar bindings: Avonturen van Pieter Simpel (1837, 3 vols., 3 diff. lithogr. titles) and De Loods (1835, 2 vols., 2 ident. title-p.).

€ (80-100)
81/2032 Marsyas No 1 ? and 7 Ed by Claire Nicolas a o 81/2032 Marsyas No 1 ? and 7 Ed by Claire Nicolas a o
81/2032 Marsyas No 1 ? and 7 Ed by Claire Nicolas a o 81/2032 Marsyas No 1 ? and 7 Ed by Claire Nicolas a o
81/2032 Marsyas. No. 1(?) and 7. Ed. by Claire Nicolas a.o. New York, n.publ., 1944-1946, 2 (of 8) vols., unpaginated cyclostyled lvs., plates, orig. not unif. (col.) linocut wr., large 4to.

- Wrs. brittle; wr. no. 1 sections repainted.

= Very rare periodical edited by Claire Nicolas (later Clair White), daughter of the Dutch artist Joep Nicolas, who attended Smith College in New York between 1944 and 1946. Eight issues were published. I.a. contributions by Milton Robertson and Claire Nicolas.

€ (200-300) 200
81 2033 McCarthy C 81 2033 McCarthy C
81 2033 McCarthy C 81 2033 McCarthy C
81 2033 McCarthy C 81 2033 McCarthy C
81/2033 McCarthy, C. The Crossing. New York, A. Knopf, 1994, 1st ed., (6),425,(1)p., clothbacked boards w. dustwr.

- Dampstain on verso of dustwr. at foot of spine (not visible on recto, but sl. affecting lower margin of final endpaper). Otherwise fine.

= As stated on the first unnumb. page this is one of 1000 SIGNED copies especially prepared for friends of the author and publisher.

€ (150-250) 150
81 2034 McEwan I 81 2034 McEwan I
81/2034 McEwan, I. The Cement Garden. London, Jonathan Cape, 1978, 1st ed., 138p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Outer upper margin of dustwr. sl. browned on verso (not visible on recto). = McEwan's first novel.

Murdoch, I. A Fairly Honourable Defeat. Ibid., Chatto & Windus, 1970, 1st ed., (8),401,(2)p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Silverfish nibbling at top of spine of dustwr.; a few sm. tears in dustwr.

AND 5 others, i.a. S. BECKETT, Play and two short pieces for radio (London, 1964, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Owner's entry and stamp on upper endpaper) and G. GREENE, A Sense of Reality (London, 1963, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Dustwr. sl. frayed and sl. dampstained).

€ (50-70) 50
81 2035 Moravia A 81 2035 Moravia A
81/2035 Moravia, A. L'Amore coniugale. Milan, Bompiani, 1990, 7th ed., 118,(8)p., orig. wr.

= SIGNED in blue ballpoint on htitle. According to owner's annotion signed on May 12, 1990 in Amsterdam.

AND 2 others by the same, both signed in ballpoint on the same occasion, both Dutch translations: De reis naar Rome (Amst., 1990) and Negentienvierendertig (ibid., 1985).

€ (40-60)
81 2036 Mulisch H 81 2036 Mulisch H
81/2036 Mulisch, H. The Discovery of Heaven. Engl. transl. by P. Vincent. New York, Viking, 1996, 1st Am. ed., (4),730p., orig. clothbacked boards w. dustwr.

- Very fine. = SIGNED AND DATED "2. 11. 1996" on divisional title-page of part 1. Rare.

Harrison, J. Legends of the Fall. London, W. Collins, 1980, 1st Engl. ed., (4),276p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Cunningham, M. A Home at the End of the World. Ibid., Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990, 1st ed., (8),342,(2)p., orig. clothbacked boards w. dustwr.

- Tiny monogram on first free endpaper. Otherwise very fine.

AND 6 other first/ early editions, all in fine condition, i.a. A. ROY, The God of Small Things (New York, 1997, 1st ed., orig. hcl., w. dustwr. Debut); K. DESAI, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (London, 1998,1st ed., boards w. dustwr.); D. LODGE, Paradise News (London, 1991, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. SIGNED on title-p.) and A. TAN, The Joy Luck Club (London, 1989, 1st Engl. ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.).

€ (70-90) 70
81 2037 Nabokov V 81 2037 Nabokov V
81/2037 Nabokov, V. (Works). Dutch transl. R. Kurpershoek, G. de Blaauw a.o. Amst., De Bezige Bij, 1991-1996, 19 (of 22) vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

- Lacks: Bleek vuur; Een lach in het donker; De tovenaar.

= Comprises: Ada; Doorzichtige dingen; De Gave; Geheugen, spreek; Glorie; Gebroken schild; Heer, vrouw, boer; Let op de Harlekijn; Lolita; Masjenka; Het Oog; Pnin; Het scheermes; Uitnodiging voor een onthoofding; De verdediging; Verzamelde verhalen 1; Verzamelde verhalen 2; Wanhoop; Het werkelijke leven van Sebastian Knight.

Idem. Het origineel van Laura (Doodgaan is leuk). Ed. D. Nabokov. Dutch transl. R. Verhoef. Ibid., idem, 2009, 277,(1)p., facs. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND the 3 lacking titles from the first work, diff. editions (all Dutch translations).

€ (80-100) 90
81 2038 O'Brian P 81 2038 O'Brian P
81/2038 O'Brian, P. The Wine-Dark Sea New York/ London, W.W. Norten & Company, 1993, 1st Am. ed., (10),261p., orig. hcl. w. dustwr.

- Fine. = SIGNED on title-p.

Idem. The Unknown Shore. London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959, 1st ed., 256p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. sl. rubbed along top end of joints.

(Towers, I.J.). The Wanderings of Tom Starboard. London, J. Harris, 1830, 1st ed., (2),295,(1)p., 6 steelengr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf.

- Plates and opposite leaves sl. foxed. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.

= Osborne, p.951.

AND 8 others, i.a. G.A. HENTY, Facing Death, or The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines (London, ±1885, early ed., 8 plates by G. BROWNE, orig. gilt pict. cl. Owner's entry on htitle) and L. VAN DER POST, Flamingo Feather. A Story of Africa (London, 1955, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Spine of dustwr. browned),

€ (60-80) 60
81 2039 Omar Khayyam 81 2039 Omar Khayyam
81/2039 Omar Khayyam. Rubáiyát. English transl. E. Fitzgerald. London/ Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, (1919), 127p., 15 tipped-in col. plates, tinted bookdecoration and binding design by F. BRANGWYN, orig. gilt and dec. buckram, 4to.

- Binding sl. soiled.

Idem. The Rubaiyat. English transl. E. Fitzgerald. New York, Peter Pauper Press, n.d. (1950), (64)p., col. frontisp., 8 col. ills. and col. bookdecoration by J. HILL, orig. dec. boards w. dustwr., sm. 8vo. - AND 5 others.

€ (50-70)
81 2040 Orwell G 81 2040 Orwell G
81 2040 Orwell G 81 2040 Orwell G
81/2040 Orwell, G. Nineteen eighty-four. London, Secker & Warburg, 1949, 1st impression of the 1st ed., 312p., orig. green cl.

- Without dustwrapper; sunned on spine and along margins of both covers; both covers a few tiny foxed spots; foot of spine trifle worn

= Fenwick A.12a. Listed in Connolly 100.

€ (150-250) 325
81 2041 Pepys S 81 2041 Pepys S
81/2041 Pepys, S. The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Ed. H.B. Wheatley. London, G. Bell and Sons, 1923-1924, 10 vols., etched frontisp. portrait by C.O. MURRAY, (fold.) plates, frontisp., bound by BAYNTUN in contemp. unif. giltlettered darkblue three-quarter crushed morocco, t.e.g.

- A very fine copy.

€ (120-150) 140
81 2042 Pérez Galdos B 81 2042 Pérez Galdos B
81 2042 Pérez Galdos B 81 2042 Pérez Galdos B
81/2042 Pérez Galdos, B. Fortunata en Jacinta./ Marianela./ Mededogen./ Mevrouw Bringas./ Tormento./ De wind van de nacht. Dutch transl. A. Boon, E. Bovée and F. Oosterholt. Leyden, Menken Kasander & Wigman, 1998-2011, 6 works in 7 vols., orig. unif. boards w. dustwr. Machado de Assis, J. Dom Casmurro./ Dagboek van Aires./ Quincas Borba./ Vrouwenarmen. Verhalen./ Posthume herinneringen van Brás Cubas./ Ezau en Jacob. Dutch transl. H. Lemmens and A. Willemsen. Amst., De Arbeiderspers, 1983-1991, 6 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 6 others by i.a. J.M. EÇA DE QUEIROZ, all (but 1) Dutch translations.
€ (80-100) 80
81 2043 Pilnyak B 81 2043 Pilnyak B
81/2043 Pilnyak, B. Kamni i korni (Stones and roots). Moscow, Sovetskaya Literatura, 1934, 1st ed., 195,(1)p., orig. blindst. cl. w. (sl. worn) dustwr. by L. SMOLYANSKY. Ehrenburg, I. Fabrika snov (Dream factory). Berlin, Petropolis, 1931, 1st ed., 243,(5)p., orig. wr. - AND 2 others by I. EHRENBURG: Edinyj Front (Berlin, 1930, 1st ed., orig. (stained/ soiled) wr. and Den' vtoroi (Moscow, 1934, orig. cl. Bookblock sl. warped).
€ (70-90) 70
81 2044 Pirandello L 81 2044 Pirandello L
81/2044 Pirandello, L. Novellen voor een jaar. Dutch transl. T. van Dijk a.o. Amst., Coppens & Frenks, 1990-1994, 7 vols. (from the series of 15), orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

= Comprises: "In stilte", "Alle drie", "De kruik", "Berecche en de oorlog", "De bokkesprong", "De oude god" and "Van de neus naar de hemel".

Idem. Wijlen Mattia Pascal. Dutch transl. J. Tuin. Ibid., P. van der Velden, 1981, 312p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 1 other: C. PAVESE, Jouw land. Verzamelde romans (ibid., 2001, orig. boards w. dustwr.).

€ (40-60) 100
81 2045 Pléiade Baudelaire C 81 2045 Pléiade Baudelaire C
81/2045 [Pléiade]. Baudelaire, C. Album Baudelaire. Iconographie C. Pichois. (Paris), Gallimard, 1974, 315,(4)p., num. ills., orig. gilt mor. w. dustwr. Idem. Correspondance. Ed. C. Pichois and J. Ziegler. Ibid., idem, 1973, 2 vols., XC,1114,(1); 1149,(2)p., india-paper, orig. unif. gilt mor. w. dustwr. Album Verlaine, P. Iconographie Pierre Petitfils. Ibid., idem, 1981, 318,(2)p., 492 ills., orig. gilt mor. w. dustwr. - AND 4 others in 5 vols.: P. VERLAINE (Oeuvres poétiques complètes) (1962); A. RIMBAUD (Oeuvres complètes) (1972); G. DE MAUPASSANT (Contes et nouvelles) (1974-1979, 2 vols.); ALBUM MAUPASSANT (1987).
€ (80-100) 80
81 2046 Pléiade Céline L F 81 2046 Pléiade Céline L F
81/2046 [Pléiade]. Céline, L.-F. Album Céline. Iconographie J.-P. Dauphin and J. Boudillet. (Paris), Gallimard, 1977, 287,(8)p., num. ills., orig. gilt mor. w. dustwr., slipcase. Flaubert, G. Oeuvres. Ed. A. Thibaudet and E. Dumesnil. Ibid., idem, 1952, 2 vols., XXXIV,1036,(2); 1054,(2)p., india-paper, orig. unif. gilt mor. w. dustwr., simple slipcase. - AND 4 other vols. from the same series, all bound unif. w. the above, i.a. Ch. BAUDELAIRE, Oeuvres complètes Vol. I (Paris, 1975) and J.J. ROUSSEAU, Album Rousseau (ibid, 1976).
€ (60-80) 60
81/2047 Pléiade Rousseau J J Iconographie B Gagnebin 81/2047 Pléiade Rousseau J J Iconographie B Gagnebin
81/2047 [Pléiade]. Rousseau, J.-J. Iconographie B. Gagnebin. (Paris), Gallimard, 1976, 268,(3)p., 404 ills., orig. gilt mor. w. dustwr. Album Pascal, B. Iconographie B. Dorival. Ibid., idem, 1978, 204,(3)p., 358 ills., orig. gilt mor. w. dustwr. - AND 4 Pléiade albums, unif. bound, 1x w. dustwr.: ALBUM VOLTAIRE (1983, w. dustwr.), ALBUM NERVAL (1993), ALBUM CHATEAUBRIAND (1988) and ALBUM LES ÉCRIVAINS DE LA RÉVOLUTION (1989).
€ (50-70) 100
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