1347 - 1470 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
- One leaf lacks sm. part of lower outer corner; trifle/ sl. (finger)soiled. Wrappers (sl.) worn along extremities and along spine.
ABC. Syllabaire des Oiseaux Étrangers. (Vosges), Imagerie d'Epinal - Pellerin, n.d. (±1875?), (6) lvs. and limp wrs. w. (pochoir-col.) lithogr. ills., sm. 8vo.
- Slightly browned but otherwise a fine copy.
AND 4 other A.B.-Books, i.a. DR JOLLYBOY'S ABC (London, (1898), orange and black lithogr. ills. by G. BROWNE, orig. pict. boards, 4to).
- Soiled throughout.
= Rare inventive A.B.-book and counting book (in arabic and roman numerals) in one.
- Contemp. owner's entry on verso frontwr. Spine sl. worn; frontwr. lacks tiny portion in lower margin.
= Very rare.
Dieren A.B.C. Amst., J. Vlieger, n.d. (±1900), (12)p. (incl. wr.), (col.) lithogr. ills., orig. wr.
- Bookblock loose.
= Dutch translation of an English A.B.-book, requiring some creativity from the translator, for example "C [Camel] is Caïro waar men kameelen ziet. D [Duck] een dik eendje of je 't gelooft of niet".
AND 1 other.
- Very fine copy.
= Lust en Leering p.144: "Rijkens bepleitte in het voetspoor van Pestalozzi dat alle onderwijs aanschouwelijk moest zijn en zijn zestien pagina's tellend ABC heeft dan ook zes [sic], zij het piepkleine, illustraties"; Huiskamp R151.
AND 3 others schoolbooks, i.a. H. BOUMAN, De vormleer. Tweede reeks (Gron., 1865, woodcut ills., orig. (sl. worn) wr.) and J.E. HELGE, De plant. Leesboek voor de hoogste klasse der lagere school (Amst., 1867, lithogr. ills., orig. publ. wr. Fine).
- Binding (sl.) worn along extremities; spine-ends dam.
= A is een Aapje p.60-66; Landwehr, Prentgeschenk 5c: "De tendens is patriottisch - dus tegen Oranje - en het tweede gedeelte geeft vrijmetselaars-ideeën, goed versluierd overigens."; Caljé-van Gulik 292; De Koning 20; Waller 1639; Muller 1012; De hele Bibelebontse Berg, p.200-203; The Children's World of Learning 87: "Famous A B C book, as well for the special care given to its composition and production, as also for its Patriotic, i.c. revolutionary democratic, tendency. (...) Today the book easily belongs to the most interesting early A B C books, but at the time it only knew a short-lived popularity, as the Dutch Patriotic Revolution was completely defeated in 1787, only a few years before the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, and never really recovered."; BNK 38: "Wat Swildens voor ogen stond was een geïntegreerd leer- en leesboek in verlicht patriottische geest dat het oude, confessioneel gebonden haneboek geheel zou vervangen."
- Lacks backwr.; rebound w. new backwr.; w. remnants of glue from sellotape.
= On Kathleen Ainslie: Peppin and Micklethwait, p.11.
Idem. Lady Tabitha and Us. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1903), (15)lvs., chromolithogr. ills. and orig. cordbound wr. by the author, obl. 8vo.
- With owner's entry on first free endpaper. Sl. worn at extremities, otherwise a good copy.
Idem. Catharine Susan's Calendar for 1910. Ibid., idem, 1909, (14)lvs., chromolithogr. ills. and orig. cordbound wr., sm. 8vo.
- Partly waterst., otherwise fine.
- Contents very good. Bookblock loose in wr.; spine dam./ split(ting). = Rare.
Walton, O.F. Christoffels oude orgel. Nijkerk, G.F. Callenbach, n.d. (1909), (24)p., 4 chromolithogr. full-p. ills., orig. chromolithogr. wr., large 4to.
- Backstrip sl. dam., otherwise a very good copy.
Leens, F.H. van. Van Prinsesje tot Koningin. Een aardig tooverboek met versjes. N.pl. (Haarlem), n.publ. (Erven Loosjes), n.d. (1898), (8)p., 8 col. lithogr. plates on 4 fold. plates (incl. inside wr.), orig. col. lithogr. wr.
= Lust en Leering, p.407 and 418. By folding open the four plates, new illustrations appear showing princess Wilhelmina as she grows older.
- Sl. fingersoiled. Binding trifle soiled.
The Cost of Revenge; or, Dirty Dick and His Dog Bones; and Other Stories. London etc., Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., n.d. (±1882), VIII,(1),10-128,(4 adv.)p., woodengr. frontisp., 4 plates, ills., orig. dec. and gilt cl.
- Upper hinge broken, hanging on by threads; trifle foxed. = Rare.
AND 9 others similar, i.a. SPARE WELL, SPEND WELL: or, money, its use and abuse (London, 1876, chromolithogr. frontisp. and htitle, woodengr. ills., orig. dec. cl. w. sm. mounted col. lithogr. plate) and T. MILLER, A Tale of Old England (London/ Edinburgh, chromolithogr. frontisp. and title-p., orig. dec. cl. w. sm. mounted col. lithogr. plate).
- Both vols. endpapers sl. foxed. Wrappers sl. browned/ frayed. Contents fine.
AND 16 others (incl. 4 duplicates), i.a. K. VAN DEN OEVER, Perelierken en Ginneginneken (Rott., 1906, (full-p. col.) ills. by C.J. ADDICKS, orig. clothbacked boards); TANTE ELI, Reisavonturen van Snorrebaardje (Utr., n.d., tipped-in col. plate, monochr. ills., orig. clothbacked pict. boards) and J.W. BOERMAN and K.M. KNIP/ J.W. DE JONGH, Illustratief teekenen op het zwarte bord. Vol. 2-3 (Gron./ The Hague, 1914-1918, 2 vols., 2nd ed., plates by W. HARDENBERG, orig. unif. clothbacked boards, obl. 8vo).
- Dustwrs. w. repairs and (sl.) browned. Otherwise both very good to fine copies.
= Burgers, p. 19-40 and 162. No. 3 and 6.
Goeverneur, J.J.A. Andersen's sprookjes. Leyden, A.W. Sijthoff, n.d. (±1890), no pagination, 30 chromolithogr. plates (incl. frontisp.) and num. woodengr. ills., contemp. hcl. - AND 4 others, i.a. O. VERE and C. DOORMAN. Sprookjes van Grimm (Utr., n.d. (1917), tipped in plates by RIE CRAMER, orig. clothbacked boards, sm. 4to) and N. VAN HICHTUM. Het Hoetselmannetje van Stuttgart. Vrij naar het Duitsch van Eduard Mörike (Santpoort, 1925, col. lithogr. frontisp. and plates, ills. and orig. -pict. cl. by T. BOTTEMA).
- First few lvs. (incl. frontisp.) loosely inserted; a few plates nibbled/ (sl.) dam./ w. sm. tears in blank margins, not affecting image; occas. trifle foxed. Spine-ends trifle/ sl. dam.
Petrie, H. The Little Pilgrim. Revised and illustrated. London & New York, Griffith and Farran, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1880, 61p., ills. and gilt vignette on orig. cl. by the author.
- Upper hinge weak; contents trifle/ sl. soiled; w. sl. later owner's entry on htitle (1889). Corners and spine ends sl. worn.
AND 6 others, i.a. PETER PARLEY'S ANNUAL. A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People (London, 1851, col. lithogr. frontisp. and htitle, 7 tinted lithogr. and woodengr. plates, num. monochr. woodengr. ills., orig. gilt and blindst. cl., a.e.g. Backstrip dam.).
- Edges of bookblock sl. foxed. Binding trifle/ sl. soiled, otherwise a fine copy.
Idem. Fairies of the Trees. London and Glasgow, idem, n.d. (±1940), (28)p., 24 col. plates by the author, 2 ills., orig. boards w. mounted plate and dustwr., sm. 8vo. Idem. Flower Fairies of the Wayside. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1948), (28)p., 24 col. plates by the author, 2 ills., orig. boards w. mounted plate and dustwr., sm. 8vo (trifle/ sl. foxed). - AND 9 others similar by the same.
- Contents fine. Binding sl. worn on corners and spine-ends. = Tarzan no.9.
Cradock, H.C. Josette et ses poupées. French adapt. by G. Vallerey. Paris, F. Nathan, 1933, 1st French ed., 63,(1)p., 7 col. plates, num. ills. and mounted col. plate on frontcover by H.C. APPLETON, orig. clothbacked boards.
- Contents fine. Covers sl. soiled; corners sl. worn.
AND 8 other English, French and Dutch children's books, i.a. C. PERRAULT, Sprookjes (Zutphen, n.d. (1923), (col.) plates, ills. and orig. cl. by H. CLARKE, 4to. Sl. foxed).
- Frontispiece loosening; w. owner's entry on upper pastedown ("XMAS 1928"). Binding sunned.
Carroll, L. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London, John Lane The Bodley Head, n.d. (±1925), XIII,(3),151,(1)p., 8 col. plates (incl. frontisp.) and num. monochr. ills. by W.H. WALKER, orig. dec. cl.
- One plate loosely inserted and one plate w. repaired tear in blank margin; occas. trifle foxed. Binding sunned.
AND 1 other: J.M. BARRIE. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Retold by May Byron for little people (...) (London, n.d. (±1930), col. plates and monochr. ills. by A. RACKHAM, orig. dec. cl.).
- With stamp and annot. on first free endpaper; contents sl. yellowed but otherwise fine. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Rare picture book by a British illustrator. Only one copy in NCC.
- Title-p. glued to upper pastedown along inner margin; last blank leaf foxed. Covers trifle soiled and sl. rubbed at extremities.
= Fine copy. De hele Bibelebontse berg p.563; Ki.la.ki.le. 737. WITH a loosely inserted col. lithogr. New Year's wish for 1940 by the same for the Amsterdam municipal museums.
(Mees-Verweij), M.E.A. De Geschiedenis van een Kraai. Santpoort/ Antw., C.A. Mees/ De Sikkel, 1923, 32p., ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards, entirely lithographed in orange and black by L(EON) S(ENF), sm. 4to.
- Fine copy. = Nicely illustrated picture book in Hoytema-style. De Bodt/ Kapelle p.44 and 101.
Vos, M. Meiregen. Een bundel kinderverzen. Amst., E.M. Querido, 1925, 61,(1)p., ills. and orig. cordbound clothbacked boards by R. HYNCKES, 4to.
- Some sl. foxing and thumbing. Binding soiled.
= "Margot Vos' Meiregen (Amsterdam 1925) is door de illustraties in kleuren van de magisch-realist Raoul Hynckes en de eigenzinnige boekvorm een van de uitzonderlijkste kinderboeken die in Nederland zijn uitgegeven.." (De hele Bibelebontse berg, p.578); De Bodt/ Kapelle p.15 en 44.
- Dustwr. (sl.) soiled and sl. frayed along top, reinforced at top of spine w. sellotape.
Browning, R. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. London, Nister & Co, n.d. (±1906), (26)p., (col.) lithogr. ills. by T. BUTLER-STONEY, orig. clothbacked boards, obl. 4to.
- Lacks part of backstrip at top of spine; edges of boards burnt in lower right corner, not affecting contents.
Lang, A. (ed.). The Nursery Rhyme Book. London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. (±1905), 288p., frontisp., num. ills., col. pict. endpapers and orig. clothbacked boards by L. BROOKE.
- Hinges weakening, otherwise contents fine. Backstrip w. a few sm. holes along hinges; binding sl. rubbed.
= Peppin & Micklethwait, p.58-59.
AND 5 others.
= Published in a limited numb. edition on the occassion of the death of Dick Bruna. The work was distributed amongst friends and colleagues. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.
- Contents occas. sl. foxed. Bindings sl. worn/ dam./ soiled.
AND 2 others illustrated by the same.
- Sides of box sl. worn and dam. in one corner. Otherwise fine.