Les Guêpes, M. Alphonse Karr

Brussels, Wouters et Cie, Wouters Frères, et al., 1839-1849. Year 1-10. 16mo, in original wrappers. Political/ satirical predecessor to Rocheford's 'Lanterne'. Issued parallel...

Lot with 3: Washington Irving - Rip van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Illustrated by George H. Boughton. MacMillan & co, New York, 1893. Clean copy with fine gilt pictorial binding. 1st ed. thus + Tales from Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb. Illustrated...

Arthur Conan Doyle

Zijn laatste Truc. Uit het Engelsch van Arthur Conan Doyle bewerkt door W.J.A. Roldanus Jr. Rijswijk, Blankwaardt & Schoonhoven, c. 1915. 247 p. Cloth with gilt lettering + The...

W.F. Hermans + Gerard Reve

Onder Professoren. De Bezige Bij, hc, 1975. Bound with dust jacket. 2nd printing, edition of 1000 copies + Simon van het Reve. De Avonden. First ed., Bezige Bij, 1947. Good copy without dust jacket.

W.F. Hermans

3 typed letters, signed by hand, from W.F. Hermans to D. Evers concerning their shared interest in typewriters. 1981-82. In those days Evers had a large collection of the machines,...

W.F. Hermans

Meditaties. Schrijver dezes. De Mandarijnenpers, 1973. 22 p. Sewn in Gauloise silver (with label '8x25 cig. Gauloises Caporal' still attached). Handprinted excerpt from Het Evangelie...

W.F. Hermans

Pater Anastase Prudhomme [= Willem Frederik Hermans]. Drukkerij en Uitgeverij "Quibus peccant graviter" [= Thomas Rap], 1968. Copy signed by Gerard van het Reve on 8-3-69 when...

The Best of Roald Dahl Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Folio Society, 2002. 6 vols., hc cloth in slipcase. Contains: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; Matilda; The BFG; James and the Giant Peach; The Witches and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

[Kupka] Jean de Bonnefon, Le cantique des cantiques qui est sur Salomon

Illustrations de František Kupka. Paris, Librairie Universelle, 1905, 82 p., large folio. With 5 full-page illustrations and decorated borders, initials and vignettes by Kupka.

Kees van Kooten & Wim de Bie

Dalton Klanken. Orgaan van het Dalton Lyceum, March, May, June (with editor-in-chief Wim de Bie), October (ed. by Kees van Kooten, de Bie editor-in-chief) 1956 and January and...

[Theatre. French] Molière & Corneille

Les oeuvres de Monsieur Molière. [4 parts]. The Hague, Adriaan Moetiens, 1704. 12mo, 4 vols., leather, uniformly bound, endpapers with floral motif, 4x title in red and black...

Louis Couperus

Odalisken. Gedicht van Louis Couperus voor Altstem, Alt en vleugel door R.A.D. Cort van der Linden. Boek- en Kunstdrukkerij vh Mouton & Co, The Hague, c. 1930. File with 3 x 8...

Robert van Gulik

The Haunted Monastery. A Chinese detective story. 1st ed., Art Printing Works, 1961. Signed by the author + The Red Pavilion. A Chinese detective story. 1st ed., Art Printing Works,...

Anne Frank

Fragmenten uit het dagboek van Anne Frank. In: De Nieuwe Stem. Year 1, no. 6. Ed. by H.M. van Randwijk, Jan Romein et al. Van Loghum Slaterus, 1946, p. 385-448. In good condition.

Arnon Grunberg - De heilige Antonio

Deluxe bound edition of the Boekenweekgeschenk 1998 with dust jacket + the regular edition - and the edition bound for libraries.

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids

London, Michael Joseph, 1st ed., 1951. Bound with dust jacket.

Concrete poetry

Roberto Francisco Valenza, The Clearing Stage. Primordial Marrow, 1976. Bardo Matrix special edition. No. 93/450, signed + Free For All. John Digby, Ted Joans, Valery Oisteanu...

Emile Zola, Germinal. Illustré de trente compositions en couleur de Jean Oberlé

Paris, Javal et Bordeaux, 1928, 541,(2) p., 30 colour plates, halfleather, boards covered with marbled paper, ribbed and gilt back, top edge gilt, large 4to.

[Judaica] Else Lasker-Schüler - Mein Blaues Klavier

Neue Gedichte. Jerusalem, 1943. No. 287 of 330 copies.

[Bookbindings] Jacob van Lennep

Novellen. Met photogravures naar teekeningen van Ch. Rochussen. Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, n.d. Folio edition in profusely illustrated gilt red cloth + 8 more from the series - and...

Simon Vestdijk

Meneer Visser's Hellevaart. Rotterdam, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1936, cloth with orig. dust jacket. DJ with small tears to edges and spine with some loss to paper, else good + Fabels...

Louis Couperus

De Berg van Licht I-III. Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, (1905-1906), 1st ed., 3 vols., orig. cloth with purple lettering. Binding trifle staind, occ. sl. foxed, else good set. Van Vliet...

[Tachtigers] De Nieuwe Gids

1st year no. 1-5. Ed. by Frederik van Eeden, Willem Kloos, Albert Verwey et al. Amsterdam, W. Versluys, Oct. 1885 - June 1886. 5 nos. in orig. wrapper. Foxed, wrappers dam./ loose,...

J. Slauerhoff

Yoeng Poe Tsjoeng. Maastricht/ Brussels, A.A.M. Stols, 1930, 33,(5) p., orig. wrapper. Copy numbered 44/150 + Het verboden rijk. Rotterdam, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1932, 190 p., cloth...

Dutch literature

Frans Coenen Jr., In duisternis. Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, (1903), 180 p., cloth. Binding design F. Hart Nibbrig. Sl. foxed, else good + idem, Vluchtige verschijningen. Amsterdam,...

Tachtigers

Julia. Een verhaal van Sicilië, door Guido [= Willem Kloos & Albert Verwey]. Haarlem, W. Gosler, (1885), 80,(4) p., orig. wrapper. Block shaky, title with library stamp and ann....

Lodewijk van Deyssel

De kleine republiek. Deventer, P. Beitsma, 1889, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., 334;270,(4) p., maroon cloth with gilt spine. Corners sl. bumped, else good + Een liefde. Amsterdam,...

[Poetry] 20th-century Dutch poem collections

Voortekens. A. Roland Holst. 2nd ed. A.A.M. Stols, c. 1946. Signed with dedication to Mevr. J. Kranz, 1950 + Een Winter aan Zee, A. Roland Holst. 5th ed., signed + Hoonte, Gerrit...

Russische bibliotheek

Van Oorschot light-weight editions: Verzamelde Werken Dostojewski vol. 1-11 + Tsjechow vol. 1-7. All with dust jacket, minimal traces of use, clean sets.

Russische bibliotheek

Van Oorschot light-weight editions: Verzamelde Werken Poesjkin vol. 1-3 + Tolstoj Verzamelde werken vol. 1-8 + Toergenjew Verzamelde werken vol. 1-5 + Gogol Verzamelde werken vol. 1-3.

Bibliothèque de la Pléiade

Album Nerval. Gallimard, 1993. Bound with transparent wrapper in cassette + Album Marcel Aymé, 2001 [idem] + Paul Claudel. Claudel Théâtre I and II, 1956 + Histoire Universelle...

Three titles: (1) Francis Carco. Les innocents. Eaux-fortes de Dignimont.

Printed by Coulouma at Argenteuil for Émile Hazan & Cie at Paris, 1930, edition of 873 numbered copies (one of 800), (6),203,(2) p., with 7 coloured etchings (incl. title vignette)...

Two titles: (1) Le cabaret de la belle femme. Par Roland Dorgelès.

Aves des dessins et des eaux-fortes de André Dunoyer de Segonzac. Printed by Coulouma at Argenteuil for Émile-Paul Frères, 1924, edition of 640 copies (unnumbered copy on Van Gelder,...

Two almanacs: (1) La guirlande des Mois. Cinquièsme année 1921

Printed by Coulouma at Argenteuil for (J.) Meynial at Paris, (1920), (4),137 p., with pochoir-coloured plates and illustrations and original silk decorated in gold and black with...

Three various titles: (1) Marcel Sauvage. Je me suis joué la comédie.

Eaux-fortes originales de Touchagues. Paris, printed by M. Sauteron for Les Éditions Universelles, 1946, in 258 numbered copies (this is no. 114, one of 252 copies on vélin du...

[Paul Iribe] 3 titles: (1) Rose et noir. Dessiné par Paul Iribe.

Précédé d'un dialogue moderne en trois temps et trois cocktails par René Benjamin. Plaquette No. 2. Le mauvais génie. Paris, printed by Draeger Frères for Établissements Nicolas,...

Albert Verwey

Aarde. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel, 1896, 132 p., pictorial cloth. Small stain to back board, bookplate of W.J.H. Moll and name to endpaper, last page tanned +...

[René Kieffer] 3 titles: (1) Francis Jammes. Pommes d'anis.

Illustrations de Henri Georget. Paris, Mercure de France, 1914, printed in 300 numbered copies (this is no. 55, one of 250 copies on vélin), 79,(1) p., with coloured illustrations...

[René Kieffer] 2 titles: (1) Douze nouvelles de messire Jean Boccace (...).

Avec les illustrations d'Alfred le Petit. Paris, R. Kieffer, 1925, printed in 600 numbered copies (this is no. 423, one of 500 copies on vélin), (6),170,(3) p., with coloured illustrations...

[René Kieffer] 2 titles: (1) Les fleurs du mal par Charles Baudelaire.

Illustrations décorative par André Domin. Paris, R. Kieffer, 1920, printed in 485 numbered copies (this is no. 266, one of 450 copies on vélin), (8),363,(5) p., with coloured and...

Louis Couperus

Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan. Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, (1906), 1st ed., 2 part in 1 vol., decorated yellow cloth. Binding sl. soiled, inside mild foxing, else good....

Louis Couperus

Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan. Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, (1906), 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., decorated yellow cloth. Inside some foxing, else good. Van Vliet 245:4...

[René Kieffer. Voltaire] 2 titles: (1) Voltaire. Le taureau blanc.

Illustrations de Georges Braun. Paris, R. Kieffer, 1926, printed in 550 numbered copies (this is no. 75, one of 500 copies on vélin blanc), (4),98,(5) p., with coloured illustrations...

[René Kieffer. Hermann Paul] Prosper Mérimée. Les ames du purgatoire.

Quinze aquarelles de Hermann Paul. Paris, R. Kieffer, 1929, printed in 480 numbered copies (this is no. 72, one of 450 copies on vélin blanc), 95,(2) p., with 15 coloured plates...

W.F. Hermans

Volledige Werken vol. 1-5, 7, 9 and 11-15. De Bezige Bij, 2005-2012. All light-weight, bound in cloth with bookmark in cassette.

[Bookbinding] Pierre Louÿs - Psyché

Suivi de la fin de psyché par Claude Farrère. Paris, Albin Michel, éd. 1927. 252 p. Small 4to. No. 65 de 400 ex. sur papier de Hollande. Fine deluxe copy, bound in gilt red morocco...

Louis Couperus - De Ode

Nijgh & van Ditmar, Rotterdam, 1918. No. 52 of 250 copies. In halfvellum, signed. Cloth with some foxing, else clean copy.

Louis Couperus

Antiek Toerisme. 1st ed. Amsterdam, van Holkema & Warendorf, 1911. 221 (= 224) p. Binding design by André Vlaanderen. Clean copy + Werken van Williswinde. Amsterdam, L.J. Veen,...

[French literature] Anatole France, Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche.

Eaux-fortes coloriées de Sylvain Sauvage. Paris, Éditions René Kieffer, 1924, 166,(2) pp., with 20 colour etchings by Sauvage, orig. publisher's wrapper, large 8vo. Copy no. 407/550...

[Cockerell Press] Lavinia Blythe, Songs and Poems of John Dryden

Chosen and introduced by Gwyn Jones. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1957, with frontispiece and 7 colour plates, unnumbered copy from edition of 500, in halfcloth by Mansell's, folio....

Multatuli

Photo Wegner & Motta, Amsterdam, 1875. 13 x 9 cm. On cardboard. Reverse '6 juli 1940, Multatuli-museum' in pen. Added photo Professor H. Treub, Wegner & Motta, Amsterdam, c. 1875....

Frederik van Eeden - De Kleine Johannes

Two first editions, Mouton & Co, The Hague, 1893. In orig. binding with gilt title and illustration and etching of the author by Jan Veth. With two 4th editions - and 1 other copy bound in halfcloth.

[Rare deluxe bookbinding] Het gulden boek voor de tuberculeuse kinderen

Omslag en bandversiering van J.B. Heukelom. Typografische verzorging van J.G. Veldheer. Rotterdam, Vereeniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose/W.L. & J. Brusse, 192 p., profusely...

[Poetry] Claude Flight - Animal Vegetable or Mineral

Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press, London, 1931. 47 p. 4to, halfcloth.

[Léon Pichon etc.] Six French titles: (1) Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre

ou avis a ceux qui ont plus de gout que de fortune. Par Diderot. Paris, Typographie de Lëon Pichon, 1935, printed on Arches in 130 numbered copies (this is number 10, one of 70...

[Ernst Ludwig Presse] Faust. Eine Tragödie von Goethe

2 parts in 1 volume. Darmstadt, Ernst Ludwig Presse/ Frankfurt a. Main/ Kleukens Presse, 1922-23, 214,323,(2) pp., halfvellum with gilt back, 4to.

René Maizeroy. La mer.

Préludes de MM. Paul Arlène, Paul Bonnetain, Paul Bourget, Gustave Geffroy, Catulle Mendès, Armand Silvestre. 24 eaux fortes et 6 héliogravures hors texte. Illustrations par Louise...

[German literature] Thomas Mann

Tagebücher 1918-1955. 9 (of 10) vols.; lacks vol. 8, 1949-50. Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer, 1977-1995. 1st ed. (vol. 10 in 2nd ed.). Bound with dust jacket, 8vo. Dust jacket vol....

Gerard Reve

De Avonden. Een Winterverhaal. Simon van het Reve, 1st ed. Bezige Bij, 1947. Copy with dust jacket (DJ sl. torn at top back cover) + Werther Nieland. 1st ed. De Vrije Bladen, G.A....

[Jacques Villon] Robert Ganzo. Oeuvre poétique.

Illustrée de huit eaux-fortes originales par Jacques Villon. Paris, printed by J.P. Vibert for M. Sautier, 1957, edition of 185 and a few copies all signed by Villon and Ganzo...

[Léon Courbouleix] Honoré de Balzac. Le chef d'oeuvre inconnu.

Pointes sèches de Léon Courbouleix. Le texte, gravé à l'eau-forte a été imprimé sur la presse à bras par l'artiste. (Paris), the artist, (1953), printed in 95 numbered and signed...

[William Nicholson] 3 titles: (1) Polly: written by Mr. Gay. Drawings by William Nicholson

Printed in Bungay by R. Clay & Sons for W. Heinemann in London, 1923, in 385 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, XVI,107,(2) p., with 9 mounted, coloured plates and illustrations...

[Albert Decaris] Anacreon. Odes.

Traduites en Français par Remy Belleau & illustrées par Albert Decaris. Paris, H. Javal, 1950, printed in 255 numbered copies on vélin de Rives (this is no. 196, one of 120 copies),...

[André Jacquemin. René Kieffer] Émile Verhaeren. Les campagnes hallucinées.

Gravures de André Jacquemin. N.pl., printed by Pierre Bouchet for Club du Livre/ Philippe Lebeau, 1962, printed in 326 numbered copies (this is number 28, one of 55 copies on Auvergne...

[Maurice de Vlaminck. Exceptional copy] Georges Duhamel. Les hommes abandonnés.

Illustré de lithographies par M. de Vlaminck. Paris, M. Seheur, 1927, printed in 345 numbered copies (this is no. 319, one of 300 copies on vélin d'arches), (10),208,(1) p., with...

[Jean Lurçat] Jean Giono. Animalités.

Paris, printed by and with typography by R. Blanchet for publisher B. Klein, 1965, (8),128,(7) p., printed in 250 copies signed by the artist and author (this is no. 187, one of...

[Leonor Fini] Marcel Schwob. Le livre de Monelle.

Paris, printed by Imprimerie Union for Éditions de la Différence, 1976, printed in 301 copies on vélin de Rives, each copy with extra suite of the 24 engravings signed and numbered...

[Jean-Émile Laboureur. With extra suite] Les silences du colonel Bramble

Par André Maurois. Avec quinze gravures au burin de J.-E. Laboureur. Printed at Argenteuil by R. Coulouma for Société d'Édition "Le Livre" at Paris, 1926, printed in 430 numbered...

[Picasso] 2 titles: (1) Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-Feuille.

Avec six gravures de Pablo Picasso. Paris, R.-J. Godet, 1943, printed in 534 numbered copies (this is no. 69, one of 500 copies on Lafuma), unpaginated, with 6 plates after Picasso,...

[Leonor Fini] Pauline Réage. Histoire d'O. Illustrée par Leonor Fini.

Paris, Aux dépens de la Compagnie des Bibliophiles au Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1962, printed in 352 numbered copies (this is no. 207, one of 314 copies), XXII,(2),183,(4) p.,...

Russische bibliotheek

Dostojewski. Verzamelde werken 1-10, 1958-1960. Vol. 1 block loose from spine, dust jacket vol. 9 lacks chip + Gogol. Verzamelde werken 1-3, 1959-1965 + Lermontov/ Herzen/ Garsjin/...

Russische bibliotheek

Tsjechow. Verzamelde werken 1-7, 1954-1958 + Toergejew. Verzamelde werken 1-4, 1955-1970 + Tolstoj. Verzamelde werken 2 and 8, 1970-1972 - and Gontsjarow. Oblomow, 1958. Van Oorschot...

[Laboureur. With extra suite] Les caves du Vatican par André Gide. Eaux-fortes

de Laboureur. Paris, NRF/ Gallimard, 1929-1930, 5 vols., printed in 372 numbered copies (these copies belonging to 300 copies on Hollande), with 8/ 8/ 5/ 8/ 8 etchings (5x coloured...

Bibliothèque de la Pléiade

Album Prévert, 1992 + Saint-Simon. Mémoires I-VIII, 1983-1988. Slipcase vol. I torn in + Alexandre Dumas. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 1981 + Dumas. Les Trois Mousquetaires. Vingt...

[Lucien Boucher, 1 of 25 with original drawing] H. de Balzac. Quatre histoires de bêtes.

llustrations de Lucien Boucher. Paris, printed by Desfossés for Nouvelle Société d'Editions, 1945, edition of 800 and a few copies (this is no. 20, one of 25 copies on fil Marais...

[J. Touchet. One of 14 copies, finely bound] Émile Gebhart. Le mariage de Panurge.

Illustrations de J. Touchet. Paris, printed by Ducrot et Colas for A. Picque & Cie., 1929, edition of 353 numbered copies (this is no. 15, one of 14 copies on Japon Impérial with...

[Chas Laborde. Unique copy by name] Jocaste & le chat maigre par Anatole France.

N.pl., printed by Coulouma at Argenteuil for Éditions de la Banderole [Daragnès, Mac Orlan, Malexis], 1921, edition of 721 copies (this copy unnumbered and printed on Japon Impérial...

Frederik van Eeden, De Kleine Johannes. Met IX lithografiën en versieringen

door Edzard Koning. The Hague, Mouton & Co, c. 1898, 190,(2) p., deluxe edition in halfvellum art binding with gilt title and floral decoration, green cloth. Cloth trifle worn,...

Frederik van Eeden

De bokkenrijder of het skelet. Drama. Amsterdam, W. Versluys, 1917 (wrapper lists 1918), 136 pp., orig. wrapper. Spine head with minor dam., else good + Het sonnet. Blijspel in...

[Pierre Bonnard] Simili. Trois actes par Claude Roger-Marx.

Gravures de Pierre Bonnard. Printed in 1930 by R. Coulouma at Argenteuil for Au Sans Pareil at Paris (plates printed by M. Vernant), edition of 310 and a few copies (this is no....

[U. Brunelleschi] Contes du temps jadis. Illustrations de U. Brunelleschi.

Paris, printed by G. Kadar for l'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, (1912), 122,(6) p., with 20 mounted, coloured plates after Brunelleschi, modern halfcloth bound with original front wrapper.

Gerard Reve - Rietsuiker

Amstelveen, Peter Loeb, 1974. 12 p. No. 74 of 100. Owner's name to title page.

Stijn Streuvels

Reinaert de Vos naar verschillende uitgaven van het Middeleeuwsche epos herwrocht. Ills. B.W. Wierink. L.J. Veen, Amsterdam, 1910. 184 p. With 16 lithographs by Wierink. Folio,...

Middelnederlandse Lancelot-Romans

Vols. I-VII and IX, v. Oostrum, Gerritsen, and others. Noord-Hollandse Uitgevers Maatschappij/ Verloren, Amsterdam/ Hilversum, 1981- 2003. Vol. 1 sc, other vols. hc with dust jacket. All as new.

Middeleeuwse Verzamelhandschriften uit de Nederlanden

Part 1-10 in 13 vols. Hilversum, Verloren, 1994-2004. All bound with dust jacket, as new.

W.F. Hermans

Focquenbroch. Bloemlezing uit zijn lyriek. Met een inleiding van W.F. Hermans. Van Oorschot, Amsterdam, 1946 + Mandarijnen op Zwavelzuur, 1st ed., 1963 + Supplement, 1983 + Jubileumeditie,...

F. Bordewijk

Bint. Roman van een zender. De Gemeenschap, Utrecht. 1934. 1st ed. 131,(2) pp. Binding with traces of use, else good + facsimile edition, 1984. 131,(2),x pp. + Karakter. Nijgh...

Louis Couperus

De Stille Kracht. Amsterdam, Veen, 1st ed., [1900]. 2 parts in one volume. 183, 212 p. Version in batik binding.

Cees Buddingh'

Het kokootje (gorgelrijm). Plano with a lithographed illustration by Hans van Dokkum. Printed for the Lions' Club '68, Utrecht. 1993. 10 copies, all signed - added 10 copies of...

P.C. Boutens

Verzen. Maison Blok, The Hague, 1898. 1st ed. 8vo, loose in limp vellum. xvi,121 pp. Light traces of use. Untrimmed + idem, 1898. Cardboard, worn + In den keerkring. Kunera Pers,...

Multatuli - Max Havelaar

of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij. Amsterdam, J. de Ruyter, 1860. First edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., (6), 212; (4), 185 pp. Rebound in halfcloth with...

Willem Kloos

Gedichten, 1880-1893. De Roos, Utrecht, 1959. Edition of 175. Halfvellum, gilt spine, 27 x 19 cm. 197,(3) pp. Binding with water damage, else good + Verzen I-III. W. Versluys,...

Marcellus Emants

Een drietal novellen. Haarlem, W.C. de Graaff, 1879. xii, 302 (1) p. In orig. halfcloth. Page 15 loose, stamp of Kweekschool Roermond to endpaper, else clean copy of this rare publication.

Marcellus Emants

Lichte kost. Van Holkema & Warendorf, Amsterdam, 1892. 1st ed., in halfleather, 247 p. Letterpiece added in book, else clean copy.

Reinaert de Vos

Reinaert de Vos, Episch fabeldicht van de twaelfde en dertiende eeuw, met aenmerkingen en ophelderingen van J.F. Willems. Ghent, Gyselynck, 2nd ed., 1850. lxvii, 404 p. In halfmorocco...