1018 - 1146 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (including COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES and TOYS)
- Two pop-ups w. sellotape restorations. Lacks paper over backstrip; binding sl. worn along extremities.
- Boards trifle soiled; 1 vol. backstrip dam. Two vols. figures fold./ dam.
= Schreibers Stehauf-Bilderbücher No. 321, 323, 324 and 326.
ADDED: 4 others, all German text.
- Covers sl. foxed/ duststained and rubbed.
= De Bodt/ Kapelle, p.251. A rare type of humorous book: the book is pierced by a "bullet" from frontcover to backcover, which alters the illustrations in a comical way, e.g. a dog's leash is snapped, a motorcycle racer's fuel tank is hit, a baby's milkbottle is emptied sooner than expected and a pudding is shattered.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ waterst. = Huiskamp M336.
Beets Pz., P. Korte verhaalen voor kinderen van zes tot tien jaaren. Tweede deeltje. Ibid., P.E. Briët, n.d. (±1800), II,205p., engr. title and 4 plates by J. VAN MEURS after D. VEELWAARD, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- A few lvs. w. a child's pencil scribbling.
= Huiskamp B45; BNK 1523. Published as a sequel, but complete in itself.
- Contents loose(ning); sl. foxed and fingersoiled; w. schoolprize (dated 1823) bound at the front (loosening).
= Huiskamp N248; BNK 1585 (suggesting the author might be F.E. Rochow).
AND 3 others, i.a. C. MULLER, Vertellingen en oefeningen voor Nederlandsche kinderen (Amst., 1838, 5th ed., engr. title, plates, contemp. hcl., 12mo).
- Trifle foxed. A good/ fine copy.
= Warranted by P.H. Trap in pen on verso of title-p. Huiskamp O37; cf. The Children's World of Learning 460, listing the 3rd edition (1817); Lust en Leering p.430, no.24 (first edition, 1808).
Mengelingen voor het Kinderlijk Verstand en Hart. Amst., Gebr. van Arum, n.d. (1834), (2),157,(3)p., engr. title w. handcol. ill., 23 (of 25) handcol. engr. plates, contemp. hcl., 12mo.
- Lacks 2 plates; sl. fingersoiled. Covers sl. worn. = Huiskamp M193, note.
AND 13 others, i.a. KLEINE VERHALEN VOOR DE LIEVE JEUGD (Amst., n.d. (±1830), engr. title, 2 plates, later hcl., 12mo); (A.B. VAN MEERTEN-SCHILPEROORT), Keetje en Frits; of de kleine wandelaars (...) (ibid., 1823, (crudely handcol.) engr. plates, orig. boards, 12mo) and E. JAEKEL, Vrolijke winteravonden voor goede kinderen (ibid., n.d. (±1850), lithogr. plates, contemp. gilt board schoolprize binding of Middelburg. Backstrip dam.).
- Binding cord loose(ning). Spine-ends trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= The Children's World of Learning 3802; Ki.la.ki.le. 726; Lust en Leering p.143; cat. B.W. Wierink p.46ff; De hele Bibelebontse berg p.258: "Echte ontspanningslectuur zonder moraal is te vinden in de prentenboeken uit de tweede helft van de vorige eeuw. Een mooi voorbeeld is Pims Poppetjes (...)"; De Bodt/ Kapelle p.99 and passim: "Pim's poppetjes werd voornamelijk om zijn artistieke kwaliteiten geroemd, maar is ook interessant omdat de kunstenaar hier (hoewel bijvoorbeeld het lettertype anders doet vermoeden) een bewuste poging deed de grondbeginselen van de Nieuwe Kunst te verenigen met de nieuwe inzichten in het waarnemen door kinderen (...)." The story is about a group of Japanese puppets and various puppet animals coming to life and celebrating the wedding of two of the Japanese puppets.
- Binding sl. rubbed along extremities. Otherwise fine.
= Rare art nouveau children's book. Cf. The Children's World of Learning 3802; Ki.la.ki.le. 726; Lust en Leering p.143; cat. B.W. Wierink p.46ff; De hele Bibelebontse berg p.258: "Echte ontspanningslectuur zonder moraal is te vinden in de prentenboeken uit de tweede helft van de vorige eeuw. Een mooi voorbeeld is Pims Poppetjes (...)"; De Bodt/ Kapelle p.99 and passim: "Pim's poppetjes werd voornamelijk om zijn artistieke kwaliteiten geroemd, maar is ook interessant omdat de kunstenaar hier (hoewel bijvoorbeeld het lettertype anders doet vermoeden) een bewuste poging deed de grondbeginselen van de Nieuwe Kunst te verenigen met de nieuwe inzichten in het waarnemen door kinderen (...)." The story is about a group of Japanese puppets and various puppet animals coming to life and celebrating the wedding of two of the Japanese puppets.
AND 4 others, i.a. A. SUTORIUS, Een Muizenbruiloft (Rijswijk, n.d. (±1920), 3rd ed., oval col. lithogr. ills. and orig. pict. boards by B. JORDENS, obl. 8vo. Central quire loose; corners sl. worn) and P. LOUWERSE, Hartje, wat wil je? Gedichtjes voor het kleine Volkje (Schoonhoven, n.d. (±1880), col. lithogr. plates and orig. pict. wr., sm. 4to. Spine sl. rubbed).
- Bindings trifle rubbed. A fine set.
= Huiskamp O102/ 103; cat. NHSM p.122. Contains i.a. a view of Ternate.
= Very fine copy. De Bodt/ Kapelle p.30.
Bertha (= C. van Cleeff). De Zomerreis van heer Hans. Alkm., P. Kluitman, n.d. (1906), col. lithogr. title-p. and 15 col. plates each w. 2 ills. and printed caption and orig. clothbacked boards by G. CASPARI, 4to.
- Upper hinge broken; a child's pencil drawings on verso final leaf. Board edges sl. worn.
Het prentenboek der Sporten. Baarn, J.F. van de Ven, n.d. (±1915), (32)p., num. (col.) lithogr. ills., orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, folio.
- Contents loose(ning). Binding sl. worn and w. some scribbling in pen; upper corner frontcover dam.
= Rare, not in the usual bibliographies.
AND 7 others, i.a. A. SUTORIUS, Het Huis met de Wingerd (Rijswijk, n.d. (±1930), 3rd ed., col. ills. and orig. boards by B. JORDENS) and C.O. PETERSEN, Snip Snap Snor (Amst., n.d. (±1930), col. ills., orig. clothbacked boards, 4to).
- Binding sl. dustsoiled; portions of paper over frontcover loosening.
= BNK 1250. Very rare collection of 188 edifying proverbs for children, each page printed within ornamental typographic border. The work was reprinted in 1810. No copy of this first edition in NCC.
- Fine copy. = Lust en Leering p.142; cat. Children's world of Learning 5527.
Pierrot en Arlequin. Amst., J. Vlieger, n.d. (1884), 8p., 4 col. lithogr. plates, orig. col. lithogr. wr., sm. 4to.
- Spine splitting. = Uniformly bound with the first work of this lot. Not in the usual reference works. Rare.
AND 1 other: De geleerde hond. Tiel, H.C.A. Campagne, n.d., 6 col. lithogr. plates and orig. col. lithogr. wr., sm. 4to.
- Contents sl. foxed. Wrappers sl. foxed, chipped/ sl. frayed and reattached.
= Not in Landwehr.
- Closed tear in title-p. and first textleaf; textp. sl. fingersoiled in margins; partly strengthened in inner margin. Backcover renewed w. modern board; spine strengthened w. paper tape.
= The very rare and early Dutch adaptation of The History of the Old Woman and her Pig (first publ. London, 1814). Lust en Leering, p.90f. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Sl. yellowed. Wr. heavily darkened; paper ticket on spine. = Extremely rare, no copy traced.
- First vol. sm. tear in lower margin frontwr. Otherwise fine copies.
= First vol. w. advertisement on verso of backwr. for Grand Bazar Français.
AND 4 others, i.a. WILDE EN TAMME DIEREN (n.pl., n.d. (±1900), col. lithogr. plates, tited ills., orig. col. lithogr. wr., obl. 4to. Backwr. fingersoiled) and EEN JACHTAVONTUUR IN AFRIKA (Amst., n.d. (±1870), col. lithogr. plates, orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, large 4to. Several textleaves w. large (closed) tear (affecting one plate); later endpapers; covers sl. fingersoiled).
- Frontcover w. sm. crease in upper outer corner. Otherwise very fine.
= Van Dam p.8ff.
- Binding sl. browned. = Burgers p.163. Rare.
AND 8 others similar, i.a. S. STREUVELS, Prutske's vertelselboek (Bruges, 1955, 8th ed., 9 chromolithogr. plates and orig. boards by G. BAKSTEEN, 4to) and R. CRAMER, October Wijnmaand (The Hague, ±1940, col. plates, ills. and orig. boards by R. CRAMER).
- Inner hinge weak. Boardedges and spine-ends (sl.) worn.
Bouwmeester, J.C. Jocko. (Zutphen, W.J. Thieme & Cie., 1888), (32)p., (full-p.) chromolithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked chromolithogr. boards by J. SCHEIDEL.
- Bookblock/ quires loose(ning); free endpapers browned/ dam. Covers sl. worn/ dam.
AND 10 others, i.a. A. LISTAL, Flipje Fluiter en zijn Vrind (Alkm., n.d. (1913), 1st Dutch ed., 8 full-p. col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards, obl. 4to. Owner's entry on title-p. Boards rubbed/ dam.; spine partly discoloured. Contents fine) and S. ABRAMSZ, De Gelaarsde Kat (Amst., (1915), lithogr. ills. by J. WIEGMAN, (col.) dec. borders by M. WIEGMAN, orig. clothbacked (yellowed) boards).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints splitting.; binding soiled. = Huiskamp R65. Rare.
- Sl. foxed and fingersoiled.
= Huiskamp R83; otherwise not in the usual reference works. Nice costume-book for children, an adaptation of The Costume, Manners and Peculiarities of Different Inhabitants of the Globe (...). The plates with the following captions: "Bergschotten", "Nederlandsche landlieden", "Spanjaarden", "Hongaren", "Turken", "Bengalezen", "Perzianen", "Japannezen", "Donsche Kozakken", "Egyptenaren", "Negers", "Otaheiters", "Noord-Amerikaansche Indianen", "Zuid-Amerikaansche Indianen", "Esquimaux" and "Laplanders". In the "naschrift", the author explains why there is no print showing French costume: "Want zij wisselen onophoudlijk, zoo van zeden als gewaad. Had ik thans hen afgeteekend, ligtlijk zou, naar alle schijn, eer het prentje gegraveerd was, weêr de smaak veranderd zijn."