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75 1250 Gouden Reeks  Colonna F 75 1250 Gouden Reeks Colonna F
75/1250 [Gouden Reeks]. Colonna, F. De droom van Poliphilus. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Amst., Athenaeum/ Polak & Van Gennep, 2006, 2 vols., (4),466,(8); 174p., (full-p.) ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr., dec. board slipcase. Boccaccio, G. Decamerone. Dutch transl. F. Denissen. Ed. R. van Stipriaan. Ibid., idem, 2003, 829,(1)p., 100 col. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., dec. board slipcase. Dante Alighieri. De goddelijke komedie. Dutch transl. I. Cialona and P. Verstegen. Ibid., idem, 2000, 2 vols., 737,(2); 578,(1)p., full-p. ills. after G. DORÉ, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., dec. board slipcase. Martorell, J. De volmaakte ridder Tirant lo Blanc. Ibid., idem, 2001, 1039p., orig. cl. w. dustwr., dec. board slipcase.

- Fine. = All published in the Grote Bellettrie Serie (Gouden Reeks).

€ (100-150) 130
75 1251 Gouden Reeks  Colonna F 75 1251 Gouden Reeks Colonna F
75/1251 [Gouden Reeks]. Colonna, F. De droom van Poliphilus. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Amst., Athenaeum/ Polak & Van Gennep, 2006, 2 vols., (4),466,(8); 174p., (full-p.) ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to. - AND 1 other from the same series: A. MANZONI, De Verloofden. Dutch transl. Y. Boeke and P. Krone.

= Both published in the Grote Bellettrie Serie (Gouden Reeks).

€ (70-90)
75/1252 Gouden Reeks  Lot of 7 works in 8 vols from the series 75/1252 Gouden Reeks Lot of 7 works in 8 vols from the series
75/1252 [Gouden Reeks]. Lot of 7 works in 8 vols. from the series, Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1998-2008, ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcases.

- A few slipcases sl. thumbed/ scratched.

= Comprises: L. ARIOSTO, Orlando furioso (2 vols.); G. ELIOT, Middelmarch (w. SIGNED DEDICATION by Willem Jan Otten on title-p.); W. ELSSCHOT, Verzameld werk; I. GONTSJAROV, Het ravijn; J.W. GOETHE, Faust; B. GRACIÁN, De criticon of de kunst van het leven; E.A. POE, Alle verhalen.

€ (120-150) 210
75 1253 Greene G 75 1253 Greene G
75/1253 Greene, G. The End of the Affair. London, W. Heinemann, 1951, 1st ed., (6),237,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. tiny chip, trifle frayed and spine sl. browned. = Wobbe A27a.

Maugham, W. Somerset. Ashenden or the British Agent. Ibid., idem, 1928, 1st ed., (8),304p., orig. giltlettered (sl. worn) cl.

- Without dustwrapper.

Conrad, J. The Rover. Ibid., T. Fisher Unwin, 1923, 1st ed., 317p., orig. giltlettered cl.

- Without dustwrapper. = First issue of the first edition ("g" missing in "go" on p.221, line 2).

AND 1 other by Norman Mailer.

€ (100-150) 180
75 1254 Greene G 75 1254 Greene G
75/1254 Greene, G. The Quiet American. London etc., W. Heinemann, 1955, 1st ed., (8),247p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Remnants of bookplate visible on first free endpaper. Otherwise a fine copy.

€ (80-100) 120
75 1255 Grossman V 75 1255 Grossman V
75/1255 Grossman, V. Een klein leven. Korte verhalen en essays. Amst., Balans, 2010, 367p., ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.

= With dedication to ARMANDO ("ter gelegenheid van je 85e verjaardag (...) Een ijzingwekkend beeld uit de hel van Treblinka. Zelfs als je denkt alles al te hebben gelezen") on verso first free endpaper.

Gong, Y. Vliegers boven Lentestad. Ibid., Vassallucci, 2000, 226,(4)p., orig. boards w. dustwr.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to ARMANDO on htitle.

AND 8 others, i.a. V. GROSSMAN, Leven & Lot (Amst., 2008, orig. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around slip); M. BOELGAKOV, De meester en Margarita (ibid., 2008, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); V. KLEMPERER, Zo zag de waarheid er op donderdag uit. Dagboek van de Duitse Revolutie 1919 (Amst./ Antw., 2016, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); M. DUGAIN, De officierskamer (ibid., 1998, orig. hcl.) and J. SOMMERFIELD, Vrijwilliger in Spanje (ibid., 2001, orig. hcl.).

€ (50-70) 70
75 1256 Hamilton F and Straight D 75 1256 Hamilton F and Straight D
75 1256 Hamilton F and Straight D 75 1256 Hamilton F and Straight D
75/1256 Hamilton, F. and Straight, D. The Pall Mall Magazine. Year 1, 2 and 3 (January-April). London, G. Routledge & Sons, year 1-3, 5 vols., (full-p.) (col.) ills., unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- All vols. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper; vol.1 hinges weak. Bindings (sl.) rubbed/ worn.

= Includes publications by Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, H. Rider Haggard, Guy de Maupassant and Margaret Oliphant.

€ (50-70)
75 1257 Heaney S 75 1257 Heaney S
75/1257 Heaney, S. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED "Seamus", to "Misha [de Vreede]", black pen and ink, dated "16. i. 95", on fold. card w. three letterpress lines from Heaney's poem "The Strand" opposite the authogr. note and a col. reproduction of a watercolour by FELIM EGAN on the front ("Privately published by Peter Fallon").

= Thanking Mischa de Vreede for her letter: "You were very good to write like that after the news of the Nobel Prize. It did me good to have the writers on my side [signed]". Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1995. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXV.

€ (150-250) 200
75 1258 Heaney S 75 1258 Heaney S
75/1258 Heaney, S. North. London, Faber and Faber, 1976, 2nd ed., 73p., orig. wr.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "for Mischa [de Vreede]" on first blank: ""Our poesy is as a gum which oozes From whence 'tis nourished ..." with happy memories of Rotterdam June 1977 Seamus Heaney".

AND 2 others: F. PITT-KETHLEY, Private parts (London, 1988, 2nd impression, orig. wr. With AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION SIGNED "Fiona" to Mischa de Vreede "with thanks for showing me the underside of Amsterdam" and with 2 AUTOGRAPH SIGNED (POST)CARDS to the same and an orig. col. photograph of her cat (w. autograph "Peregrine Pickle or "the grinner") and E. BRATHWAITE, Islands (London, 1971, orig. wr. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to Mischa de Vreede).

€ (100-150) 130
75 1259 Hemingway E 75 1259 Hemingway E
75/1259 Hemingway, E. Across the River and Into the Trees. London, Jonathan Cape, 1950, 1s UK ed., 254p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. sl. rubbed at corners and spine-ends; frontcover sl. foxed and sl. faded along outer lower margin; both spine-ends sl. faded.

= Preceding the first American edition. Hanneman A44a

Idem. A Moveable Feast. Ibid., idem, 1964, 1st UK ed., 192p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Minor imperfections, otherwise a fine copy. = Hanneman A46.a.

AND a 2nd impression of the first UK edition of the Old Man and the Sea by the same.

€ (150-250) 220
75 1260 Hemingway E 75 1260 Hemingway E
75/1260 Hemingway, E. Across the River and into the Trees. New York, Scribner's, 1950, 1st ed., (11),308p., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. formerly torn in 3 parts, repaired w. scotch tape on verso; some marginal tears; price clipped.

= First edition in second issue dustwrapper with lettering in orange. Hanneman A23a.

€ (80-100) 80
75 1261 Hemingway E 75 1261 Hemingway E
75/1261 Hemingway, E. A Farewell to Arms. New York, Scribner's, 1929, 1st ed., (7),355p., orig. cl. w. paper title tickets on frontcover and spine.

- Bookblock shaken. Without dustwr.; spine-ends worn.

= First edition, first printing, state without the legal disclaimer. Hanneman A8a.

€ (150-250) 150
75 1262 Hemingway E 75 1262 Hemingway E
75/1262 Hemingway, E. For whom the bell tolls. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1940, 1st ed., (10),472p., orig. cl.

= Hanneman A18a.

€ (70-90) 90
75 1263 Hemingway E 75 1263 Hemingway E
75/1263 Hemingway, E. Green Hills of Africa. New York, Scribner's, 1935, 1st ed., 294,(1)p., ills. by EDWARD SHENTON, orig. green gilt cl. w. dustwr.

- Bookplate and owner's entry in pen and ink on first free endpaper. Dustwrapper plasticized and sl. worn (but unclipped).

= Hanneman A13a.

€ (300-500)
75 1264 Herzen A  under pseud Iskander 75 1264 Herzen A under pseud Iskander
75/1264 Herzen, A. (under pseud. Iskander). Kontsy i nachala (Ends and beginnings). Norrköping, E. Biornström, 1863, 1st ed. thus, (2),IV,96p., modern black leather w. gilt red mor. letterpiece, orig. wr. pres., sm. 8vo.

= Zaleski 197. Letters by Alexander Herzen (the "father of Russian socialism") to Ivan Turgenev. The book was banned in Russia until the Revolution of 1917.

€ (150-250) 150
75 1265 Housman L 75 1265 Housman L
75 1265 Housman L 75 1265 Housman L
75/1265 Housman, L. Green Arras. London/ Chicago, John Lane/ Way and Williams, 1896, 1st ed., (2),VIII,90, (2),(16 advert.)p., frontisp., title and 5 plates by L. HOUSMAN, orig. gilt green cl.

- Apart from some very light rubbing at spine-ends and corners, a very fine copy.

€ (70-90) 120
75 1266 Huxley A 75 1266 Huxley A
75/1266 Huxley, A. Brave New World. London, Chatto & Windus, 1932, 1st ed., (6),306,(2)p., orig. giltlettered blue cl.

- Fine copy.

€ (150-250) 210
75 1267 Huxley A 75 1267 Huxley A
75/1267 Huxley, A. Eyeless in Gaza. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1936, 1st Am. ed., (6),473,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. lacks sm. portions at upper edge frontwr. and faded on spine.

€ (50-70) 50
75 1268 Huxley A 75 1268 Huxley A
75/1268 Huxley, A. Island. A Novel. London, Chatto & Windus, 1962, 1st ed., 286p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Spine dustwr. sunned and backcover unevenly browned; dustwr. a few rubbed spots in corners.

Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. Ibid., Heinemann, 1949, 1st ed., 349p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. sl. chipped near spine-ends and w. a few sm. tears.

Santayana, G. Persons and Places. The Background of My Life. New York, Charles Scribner's sons, 1944, 1st ed., 262p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Dustwr. dam. at outer corners and spine ends.

AND 2 others: O. SITWELL, Tales My Father Taught Me (London, 1962, 1st ed. 2nd impr., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Fine) and E. WAUGH, Men at Arms (ibid., 1952, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. defective dustwr.).

€ (80-100) 80
75 1269 Ibsen H 75 1269 Ibsen H
75/1269 Ibsen, H. Hedda Gabler. Skuespil i fire akter. Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandel Forlag, 1890, 1st ed., (4),236p., orig. richly gilt blindst. cl., a.e.g.

= Very fine copy in the orig. binding. PMM 375. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.

€ (400-600) 400