KINGSLEY AMIS

The Anti-Death League

London, Victor Gollancz. 1972, 1st Edition. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. In original illustrated dust jacket. First edition, second impression. 'Signed for a member of the New Fiction Society' stamped in blue on the flyleaf and SIGNED by Kinsley Amis. Binding is firm and square. Inside clean, no marks or inscriptions. Unclipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and label from New Fiction Society. 352 pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002505

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BALZAC, HONORE DE

La Comedie Humaine. Etudes de Moeurs : Scènes de la Vie de Province, III

Paris, Louis Conard. 1913. 8vo. Half leather with 5 raised bands on spine. Marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Texte revise et annote par Marcel Bouteron et Henri Longnon. Illustrations de Charles Huard. Contents are clean, no marks or inscriptions. Fine.

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Book number: 001321

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Keywords: Literature, France, Balzac

BALZAC, HONORE DE

Les Trois Clercs De Sainct Nicholas, illustres et enlumines par Alfred Le Petit

Paris, Rene Kieffer. 1926, 1st Edition. Decorated paper over boards. Top edge painted grey. This is number 521, on Velin de Cuve, of a limited, numbered edition of 600 copies. Color illustrations and illuminations in pochoir by Alfred le Petit. Calligraphed text in French. Light shelfwear to edges, fine inside. 25,5 x 17 cm. Very Good.

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Book number: 002242

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Keywords: Literature, France, Balzac, Kiefer, Saint Nicholas, Art, Illustration Art Fine Printing and Private Presses

BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES

Les Fleurs du Mal

Paris, Editions Rene Kieffer. 1920. Ill.: Andre Domin. Full brown morocco with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Raised bands. Light wear to upper band. Top edge gilt. Spine and upper edges somewhat faded. Silk end papers with minor spotting in decorated frame. Original colored wrapper bound in. With 26 color plates by Andre Domin. No. 419 of a limited edition of 485 copies. Printed on wove paper. Binding is tight and firm. Interior is clean, no marks or inscriptions. 21,5 x 18 cm. A splendid copy. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001901

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Keywords: Andre Dominliterature France, Baudelaire, Fleurs Du Mal, Flowers of Evil, Andre Domin. Fine Printing and Private Presses

AUBREY BEARDSLEY

The Story of Venus and Tannhauser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State held by Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, under the famous Horselberg, and containing the Adventures of Tannhauser in that Place, his Repentance, his Journeying to Rome and Return to the Loving Mountain. A romantic novel by Aubrey Beardsley

London, for Private Circulation. 1907, 1st Edition. Gray boards with title label mounted on front cover. Limited edition of 300 copies. This copy not numbered. Printed on hand made paper. Now first printed from the original manuscript. 88 pp. 26 x 20 cm. A fine collectible copy of Beardsley's unfinished erotic novel. Fine.

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Book number: 002659

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Keywords: Literature, Legend, Uk, Aubrey Beardsley, Venus and Tannhauser, Erotics

BELCAMPO

Het Grote Gebeuren

Utrecht, Stichting De Roos. 1958, 1st Edition. Geillustreerd karton met linnen rug met gouden belettering. Eerste geillustreerde uitgave. Met houtsneden van H.P. Doebele. Dit is nummer 145 van een gelimiteerde uitgave van 175 exemplaren voor leden van Stichting De Roos. 47 pp. 27 x 19,5 cm. Very Good.

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Book number: 002897

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Keywords: Literatuur. Belcampo, Bibliofiele Uitgaven, H.P. Doebele, Het Grote Gebeuren, Fine Printing, Stichting de Roos Fine Printing and Private Presses

BELCAMPO

Het olografisch testament

Haarlem, Notaris Maatschap Batenburg. 1996. Gevouwen omslag met uitsparing. Gebonden met cahiersteek. Gedrukt in rood. Gedrukt in een oplage van 1000 exemplaren door Notaris Maatschap Batenburg. Overgenomen uit 'De wondere wereld van Belcamo' (1996). Vormgeving Peter de Kan. 26 pp. 14,5 x 10,5 cm. As New.

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Book number: 002087

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Keywords: Literatuur, Nederland, Belcampo Typography

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

The Nymphs of Fiesole

Verona, Editiones Officinae Bodoni. 1952, 1st Edition. Quarter vellum over patterned paper-covered boards; vellum ruled in gilt with gilt lettering at spine. Top edge trimmed and gilt, other edges untrimmed. Housed in cream paper-covered slipcase. Special edition printed by hand-press in Griffo type on hand-made Fabriano paper, limited to 225 numbered copies, of which this is 106. Octavo. xi, [1, blank], 127, [1, colophon] pages. Illustrated with in-text woodcuts, made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. One full-page facsimile from the English version printed in 1597. Slightest toning and shelf wear to binding and slipcase. About fine. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002184

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BORDEWIJK, F.

Karakter. Roman van zoon en vader

Rotterdam, Nijgh & van Ditmar. 1938, 1st Edition. Bound in red cloth with black lettering. In original dust jacket. The book is in near fine condition. The binding is tight with slight lean, corners are sharp. No marks or inscriptions. Top edge stained grey. The original red lettered dust jacket shows wear and tears with loss to upper spine end and tape repairs. Light spotting and discoloration and fading to spine. 366 pp. 22,5 x 16,5 cm. First edition, first printing of one of the classics in Dutch literature in the extremely rare dust jacket. The book was adapted into a film in 1997 that won the Oscar for best International Feature Film. Near Fine/Good.

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Book number: 002818

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Keywords: Literature, the Netherlands, Bordewijk, Karakter

BRADBURY, RAY

Switch on the Night

New York, Pantheon. 1955, 1st Edition. 8vo. Ill.: Gekiere, Madeleine. Grey boards with light sunning. Bright jacket with wear to edges and corners. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. No marks or inscriptions. 22x17,5 cm. Jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 001565

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Keywords: Gekiere, Madeleinescience Fiction, Childrens Ray Bradbury Science Fiction & Fantasy

BRANDAO, MANOEL

Faces

Belo Horizonte, Editoria Fapi ETDA. 2002, 2nd Edition. 8vo. Illustrated stiff wrappers. With a signed inscription by the author. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 001320

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Keywords: Literature, Poetry, Brasil

BURANELLI, VINCENT

Edgar Allan Poe

Boston, Twayne Publishers. 1977, 2nd Edition. Grey bleu boards with gilt decoration and lettering. No dust jacket. Second edition. Twayne's United States Authors Series 4. With notes and references, bibliography and index. 166 pp. 21 x 14 cm. Fine.

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Book number: 002811

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CAMPERT, REMCO

Voorgevoelens

Bergeijk, De Ploeg. 1996, 1st Edition. 21x11 cm. Omslag met flappen bedrukt met het dessin van de gordijnstof Mazurka. Met aanbiedingsbrief op transparant inlegvel. Relatiegeschenk van Weverij de Ploeg in een gelimiteerde oplage van 3.200 ex. Fraai. Fine.

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Book number: 001312

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CARMIGGELT, SIMON

Hoe Heet Keizer Karels Hond. 24 kronkels over en met honden.

Utrecht, Drukkerij Elinkwijk. 1997, 1st Edition. Grijs linnen met stofomslag. Illustraties van Ben Holkenborg. De oplage bedraagt 400 genummerde exemplaren. Dit is nr. 300. Oblong 21,5 x 15,5 cm. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 001838

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JOHN LE CARRE

Smiley's People

London, Hodder and Stoughon. 1980, 1st Edition. Signed by John le Carre on the title page. Publisher's original blue boards with gilt spine lettering. Contents are clean; no marks, inscriptions or foxing. In near fine, unclipped wrapper with lightest shelf wear, a small abrasion near the letter 'Y' at the frontcover, a small closed tear to the foot of the rear panel and a crease to the rear flap. 327 pp. 22 x 14,5 cm. A collectible copy of the third book in the Karla trilogy. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002729

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