VAN LEEUWEN, A.P.

Honderden Wonderen Van Vernuft. Puzzles Van Allerhande Soort

Amsterdam, H.J.W. Becht. 1939, First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 240 pp.Yellow boards with blue cloth spine. Uitstekende eerste druk van deze vooroorlogse puzzelboek door Aad van Leeuwen. Bewerking van de Zwitserse uitgave van Walter Sperling met zijn inleiding. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 9637

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Puzzels, Conundrums, Games

LEVIN, DAVID; UPDIKE, JOHN

Pens and Needles: Literary Caricatures by David Levine

London, Andre Deutsch. 1970, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Levin, David. 8vo. x, 150 pp. Green cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Fine first edition of David Levine's spiky, witty drawings of fmous literary figures, selected and introduced by John Updike. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 10050

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Art, Literature, Caricature Levin, David

LOOY, JAC, VAN

Nieuwjaarsdag

Vereeniging Joan Blaeu. 1919, Limited Edition. Quarter-Vellum. 4to. (6), 101 pp. (+ colophon). Quarter-vellum with gilt design to front and spine. Limited edition of 200 copies of this bibliophile edition. Typography by S.H. de Roos, printed in black and red on Van Gelder Zonen, being the first book publication of the Private Press 'Vereeniging Joan Blaeu'. Usual trifle light spotting to boards. Attractive engraved bookplate to pastedown. Eerste boekwerk van de Vereeniging Joan Blaeu in 200 exemplaren, gedrukt op Van Gelder met typografie door S.H.de Roos. Mooie ex-libris op schutblad. Gaaf exemplaar. Very Good.

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Book number: 9846

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Bibliophile, Private Press, S.H. De Roos, J.F. Van Royen, Dutch Writers, Jacobus Van Looy

MEUELEN, R. VAN DER

Het Boek in Onze Dagen

Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff. 1892, First Edition. Decorative Cloth. 8vo. viii, 182pp. [+ 90pp. publishers' catalogue bound in]. Decorative blind-stamped brown cloth boards. Re-backed. First edition of this work on all aspects of the book production (paper, printing, illustrating, binding, etc.) and illustrated throughout. Text in Dutch. Very Good/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9502

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Books on Books, Printing, Typography, Bindings, Bibliophile

VAN MOORSEL, A.J.M.

De Kinkhoorn

Maastricht, A.A.M. Stols. 1927, Numbered Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Ill.: Toorop, Jan. 8vo. 49pp. [+2pp illustrations]. Illustrated card covers by Jan Toorop. Numbered first edition 120/220. Number 24 in Trajectum ad Mosam series. Twenty-eight poems by Van Moorsel, printed in red and black with two illustrations by Dutch artist Jan Toorop. Publisher's prospectus for this publication loosely inserted. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9500

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Poetry, Dutch Writers, Dutch Artists, Bibliophile, Stols, Trajectum ad Mosam Toorop, Jan

MURDOCH, IRIS

Something Special

New York, W.W. Norton & Company. 2000, First Thus. Hard Cover. Ill.: McCurdy, Michael. 8vo. [viii], 56 pp. Brown and beige baords with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Fine first edition of Iris Murdoch's enduring tale of love and repression, here illustrated throughout by Michael McCurdy's wonderful wood engravings. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 8989

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, British Writers, Iris Murdoch, American Artists, Michael McCurdy McCurdy, Michael

OVINK, G.W.

De Ontembare Lettergieter

's-Gravenhage, Nederlandse Vereeniging voor Druk- en Boekkunst. 1947, First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. 17pp. Illustrated card wraps. Scarce first edition of this essay, published on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of famous Dutch typographer S.H. de Roos (1877-1962). Text in Dutch. Very Good.

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Book number: 9501

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Essays, Printing, Typography, Bibliophile S.H. de Roos

PIJPERS, JELLE L.S.

De Liefdesbaby, Memoires Deel 1

The Hague, De Pij Pers. 2004, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. 43pp. Original white card wraps with paper label to front. Signed and numbered limited edition (528 copies) published to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Pij Press. Gesigneerd en genummerd. As new. Fine/No jacket as issued. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 9234

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Memoirs, Private Press, Bibliophile, Dutch Writers

PIJPERS, JELLE L.S.

Pas Op, Liefdesbaby!, Memoires Deel 2

The Hague, De Pij Pers. 2005, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. 43pp. Original illustrated card wraps. Signed and numbered limited edition (420 copies). Gesigneerd en genummerd. As new. Fine/No jacket as issued. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 9235

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Memoirs, Private Press, Bibliophile, Dutch Writers

RANDLE, JOHN; RANDLE, ROSALIND (ED.)

Matrix 24: A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles

Risbury, Herefordshire, The Whittington Press. 2004, Limited First Edition. Soft Cover. Ill.: Various. 4to. Stiff-card boards with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent example of the renowned annual review for fine-printing lovers everywhere. Superbly printed by hand and as always with inciteful articles by leading names in the field and richly illustrated throughout with woodcuts, photographs and tipped-in samples. Printed in only 800 copies. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9565

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Bibliophile, Printing, Typography, Private Presses Various

RANDLE, JOHN; RANDLE, ROSALIND (ED.)

Matrix 23: A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles

Risbury, Herefordshire, The Whittington Press. 2003, Limited First Edition. Soft Cover. Ill.: Various. 4to. Stiff-card boards with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent example of the renowned annual review for fine-printing lovers everywhere. Superbly printed by hand and as always with inciteful articles by leading names in the field and richly illustrated throughout with woodcuts, photographs and tipped-in samples. Printed in only 800 copies. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9564

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Bibliophile, Printing, Typography, Private Presses Various

RANDLE, JOHN; RANDLE, ROSALIND (ED.)

Matrix 22: A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles

Risbury, Herefordshire, The Whittington Press. 2002, Limited First Edition. Soft Cover. Ill.: Various. 4to. Stiff-card boards with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent example of the renowned annual review for fine-printing lovers everywhere. Superbly printed by hand and as always with inciteful articles by leading names in the field and richly illustrated throughout with woodcuts, photographs and tipped-in samples. Printed in only 825 copies. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9563

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Bibliophile, Printing, Typography, Private Presses Various

RANDLE, JOHN; RANDLE, ROSALIND (ED.)

Matrix 21: A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles

Risbury, Herefordshire, The Whittington Press. 2001, Limited First Edition. Soft Cover. Ill.: Various. 4to. Stiff-card boards with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent example of the renowned annual review for fine-printing lovers everywhere. Superbly printed by hand and as always with inciteful articles by leading names in the field and richly illustrated throughout with woodcuts, photographs and tipped-in samples. Printed in only 825 copies. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9562

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Bibliophile, Printing, Typography, Private Presses Various

RANDLE, JOHN; RANDLE, ROSALIND (ED.)

Matrix 20: A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles

Risbury, Herefordshire, The Whittington Press. 2000, Limited First Edition. Soft Cover. Ill.: Various. 4to. Stiff-card boards with illustrated dustjacket and original glassine guard. Excellent example of the renowned annual review for fine-printing lovers everywhere. Superbly printed by hand and as always with inciteful articles by leading names in the field and richly illustrated throughout with woodcuts, photographs and tipped-in samples. Printed in only 800 copies. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9561

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Bibliophile, Printing, Typography, Private Presses Various

ROS, AMANDA MCKITTRICK

Irene Iddesleigh

London, The Nonesuch Press. 1926, Numbered Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Ill.: Quick, W.M.R. 8vo. viii, 151 pp. Half-leather binding with patterned boards. Gilt tiltle to spine. Edges uncut. Decorative endpapers. The scarce 1926 Nonesuch Press numbered limited editon of Amanda McKittrick Ros's debut work. A sentimental Victorian novel which has a style unto itself: a linguistic treasure trove of eccentricity, full of alliteration and metaphor, this debut work certainly holds a unique position in English literature. With three woodcut engravings by W.M.R. Quick. Very Good.

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Book number: 9773

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Novels, Private Press, The Nonesuch Press, Irish Writers, Amanda McKittrick Ros Quick, W.M.R.

SALAMAN, MALCOLM C.

The New Woodcut

London, The Studio Limited. 1930, First Edition. Soft Cover. Ill.: Various. 4to. [iv. adverts] viii, 176pp. Illustrated card wraps. The Studio Special Spring Number 1930, edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. Wear to top and foot of spine. Some spotting to first and last few pages, otherwise very reasonable. Fine, illustrated overview of leading international woodcut artists, arranged by country, with numerous illustrated examples, eight of which in colour. Good.

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Book number: 9496

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Art, Engravers, Woodcuts, Printing, Bibliophile Various

SALAMAN, MALCOLM C.

The New Woodcut

London, The Studio Limited. 1930, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Various. 4to. viii, 176pp. Grey cloth with gilt to front and spine. Top-edge gilt. The Studio Special Spring Number 1930, edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. A superior first edition copy of this fine, illustrated overview of leading international woodcut artists, arranged by country, with wonderful illustrated examples, eight of which in colour. Very Good.

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Book number: 9497

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Art, Engravers, Woodcuts, Printing, Bibliophile Various

SCHEDA, JOSEPH

General-Karte Von Europa in 25 Blättern

Wien / Vienna, 1859. Joseph Scheda's (1815-1888) notorious folding 'General Map of Europe', being the first full-colour lithographed European map. This being the revised second edition, overseen by Scheda himself and published 1859. 150 dissected colour lithograph leaves mounted onto 25 linen sheets (each measuring c. 40x50 cm.), covering the whole of Europe including the Urals and Caspian Sea, and North Africa. As a whole the map measures c. 200x250 cm. Cartouche on Sheet I, and tables showing populations and military strength on Sheet XXV. Joseph Scheda was a geopgrapher and cartographer who rose to the rank of Major-General in the Austrian Army and directed the cartographic department of the Military Geographical Institute in Vienna. The individual folded maps are housed in a chemise and quarter red morocco slip-case with gilt to front. Staining to linen backs.

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Book number: 9623

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Maps, 19th Century, Lithograph, Scheda

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

The Tempest

London, Freemantle & Co. 1901, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Bell, Robert Anning. 8vo.[xii] 106 (2) pp. White illustrated cloth with moderate toning and rubbing. Very uncommon title with extensive woodcut illustrations by Arts and Crafts artist Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933). As usual with light spotting throughout. Good/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9560

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Plays, Poetry, Bibliophile, Woodcuts, Shakespeare Bell, Robert Anning

SMITS, L

Overpeinzingen Van Een Boekenwurm

Bussum, C.A.J. Van Dishoeck. 1948, First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 117pp. Dark red cloth with gilt to front and spine. Nice collection of literary quotations on various subjects in various languages. Text in Dutch. Verzameling van citaten uit de literatuur. Very Good.

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Book number: 9504

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Books on Books, Bibliophile

SPONSEL, JEAN LOUIS

Das Moderne Plakat

Dresden, Verlag von Gerhard Kühtmann. 1897, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Various. 4to. vii, 316 pp. Contemporary cloth with original illustrated card wraps bound in. Contemporary bookplate. Exceptional and complete first edition of one of the most important historical publications of the Belle Époque, and which was pivotal in enhancing the acceptation of the poster as a serious art form. This fully illustrated work sets out geographically all the leading artists of the day and famously includes 52 original (signed) colour lithograph plates (as well as 266 monotone illustrations), by the likes of Chéret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Grasset, Mucha, Will Bradley, Louis Rhead, etc. A monumental work, extremely rare in complete form, and all in excedingly good condition. (Additional images on request).

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Book number: 9626

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Art, Posters, Belle Époque, Illustrated, Bibliophile, Steinlen, Toulouse-Lautrec, Mucha, Sponsel Various

SURIANO, GREGORY R.

The British Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators

New Castle / London, Oak Knoll Press / The British Library. 2005. Cloth. 4to. 352pp. Blue cloth boards with copper gilt to spine. Illustrated dustjacket. A beautiful overview of all the main Pre-Raphaelite illustrative artists in a totally revised and expanded edition which has also an additional seventy-five images. Includes biographies and an extensive catalogue of the works as well as a selected bibliography. As new. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9221

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Art, Illustrators, Bibliophile, Books on Books, Bibliographies

TERBORGH, HANS

Opmerkelijk Grappig

Terhorst, Ser J. L. Prop. 1989, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Uit de handpers van Ser Prop: De tekst 'Opmerkelijk grappig' van Hans Terborgh verschenen in een oplage van 30 exemplaren in januari 1989. From the handpress of Ser Prop: The text 'Opmerkelijk grappig' by Hans Terborgh published in a numbered limited edition of only 30 copies. Signed dedication by the printer. As new. Fine/Fine. Signed Dedication.

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Book number: 9248

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Private Press, Bibliophile, Dutch Writers

THOMAS, DYLAN

A Child's Christmas in Wales

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1968, First Thus. Soft Cover. Ill.: Raskin, Ellen. [Unpaginated = 32 pp.]. Stapled illustrated card wraps with trifle rubbing to front. Bookseller's ticket inside front flap. A very good first UK edition of this quintessential Dylan Thomas Christmas tale, with fine woodcut illustrations accompanying the text by Ellen Raskin. A wonderful production. Very Good.

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Book number: 9698

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Biography, British Writers, Dylan Thomas Raskin, Ellen

THOMAS, DYLAN

A Child's Christmas in Wales

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1968, First Thus. Soft Cover. Ill.: Raskin, Ellen. [Unpaginated = 32 pp.]. Stapled illustrated card wraps. A fine first UK edition of this quintessential Dylan Thomas Christmas tale, with fine woodcut illustrations accompanying the text by Ellen Raskin. A wonderful production. Fine.

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Book number: 9697

Catalogue: Bibliophile & Illustrated

Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Biography, British Writers, Dylan Thomas Raskin, Ellen