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  • A lovely piece of Nieuwe Kunst
    Bloesem. by BRABANT, Else Van.
    BRABANT, Else Van.
    Bloesem. Met 12 platen in lichtdruk door C. Spoor Jr.

    Amsterdam: C.L.G. Veldt, 1899. First edition. A lovely copy of this Dutch work. Romanticised prose about children sits alongside Spoor's attractive illustrations. Clean and tidy soft covers, with what appears to be a hand coloured illustration to the front cover. There is a very small nick to the bottom edge of the rear cover, but otherwise in excellent shape. A lovely piece of Dutch Art Nouveau (Nieuwe Kunst) design, with large margins within red lines. The illustrations each have a tissue guard with title. 96 pages. 21cm x 15.5cm. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 66370685.

    . Première édition. Un bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage néerlandais. Une prose romantique sur les enfants accompagne les jolies illustrations de Spoor. Couverture…

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    Amsterdam: C.L.G. Veldt, 1899. First edition. A lovely copy of this Dutch work. Romanticised prose about children sits alongside Spoor's attractive illustrations. Clean and tidy soft covers, with what appears to be a hand coloured illustration to the front cover. There is a very small nick to the bottom edge of the rear cover, but otherwise in excellent shape. A lovely piece of Dutch Art Nouveau (Nieuwe Kunst) design, with large margins within red lines. The illustrations each have a tissue guard with title. 96 pages. 21cm x 15.5cm. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 66370685.

    . Première édition. Un bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage néerlandais. Une prose romantique sur les enfants accompagne les jolies illustrations de Spoor. Couverture souple propre et soignée, avec ce qui semble être une illustration coloriée à la main sur la couverture avant. Il y a une très petite entaille sur le bord inférieur de la couverture arrière, mais sinon, l'état est excellent. Une belle pièce de design Art nouveau néerlandais (Nieuwe Kunst), avec de larges marges à l'intérieur de lignes rouges. Les illustrations sont chacune protégées par un papier de soie avec le titre. 96 pages. 21 cm x 15,5 cm. Conforme à WorldCat / OCLC : 66370685.

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    Book ID: 5510
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  • Tales and Novels with 12 original etchings by Clara Tice. by FONTAINE, J. de la.
    FONTAINE, J. de la.
    Tales and Novels with 12 original etchings by Clara Tice.

    Nijmegen: Privately printed at the printing house of G. J. Thieme / Falstaff Press, 1929. Complete in two volumes. Limited edition of 100 copies, set by hand and with original etchings hand coloured by Tice. This is copy 10/100. Signed by Tice to the limitation. This production was by Falstaff Press for the "choicest Falstaff connoisseurs." Original purple cloth with gilt decoration and titles. A touch of bumping and some fading to the spine but still very presentable. The pages and illustrations are in excellent condition. Overall a very nice copy. 204, 270 pages. 255 by 170mm (10 by 6¾ inches). First edition

    . Complet en deux volumes. Édition limitée à 100 exemplaires, réglée à la main et comportant…

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    Nijmegen: Privately printed at the printing house of G. J. Thieme / Falstaff Press, 1929. Complete in two volumes. Limited edition of 100 copies, set by hand and with original etchings hand coloured by Tice. This is copy 10/100. Signed by Tice to the limitation. This production was by Falstaff Press for the "choicest Falstaff connoisseurs." Original purple cloth with gilt decoration and titles. A touch of bumping and some fading to the spine but still very presentable. The pages and illustrations are in excellent condition. Overall a very nice copy. 204, 270 pages. 255 by 170mm (10 by 6¾ inches). First edition

    . Complet en deux volumes. Édition limitée à 100 exemplaires, réglée à la main et comportant des gravures originales coloriées à la main par Tice. Il s'agit de l'exemplaire 10/100. Signé par Tice sur la limitation. Cette production a été réalisée par Falstaff Press pour les "meilleurs connaisseurs de Falstaff". Original en tissu violet avec décoration et titres dorés. Quelques bosses et un peu de décoloration au dos, mais l'ouvrage est encore très présentable. Les pages et les illustrations sont en excellent état. Dans l'ensemble, un très bel exemplaire. 204, 270 pages. 255 x 170 mm (10 x 6¾ pouces). Première édition

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    Book ID: 4383
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  • Deluxe edition including the first appearance of James Joyce in an anthology
    The Wild Harp. by TYNAN, Katharine.
    TYNAN, Katharine.
    The Wild Harp. A selection from Irish Poetry. Illustrated by C.M. Watts.

    London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1913. First edition. A poetry anthology edited by Tynan and illustrated by C. M. Watts. Tynan was ideally placed to compile such an anthology, she had been a close associate of W. B. Yeats from the time they first met in June 1885 until around the time of her marriage in 1893, and was a central figure in Dublin literary circles. This would appear to be a deluxe edition of the anthology. Sidgwick & Jackson, like many Edwardian publishers, sometimes produced a small run in superior binding for the gift trade or for presentation copies, using a deeper cloth and gilt blocking where the standard trade edition used black. In addition to poems by…

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    London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1913. First edition. A poetry anthology edited by Tynan and illustrated by C. M. Watts. Tynan was ideally placed to compile such an anthology, she had been a close associate of W. B. Yeats from the time they first met in June 1885 until around the time of her marriage in 1893, and was a central figure in Dublin literary circles. This would appear to be a deluxe edition of the anthology. Sidgwick & Jackson, like many Edwardian publishers, sometimes produced a small run in superior binding for the gift trade or for presentation copies, using a deeper cloth and gilt blocking where the standard trade edition used black. In addition to poems by William Butler Yeats, A.E., James Stephens etc. this work saw the first appearance of a James Joyce work in an anthology with three poems. ("Strings in the Earth and Air," "At that hour," and "I hear an Army.") The cloth has some bumping to the edges, and bleaching for the colour to the edge and to the rear panel. Slight rubbing to the gilt. Inside, the work is mainly clean and tidy, with a little darkening and slight foxing to the pages. The double title page is printed on high quality art paper and is a beautiful colour Celtic knot work panel. The panel is repeated uncoloured as a surround to each page. xxvi, 160 pages. 24cm x 17cm.

    . Première édition. Un recueil de poésie édité par Tynan et illustré par C. M. Watts. Tynan était la personne idéale pour compiler un tel recueil : elle avait été une proche collaboratrice de W. B. Yeats depuis leur première rencontre en juin 1885 jusqu'à son mariage en 1893 environ, et occupait une place centrale dans les cercles littéraires de Dublin. Il semble s'agir ici d'une édition de luxe de ce recueil. Sidgwick & Jackson, à l'instar de nombreux éditeurs de l'époque édouardienne, produisait parfois de petits tirages à la reliure de qualité supérieure destinés au marché des cadeaux ou aux exemplaires de présentation, en utilisant une toile plus épaisse et des lettrines dorées là où l'édition commerciale standard utilisait du noir. Outre des poèmes de William Butler Yeats, A.E., James Stephens, etc., cet ouvrage marque la première apparition d'une œuvre de James Joyce dans un recueil, avec trois poèmes. (« Strings in the Earth and Air », « At that hour » et « I hear an Army ».) La toile présente quelques chocs sur les bords, ainsi qu'une décoloration au niveau de la tranche et du dos. Légers frottements sur les dorures. À l'intérieur, l'ouvrage est globalement propre et soigné, avec un léger noircissement et de légères rousseurs sur les pages. La double page de titre est imprimée sur du papier d'art de haute qualité et présente un magnifique motif de nœuds celtiques en couleur. Ce motif est repris en noir et blanc en bordure de chaque page. xxvi, 160 pages. 24 cm x 17 cm.

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    Book ID: 5681
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  • They that Walk in Darkness by ZANFWILL, I.
    ZANFWILL, I.
    They that Walk in Darkness Ghetto Tragedies.

    Edition: First Edition

    London: William Heinemann, 1899. First edition. Original orange cloth with gilt titles to the spine and shield of David design to the front board. There is a touch of darkening to the orange cloth, and a small stain to the bottom of the rear board. Mainly clean and tidy though. Owner's bookplate to the inside front board. Internally clean and tidy, with just a little darkening to the page edges. Jewish author and political activist, Israel Zangwill (1864 - 1926), was passionate about campaigning for the oppressed. He was best known for his work "Children of the Ghetto." Initial ad. leaf, half title, 32pp + ads.

    Book ID: 1632
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