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Maastricht: The Halcyon Press / A.A.M. Stols, 1930. Book. Illus. by Alexandre Alexeieff. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Dark green cloth with gilt stamped decoration by John Buckland Wright on front cover and gilt title on spine. This is no. 214 of a limited edition of 325 copies. Printed for the Halcyon Press on… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original, green cloth with light fading to edges. Stains on front and rear pastedown and endpapers. Light foxing spots to first pages. No marks or inscriptions. 312 pp., 19 x 13,3 cm. A clean, tight and sturdy copy of the second printing. .

Bievres, Essonne: Pierre de Tartas, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Loose sheets in wrappers with Picasso's design printed in relief. This copy with an extra relief printed wrapper. In publishers black cloth clamshell box with gilt and red lettering. Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca in French and Portuguese. Illustrated by Picasso with 4 original full-page color lithographs, 10 monochrome woodcut illustrations… Read more about this item

Amsterdam / New York: Rodopi, 2013. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Paperback. Costerus New Series 200. Bibliography, index. 255 pp., 22 x 15 cm. .

La Haye et Paris: A.A.M. Stols, 1948. Book. Illus. by Weihs, Bertram. Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in marbled boards with leather spine. Title vignet pasted on front cover. 12 full page illustrations by Bertram Weihs. Typography and book design by J. van Krimpen. Limited edition of 837 copies. This is copy number 144 of 300 copies for members of the… Read more about this item

Paris: La Guirlande, 1917. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Complete set of this rare and highly decorative art deco periodical. Eleven issues (all published) bound in two volumes. 59 pochoir colored plates by renowned illustration artists Georges Barbier, Umberto Brunelleschi, Taquoy, Vallee, Bonotte, Domergue, Wegener, Stab and others. Most pages with in-text color illustrations including head- and tail-pieces.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1960. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A very fine, almost mint copy. First edition of Plath's first separately printed poem, one of only 60 copies. Stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers. Printed title label in a ruled border pasted to front cover. Finely printed on laid-paper with deckle edge, 4pp. (title page, 2… Read more about this item

London: Christopher Sandford [The Golden Cockerel Press], 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Red and yellow buckram with red and gilt cover illustration and gilt title on spine. Engraved title page and 10 (8 full-page.) engravings by John Buckland Wright, all protected by tissue guards. The book was designed, produced and published by Christopher Sandiford [for the Golden Cockerel… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Bound in publishers original cloth binding with titles stamped in black and red. No dust jacket. First edition, later (1940) printing without Scribner's 'Á' on the copyright page. Binding is tight and square, endpapers a bit browned. Top edge dyed, fore-edge untrimmed. Inside clean, no marks or inscriptions.… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Nico Koster / Vincent Vlasblom, 2001. Book. Illus. by Corneille. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Cloth in matching slipcase. Limited edition of 100 copies illustrated with 13 original serigraphs by Corneille printed on 300 gr. Hahnemuhle paper. This is copy number 45 with 2 serigraphs hand signed and dated by Corneille who also signed on the colophon page. One… Read more about this item

Maastricht & Brussel: A.A.M. Stols, 1930. Book. Illus. by Tijtgat, Edgard. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Boards with color illustrations on front and rear cover. Cloth covered spine. With 10 full page plates by Edgard Tijtgat, including cover illustrations + title illustration and colophon vignette, all colored by hand. The libretto by Ramuz was translated into Dutch by Martinus Nijhoff.… Read more about this item

Utrecht: Stichting De Roos, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Gekartoneerd. 'Miniaturen' ontstond als samenwerking tussen de etser Gerard van Rooy en de dichter Ingmar Heytze. De etser reageerde op een gedicht, de dichter leverde daarna zijn poetisch commentaar op de ets. Met 14 originele etsen en 13 vignetten van Gerard van Rooy door hemzelf gedrukt. Nummer… Read more about this item

Utrecht: Stichting De Roos, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Linnen overslagmap met in de platten mee ingenaaid 'Voorwoord', 'Liedteksten' en 'Spreekteksten'. In het midden van de map zijn de liedteksten in facsimile van het handschrift met schroeven bevestigd. Boekverzorging Jan Heijnen - Gelimiteerde oplage van 175 exemplaren voor leden van de Stichting de Roos. Lied- en spreekteksten van Gerrit… Read more about this item

Utrecht: Stichting De Roos, 2016. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Gekartoneerd. Boekverzorging Tessa van der Waals. Geillustreerd met werk van de fotograaf Niels Schumm. Nummer 98 van de gelimiteerde oplage van 175 exemplaren. 64 pp. 20 x 15 cm. .

Utrecht: Stichting De Roos, 2011. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Gebonden in zwart linnen met gouden belettering en vignet. Gevouwen omslag, uitgevouwen een poster met een druksel van Ben Joosten. Met een extra druksel bevestigd aan het omslag. Nummer 98 van de gelimiteerde uitgave van 175 genummerde exemplaren voor leden van Stichting De Roos. Boekverzorging Irma Boom. Zwart-wit… Read more about this item

The Hague and Bandung: W. van Hoeve, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original black cloth with red lettering on front cover and spine. Illustrated by the author. Binding is fresh, firm and bright. Inside clean; no marks or inscriptions. Tiny spots on top edge. Dust jacket with lightest edge wear and soiling and a small closed tear… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. No marks or inscriptions. In unclipped dust jacket protected in removable mylar cover. Very fine copy in very fine dust jacket. 55 pp., 22,5 x 14 cm. .

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover in a dust jacket with a touch of fading. 171 pp., 21,5 x 14,5 cm. .

Paris: Henri Creuzevault et Dina Vierny, 1948. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Original vellum wrappers in vellum backed board chemise and board slipcase. With 35 original lithographs by Aristide Maillol, of which 7 full page, all protected by tissue guards. Loose sheets, printed on hand made special pur chanvre paper in a limited edition of 275 copies. This is copy… Read more about this item

Utrecht: Stichting De Roos, 2006. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. Acht katernen ingenaad zonder omslag met archivalia van Stichting de Roos waarin de toegepaste technieken van drukken en binden zichtbaar worden gemaakt. In zuurvrije, kartonnen doos met lichte schaafplek aan onderzijde. Nummer 74 van een gelimiteerde oplage van 175 exemplaren. Met een originele prent uit een… Read more about this item