Antiquariaat Looijestijn

The Bell [The Collected Edition]

MURDOCH, Iris · 1984

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

London, Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press 1984, hardcover with unclipped dustjacket, 320 pp., dustjacket wth some traces of use and a bit discoloured at the spine, name on first free endpaper, bookblock a bit discoloured, else good VG/VG

Lettres Choisies de Madame de Sévigné

SÉVIGNÉ, Madame de & POUJOULAT, M. (notice) & FOULQUIER, V. (eaux-fortes) · 1871

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

Tours, Alfred Mame et fils 1871, nicely bound in halfleather (preserving original wrappers), xxvi, 411 pp., impressive edition in very good condition

The long, long trailer

TWISS, Clinton · 1953

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1953, 12th pr., cloth with dustjacket, (10), 238 pp., dustjacket damaged and repaired verso with acid-free tape, a bit discoloured, text on first free endpaper, else a good copy, famous because of the movie (1954!) with Lucille Ball!

The Alchemist | a fable about following your dream

COELHO, Paolo & CISNEROS, Jésus · 2018

€135.00 ($148.80 | £112.61 | ¥23,764)

London, Folio Society 2018, cloth in cloth slipcase, x, 124 pp., in fine condition

A Son of Heaven - a tragic melodrama (Bloomsbury Heritage)

STRACHEY, Lytton & SIMSON, George (ed.) · 2005

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Cecil Woolf 2005, paper wrappers, 76 pp., in fine condition

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

WALLACE, Edgar · 1929

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

London, Hodder and Stoughton [1929], cloth with dustjacket, 319 pp., discoloured, dustjacket damaged and with some chips and missing pieces

The real cool killers (Avon original T-328)

HIMES, Chester · 1959

€140.00 ($154.31 | £116.78 | ¥24,644)

Avon Publications 1959. Original pocket book Avon T-328. Upper spine a bit damaged, cover with minimal damage. Paper browned - as always. A very good+ copy of this extremely rare cult classic.

Cahier des Saisons No. 15 Hiver 1959 [=1958]; Portrait d'Eugène Ionesco

CAMUS, ALbert & COCTEAU, Jean & BRETON, André & IONESCO, Eugène et.al. · 1958

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Cahierd des Saisons 1958, 193-284, (4) pp. Famous and extremely rare periodical, this is the most sought after issue with lots of fine writers like Camus, Soupault, Cocteau, Anouilh, Breton commenting on Ionesco. Wrappers slightly discolored else fine. Pictures on request.

Battle for Junk Ceylon / the Syair Sultan Maulana (text, translation and notes)

SKINNER, C. (ed.) · 1985

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

Dordrecht, Foris Publications 1985, paperback, viii, 325 pp., Bibliotheca Indonesica (KITLV) 25, minimal traces of use, a very good copy

Twelve Poems

DICKINSON, Emily & LAANEN, Ien van · 1984

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

Groningen, Timbuctoo [Hans v.d. Elshout] 1984, papieren omslag, oplage 60 genummerde exemplaren, met 2 genummerde en gesigneerde etsen, omslag verkleurd, onopengesneden

Un Hivernage dans les Glaces [Petite Bibliothèque Blanche]

VERNE, Jules & MARIE, Adrien (ill.) · 1885

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie n.d. [ca. 1885/1890], original cloth, 126, (1) pp., large moist stain in upper right corner, binding also affected and therefore a bit warped, else acceptable

De La Naturaleza [2 tomos]

LUCRECIO CARO, T. & VALENTI, Eduardo (texto revisado y traducido) · 1961

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Barcelona, Ediciones Alma Mater 1961, 2 volumes in cloth, lxx, 168 [=336]; 182 [=364 pp.], text in Latin and Spanish, in fine condition

L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (fantaisie lyrique en deux parties)

COLETTE & RAVEL, Maurice · 1925

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Paris, Durand & Cie n.d. [=1925], paper wrappers, 49 pp., text in French and English, wrappers a bit damaged, else very good

Bloomsbury and British Theatre / The Marlowe Story

CRIBB, Tim · 2007

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

Cambridge, SALT Publ. 2007, paperback, vi, 195 pp., corner a bit bumped, else as new

Intorno a 'Gita al faro' di Virginia Woolf [Chimera numero uno]

AVEZZÙ, Elisa & BRUZZO, Francois a.o. · 2000

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Padova, Flavio Pavan 2000, paperback, 120 pp., in fine condition

Memoirs of the Duc de Lauzun

LAUZUN, Duc de & SCOTT MONCRIEFF, C.K. (transl.) & ALDINGTON, Richard (Intr.) & RUTHERFORD, G. (notes) · 1928

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

London, George Routledge & Sons 1928, cloth, xii, 253 pp., a bit discoloured and some underlinings and annotations with pencil, else good

A last sheaf

WELCH, Danton · 1951

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

London, John Lehmann 1951, cloth with dustjacket, 240, (8) pp., dustjacket damaged (but not clipped) , torn and missing a few pieces (on the spine), therefore top and bottom of spine discoloured, binding leaning, a bit discoloured some annotations with pencil, else good

The Temple

SPENDER, Stephen · 1988

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

London/Boston, Faber & Faber 1988, first edition, hardcover with dustjacket, xiv, 210 pp., bookblock discoloured, else fine

James Joyce

SVEVO, Italo · 1968

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York, City Light Books [1968], [2nd ed.], [68 pp.], slightly discoloured but else in fine condition

Memoir of Italo Svevo

SVEVO, Livia Veneziani & FURBANK, P.N. · 1989

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

London, Libris 1989, hardcover with dustjacket, xiv, 1-2, (8), 3-178 pp., bookblock discoloured but else fine