Bubb Kuyper

FOREIGN LITERATURE

Auction 83, 24-28 November 2025

50 lots

Lot 1765

[Ambo Klassiek reeks]. Lot

of 31 vols., Baarn, Ambo, 1989-2002, maps, ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €400

Lot 1766

Amis, M. The Pregnant Widow.

London, J. Cape, 2010, 1st ed., (8),470p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Idem. Lionel Asbo. Ibid., idem, 2012, 1st ed., (8),275,(1)p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). - AND 6 others, i.a. I. McEWAN, Solar (ibid., 2010, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine); IDEM, Sweet Tooth (ibid., 2012, 1st ed., orig. boards w, dustwr. Fine); P. LARKIN, The Complete Poems. Ed. A. Burnett (New York, 2012, 1st Am. ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine) and Z. LEADER, The Life of Kingsley Amis (ibid., 2006, plates, orig. boards w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1767

Baskerville Serie.

Lot of 22 vols. from the series, Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1981-2013, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €350

Lot 1768

Baudelaire, C. De bloemen van het kwaad. Dutch transl. and ed. P. Verstegen.

Amst., G. van Oorschot, 1995, 587,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. AND 3 others, incl. 2 other Dutch translations of the same work and B. VAN DE POL and M. STEENMEIJER (Dutch transl. and ed.), De dichter is een kleine God. De 150 mooiste gedichten uit het Spaans (Amst., 2010, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €30 – €50Result €40

Lot 1769

Beckford, W. Vathek. Ed. and introd. R. Lonsdale.

London, Oxf. Univ. Press, 1970, XLIII,(1),187,(1)p., frontisp., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Alexander, B. (ed. and introd.) The Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain 1787-1788. London, R. Hart-Davis, 1954, 340p., frontisp. portrait, fold. map, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. England's Wealthiest Son. A Study of William Beckford. Ibid., Centaur Press, 1962, IX,(1),308p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. AND 5 others by/ on the same, i.a. G. CHAPMAN, Beckford (London, 1952, frontisp. portrait, orig. cl.) and B. FOTHERGILL, Beckford of Fonthill (ibid./ Boston, 1979, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1770

Canetti, E. Het Martyrium.

Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1981, 4th ed., 573,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. Massa & Macht. Ibid., idem, 1983, 2nd rev. ed., 547p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Hanuschek, S. Elias Canetti. De biografie. Amst./ Antw., De Arbeiderspers, 2008, 682p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. AND 7 others by/ on the same, i.a. K. WACHINGER, Elias Canetti. Bilder aus seinem Leben (Munich/ Vienna, 2005, num. ills., orig. boards, 4to) and E. CANETTI, Vliegenpijn (Amst., 1993, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1771

Casanova, G. Het verhaal van mijn leven. Transl. T. Kars.

Amst., Van Oorschot, 2017, 3 vols., 1151,(1); 1147,(4); 1500,(3)p., col. plates, india-paper, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase. - AND 5 others, i.a. R. GRAVES, Griekse mythen (Houten, 1999, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and J. AUSTEN, Pride and Prejudice. An Annotated Edition. Ed. P. Meyer Spacks (London, 2010, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sq. 4to).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €100

Lot 1773

Chatwin, B. Utz.

London, J. Cape, 1988, 1st ed., 154p., orig. boards w. (unclipped) dustwr. AND 6 others, i.a. A. HUXLEY, The Doors of Perception (London, 1954, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Owner's entry on first free endpaper; dustwr. w. two sm. holes in spine and sl. rubbed at spine-ends and corners) and 2 good/ fine first editions of G. GREENE: May we Borrow Your Husband/ The Comedians (both 1st ed., orig. cl. w. (unclipped) dustwr. Both w. owner's stamp in blue on first free endpaper).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1774

[Classical antiquity]. Livius, T. Zonen van Mars./ Hannibal voor de poorten./ Vrijheid voor de Grieken. Transl. and ed. F.H. Van Katwijk-Knapp and H.W.A. van Rooijen-Dijkman.

Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1997-2001, 3 vols., 831; 751; 951,(1)p., maps, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around slip. Polybios. Wereldgeschiedenis 264-145 v. Chr. Dutch transl. W. Kassies. Ibid., idem, 2007, 2 vols., 824; 825-1579p., maps, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. AND 4 others from the same series and the "Grote Baskerville serie" (1x), i.a. APOLLONIOS VAN RHODOS, De tocht van de Argonauten (ibid., 1996, maps, orig. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around slip) and VERGILIUS, Het verhaal van Aeneas (ibid., 2000, orig. cl. w. dustwr. and wrap-around slip).

Estimate €150 – €250Result €230

Lot 1775

[Classical antiquity]. Ovidius Naso, P. Metamorphosen. Dutch transl. M. d'Hane-Scheltema.

Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2002, 506,(3)p., ills. after C. DE PASSE, orig. cl. w. dustwr., cl. slipcase, large 8vo. Homerus. Ilias. De wrok van Achilles./ Odyssee. De terugkeer van Odysseus. Ingeleid en vertaald in Nederlandse hexameters door H.J. de Roy van Zuydewijn. Ibid., De Arbeiderspers, 2005, 4th rev. ed., 2 vols., 407; 511p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase. - AND 3 others, i.a. C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS, De wereld. Naturalis historia (ibid., orig. boards, 2004).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €90

Lot 1777

[Crime fiction]. Fleming, I. Moonraker.

London, Pan Books, 1956, 1st pocket ed., 191,(1)p., orig. wr. Idem. Diamonds are forever. Ibid., idem, 1958, 1st pocket ed., 191,(1)p., orig. wr. Idem. Dr. No. Ibid., idem, 1958, 1st pocket ed., 188,(4)p., orig. wr. AND 19 other similar, mainly 1st pocket editions of i.a. IDEM, You only live twice (ibid., idem, 1965, 1st pocket ed. ("Not for sale in U.K."), orig. wr.); G. ORWELL, 1984 (New York, 1950, "first printing July 1950", orig. wr.) and R. BRADBURY, Fahrenheit 451 (ibid., 1953, 1st ed., orig. wr. w. "33ȼ" on backwr.).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €240

Lot 1778

[Crime fiction]. Fleming, I.

Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London, J. Cape, 1966, 1st ed., 94,(1)p., orig. giltlettered dark brown boards w. (price-clipped) dustwr. by RICHARD CHOPPING.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1779

Dickens, C. Bleak House.

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1853, 1st ed. in bookform, XVI,624p., engr. frontisp., title and 38 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne), contemp. gilt hmor.

Estimate €40 – €60Result €40

Lot 1780

Dickens, C. Leven en lotgevallen van Maarten Chuzzlewit, zijne bloedverwanten, vrienden en vijanden. Naar het Engelsch.

Amst., H. Frijlink, 1843-1844, 3 vols., 1st Dutch ed., (4),282; IV,320; IV,314p., 21 lithogr. plates, contemp. unif. green giltlettered hcalf, 1x w. orig. frontwr. pres. Idem. Lotgevallen en ontmoetingen van Nicolaas Nickleby. Naar het Engelsch. Ibid., idem, 1841, 1st Dutch ed., 2 vols., VIII,367; IV,314p., 2 diff. lithogr. titles, 8 plates, bound unif. w. the above. Idem. De firma Dombey en Zoon, handelaars in 't groot en klein. Dutch transl. by Boudewijn. The Hague/ Haarlem and Rott., J.L. van der Vliet, A.C. Kruseman and H. Nijgh, 1847-1848, 1st Dutch ed., 3 vols., (6),245; (6),277; (6),263p., 20 lithogr. plates on chine collé, contemp. unif. hcl.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €90

Lot 1783

Du Bouchet, A. Qui n'est pas tourné vers nous.

Paris, Mercure de France, 1972, 174,(12)p., printed in 2535 numb. copies (2300), orig. wr. Idem. La Couleur. Ibid., Le Collet de Buffle, 1975, (33)p., printed in 550 numb. copies (450), orig. wr. - AND 3 others by the same, all printed in a lim. ed.: Ou le Soleil (Paris, 1968, orig. wr.); Hölderin aujourd'hui (ibid.,1976, orig. wr.) and Air (1977, orig. wr.).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 1785

Duhamel, G. Lettres au Patagon.

Paris, Mercure de France, 1926, 1st ed., (2),222,(4)p., printed in 2307 numb. copies (55), orig. wr. Benoit, P. Les Agriates. Paris, Albin Michel, 1950, 1st ed., 315,(3)p., printed in 255 numb. copies (160), contemp. gilt hcalf, orig. wr. pres., t.e.g.

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 1786

FitzGerald, E. Letters & Literary Remains.

London, MacMillan & Co., 1902-1903, 7 vols., 7 diff. frontisp., orig. unif. gilt silk bindings. McKinley Terhune, A. and Burdick Terhune, A. (ed.). The Letters of Edward FitzGerald. Princeton, Univ. Press, 1980, 4 vols., plates, orig. unif. hcl. w. dustwr. - AND 1 other: R.B. MARTIN, With Friends Possessed. A Life of Edward FitzGerald (New York, 1985, ills., orig. hcl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 1787

Flanner, H. Young Girl, and other poems.

San Francisco, printed for private distribution by H.S. Crocker Company, 1920, 1st ed., X,11,(2)p., gilt and black and orange frontisp. and black gilt dec. borders by PORTER GARNETT, orig. boards. France, A. Mother of Pearl. London/ New York, John Lane the Bodley Head/ Dodd, Mead and company, 1929, 1st illustr. ed., VII,(1),291,(5)p., 12 plates incl. frontisp., ills., dec. endpapers and orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr. by FRANK C. PAPÉ, 4to. AND 4 others, i.a. IDEM, Marguerite (ibid., 1921, 1st ed., woodcut plates, ills. and orig. hcl. w. mounted woodcut on cl.by SIMÉON).

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 1789

[Gouden Reeks]. Boccaccio, G. Decamerone. Dutch transl. F. Denissen. Ed. R. van Stipriaan.

Amst., Athenaeum, Polak & Van Gennep, 2003, 829,(1)p., 100 col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, large 8vo. Poe, E.A. Alle verhalen. Dutch transl. P. Syrier. Ibid., idem, 2007, 1106p., ills. by H. CLARKE, india-paper, orig. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, large 8vo. Colonna, F. De droom van Poliphilus. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Ibid., idem, 2006, 2 vols., (4),466,(8); 174p., (full-p.) ills., orig. unif. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, large 8vo. Elsschot, W. Verzameld werk. Ed. P. de Bruijn. Ibid., idem, 2005, 851p., ills. by P. VAN HUGTEN, orig. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, large 8vo.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €110

Lot 1790

Gulik, R.H. van. The Given Day. An Amsterdam Mystery.

Kuala Lumpur, Art Printing Works, 1964, 1st ed., (6),132p., 7 full-p. ills., endpapers and orig. stiff wr. by R.H. VAN GULIK. Idem. De boek illustratie in het Ming tijdperk. The Hague, Ned. vereeniging voor druk- en boekkunst, 1955, 10p., 11 (col.) plates, printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. wr. (fine).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €120

Lot 1791

Helvétius, (C.A). Oeuvres complètes.

London, n.publ., 1777, 4 vols., engr. frontisp. portrait by H. GODIN after L.M. VANLOO, headpieces, contemp. unif. boards w. giltlettered orange paper letterpiece, large 8vo.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €60

Lot 1792

Hemingway, E. A moveable feast.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1st Engl. ed., 191,(1)p., orig. boards w. dustwr. by H. TISDALL. AND 3 others, i.a. Th. ROETHKE, Selected Letters (London, 1970, 1st Engl. ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Fine).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 1793

Housman, A.E. The Classical Papers. Ed. J. Diggle and F.R.D. Goodyear.

Cambr., Univ. Press, 1972, 3 vols., XIII,(3),421,(1); VI,423-902; VII,(1),903-1318p., frontisp. portrait, orig. unif. gilt cl. AND 7 others by/ on the same, i.a. IDEM, A Shropshire Lad (London, 1922, orig. cl., t.e.g.); IDEM, More Poems (ibid., 1936, orig. cl.) and J. CARTER and J. SPARROW, A.E. Housman. A Bibliography (Godalming, 1982, ills., orig. cl.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €110

Lot 1795

Joyce, J. Finnegans Wake. Dutch transl. E. Bindervoet and R. Henkes.

Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2002, 1st Dutch ed., 657p., English and Dutch text, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Ionesco, E. De rhinoceros. Dutch transl. R. Campert. (The Hague), de Nederlandse Comedie, n.d. (1960), 3 parts in 1 vol., (2),49; 53; 56 cyclostyled lvs., plain contemp. cl., 4to. Kempen, M. van (ed.). Spiegel van de Surinaamse poëzie, van de oude liedkunst tot de jongste dichters. Amst., Meulenhoff, (1995), 731p., orig. cl. w. (sl. worn) dustwr. Themerson, F. and S. Unposted Letters. Ed. J Reichardt. Amst., Gaberbocchus & De Harmonie, 2013, 405,(1)p., (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 1 other publ. in the "Gouden Reeks" of the Grote Bellettrie Series: DANTE ALIGHIERI, De goddelijke komedie. Dutch transl. I. Cialona and P. Verstegen (Amst., 2000, 2 vols., ills. by G. DORÉ, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €90

Lot 1796

Joyce, J. Ulixes. Dutch transl. E. Bindervoet and R.-J. Henkes.

Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2012, 914,(6)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Sjalamov, V. Berichten uit Kolyma. Dutch transl. M. Wiebes and Y. Bloemen. Ibid., De Bezige Bij, 2000, 900,(4)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (partly sunned). Babel, I. Alle verhalen. Dutch transl. C.B. Timmer. Ibid., Meulenhoff, 2001, 573,(2)p., printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 3 others, i.a. M. YOURCENAR, Hadrianus' gedenkschriften (ibid., 1980, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1798

Killy, W. Literatur Lexikon.

Güttersloh/ München, Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 1988, 15 vols., vol. 1-12: Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache, vol. 13-14: Begriffe, Realien, Methoden, vol 15: Register. - AND 1 other: W. SCHERF, Das Märchen Lexikon (München, 1982, 2 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. in slipcase).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 1799

Klaeber, K. Empörer! Empor! Gedichte, Skizze, Reiseberichte.

Berlin, Der Syndikalist, 1925, 1st ed., 128p., orig. wr. Bundschuh (= K. Bauer-Ose). Die Revolution von 1912. Leipsic, F. Rothbarth, 1907, 1st ed., 276p., orig. wr. AND 2 others, i.a. G. SCHREINER, Die Republik der vierzehn Jahre (Bilthoven, 1939, orig. wr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €80

Lot 1800

[The Library of America]. Melville, H. (Works).

New York, The Library of America, 1983-1984, 2 vols., (8),1438,(4); (8),1478,(6)p., india-paper, orig. unif. cl., slipcase. Baldwin, J. Early Novels and Stories./ Later Novels. Ibid., idem, 1998/ 2015, 2 vols., (8),970,(6); (6),1075,(5)p., india-paper, orig. unif. cl., slipcase. AND 4 others from the same series.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €90

Lot 1801

Lyons, M.C. The Arabian epic. Heroic and oral story-telling.

Cambridge, Univ. Press, 2005, 3 vols., XII,183,(3); (6),489,(3); (8),663p., orig. unif. wr. - AND 1 other: E. HANEBUTT-BENZ a.o., Middle Eastern Languages and the Print Revolution (Westhofen, 2002, (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1802

Malss, C. Herr Hampelmann oder die Landparthie nach Königstein.

Frankf. a.M., F. Varrentrapp, 1836, 3rd ed., (4),81p., handcol. lithogr. frontisp., contemp. boards, sm. 8vo. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Herr Hampelmann im Eilwagen. Ibid., idem, 1837, 2nd ed., (2),93p., handcol. lithogr. frontisp. - AND WITH: Idem. Herr Hampelmann sucht ein Logis. Ibid., idem, 1837, 2nd ed., (4),110p. - AND WITH: Idem. Die Jungfern Kochinnen. Ibid., idem, 1837, 2nd ed., XII,80p., handcol. lithogr. frontisp.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 1803

Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner.

London, Methuen & Co, 1928, 2nd ed., XI,(1),178,(2)p., ills., endpapers and gilt vignette on frontcover by E.H. SHEPARD, orig. gilt cl., t.e.g. Idem. Now we are six. Ibid., idem, 1927, 2nd ed., X,(2),103,(1)p., ills., endpapers and gilt vignette on frontcover by E.H. SHEPARD, bound unif. w. the above. Idem. When we were very young. Ibid., idem, 1927, 16th ed., X,(2),99,(1)p., ills., endpapers and gilt vignette on frontcover by E.H. SHEPARD, bound unif. w. the above.

Estimate €40 – €60Result €100

Lot 1804

Moore, G. Aphrodite in Aulis.

London, W. Heinemann, 1930, VI,340,(1)p., printed in 1825 numb. and signed copies (900), orig. gilt vellum, 4to. Idem. The Apostle. Ibid., idem, 1923, (6),125p., printed in 1030 numb. and signed copies (1000), orig. boards w. dustwr. Idem. The Story-teller's Holiday. Ibid., "privately printed", 1918, (8),355p., printed in 1000 numb. and signed copies, orig. vellumbacked boards w. dustwr. - AND 2 others by/ on the same.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1805

Musil, R. De man zonder eigenschappen. Dutch transl. I. Lesener and H. Hom.

Amst., Meulenhoff, 1988-1991, 1st Dutch ed., 4 vols., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Yourcenar, M. Hermetisch zwart. Dutch transl. J. Tuin. Ibid., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1984, 322,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (Grote Bellettrie Serie). Idem. Als stromend water. Dutch trans. J. Tuin. Ibid., idem, 1983, 236,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (Grote Bellettrie Serie). - AND 10 others in 11 vols., all Dutch translations, i.a. J. JOYCE, Ulysses (Amst., 2004, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); I. SVEVO, Alle verhalen (ibid., 1989, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); G. FLAUBERT, Madame Bovary (ibid., 1997, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and F. PESSOA, Brieven (ibid., 2004-2005, 2 vols., orig. unif. wr.).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 1808

[Ossian]. (MacPherson, J.). The Poems of Ossian.

London, printed for Cadell and Davies, 1807, 2 vols., X,(2),436; (4),387p., contemp. unif. calf w. triple gilt fillet line around edges on covers, gilt spine w. repeated ornament in each compartment, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g.

Estimate €40 – €60Result €70

Lot 1809

Peacock, A.C.S. Arabic Literary Culture in Southeast Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

Leyden/ Boston, E.J. Brill, 2024, 514p., col. ills., orig. boards. Marzolph, U. Arabia Ridens. Die humoristische Kurzprosa der frühen adab-Literatur im internationalen Traditionsgeflecht. 1: Darstellung. 2: Material. Frankf. a.M., V. Klostermann, 1992, 2 vols., XIII,(1),295; VI,(2),417p., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Qutbuddin, T. Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi and Fatimid Da'wa Poetry. A Case of Commitment in Classical Arabic Literature. Leyden/ Boston, E.J. Brill, 2005, XIV,412,(3)p., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr. - AND 14 others, i.a. J. KNAPPERT, Traditional Swahili Poetry. An investigation into the concepts of East African Islam as reflected in the Utenzi Literature (Leyden, 1967, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); A. HAMORI, On the Art of Medieval Arabic Literature (Princeton, 1975, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and D. COOK, Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature (Syracuse, 2005, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1810

[Privé-domein]. Lot

of 12 vols., Amst., De Arbeiderspers, 1974-2000, various eds., plates, orig. unif. wr.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €90

Lot 1811

[Privé-domein]. Lot

of 64 vols., Amst., De Arbeiderspers, 1967-2018, various eds., plates, orig. unif. wr. AND 8 vols. from the series Open Domein.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €300

Lot 1812

[Privé-domein]. Lot

of 271 vols., Amst., De Arbeiderspers, 1966-2014, various eds., plates, orig. unif. wr.

Estimate €1,000 – €1,500

Lot 1814

Silentiaire, P. le. Poëmes érotiques, traduits du grec.

Paris, J. Haumont, 1952, (24)p., orig. tinted woodcut frontisp. by G. FOURNIER, printed in 205 numb. copies (200), orig. wr., narrow sm. 8vo. Sablon-Favier, R. de. Triangles. Ibid., Éditions G.L.M., 1934, (29)p., frontisp., orig. wr. - AND 5 others, i.a. R. CHAR, Art bref suivi de premières alluvions (ibid., 1950, printed in 975 numb. copies (950), orig. wr.).

Estimate €30 – €50