Live auction - Lot 107
[Netherlands - De Heuvelpers]
Hand and Soul.
Hilversum, De Heuvelpers (S.H. De Roos), 1929
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
8vo.
Publ. overl. vellum (sl. warping), gilt-titled flat spine (sm. def.), slipcase. Good copy.
Edition limited to 125 numb. copies on hand-made paper. One of 110 for sale (n. 81). The third of only four books printed by "De Heuvelpers", the Dutch private press led by S.H. de Roos (1877-1962). Characteristics of these ed. are the unique typeface, the "Meidoorn", and the writer's vignette in the shape of a hawthorn with the initials D H P. Half-title, initials and press mark printed in red, first initial "B" heightened in blue.
Ref. Het ideale boek. Honderd jaar private press in Nederland, 1910-2010, pp. 73-78.