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On art, graphic design and photography
Pramoedya Ananta Toer was the preeminent author of resistance-liberation and post-independence literature in Indonesia. His novel Keluarga gerilja chronicles the tragic consequences of divided political sympathies in a Javanese family during the Indonesian Revolution against Dutch rule.
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pramoedya Ananta Toer was the preeminent author of resistance-liberation and post-independence literature in Indonesia. His novel Keluarga gerilja chronicles the tragic consequences of divided political sympathies in a Javanese family during the Indonesian Revolution against Dutch rule.
International book history: first edition of Kaas by Elsschot and illustrated by Cantre (both Flemish Belgian), published by Van Kampen in Amsterdam, sold by bookstore Deli Courant (Medan, Indonesia) and inscribed by a previous owner of Batavia (now Djakarta)
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
International book history: first edition of Kaas by Elsschot and illustrated by Cantre (both Flemish Belgian), published by Van Kampen in Amsterdam, sold by bookstore Deli Courant (Medan, Indonesia) and inscribed by a previous owner of Batavia (now Djakarta)
New Crouwel designs added to our collection. #graphicdesign
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New Crouwel designs added to our collection. #graphicdesign
Afro-American poetry. Rare hardcover first edition. Henry Dumas: Play Ebony Play Ivory
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Afro-American poetry. Rare hardcover first edition. Henry Dumas: Play Ebony Play Ivory
Books on books and bookcovers. Just added to our collection.
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Books on books and bookcovers. Just added to our collection.
Tom Adams cover art for the European & UK Fontana books started with the fourth impression of Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced in 1963.
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Tom Adams cover art for the European & UK Fontana books started with the fourth impression of Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced in 1963.
New photobooks added to our collection.
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New photobooks added to our collection.
New in our collection the Dutch
first edition of “The Adventures Of Tintin: Destination Moon” by Hergé. BTW: we call him Kuifje.
first edition of “The Adventures Of Tintin: Destination Moon” by Hergé. BTW: we call him Kuifje.
September 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New in our collection the Dutch
first edition of “The Adventures Of Tintin: Destination Moon” by Hergé. BTW: we call him Kuifje.
first edition of “The Adventures Of Tintin: Destination Moon” by Hergé. BTW: we call him Kuifje.
Art nouveau bookdesign anno 1904 by Theo Neuhuys. New in our collection.
September 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Art nouveau bookdesign anno 1904 by Theo Neuhuys. New in our collection.
Yukio Mishima. US #firstedition with jacket design by Ellen Raskin, American children’s books writer, illustrator and graphic designer. #bookcovers
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Yukio Mishima. US #firstedition with jacket design by Ellen Raskin, American children’s books writer, illustrator and graphic designer. #bookcovers
And two more. Also #firstedition, Digi and Collier publishers. #sf
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And two more. Also #firstedition, Digi and Collier publishers. #sf
September 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
September 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New in our collection: original exhibition poster for Documenta 8 by Karl-Oskar Blase. #graphicdesign
August 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New in our collection: original exhibition poster for Documenta 8 by Karl-Oskar Blase. #graphicdesign
Olieverf op board van Egbert Reitsma (1892-1976) voorstellende Jozef, Maria en het kindeke Jezus op de vlucht naar Egypte.
Reitsma is natuurlijk vooral bekend om zijn Amsterdamse school architectuur in Groningen, maar heeft ook een aanzienlijk aantal schilderijen geproduceerd. #GroningerPloeg
Reitsma is natuurlijk vooral bekend om zijn Amsterdamse school architectuur in Groningen, maar heeft ook een aanzienlijk aantal schilderijen geproduceerd. #GroningerPloeg
August 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Olieverf op board van Egbert Reitsma (1892-1976) voorstellende Jozef, Maria en het kindeke Jezus op de vlucht naar Egypte.
Reitsma is natuurlijk vooral bekend om zijn Amsterdamse school architectuur in Groningen, maar heeft ook een aanzienlijk aantal schilderijen geproduceerd. #GroningerPloeg
Reitsma is natuurlijk vooral bekend om zijn Amsterdamse school architectuur in Groningen, maar heeft ook een aanzienlijk aantal schilderijen geproduceerd. #GroningerPloeg
New additions to our #photobooks catalog.
August 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New additions to our #photobooks catalog.
July 31, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Monumental poster (90x128) for the A.R. Penck exhibition at Boymans Rotterdam 1979. #available
July 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Monumental poster (90x128) for the A.R. Penck exhibition at Boymans Rotterdam 1979. #available
July 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Must see for all interested in graphic design: retrospective exhibition of Karel Martens at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
July 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Must see for all interested in graphic design: retrospective exhibition of Karel Martens at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
First edition in the Frisian language of one of the classics of Dutch juvenile literature: Afke’s Tiental.
July 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
First edition in the Frisian language of one of the classics of Dutch juvenile literature: Afke’s Tiental.
Woodcut illustration for a rare Frisian magazine by Dutch expressionist Johan Dijkstra #GroningerPloeg 1920s
July 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Woodcut illustration for a rare Frisian magazine by Dutch expressionist Johan Dijkstra #GroningerPloeg 1920s
