Kees de Bakker & Herman Arnolds [ed.] - De vijftig boekenweekgeschenken 1932-1985

Kees de Bakker & Herman Arnolds [ed.] - De vijftig boekenweekgeschenken 1932-1985 - Amsterdam - Stichting CPNB - 1985 - 1st edition - [64] pp - Hardcover - 21,5 x 28,5 cm.

Condition: Excellent.

Bibliography with overview of the first 50 book week gift editions with background information (interviews). Illustrated with reproductions of the book covers in COLOUR. With index. Indispensable reference work for antiquarian and collector.

¶ The book deals i.a. with the question why Gerard Reve did not become a Book Week author and anecdotes about, among others, Hella Haasse's Oeroeg (1948), Robert van Gulik (Vier Vingers, 1964), Marten Toonder's Andere wereld, Mooi kado by Peter van Straaten & Simon Carmiggelt, De Ortolaan by Maarten 't Hart and Remco Campert's Somberman.