Gerard den Brabander - Cynische portretten. Verzen van Gerard den Brabander

Gerard den Brabander - Cynische portretten. Verzen van Gerard den Brabander - Asten N.-Br. - Het Venster Uitgevers - 1934 - 1st edition - 30, [2] pp - Paper wrappers - 16,5 x 25 cm.

Condition: Fragile - with cracks; spine almost worn through. SIGNED by Den Brabander: "ter kennismaking / 30-3-36".

Collection of poems (dedicated in print to 'mijn vriend Jan Bootsman'), by the Dutch poet Gerard den Brabander (= Jan Gerardus Jofriet, 1900-1968); with poems that were all created and dated in the fateful year 1933.

Among the titles of these "social anecdotes" we find, among others: 'Werklooze met weegschaal', 'Crisis-Boeren', 'Landschapschilder-in-den-crisis', 'Joséphine [Baker] in 't Concertgebouw' en 'KING KONG'. The film premiered in March of that year.

¶ On the cover an art deco portrait of the dictator Adolf Hitler, who came to power democratically in 1933 and turned Germany into a NAZI state, resulting in the Second World War. The cover is depicted in 't Is vol van schatten hier' p. 329, but the designer is unknown.

Photo (by Emmy Andriesse) courtesy of Wikipedia.