'Grootvader' - Nieuwe Sprookjes van Grootvader. Geïllustreerd door Herman Moerkerk

'Grootvader' - Nieuwe Sprookjes van Grootvader. Geïllustreerd door Herman Moerkerk - Amsterdam - Van Holkema & Warendorf - [1919] - 1st edition - [8], [160] pp - Cloth binding - 17 x 22 cm.

Condition: Fragile - with wear. Restored by master bookbinder Hans Zegveld from Nijmegen.

Second collection of 15 fairy tales, some of which have also been published separately. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Herman Moerkerk (1879-1949), who also designed the pictorial book binding. NCC also sees him as an author. Hardcover edition.

Contains i.a. 'Waf! Waf! de betooverde hond'; 'Hoe Hans Deugniet een brave jongen werd'; 'Sneeuwwitje is vertrokken'; 'Ons Winterkoninkje'; 'Het geheim der Nymphen', 'Van een hoovaardig kikkertje'; 'De Blauwe Roos' and 'Tante Ursula en haar poesje'.

¶ This copy was, according to a dedication, given as a Sinterklaas gift on '5 December 1923' to 'Noortje', who, as can be seen on a beautiful Art Deco ex-libris on the paste-down, had 'Van der Plas' as a surname. During the last century, the book was also owned for some time by a certain Daniëls-Bessem, who immortalized that fact with a stamp on the title page.