MASEREEL (Frans). Set of 5 works illustrated by Belgian artist Frans MASEREEL (1889-1972): - Mein stundenbuch. [Munich]: Kurt Wolff, [1920]. - In-32, 142 x 116 : (172 ff.). Basane brique janseniste, spine ribbed, gilt head and gutter, gold silk lining and endpapers (period binding). German first edition of this picture novel, the most important published by Frans Masereel. Printed in an edition of 700 copies, it features 167 woodcuts. This is the only edition, along with the Swiss original published the previous year, to be printed with the original woodcuts. ONE OF 50 FIRST COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPON (no. 13), signed by Masereel below the first engraving depicting a self-portrait. Ordinary copies are missing two engravings, replaced by a preface by Thomas Mann. Significant rubbing to binding, epidermal wear, fragile hinges, missing headpieces. Very good condition inside. Provenance: Hermann Hans Mayer, with bookplate. - VERHAEREN (Émile). Five stories. With 28 woodcuts designed and engraved by Frans Masereel. Paris: Éditions du Sablier, 1920. - In-8, 212 x 162: 100 pp, (4 ff. last 2 blank), printed cover. Paperback, lined cover. First edition. One of 500 copies on Hollande Van Gelder (no. 8). - ROLLAND (Romain). Jean-Christophe. Paris: Albin Michel, [1925-1927]. -5 volumes in-4, 258 x 197: (4 ff. first blank), 281 pp. (3 ff. last two blanks), printed cover; (4 ff. first blank), 345 pp. (3 ff. last two blanks), printed cover; (5 ff.), V, 270 pp.., (1 f.), printed cover; (4 ff. first two blanks), 290 pp. (3 ff. last two blanks), printed cover; (4 ff. first two blanks), 333 pp. (5 ff. last three blanks), printed cover. Half burgundy morocco, double ribbed spine decorated with vertical black fillets surrounding part of the title in the center, and a black morocco pastille between two bold gilt fillets for the tomaison, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (period binding). Edition illustrated with over 500 wood-engraved compositions in the text and on full pages by Frans Masereel. One of 1,500 copies on papeteries du Marais vellum pur chiffon (no. 163). A very fine copy in a period Art Deco binding, perfectly executed although unsigned. A very well preserved copy. - MAUPASSANT (Guy de). Le Horla et autres contes. Paris : Albin Michel, [1928]. -In-8, 200 x 152: (4 ff. first 2 blank), 203 pp. (5 ff. last two blank), printed cover. Paperback, filled cover, slipcase. Sought-after edition of 316 copies, illustrated with 30 two-tone woodcuts by Frans Masereel, 16 in the text and 14 full-page. ONE OF THE 16 FIRST COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPON, this being one of 15 numbered in Roman numerals (no. X), very well preserved. - Capital city. 66 drawings. Paris: Éditions du Sablier, [1935]. -In-8, 212 x 165 : (40 ff. 2 first and 2 last blank. Paperback, printed cover. Original edition of 1560 copies. One of 1500 on letterpress vellum (no. 999). Spine detached.