About

Artistiek Bureau is an antiquarian bookshop and publishing house specializing in Dutch literature, private presses and archives and manuscripts. Artistiek Bureau is a member of the Dutch Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (NVvA ) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB ).

 

Artistiek Bureau was founded by Nick ter Wal in 2019. Artistiek Bureau is located in the beautiful village of Warfhuizen (Groningen).

 

The antiquarian bookshop has a small, but ever surprising stock of twentieth-century material. Books and manuscripts are described precisely and clearly. Much attention is paid to the provenance of a copy. Artistiek Bureau is furthermore specialized in signed and inscribed copies.

 

Various literary archives, some very extensive, have been organized and described in the antiquarian bookshop. The archive of publisher Martin Ros, partly already falling apart and stuffed into garbage bags, was acquired and inventoried over a period of years.

 

Other areas of focus include deluxe bookbindings by master binders such as David Simaleavich and J.A. Szirmai, illustrated editions and rare novels from the early twentieth century.