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1928WRCLIT73644Antwerp: Musée Plantin-Morteus 1928. 24pp. Small octavo. Stiff wrappers pictorial label. Illustrations. Two tissue guards have caused offset tanning to the facing pages otherwise very good or better. An attractive illustrated catalogue of 46 items designed at illustrated by or associated with Leonard and Godenne's 'Studio Novio.'. Musée Plantin-Morteus unknown books
19251262436London: Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press ca. 1925. 4vo. 160pp.; VG; bound in publishers yellow cloth mounted color front and rear; housed in yellow glazed decorated slipcase bumped to corners; 15 mounted color plates; bumping to head and tail of spine corners; decorated endpapers; interior clean; DC consignment; shelved case 14. 1262436. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press unknown books
1969173693Wiesbaden: Steiner 1969. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Die Inschriften Die Ikonographischen und Literarischen Beziehungen Das Entstgehungsdsatum. 114 Abbildungen & 2 falttalfeln. 115p.4to blue cloth corners bumped. Wiesbaden: Steiner 1969. Very good.<br/><br/> Review copy sent to art historian Meyer Schapiro with his ownership signature. Long letter of presentation to Schapiro 32 lines from the author writing about the genesis of the book and asking for suggestions on getting it reviewed. "You will be among the first to receive it of course."<br/><br/> Steiner unknown books
1927160319Leipzig: Verlag Hachmeister & Thal 1927. Octavo pp. 1-3 4 5 6-55 56: ads 8-page undated publisher's catalogue at rear sixteen illustrations in the text original pictorial orange wrappers printed in black. First edition. An early publication by Willy Otto Oskar Ley 1906-1969 a German-American science writer and spaceflight advocate who helped to popularize rocketry and spaceflight in Germany in the late 1920s and early 1930s and later in the United States. A fine copy. #160319 Verlag Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1940183797Philadelphia. : David McKay. 1940. 1st edition. Blue cloth with pictorial covers. . Slight shelfwear otherwise a very good bright copy in a good dustjacket with chips at the spine ends and some closed tears. . 4to. 15 color illustrations. David McKay. hardcover books
191546605NY: McBride Nast and Company 1915. Hardcover. Very good. Some offsetting and foxing to prelims else a very good example that shows some light rubbing to the boards small spot to the rear and minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> McBride Nast and Company hardcover books
19288498New York. Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1928. Bound in elaborate high art deco pictorial gilt decorated cloth. Pictorial endsheets depicting stylized alphabet. t.e.g. 8vo 8.5" x 6". Fourth Printing. Marvelously Illustrated throughout with high art deco colour and monochrome plates drawings vignettes and decorations by Pogany. Widely regarded as the quintessential example of high art deco illustration Pogany's mother goose has delighted collectors of this genre for many years. Copies of the first edition have grown exceediungly scarce particularly in this condition. A true delight of art deco extravagance. Head and tailpiece a bit rubbed with tailpiece a bit frayed. Short tear to ffep and half title else a Near Fine crisp copy. Thomas Nelson and Sons. hardcover books
190551305Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1905. First edition imperial 8vo pp. 2 xii 315 1; color frontispiece portrait 14 color plates128 illustrations in the text a number full-page mostly after paintings and watercolors by the author plus 1 folding plate; original beige buckram with a large color insert on the front cover; wear at the edges spine a bit soiled and slight cracking of the cloth on the rear joint; all else very good. An uncommon history of yachting in Germany with a section on The America's Cup as well as powerboats regattas and rules. <br/><br/> F. A. Brockhaus hardcover books
19141262623London: G. G. Harrap & Co 1914. large 8vo. unpaginated; VG; bound in brown leather blind stamped lettering on spine and front board gilt decoration on spine and front board; corners bumped; rebound; beautifully illustrated throughout with numerous illustrations and elaborate ornamentation; 8 mounted color plates; top edge of text block gilt others uncut; DC consignment; shelved case 0. 1262623. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. G. G. Harrap & Co unknown books
193218586Philadelphia: David McKay 1932. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth silver front cover panel with cloth inset illustrated by Pogany. Fine. 192 pages. 25 x 20 cm. Illustrated in black and white by Will Pogany. Signed presentation copy "To Herbert Morrison from his old friend Hollywood 1937." Morrison Life Peer Baron Morrison of Lambeth was a member of the Labour Party serving as Foreign Secretary 1951 and as a Deputy Prime Minister. During World War II he served as Home Secretary. Morrison also created the London greenbelt system and was responsible for the unified London transport system. Crisp fresh and very bright copy. No dust jacket but believe not issued by publisher. David McKay hardcover books
1906S6919Berlin:: Druck and Verlag von Georg Reimer 1906. 1906. 8vo. xix 859 pp. Index detailed full color folding map showing where minerals are found in Germany. Original printed wrappers. Fine. RARE. Second edition first with Bruhns. On the useful minerals found in the German Empire. Dechen was a prominent German geologist. The first edition was issued in 1873. Franz Siegfried Willy Bruhns also a German mineralogist lectured at Bonn University and taught at the Petrographic Institute of the University of Strassbourg. See: "Dechen Ernst Heinrich Karl von" within Encyclopaedia Britannica vol. 7 11th ed. Cambridge University Press. p. 912. Druck and Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1906. unknown books
1936139573Paris: L'Aérophile 1936. Folio pp. 1-8 not paginated 2 illustrations from photographs 5 figures 2 tables self wrappers stapled. First edition. An off-print from L'AÉROPHILE. Not in Ciancone. Pulpy paper tanned several splits along old mailing folds a good copy of a delicate production. Rare. No copies found in OCLC or COPAC. Rare.#139573 L'Aérophile unknown books
1958306071958. Folio. 1 autograph title 2-4 pp. Notated in blue ink in on 12-stave music paper. With occasional autograph corrections.<br/><br/>Handstamps of "Cine Italia Film S.p.A. Consiglieri Delegati" to title. <br/><br/>Creased at folds and slightly overall; outer margins creased; several small tears repaired with archival tape. Mattes an Austrian composer arranger and conductor is particularly noted as a composer of over 80 scores for films produced from 1937 to 1981; he also wrote numerous popular songs. He studied with Felix Weingartner in Vienna where he graduated from the Music Academy in 1937. <br/><br/>The present song was a great success and has been recorded by a number of artsits including Fritz Wunderlich. <br/><br/>We would like to thank our colleague Markus Brandes for his kind assistance in the identification of this manuscript. unknown books
19103693New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co 1910. First American edition. Publisher's tan buckram over pictorial paper boards spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt top edge gilt others uncut pictorial endpapers. 128 unnumbered pp. Twenty-four tipped-in color plates including frontispiece all mounted onto heavy stock card. A few of the tipped-in color plates have a light crease on the lower corner and a couple of the heavy card mounts have been neatly repaired with archival tape. Otherwise this is a very Fine copy in the original brown paper dust jacket decoratively printed in dark brown. Housed in a cloth slipcase. The card mounts in this edition are notoriously fragile.<br/><br/>"Had Omar Khayyam the old tentmaker visioned the beauty of his verses centuries later in Western dress as<br/>embroidered by a Hungarian artist he might have had a new conception of the meaning of immortality. For Pogany<br/>the Hungarian had made Omar the Persian live again" Crowell. Willy Pogany had previously illustrated the Rubaiyat in 1909 but these later illustrations are quite a different interpretation more westernized and modernized than the earlier ones. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co unknown books
1985133065Munich Germany: Galerie Jahn 1985. Hardcover. VG/VG- Some small rubbed spots on dust jacket and slight fading near spine; slight foxing on edge of first and last white pages; otherwise pages are clean. Burgundy paper boards burgundy dust jacket map on rear flyleaf 183 pp. BW illustrations. Text is in French German and English. Consists of an illustrated analysis of the sculpture and tribal art of the Songye of the Congo. Includes illustrations of masks sculptures and archival photos of the people themselves. One of 1000 printed. Galerie Jahn hardcover books
192840951Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal 1928. <p>Ley Willy 1906-1969. Die Möglichkeit der Weltraumfahrt. viii 344pp. 2 plates text illustrations. Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal 1928. Original cloth some spotting and dampstaining minor finger-soiling. Very good copy from the library of Frederick I. Ordway III with his bookplate.</p> <p>First Edition of this pioneering collection of papers on the possibility of space travel edited by Willy Ley one of the founders of Germany's influential Verein für Raumschiffahrt Rocketry Society and a highly effective popularize of spaceflight in the first half of the twentieth century. The collection includes contributions from Karl Debus Hermann Oberth Walter Hohmann Guido von Pirquet and Fr. W. Sander-Wesermünde. This copy was owned by Frederick I. Ordway III space scientist and well-known author of books on spaceflight.</p> . Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1920226207Paris: Artheme Fayard 1920. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo 3/4 green morocco spine faded to brown; original yellow printed wrappers including spine bound in. Paris: Artheme Fayard 1920. First Edition.<br/><br/> One of 550 numbered copies on papier velin.Lafuma. This is no. 124.<br/><br/> Artheme Fayard unknown books
1932160320Leipzig: Verlag: Hachmeister & Thal 1932. Octavo pp. 1 2-16 illustrations in the text publisher's orange wrappers printed in black stapled. First edition. A brief chronology of the history of rocketry. Ciancone 135. Hübner 388. Ley Rockets Missiles and Space Travel revised edition 1957 p. 507. Several tiny chips from edges short splits at upper and lower spine fold but a remarkably nice copy of a very fragile booklet. Rare. #160320 Verlag: Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1935Embry 180148Sutton House Ltd. Los Angeles: 1935. 7th printing. A few light stains to the suede wear to corners slight bow to boards still near fine and bright with hinges firm in custom mylar cover. Black & white margin illustrations and full page color tipped-in illustrations by Willy Pogany. Blue suede titled in gilt. 250 copies signed by each author and Pogany on publisher's special edition page. Sutton House, Ltd., Los Angeles: 1935. 7th printing. hardcover books
19801987London: Pan Books 1980. First Edition / Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Known as The Brandt Report this leather-bound presentation copy was inscribed by former German Chancellor Willy Brandt to Secretary of State Robert McNamara. Additional signatures by Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham and Secretary of Commer. Octavo 304pp. Brown leather covers title in gilt on spine and cover. Inscribed on the front end paper by the following people: Chancellor Willy Brandt Katharine Graham Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson and Sir Sonny Ramphal the Secretary-General of Guyana. The Brandt Report was an independent commission report that analyzed income disparities between the "North-South Divide." It advocates for the transfer of manufactured goods to developing countries to stimulate trade and improve economic conditions. From the personal library of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Provenance: The Robert McNamara Estate & Diane Byfield McNamara Book Collection The Potomac Company October 2019. Pan Books unknown books
19288288New York. Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1928. Bound in elaborate high art deco pictorial gilt decorated cloth. Pictorial endsheets depicting stylized alphabet. t.e.g. 8vo 8.5" x 6". First Edition. This copy signed in ink by Pogany to half title page. This copy also includes a nine page publishers publicity insert and titled "Willy Pogany and His Work". Marvelously Illustrated throughout with high art deco colour and monochrome plates drawings vignettes and decorations by Pogany. Widely regarded as the quintessential example of high art deco illustration Pogany's Mother Goose has delighted collectors of this genre for many years. Signed first edition copies have grown exceedingly scarce. A true delight of art deco extravagance. Some light staining to covers. Sporadic light water staining to edge of front pastedown and several pages. Mild sporadic foxing throughout. A slight hint of storage mustiness. A Very Good tight bright copy in a somewhat chipped Very Good rare original dustwrapper. Thomas Nelson and Sons. hardcover books
19303692New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1930. First Thus. First Revised American trade edition. Publishers orange silk cloth front cover lettered in gilt with black and gold illustration spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt top edge gilt others uncut. Original decorative tan paper dust jacket printed in orange. Original tan cardboard box decoratively printed in dark brown. Ink signature on front pastedown. Twelve tipped-in color plates including frontispiece. Text leaves additionally decorated with an additional 46 mounted black and gold illustrations and head and tailpieces in black and white. A very Fine copy.<br/><br/>With the original Thomas Y. Crowell eight-page leaflet describing the work of Willy Pogany loosely inserted. "Had Omar Khayyam the old tentmaker visioned the beauty of his verses centuries later in Western dress as<br/>embroidered by a Hungarian artist he might have had a new conception of the meaning of immortality. For Pogany<br/>the Hungarian had made Omar the Persian live again" Crowell. Willy Pogany had previously illustrated the Rubaiyat in 1909 but these later illustrations are quite a different interpretation more westernized and modernized than the earlier ones. Thomas Y. Crowell unknown books
1929002018New York 1929. Willy Pogány Hungarian/American 1882-1955. ORIGINAL PEN-AND-INK PORTRAIT OF THE MAD HATTER From his illustrated 1929 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland published by E. P. Dutton. This marvelous drawing is that illustrating "Who Stole the Tarts" from Chapter 11 page 172 wherein The Queen of Hearts is accusing the Mad Hatter of the crime. Pogany's version has the Mad Hatter trembling with fear as he clutches his tea cup and toast. The image is 4.75" x 3.5" situated in one corner of a large sheet of 11" by 14" heavy art paper. Pogány has initialed the drawing at the lower right. His lightly penciled outline and notations can also be seen. The detail of the drawing which is sharply inked and in Very Good condition indeed is spectacular in comparison to the actual printed illustration see our photo of the actual size of the book image to compare. We originally saw this illustration in The Book Sail's 16th Anniversary Catalogue way back in 1984. It's our pleasure to finally be able to both handle it and find it a good home. Signed. Unbound. Very Good. Illus. by Willy Pogany. Paperback books
1926160318Leipzig: Verlag Hachmeister & Thal 1926. Small octavo pp. 1-4 5-68 12-page undated publisher's catalogue at rear nineteen illustrations in the text by Thea Blüthner original pictorial orange wrappers printed in black. First edition. Lehrmeister-Bücherei 814-815. Ley's first publication on space travel. Ciancone 133a. Hübner 697. Ley Rockets Missiles and Space Travel revised edition 1957 p. 506. A fine copy. #160318 Verlag Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1910140938515London: George Harrap 1910. First THUS. Very Good. Limited edition of 525 copies hand-numbered 91 in blue signed by illustrator Willy Pogany. Quarto. Original full tan calf decorated in gilt illustrated with 20 beautiful tipped-in color plates top edge gilt. Unpaginated. Very Good with scratch in front cover wear along edges of leather internally near fine bookplate ghost on paste down. All plates present. A wonderful visual exploration of Coleridge's classic poem with intricate ink illustrations and every plate a hazy dream-like wash of color. George Harrap unknown books
