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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
183961New York: George H. Doran Co not identified. Hardcover. Fair heavy shelfwear to boards foxing spots mainly to end papers soiling to bottom block extending slightly to bottom of some pages previous owner's name inside front ffep text and illustrations are otherwise clear. Brown paper boards with green cloth spine gilt lettering on spine; top edge gilt color illustrated title and half title page ornamental borders; unpaginated; profusely illustrated throughout in bw and color with many mounted color plates. Presented by Willy Pogany. A classic Coleridge poem. George H. Doran Co hardcover books
319905 vols. 424 572 383 527 421 pp. account of 19th century artistic development in western Germany particularly in and around Cologne notes lists brief biographies indices thoroughly illus. in the text and on plates from plans drawings paintings photographic views of architecture monuments etc. 4to. Cloth illus. d.j. Dusseldorf Swann 1980-81. hardcover books
2016405937London: IDEA 2016. A fine copy. Color photographs. Printed black wrappers. One of 300 copies signed by Willy Vanderperre and dated January 11 2016. 128 pages of film stills from Vanderperre's film about Belgian Youth. <br/><br/> IDEA unknown 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
04400London & Paris: Liberty & Co. 1913. An Original Willy Pogany Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914<br/><br/>POGANY Willy illustrator. Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914. London & Paris: Liberty & Co. 1913. <br/><br/>Octavo 8 5/8 x 6 1/16 inches; 219 x 154 mm. 24 pages including wrappers printed on heavy gray stock. Eight mounted color plates. The second color plate with two creases at lower left corner.<br/><br/>Printed in colors on gray paper stock sewn as issued. Front wrapper with neat early ink inscription on top margin. Remnant of silk ties otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce piece of Willy Pogany ephemera. <br/><br/>Willy Pogány born in Szeged Hungary in 1882 studied at Budapest Technical University and in Munich and Paris. His reputation as a muralist painter and illustrator was well established in Paris London and Munich before arriving in the United States in 1915 at the age of thirty-three. Skilled in an unusually wide range of media he had won gold medals at exhibitions in Budapest Leipzig and at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition.<br/><br/>"Among Pogány's many murals are those for the Heckscher Children's Theatre in New York City and the Niagara Falls Power Station. As a painter he did portraits of famous people in all walks of life. An expert on scenery design and lighting effects Pogány also designed sets for ballets and operas including "Le Coq d'Or" and for many films such as Modern Times for Charlie Chaplin as well as animated cartoons based on his children's books.<br/><br/>"Among his other artistic endeavors Pogány was an accomplished book illustrator. It was this phase of his career especially as an illustrator of children's books which gives this collection special relevance for Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Oregon Libraries. Pogány designed and illustrated more than 150 books. His illustrations include those for the Rubaiyat and the Sonnets from the Portuguese The Song Celestial The Adventures of Odysseus Gulliver's Travels and many others both classic and original.<br/><br/>"Working tirelessly right up until the end Willy Pogány died in 1955" University of Oregon Guide to the Willy A. Pogány Papers 1910-1967. London & Paris: Liberty & Co., [1913] 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
2015404447London: IDEA 2015. A near-fine copy with a small bit of soiling on the rear wrapper. 4to. White printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION one of 300 copies inscribed by Willy Vanderperre. <br/><br/> IDEA unknown 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
017225New York; 1911: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. First Edition. Quarto. no pagination translated by T.W. Rolleston beautifully illustrated by Willy Pogany each page illustrated in black often with accents or red contains 16 tipped in color plates pictorial endpapers accented in blue red tan and gray. A striking production of Wagner's dramatic poem of fantasy brilliantly illustrated by Pogany bound in gray pictorial cloth accented in blue black and gilt spine gilt some general finger soiling and rubbing. A very nice copy of this spectacular work. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co 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
D2528London: G. G. Harrap n.d. Hardcover. Very Good. GIlt-ruled half morocco and decorative green cloth gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine 5 raised bands t. e. g.; illustrated throughout with four-color lithographs and full-color tipped-on plates. A lavish production. Spine a bit sunned; some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; a little faint browning on prelims and terminals otherwise internally bright and clean. A lovely copy. <br/><br/> G. G. Harrap hardcover 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
