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193427423Chicago. John Winston Company. 1934. Pictorial blue cloth. Decorated endsheets. Thick 8vo. 1st Edition. Illustrated with delicious full page colour and monochrome plates by Willy Pogany. Spine a bit dusty small stain to edge of front cover else A Very Good tight copy. John Winston Company. hardcover
1934425772Philadelphia: David McKay Company 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. Illustrated with gravure plates designed by Willy Pogany. Publisher’s black cloth stamped in silver on the spine and front cover with a gravure plate mounted on the front board. Small inscription in ink dated 1934 on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in very good publisher’s plastic sleeve housed in the original publisher’s cardbox box with two printed paper labels. Both the box top and bottom are splitting at the corners and sides the bottom of the box is lacking one side piece; else a handsome near fine copy of this classic illustrated edition. David McKay Company hardcover
19528933New York: The Viking Press 1952. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Chesley Bonestell. 8 1/4 X 11 Inches. 147 PP. "Across the Space Frontier" is a landmark anthology that gathered the most forward-thinking aerospace experts of its day-including Wernher von Braun Willy Ley and Heinz Haber-to outline technically credible visions of rockets orbital stations reusable shuttles and lunar voyages. The book turned speculative ideas into vivid accessible concepts that sparked public enthusiasm and helped lay the intellectual groundwork for later NASA programs such as the Saturn V. As a primary source on pre-Sputnik optimism it remains a crucial reference for historians tracing how early scientific optimism transitioned into the concrete engineering achievements of the space age.<br /> <br /> First edition copy with original price of $3.95 intact on front flap. Text clean and tight. DJ lightly worn at edges and spine ends. The first book in the series of three that were expanded from Van Braun's earlier Collier's magazine articles. An important work in the history of space travel and the American Space program. The Viking Press hardcover
19200086896Paris: Artheme Fayard 1920. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo original yellow wraps bound into calf backed patterned boards very good with 16 woodcuts by Hermann Paul. Very handsome. Artheme Fayard hardcover
190945664London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1909. 4to 128 pp. 24 coloured plates tipped in inscription dated 1909 to fly leaf verso with a bookplate partially removed underneath recipient's name to the recto. Original gilt decorated blue cloth t.e.g. spine sunned top corner of the upper cover bumped. London: George G. Harrap & Co. unknown
19135692London: Harrap 1913. First thus. Near Fine. Deluxe limited edition this copy number 34 of 525 copies signed by the illustrator. Publisher's vellum stamped in gilt to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Measuring 280 x 190mm and profusely illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Boards slightly bowed with minor toning. Internally clean. A Near Fine copy without the scarce publisher's slipcase.<br /> <br /> Inspired by Wagner's haunting opera The Tale of Lohengrin follows the titular knight son of Percival on his mission to rescue a damsel in distress. Here brought to life with Pogany's stirring visuals which highlight the romance and darkness inherent to chivalric epics. Near Fine. Harrap unknown
1977291563Zurich: ABC Edition 1977. hardcover. very good/very good. 50 color and 220 b/w illustrations. 299 pages. 4to black cloth d.w. 1 chip and 1 tear on rear panel. Zurich: ABC Edition 1977. Upper corner is very slightly bumped still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper<br/> <br/> ABC Edition unknown
1939617007New York: Street & Smith 1939. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 162pp. Perfect bound in wrappers. A small tear to the front wrap near the middle of the spine and some light edgewear near fine. Includes the first part of the Gray Lensman story misspelled on the cover by E.E. Smith with a notable cover illustration by Hubert Rodgers. Additional contributions by Malcolm Jameson John Berryman Harry Walton Lee Gregor Joseph E. Kelleam Harold Lower and Willy Ley. Street & Smith unknown
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
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
192661673New York & Detroit MI: Durant Motors Inc. April 1 1926. 8vo. 154 pp sections unpaginated others separately paginated. including Retail Order Forms in duplicate on pink & beige-coloured paper with carbons perforated prospect forms. With numerous colour plates black & white photo plates text illustrations. Simulated textured green-brown flexible calf 6-ring binder raised embossed lettering in blind on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing slight age toning faint tidemark to upper fore-edges of a few plates still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealership salesmen’s hand book for Durant Motors Star Four Star Six automobiles and commercial vehicles introducing their newly introduced 6-cylinder engine. The Star Six produced 40 horsepower and had a 107-inch wheelbase with models including the Star Six Touring Star Six Sport Coupe Coupe Coach Roadster Landau and Sedan all designed and priced to compete with similar Chevy and Ford Models. Durant Motors was founded in 1921 by William Durant after he lost control of General Motors and in the subsequent years built and sold cars assembled from parts manufactured by other suppliers with the intent of building a company that rivaled GM and Chevrolet. This salesman’s hand book describes and illustrates the Durant “New Star Four†Model F which when introduced in 1925 featured the Continental 35 horsepower engine and was very popular. This salesmen’s book includes specific Retail Order forms detailing the price of car freight financing insurance how to push sales through garage owners cultivate Star Car owners as rolling advertising salesman 129 Star Quality Features over competitor’s automobiles low operating costs and pushing the newly introduced Compound Fleetruck commercial truck vehicles. Along with specifics on the factory sales organization the dealership sign is depicted along with specific instructions on developing service/lubrication schedules with new others. This line-up continued into 1927 but Durant began running into capitalization problems and sold his Flint MI plant to GM and in 1927 sold his Long Island City plant to Ford and suspended the Durant Motor Car production in 1927 although the Star continued to be produced with over 70000 sold in 1927. Sales continued to drop in 1928-1929 and by 1932 ceased production and by 1932 Durant was wiped out by the Great Depression. No copies in Worldcat; See: Pat Foster After Being Ousted from GM Billy Durant Aimed for the Skies Hemmings July 11 2024; John B. Rae The Fabulous Billy Durant Business History Review Vol. 32 No. 3 Autumn 1958 pp. 255-271. Durant Motors, Inc., unknown
199623194AB1996. Berlin ARS Nicolai 1996. 21 x 33 cm. 101 Abbildungen mit Begleittext. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe mit durchsichtigem Umschlag. Auf dem Vorsatzblatt von Rainer Fetting signiert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag. Enthält unter anderem: Texte von Prof. Helge Bofinger Architektur und Skulptur Prof. Dr. Dieter Ronte Rainer Fetting: Willy Brandt - Die Skulptur Heinz Peter Schwerfel Interview mit Rainer Fetting und Fotographien der Slkulptur von Bernd Borchardt. hardcover
1965918Germany - Israel 1965. Original half-cloth binding with marbled paper panels and ornamented printed endpapers. Pages are handmade Zanders paper. Binding slightly rubbed corners bumped some pages loose. Rear endpaper restored at the joint. Inside clean. Overall in very good condition. The guestbook contains 17 full-page artworks paintings and drawings in ink crayon and pencil many signed and dated 1920–1921 in Berlin some with short dedications. Additionally there are 12 pages of handwritten greetings dated 1955&n. The guestbook contains 17 full-page artworks paintings and drawings in ink crayon and pencil many signed and dated 1920–1921 in Berlin some with short dedications. Additionally there are 12 pages of handwritten greetings dated 1955&n. Original half-cloth binding with marbled paper panels and ornamented printed endpapers. Pages are handmade Zanders paper. . 38 leaves including 17 with full-page artworks graphics and paintings and 12 pages of handwritten greetings. Page size: 22 × 28 cm. <p><br /> Illustrated guestbook of Hugo Graetz art dealer and managing director of the Novembergruppe a collective of German Expressionist artists.<br /> <p><p><br /> This guestbook belonged to Hugo Graetz an art dealer and the managing director of the Novembergruppe a prominent collective of German Expressionist artists. The volume includes:<br /> <p><br /> Two drawings by Friedrich Feigl 1884–1965 Czech Expressionist painter.<br /> <p><p><br /> An ink drawing by Jakob Steinhardt 1887–1968 a German-born Israeli painter member of the Berlin Secession founder of the Pathetiker Group and later associated with the Bezalel school group.<br /> <p><p><br /> Three images by Willy Robert Huth 1890–1977 a founding member of the “Jung-Erfurt†artist group and two collaborative works with Martel Schwichtenberg 1896–1945 who also contributed an individual pencil drawing. Schwichtenberg was a member of the Deutschen Werkbund and the Novembergruppe.<br /> <p><p><br /> A portrait of Hugo Graetz playing the cello by Wilhelm Schmid 1892–1971 a founding member of the Novembergruppe.<br /> <p><p><br /> A gouache by Otto Beyer 1885–1962 member of the Berlin Secession.<br /> <p><p><br /> A signed crayon drawing and an unsigned painting by Franz Winninger 1893–1960.<br /> <p><p><br /> Four works by unidentified artists.<br /> <p><p><br /> The greetings written during the Graetz family’s later years in Israel provide a personal and historical complement to the artworks.<br /> <p><p><br /> The Novembergruppe was founded in 1918 by Max Pechstein and César Klein to promote Expressionist art and its connection to social and cultural transformation. Hugo Graetz became its managing director in 1919 a position he held until Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. After emigrating to Palestine with his wife Trude Graetz left the art business settling in Safed and working as a meteorologist and weatherman on Mount Canaan where he lived for the rest of his life.<br /> <p>. unknown
198252077Billund: Lego System 1982. First edition. 4to. 128 2 pp. Publisher's illustrated white boards. Illustrated throughout often in colour. Occasional wear to the covers with a superficial crack to the foot of the rear joint else very good. [Billund]: Lego System unknown
195261130New York: Viking Press 1952; 1955. Two vols. 1st - 8vo. x 361 1 pp. With text illustrations by Gustav Wolf. Brown embossed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Carl Cobbledick minor edgewear rubbing price-clipped still NF/VG copy; 2nd - x 293 1 pp. With text illustrations. Gray-green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Bill English minor scuffing edgewear rubbing still VG/VG copy. Second printing of the first and 1st edition of the second both of these odd and unusual excursions through the wonders of ancient to modern natural history and zoological wonders by the famed scientist. The first includes sections on mythical creatures of unicorns dragons and the Kraken as well as the extinct giant sloth and Dodo along with explorations of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti the “Man-Eating Trees†of Madagascar and giant tortoises. Viking Press, hardcover
198063690Paris France: Contrejour 1980. 4to. 159 1 pp. With over 150 photos most full page. Gray publisher’s boards white lettering front cover & spine slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art photos by Ronis minor edgewear couple corners w/ very slight bumping still VG/VG bright copy from the library of Los Angeles photographer Bill Bronstein b. 1949. First edition of this photographic work capturing the images of Ronis famed for his poetic images of post-World War II life in Paris and Provence. His images of the beauty of the ordinary and the everyday taken “on the edge of chance†offer an emotional connection with both subjects and photographer. Contrejour, hardcover
191028069New York and London: Printed in Scotland for Thomas Y. Crowell ND circa 1910. First edition thus the original British sheets with the American issue title-page. Beautifully illustrated with 16 full color tipped-in plates with wonderful decorative borders and incidental illustrations all by Willy Pogany. 8vo publisher’s original deluxe gift binding of soft brown reverse calf the upper cover decorated with an Arabesque design and stylized letters in gilt enclosed in the original box. A fine fresh copy highly uncommon in this condition slight and very small split to the paper at the bottom of the front join of the pastedown to the free-fly. The box with light wear only. VERY HANDSOME ISSUE OF THE POGANY ILLUSTRATED RUBAIYAT. An exquisite volume in a beautiful publisher’s gift binding. Based on Fitzgerald’s translation Pogany has filled each page with decorative Islamic style borders and decorations accompanied by 16 full page tipped-in color plates. A fine example of Pogany’s work a true gem is such condition and in this unusual binding. Printed in Scotland for Thomas Y. Crowell unknown
1910616122Dodd Mead 1910. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A good copy of this beautiful illustrated edition by Willy Pogany in original bue cloth decorated in gilt nick to spine some wear to edges; some browning to text. Tipped-in color plates decorative borders initials head and tail pieces by Pogany. The text is set in a typeface that evolkes hand-lettering. Dodd, Mead hardcover
193862866New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1938. 4to. 160 pp. Text illustrations by Binder Brown Coughlin Dold Scheeman Wesso. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Mars as seen from Demos by Wesso uniform light interior toning as usual slight shelfwear couple minor closed tears still G copy. First edition of this installment in Astounding Stories featuring the stunning cover art by Wesso along with Wellman’s “Man Against the Stars†Williamson’s Part 2 of “The Legion of Time†McClary’s conclusion to “Three Thousand Years†and Willy Ley’s “Witnesses of the Past.†Street & Smith Publications, Inc., paperback
193762859New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1937. 4to. 159 1 pp. Text illustrations by Dold Thomson Wesso Harper. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art by Harold V. Brown uniform light interior toning as usual slight shelfwear slight dustsoiling a VG bright copy. First edition of this installment in Astounding Stories featuring the first of Willy Ley’s groundbreaking series on space travel rocketry and the coming space age. Street & Smith Publications, Inc., paperback
197288005San Francisco: The Sunday Paper Inc 1972. First Edition. Tabloid 58cm; original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. together with the 16pp supplement section printed in black & white laid in. Horizontal fold at center as issued very faint vertical bend with a small "For Machine Sale Only" sticker mounted to upper front wrapper; a bright Near Fine issue with a Near Fine supplement.<br /> <br /> Well-preserved issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and save for the final two issues which were abbreviated and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock Chester Anderson and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Justin Green and Bill Griffith whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. This issue contains contributions by Bill Griffith Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Robin Morgan and others. 88005. The Sunday Paper, Inc unknown
197288003San Francisco: The Sunday Paper Inc 1972. First Edition. Tabloid 58cm; original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center as issued else a bright very Near Fine copy.<br /> <br /> Early issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and save for the final two issues which were abbreviated and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock Chester Anderson and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Justin Green and Bill Griffith whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. This issue features comics by Trina Robbins Willy Murphy and others with a black & white psychedelic centerfold spread and a portion dedicated the late Kenneth Patchen with a poem in his memory by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The Sunday Paper, Inc unknown
197288006San Francisco: The Sunday Paper Inc 1972. First Edition. Tabloid 58cm; original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. together with the 16pp supplement section printed in black & white laid in. Horizontal fold at center as issued some very subtle toning to extremities else a bright Near Fine copy. Supplement has some foxing at folds and some old faint dampstaining at upper and lower edge; Very Good or better. <br /> <br /> Final issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and save for the final two issues which were abbreviated and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock Chester Anderson and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Justin Green and Bill Griffith whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. 88006. The Sunday Paper, Inc unknown
1961ZB1115434J.B. Wolters 1961. 156 pp. Paperback previous owner's name to front cover covers slightly worn else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. J.B. Wolters paperback
190380483Paris: A. Gerschel 1903. Fine. A. Gerschel Paris 17 novembre 1903 9 x 14 cm une carte postale photographique Photographic postcard by Aaron Gerschel showing Willy and Polaire the former having written in black ink the first name of each protagonist in the photograph. On verso: ""17-onze-03 Monsieur Voudrez-vous me faire envoyer un numéro spécimen de la Carte-postale Illustrée Salutations distinguées. Willy"" ""17-Nov-03 Sir Would you please send me a specimen copy of the Illustrated Postcard Distinguished salutations. Willy"" Some minor surface losses to recto. In 1902 Polaire - friend of the couple formed by Colette and Willy - landed the role of Claudine at the Bouffes-Parisiens. The show was immensely successful and was performed in the United States in 1910 and then in London. A. Gerschel unknown