Hungarian Fairy Book the Pogany (50 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Welsh Fairy Book is the finest example of Welsh book illustration to have been produced in the ferment of the early twentieth century. Published originally in 1907, the stories collected here were set in prose by the Welsh folklorist W. Jenkyn Thomas, editor of classical texts and of the poetry collection Penillion Telyn (1894), and illustrated by the Hungarian graphic artist Willy Pogany in the art nouveau idiom that was at the height of its popularity in the first decade of the twentieth century. This edition includes an introduction by Juliette Wood, chronicling and contextualising changing attitudes towards the work of folklorists and Welsh folk studies, to present again this important example of illustrated text from Wales. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1913 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 320 Language: English Pages: 320.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Willy Pogany (illustrator). 5th Printing. Format is approximately 7.75 inches by 10.25 inches. Illustration and color Frontis illustration before title page. 93 pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Book includes Introduction by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke, Sonnets, and Notes by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. Also includes an Index to First Lines, as well as a list of color plates of Sonnet 1, Sonnet 6, Sonnet 12, Sonnet 20; Sonnet 28; Sonnet 32; Sonnet 38; and Sonnet 44. Previous owner's name in ink on fep. Cover has some wear and soiling. William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; August 24, 1882 - July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. His contemporaries include C. Coles Phillips, Joseph Clement Coll, Edmund Dulac, Harvey Dunn, Walter Everett, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, and N. C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Painstakingly detailed and confident, Pogany's pen and ink pieces portray the true extent of his talent. Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845-1846 and published first in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular during the poet's lifetime and it remains so. Barrett Browning was initially hesitant to publish the poems, believing they were too personal. However, her husband Robert Browning insisted they were the best sequence of English-language sonnets since Shakespeare's time and urged her to publish them. To offer the couple some privacy, she decided to publish them as if they were translations of foreign sonnets. She initially planned to title the collection "Sonnets translated from the Bosnian", but Browning proposed that she claim their source was Portuguese, probably because of her admiration for Camões and Robert's nickname for her: "my little Portuguese". The title is also a reference to Les Lettres Portugaises (1669). Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; / bra n /; 6 March 1806 - 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from the age of eleven. Her mother's collection of her poems forms one of the largest extant collections of juvenilia by any English writer. At 15 she became ill, suffering intense head and spinal pain for the rest of her life. Later in life she also developed lung problems, possibly tuberculosis. She took laudanum for the pain from an early age, which is likely to have contributed to her frail health. In the 1840s Elizabeth was introduced to literary society through her cousin, John Kenyon. Her first adult collection of poems was published in 1838 and she wrote prolifically between 1841 and 1844, producing poetry, translation and prose. She campaigned for the abolition of slavery and her work helped influence reform in the child labour legislation. Her prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for poet laureate on the death of Wordsworth. Elizabeth's volume Poems (1844) brought her great success, attracting the admiration of the writer Robert Browning. Their correspondence, courtship and marriage were carried out in secret, for fear of her father's disapproval. Following the wedding she was indeed disinherited by her father. In 1846, the couple moved to Italy, where she would live for the rest of her life. They had one son, Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning, whom they called Pen. She died in Florence in 1861. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband shortly after her death. Elizabeth's work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the American poets Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. She is remembered for such poems as "How Do I Love Thee?" (Sonnet 43, 1845) and Aurora Leigh (1856).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Willy Pogany (illustrator). Illustrated Reprint in handy format. 24mo (5 5/8" x 4 1/8"), decorative limp brown suede leather with gilt lettering on spine, lapped fore-edges, and elaborate Art Nouveau title on front cover, 8 full-color lovely illustrations by Willy Pogany tipped in plus Art Nouveau curvacious decorations on other pages; gold-colored ribbon page-marker, top edges gilt; tan endpapers, 94 pages. Note: neither the translator or illustrator's names are given, but the translation is the famous one by Edward Fitzgerald, and art work match but are much smaller than the beautiful illustrations that Willy Pogany executed for famous Harrap 1909-edition. Nor is a date of publication given, but there is a date written with the gift inscription of 1925. "Willy" Pogany (1882 - 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale oriented, and he used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Edward Fitzgerald's translation remains the most famous, memorable, and widely used. A LOVELY, VERY GIFTABLE, Uncommon edition with evocative illustrations by Willy Pogany. Firm clean copy in a clean limp leather binding with bright gilt and virtually no flaking and little shelf wear. Small tear to the leather at the top of its spine. Paper lightly age-toned. The full-color illustrations by Pogany are unfoxed and most are bright, though a couple are beginning to fade. Gift inscription penned on the front flyleaf and name at top of front pastedown. All-in-all: A charming little volume. [Stone heart for scale & NFS.]. Limp leather with gilt-stamping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Willy Pogany (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fairy Tales From Other Lands. Retold by Lilian Gask. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Published by George G. Harrap and Company, Limited in 1933. A First Edition. Size : 6 1/2 x 9 1/4. Page number: 256. Decorated paper boards (illustrator Cuthill) with a red cloth spine and black tiles. An unusual collection of fairy tales including The Mouse Tower, The Monk and The Bird of Paradise, and Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf. Contains four colour plates by Hungarian illustrator Pogany and numerous black and white decorations, many full page, stamped with the mark of an unknown illustrator. Also elaborate chapter and paragraph headings. Almost one picture per page. Condition: Very Good. The book is tightly bound, no marks, no foxing; just a little wear to the edges, with the bottom back board being particularly marked, and a little bumping particularly to the top corners. The end blocks are slightly foxed. Inscription in pen on front page, very tidy, saying ,'To Billy, From Nana, Christmas 1933'. No dust -jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Rare classic gem of humored literature. Stated First Printing at copyright page. Mauvish-grey full cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub. Front features Pogany illustration in gilt of Casanova in bowler's hat holding up index finger. Deckled pages very good. Wild and crazy Pogany montage of characters at front, back endpapers on smooth yellow pulp. Bind good; hinges intact. Printed in the U. S. A. From introductory note: "This novel is set in the future. All of the characters in the story (with the exception of Satan) are entirely imaginary." Romp in verse about a young rake named Jones, Casanova Jones, with drawings by the prolific Hungarian illustrator William Andrew Pogany. Here, Willy Pogany dials it to line drawings and picks the biting understated wit up a notch. Profusely illustrated throughout with often several per open pages, headers, tailpieces and pages of introductory imagery for each chapter. Chapter titles include: "In Which Temptation Comes to Casanova Jones; A Recontre at the Katz Arts Club; The Idylls of Casanova Jones and Annabel Cloy; The Interrupted Party; Hell Is A-Popping; In Which Cass Encounters an Orator; Bastille Day at Medicinal Moe's; In Which a Hero is Made; Annabel Cloy in the Footsteps of Joan of Arc; Troubled Waters; In Which the Lions Begin to Roar; Love Comes to Creekville Country Jail; XII A. (No Thirteens in This Book) Too Late!; The Thoughts of a Drowning Congressman; A Wife by His Side; A Boost for Creekville County; The Ghost of Congressman Stubb; The Stratagem of Casanova Jones; The Great Decision of Sophronia Stubb; and an, Epilogue." Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser and Goethe's Faust. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is often heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the simple colorful imagery in this children's tale, but his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Pogany here is presented in a simply refined cartoon aspect complementing the high adventures of Casanova Jones. 206 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Rare classic gem of children's illustrated literature. Circa 1915 litho on board concertina or accordian book. The front side has linked illustrations by Willy Pogany with a story caption at the base. Unique fold-out panorama with sixteen charming color drawings. The reverse includes fourteen panels of text condensed from Defoe's tale. Matching boards, some corner, edge wear, discoloration. Cover features charming illustration of boy Robinson, rifle in hand looking out to sea w/his trusty terrier in subdued blue and beige hues. 'Accordian' style fold-out leaves some discoloration. Unique, intact rarity. Daniel Defoe was nearly 60 years old when he published Robinson Crusoe, his first novel, in 1719. This adaptation for children of an English mariner, sole survivor of a shipwreck, who manages to survive for 28 years on a deserted island in the South Pacific is a stirring depiction of loneliness and isolation as Crusoe builds a house, teaches himself to grow corn and barley, and bakes bread. The book was based on the true tale of a sailor named Alexander Selkirk, but Defoe inserts his own preoccupations into the story. Long fascinated by travel, questions of identity, and the minutiae of daily life, Defoe makes Crusoe's saga of survival into the story of a man who takes control of his own life and overcomes hardships and difficulties in order not only to survive but to prosper. With the introduction of the faithful Friday, who has been taken prisoner by a band of cannibals, Defoe goes further, and explores the concepts of personal liberty and colonialism. The book is part of the series, "Willy Pogany Children." Measures 5 1/4" x 6". A solid, intact rarity. Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London. Insured post. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser and Goethe's Faust. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the simple colorful imagery in this children's tale. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Gr.8°, 52 Bl., zahlr. blalttgrosse oft farb. Abb., OLwd. goldgeprägt., Deckel etwas berieben, Titelbl. etwas wasserändig und verklebt, etwas fingerfleckig - aus Kinderhand! - dennoch ein wunderbar illustriertes noch gut erhaltenes Buch. Text. engl.- William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; August 24, 1882 ? July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. His contemporaries include C. Coles Phillips, Joseph Clement Coll, Edmund Dulac, Harvey Dunn, Walter Hunt Everett, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, and N.C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. 900 gr. Schlagworte: Kinderliteratur.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Rare classic gem of humored literature in scarce original wrapper. Stated First Printing at copyright page. Mauvish-grey full cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Front features Pogany illustration in gilt of Casanova in bowler's hat holding up index finger. Deckled pages fine, attractive toning. Wild and crazy Pogany montage of characters at front, back endpapers on smooth yellow pulp. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rare wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, chip to upper spine wrapping to front panel, rub; unclipped 2.00, protected in clear sleeve. Features more humorous imagery by Willy Pogany in blue, yellow, black and white. Front and back wrapper flaps feature brief pictorial introductions to the cast of characters. Very good first printing in original wrapper. Printed in the U. S. A. From introductory note: "This novel is set in the future. All of the characters in the story (with the exception of Satan) are entirely imaginary." Romp in verse about a young rake named Jones, Casanova Jones, with drawings by the prolific Hungarian illustrator William Andrew Pogany. Here, Willy Pogany dials it to line drawings and picks the biting understated wit up a notch. Profusely illustrated throughout with often several per open pages, headers, tailpieces and pages of introductory imagery for each chapter. Chapter titles include: "In Which Temptation Comes to Casanova Jones; A Recontre at the Katz Arts Club; The Idylls of Casanova Jones and Annabel Cloy; The Interrupted Party; Hell Is A-Popping; In Which Cass Encounters an Orator; Bastille Day at Medicinal Moe's; In Which a Hero is Made; Annabel Cloy in the Footsteps of Joan of Arc; Troubled Waters; In Which the Lions Begin to Roar; Love Comes to Creekville Country Jail; XII A. (No Thirteens in This Book) Too Late!; The Thoughts of a Drowning Congressman; A Wife by His Side; A Boost for Creekville County; The Ghost of Congressman Stubb; The Stratagem of Casanova Jones; The Great Decision of Sophronia Stubb; and an, Epilogue." Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser and Goethe's Faust. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is often heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the simple colorful imagery in this children's tale, but his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Pogany here is presented in a simply refined cartoon aspect complementing the high adventures of Casanova Jones. 206 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Willy Pogany (illustrator). A scarce poetical version of this much loved children's fairy tale, with many double page colour illustrations by Willy Pogany. William Pogany was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books, best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau and his artistic style was heavily fairy-tale orientated, often featuring motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixie. Pogany was also renowned for his use of dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, and oil paintings. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards and a colour inlay to the front board. In a quarter cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Minor wear to extremities. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Tide mark to upper extremity of front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper. Good. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: Fourth Printing, Nov. 1928. Large 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" design. Bright blue cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, some cover, edge wear, rub, discoloration. Art deco cover design features stylish font with goose and swirling dynamic decoration surrounding. Pages generally good; some w/moderate fox, crease, discoloration, residue at front, back endpapers w/moderate sticker-pull. Bind intact; front, back hinges neatly reinforced w/cloth bind adhesive. Illustrated endpapers featuring decoration and quotations for each letter of alphabet. Profusely illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany in various combinations of size and decoration with many full-page, much in color, and also bold black & white. Willy Pogany's Mother Goose rhymes and tales truly come to life with this stylishly executed illustration and design. Features classic ditties and short rolling poems many remember well from youth. Well read, solid and intact rarity. Unpaginated; apprx. 150 pages. Insured post. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau or Art Deco. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the imagery in this volume. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Willy Pogany (illustrator). A delightful volume of fairy tales and fables, brightly illustrated throughout. With fourteen colour plates, frontispiece, and further illustrations. Collated, complete.From American poet and artist Isidora Newman, this is a collection of twenty-four fairy tales and fables, many of which seek to explain the origins of certain varieties of flowers. Some of the tales reflect the African American and Creole cultures of New Orleans, where she was born and raised.This work is delightfully and brightly illustrated by prolific Hungarian artist Willy Pogany. Often described as creating work in an Art Nouveau style, Pogany's preferences were for dreamy and warm pastel scenes created with watercolours and oils. Many works of this type are present within this volume. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Significant shelf wear to board perimeters. Discolouration to spine, with bumping to head and tail. Internally, generally firmly bound. Significant marks and areas of discolouration throughout, with scattered patches of foxing. One of the illustrations has been coloured by a former owner, and the occasional colour ink mark is present throughout. Very Good. book.

Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Pogany, Willy (illustrator). 80 unnumbered pages, 16 full colour illustrations tipped in. Octavo. Brown leather with gilt and green ruling and decoration in the "Persian" Art Nouveau style to front cover and spine. Slight bit of wear to the spines, bit of wear to the corners but not much. First blank has gift inscription dated 1927. Interior has some light occasional foxing. One page has a small old red ink mark at the bottom gutter. Each page is decorated in green, with green borders, and fanciful, delicate Art Nouveau penwork with a romantic "Oriental" feeling. The great Khayyam's poem, Fitzgerald's beautiful translation, Pogany's magical and delicate illustrations, in a beautiful Art Nouveau binding, in nice condition. No date, but OCLC 503459389 identifies it as 1913. Printed at the Ballantyne Press by Spottiswoode for Harrap. Pogany was a Hungarian artist who later emigrated to the U. S. His artistic style was heavily fairy-tale orientated and often featured motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details and used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Hard to find in such nice condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Undated; circa 1915. Rare classic, illustrated adaptation for children. Litho on board concertina or accordian book. The front side has linked illustrations by Willy Pogany with a story caption at the base. Unique fold-out panorama with sixteen charming color drawings. The reverse includes fourteen panels of text condensed from Defoe's tale. Matching boards, moderate corner, edge wear, toning. Cover features charming illustration of boy Robinson, rifle in hand looking out to sea w/his trusty terrier in subdued blue and beige hues. 'Accordian' style fold-out leaves moderate wear. Near very good example. Daniel Defoe was nearly 60 years old when he published Robinson Crusoe, his first novel, in 1719. This adaptation for children of an English mariner, sole survivor of a shipwreck, who manages to survive for 28 years on a deserted island in the South Pacific is a stirring depiction of loneliness and isolation as Crusoe builds a house, teaches himself to grow corn and barley, and bakes bread. The book was based on the true tale of a sailor named Alexander Selkirk, but Defoe inserts his own preoccupations into the story. Long fascinated by travel, questions of identity, and the minutiae of daily life, Defoe makes Crusoe's saga of survival into the story of a man who takes control of his own life and overcomes hardships and difficulties in order not only to survive but to prosper. With the introduction of the faithful Friday, who has been taken prisoner by a band of cannibals, Defoe goes further, and explores the concepts of personal liberty and colonialism. The book is part of the series, "Willy Pogany Children." Measures 5 1/4" x 6". A solid, intact rarity. Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser and Goethe's Faust. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the simple colorful imagery in this children's tale. Insured post. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Rare classic gem of humored literature in scarce original wrapper. Stated First Printing at copyright page. Mauvish-grey full cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. Front features Pogany illustration in gilt of Casanova in bowler's hat holding up index finger. Deckled pages fine, attractively toned. Wild and crazy Pogany montage of characters at front, back endpapers on smooth yellow pulp. Bind good; hinges intact. Rare wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, moderate edge wear, rub; unclipped 2.00, protected in clear sleeve. Features more humorous imagery by Willy Pogany in blue, yellow, black and white. Front and back wrapper flaps feature brief pictorial introductions to the cast of characters. Printed in the U. S. A. From introductory note: "This novel is set in the future. All of the characters in the story (with the exception of Satan) are entirely imaginary." Romp in verse about a young rake named Jones, Casanova Jones, with drawings by the prolific Hungarian illustrator William Andrew Pogany. Here, Willy Pogany dials it to line drawings and picks the biting understated wit up a notch. Profusely illustrated throughout with often several per open pages, headers, tailpieces and pages of introductory imagery for each chapter. Chapter titles include: "In Which Temptation Comes to Casanova Jones; A Recontre at the Katz Arts Club; The Idylls of Casanova Jones and Annabel Cloy; The Interrupted Party; Hell Is A-Popping; In Which Cass Encounters an Orator; Bastille Day at Medicinal Moe's; In Which a Hero is Made; Annabel Cloy in the Footsteps of Joan of Arc; Troubled Waters; In Which the Lions Begin to Roar; Love Comes to Creekville Country Jail; XII A. (No Thirteens in This Book) Too Late!; The Thoughts of a Drowning Congressman; A Wife by His Side; A Boost for Creekville County; The Ghost of Congressman Stubb; The Stratagem of Casanova Jones; The Great Decision of Sophronia Stubb; and an, Epilogue." Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser and Goethe's Faust. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is often heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the simple colorful imagery in this children's tale, but his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Pogany here is presented in a simply refined cartoon aspect complementing the high adventures of Casanova Jones. 206 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. First edition thus; from colophon: "The Letterpress and Illustrations Lithographed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Sons Ltd., London, and the colour plates by Henry Stone and Son Ltd. Banbury. A.D. MCMXI". Oversize 8" x 11 1/4" design. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Grey cloth boards w/elaborate ornamentation and design, some shelf, corner wear, rub. Spine titles rubbed. Thick deckled pages very good; vintage name at endp. Small color plate set in to multi-color frontispiece illustration. Detailed imagery in subdued blue, sienna and beige hues at front, back endps. Fine string-bind good; hinges intact. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents, colors; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Contains fifteen tipped-in colour lithograph plates (one removed). Although other artists have illustrated various editions, Willy Pogany captures the surreal and tragic enchantment of this tale. A solid example of the Crowell edition, later reprinted by Brentano's. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the tipped-in plates in this volume but his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Wagner's Tannhauser is a cautionary tale originally in operatic form. Here, the poetical text is majestically illustrated with the ethereal imagery of Willy Pogany. The tragedy follows Tannhauser and his lust for his lover, Venus. After endless pleasure is gained, and soon becomes wearisome, Tannhauser departs. Having forsaken God through his indulgences, he seeks forgiveness, which is granted. Meanwhile, Venus, within the throes of a shattered heart, commits the ultimate act of desolation. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas. Unlike most great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works. A rare and beautifully crafted book. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Apprx. 125 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Rare classic gem of children's literature. Litho on board concertina or accordian book. The front side has sixteen illustrations with a story caption at the base. The reverse includes a two page pictorial map of the Polar Region followed by fourteen panels of text. Letterpress by Lionel Fable. Measures 5 1/4" x 6". Matching boards, moderate corner, edge wear, bump. Cover features charming illustration of children pulled in dog sled in subdued brown, red and blue hues. Unique 'accordian' style fold-out leaves very good, clean; adhesive at one panel, attractive vintage name, date. One side features fourteen pages of the folded tale beginning with a two page map of the nether regions of the northern pole and the other side illustrations with captions. Fold-out panorama with sixteen charming color drawings and a poem on one side, and the text of the story, on the other. Part of the series, "Willy Pogany Children." A near very good rarity. Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd., Parker Street, London, England. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Insured post. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser and Goethe's Faust. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the simple colorful imagery in this children's tale, but his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: Fourth Printing, Nov. 1928. Large 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" design. Bright blue cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, some cover, edge wear, rub, discoloration. Art deco cover design features stylish font with goose and swirling dynamic decoration surrounding. Pages generally good; some w/moderate fox, crease, discoloration, few w/corners chipped. Bind solid; front, back hinges reinforced. Illustrated endpapers featuring decoration and quotations for each letter of alphabet. Small antiquarian bookstore label at half-title page: "The Studio Book Shop, Birmingham, Alabama". Vintage inscription inside cover. Profusely illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany in various combinations of size and decoration with many full-page, much in color, and also bold black & white. Willy Pogany's Mother Goose rhymes and tales truly come to life with this stylishly executed illustration and design. Features classic ditties and short rolling poems many remember well from youth. Well read, solid and intact rarity. Apprx. 150 pages. Insured post. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau or Art Deco. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the imagery in this volume. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. 1929 at copyright page; no others dates, indications. Blue cloth boards, black embossed cover design and titles, some cover, corner wear, rub, discoloration. Cover depicts the whimsical rabbit inviting Alice through to her adventures. Pages generally good, few w/discoloration; some scribble, youngster markings at front & back blank endpapers. Antiquarian name crossed out at front endpaper: "Sheila Barnett, Dec. 1946". Small harvest orange pictorial label inside cover: "Thanksgiving 1946, We Give Thanks By Helping, Federation for the Handicapped". Bind good; hinges intact. Illustrated throughout with charming full and partial-page imagery and decoration. Pogany's delightful illustrations present Alice as a definite child of the '20's, including bobbed hair and a mid-thigh length checked skirt, knee sox, and a "sailor" blouse. Prior to introduction is a five-stanza poem by Lewis Carol dated 1867 entitled: Christmas Greetings (From a Fairy to a Child). Scarce well worn, intact first edition of Willy Pogany's mesmerizing imagery. A surreal work of nonsense composed by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson utilizing his pseudonym of Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a young Alice who falls down a hole into a realm of fantasy populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The yarn is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends, and enemies, and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. Carroll plays with logic in ways making pushing the story to lasting popularity with adults as well as children and is a characteristic example of the literary nonsense, and its narrative and structure enormously influential. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as Alice in Wonderland. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy illustrations are exemplified in this volume and his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Lewis Carroll's classic begins on a boring summer afternoon when the bright and inquisitive Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom, she finds herself immersed in a bizarre world full of strange creatures and bizarre goings-on. She tries pills and potions, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. An immensely witty mix of satire, puzzles, and drama and one of literature's most astute depictions of the experience of childhood. 192 pages. Printed in USA. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Willy Pogany (illustrator). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1909 , RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM By Edward FitzGerald William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; August 24, 1882 ? July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. His contemporaries include C. Coles Phillips, Joseph Clement Coll, Edmund Dulac, Harvey Dunn, Walter Hunt Everett, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, and N.C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Illustrated By: Willy Pogany William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; August 24, 1882 ? July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. His contemporaries include C. Coles Phillips, Joseph Clement Coll, Edmund Dulac, Harvey Dunn, Walter Hunt Everett, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, and N.C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: George Harrap & Co, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages ISBN: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rub??iy?t) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048?1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". SKU: BTETM0001508 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.

SIGNED. Undated, circa 1930. Original preliminary pencil drawing for an unidentified children's book illustrated by Pogany, on paper approximately 15 cm x 12.5 cm, with inner mount 24.5 x 16 cm and outer mount 32 cm x 25 cm. Signed in pencil by Pogany to outer mount; marginal pencil annotation to inner mount with directions to printer. Drawing fixed to inner mount using adhesive tape to corners. Pogany (1882-1955), the prolific Hungarian-bornartist is best known as an illustrator of children's and other books. This absolutely charming study of a winged plough propelled by cherubic haloed child figure is typical of Pogany's fairy-tale, mythical style.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Stated at copyright: "Re-issued by the University of Wales Press 1952." This collection of Willy Pogany illustrated Welsh tales was first issued by T. Fisher Unwin in 1907. Rare book of classic lore with beautifully unique designs by Willy Pogany. Ruddy red full buckram (cloth) boards, gilt spine titles on black field with four bands, moderate cover corner wear, rub. Interestingly, a neat library code in gilt is at spine heel. Deckled page very good, clean. Two rectangular stamps for the Powys County Library at front endpaper, and, the Breconshire County Library at copyright. Also, small circular stamp at first page of text for Breconshire, or Brecknockshire, County Libraries. Also, of note, this county council has an interesting coat of arms with six reremice, or bats, and swords. Rather apropos for this mythical volume and unique for the now U.K., though more common in Spain and Wallachia. Bind good, some cant; hinges intact. Near very good eighth printing. From preface: "It is hoped that these stories will allow the Welsh variants of the universal folk-tales to reach a wider circle of readers." Present here is W. Jenkyn Thomas' most popular tales of Wales featuring imagery of the prolific Hungarian-born artist, Willy Pogany. Includes "Notes on Welsh Pronunciation"; a two-page instructive guide to the native tongue of Wales. Flourishing full and partial-page chapter headings, imagery of young lovers and Celtic Fairy lore. With nearly one hundred illustrations and nouveau imagery by Willy Pogany throughout. A gem of a collection for young and old alike touched by the fair folk. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" design. Printed in Great Britain by William Lewis (Printers) Limited, Cardiff, Wales. 304 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Stated at copyright: "Re-issued by the University of Wales Press 1952". This collection of Willy Pogany illustrated Welsh tales was first issued by T. Fisher Unwin in 1907. Rare book of classic Welsh tales with beautiful unique illustration by Willy Pogany. Cream buckram (cloth) boards, red spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub, discoloration. Deckled page very good, clean. Classic vintage bookplate inside cover with attractive coat of arms: "University College of North Wales" with motto: "Goreu Dawr Deall". This apparently loosely translates as "To Best Under Stand". Small oval purple stamp at title page: "Univ. Coll. N. W. Bangor, Library". Bind good, moderate cant; hinges intact. Near very good earlier printing. From preface: "It is hoped that these stories will allow the Welsh variants of the universal folk-tales to reach a wider circle of readers." W. Jenkyn Thomas' most popular tales of Wales featuring illustrations by the prolific Hungarian-born artist and illustrator, Willy Pogany. Includes "Notes on Welsh Pronunciation" two-page very instructive guide. Flourishing full and partial-page chapter headings, imagery of young lovers and Celtic Fairy lore. With nearly one hundred illustrations and nouveau imagery by Willy Pogany throughout. A gem of a collection for young and old alike touched by the fair folk. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" design. Printed in Great Britain by William Lewis (Printers) Limited, Cardiff, Wales. 304 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Condition: Near fine. Willy Pogany (illustrator). 4to, 10 x 7 inches (250 x 178 mm); pp. 180 + xii; illustrations by Willy Pogany on most pages. Black cloth boards with light purple title box on front cover, black lettering; purple title on spine; illustrated purple & black endpapers; top edge stained purple, rest uncut; illustrated paper slipcase a little rubbed at edges; binding tight and interiors mostly clean, with some very light scattered foxing at some pages. Copy no. 1574 of 2000, SIGNED in ink by the illustrator on the limitation page. The Songs of Bilitis (French: Les Chansons de Bilitis) is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs (1870 - 1925) published in Paris in 1894. Since Louÿs claimed that he had translated the original poetry from Ancient Greek, but were actually clever fabulations, authored by Louÿs himself. This English edition translated by Alvah C. Bessie. The prolific Hungarian artist Willy Pogany (1882 - 1955) was best known as an illustrator of children's and other books, mostly in the Art Nouveau style. He lived in London for 10 years and them emigrated to the US, where he became increasingly involved in stage design. He eventually moved to Hollywood to serve as art director for several film studios in the 1930s and 1940s. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. To accompany this collection of erotic poetry he created large and small images with classical references.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. First George Harrap edition; circa 1911. Oversize 8" x 11" folio design. Fine brown suede leather over thick semi-soft cover w/elaborately tooled ornamentation and design, some shelf wear, discoloration; wear to leather edge extending over stiffer cover. Cover impressed w/gilt titles and Pogany design within gilt border. Spine richly displays complete titles in gilt w/stylized symbols at top, bottom. Thick deckled pages near fine; no writing or marks. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Contains sixteen tipped-in colour lithograph plates and ten mounted charcoal plates. Also, nearly seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents, colors; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Although other artists have illustrated various editions, Willy Pogany captures the surreal and tragic enchantment of this tale. Fairly worn cover w/near fine interior of this rarity. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as the German legend of Tannhauser. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the tipped-in plates in this volume but his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Wagner's Tannhauser is a cautionary tale originally in operatic form. Here, the poetical text is majestically illustrated with the ethereal imagery of Willy Pogany. The tragedy follows Tannhauser and his lust for his lover, Venus. After endless pleasure is gained, and soon becomes wearisome, Tannhauser departs. Having forsaken God through his indulgences, he seeks forgiveness, which is granted. Meanwhile, Venus, within the throes of a shattered heart, commits the ultimate act of desolation. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas. Unlike most great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works. A rare and beautifully crafted book. Apprx. 150 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First published April 1920." Dark green full cloth boards, crisp black cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Cover protected in thick clear sleeve. Thick heavy stock leaves very good, clean; no writing. Green, black & white ornamentally decorated title page in Celtic theme. Dynamic frontispiece plate of the king battling with armored green-hued giant: "The King of Ireland's Son sprang at him and thrust the Sword of Light through his breast. See p. 234." Three additional color plates and nine full-page b&w illustrations by Will Pogany with partial-page vigenttes and decoration throughout. Pogany, Hungarian artist and contemporary of Padraic Colum, adorns this volume with a lively sense of artistic fantasy and joy. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Scarce near very good first edition. Dedicated: "To Madame la Comtesse de Sallier du Pin because of her interest in these stories of Ireland, and her kinship with discoverer of Celtic romance, Hersart de la Villemarque of Brittany." Contents: "Pedelma, The Enchanter's Daughter; When the King of the Cats came to King Connal's Dominion; The Sword of Light and the Unique Tale, with as much of the Adventures of Gilly of the Goatskin as is given in 'The Craneskin Book.'; The Town of the Red Castle; The King of the Land of the Mist; The House of Crom Duv; and, The Spae-Woman." Considered the best of Padraic Colum s books. Originally published in 1916, this classic has stood the test of time and remains one of the greatest set of tales ever full of humor, imagination and drama. The King of Ireland's son sets out to find the Enchanter of the Black Back-Lands and meets the Enchanter's daughter, Fedelma. His adventures lead him to the Land of the Mist, the Town of the Red Castle, and the worlds of Gilly of the Goatskin, the Hags of the Long Teeth, Princess Flame-of-Wine, and the Giant Crom Duv. This is a true Irish wonder tale. A coming of age story of the youngest son of the King of Ireland who sets off on an impossible quest. The stories weave within episodes within a fantastic tapestry of humor, poetry, excitement and adventure. Perfect for reading aloud at bedtime, generations have loved Padraic Colum's unmatched storytelling. This is a romance as the old story-tellers of Ireland or Gaelic Scotland told. The tales feature the King's son and his mate, Flann, and the two maidens, Fedelma, the enchanters daughter, and Morag, the Giant's byre-maid. They encounter all the wonderful and down-to-earth adventures the Gaelic poets created. Seeped in Irish mythology and folklore, tis the story of the eldest of the king's sons, and his adventures winning and then finding Fedelma, who is taken away by the Land of Mist king. Besides the humans, enchanters and giants, there are foxes, weasels, cats, stags and eagles. Fairies are here but only in background and as in Celtic lore are treated as the old gods. The King of Ireland's Son is a single tale of episodes within episodes. Marvelous adventures filled with humour and the heroic all based upon the tradition and motifs of the richly imaginative tradition. Enter fully into the humoured subtlety Colum gives to the names, places and objects. Padraic was born in 1881, in County Longford, Ireland. He was active in the Irish Literary Revival and a close friend of James Joyce. He later came to America where he made his fame as a prolific and renowned author and passed in Connecticut in 1972. Presented here are rousing, vibrant tales from Colum s own childhood in Ireland. As a boy, he heard the myths and sagas, folk and fairy tales from itinerant storytellers wandering the paths and who sang their stories in exchange for a roof and bite to eat. Colum was witness to the last generation of a long tradition stretching far into the mists of time. Padraic won awards and recognition aplenty for his work in his adopted country, the United States, and for the whole of his long life he carried on the storyteller s tradition. Even now, his voice still sounds fresh and clear and full of life through the written word. Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. 317 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First published April 1920." Dark green full cloth boards, crisp black cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, discoloration. Thick heavy stock leaves generally good with attractive toning; no writing. First few at front and back with dampstain to exterior text block and lower outer corner and edge; lessening and varying throughout to interior. Green, black & white ornamentally decorated title page in Celtic theme. Dynamic frontispiece plate of the king battling with armored green-hued giant: "The King of Ireland's Son sprang at him and thrust the Sword of Light through his breast. See p. 234." Three additional color plates and nine full-page b&w illustrations by Will Pogany with partial-page vigenttes and decoration throughout. Pogany, Hungarian artist and contemporary of Padraic Colum, adorns this volume with a lively sense of artistic fantasy and joy. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Rare original pictorial wrapper generally moderate wear with some discoloration to perimeter of back panel, front panel corner and flap; protected in fine clear sleeve. Scarce near good first edition in same original wrapper. Dedicated: "To Madame la Comtesse de Sallier du Pin because of her interest in these stories of Ireland, and her kinship with discoverer of Celtic romance, Hersart de la Villemarque of Brittany." Contents: "Pedelma, The Enchanter's Daughter; When the King of the Cats came to King Connal's Dominion; The Sword of Light and the Unique Tale, with as much of the Adventures of Gilly of the Goatskin as is given in 'The Craneskin Book.'; The Town of the Red Castle; The King of the Land of the Mist; The House of Crom Duv; and, The Spae-Woman." Considered the best of Padraic Colum s books. Originally published in 1916, this classic has stood the test of time and remains one of the greatest set of tales ever full of humor, imagination and drama. The King of Ireland's son sets out to find the Enchanter of the Black Back-Lands and meets the Enchanter's daughter, Fedelma. His adventures lead him to the Land of the Mist, the Town of the Red Castle, and the worlds of Gilly of the Goatskin, the Hags of the Long Teeth, Princess Flame-of-Wine, and the Giant Crom Duv. This is a true Irish wonder tale. A coming of age story of the youngest son of the King of Ireland who sets off on an impossible quest. The stories weave within episodes within a fantastic tapestry of humor, poetry, excitement and adventure. Perfect for reading aloud at bedtime, generations have loved Padraic Colum's unmatched storytelling. This is a romance as the old story-tellers of Ireland or Gaelic Scotland told. The tales feature the King's son and his mate, Flann, and the two maidens, Fedelma, the enchanters daughter, and Morag, the Giant's byre-maid. They encounter all the wonderful and down-to-earth adventures the Gaelic poets created. Seeped in Irish mythology and folklore, tis the story of the eldest of the king's sons, and his adventures winning and then finding Fedelma, who is taken away by the Land of Mist king. Besides the humans, enchanters and giants, there are foxes, weasels, cats, stags and eagles. Fairies are here but only in background and as in Celtic lore are treated as the old gods. The King of Ireland's Son is a single tale of episodes within episodes. Marvelous adventures filled with humour and the heroic all based upon the tradition and motifs of the richly imaginative tradition. Enter fully into the humoured subtlety Colum gives to the names, places and objects. Padraic was born in 1881, in County Longford, Ireland. He was active in the Irish Literary Revival and a close friend of James Joyce. He later came to America where he made his fame as a prolific and renowned author and passed in Connecticut in 1972. Presented here are rousing, vibrant tales from Colum s own childhood in Ireland. As a boy, he heard the myths and sagas, folk and fairy tales from itinerant storytellers wandering the paths and who sang their stories in exchange for a roof and bite to eat. Colum was witness to the last generation of a long tradition stretching far into the mists of time. Padraic won awards and recognition aplenty for his work in his adopted country, the United States, and for the whole of his long life he carried on the storyteller s tradition. Even now, his voice still sounds fresh and clear and full of life through the written word. Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. 317 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Willy Pogany (illustrator). Stated 'Sixth Printing-- Feb. 1929.' Once listed, this will be the Only signed copy for sale on the Internet that is not part of the signed limited edition. The first printing was published in October 1928. The signed inscription is on the half-title page. It reads: 'To Ilse Michaelis, with best compliments, Willy Pogany, 1930.' I have provided a photograph of the signed page. Ilse Michaelis was likely the daughter of the German biochemist Leonor Michaelis. He and his wife had two daughters, Ilse and Eva. In 1929, Leonor Michaelis, who had been working at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as a resident lecturer in medical research, moved to the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research in New York City. Pogany was also a New York City resident at the time. The book is in excellent condition, not what you would expect of a book of this age. You can see the covers in the photos. The blue is nicely bright. The gilt lettering and the gilt design on the front is quite bright. The gilt lettering on the spine is in pretty nice shape, though a few of the letters have partial fading. The spine ends have a little bit of crinkling and rubbing. There is one thin darkish spot on spine. The cover edges are in excellent shape with the blue remaining bright. The corners look very good with just a tiny bit of light rubbing, no rub-through. The top page edge is gilt. It looks very good. The middle and bottom page edges are very clean. The spine has a slight forward lean, but the book is very solidly bound from cover to cover, and the covers are nicely, tightly bound as well. I turned over all the pages and found only two instances of a very thin (emphasis on 'very') space along part of the juncture between two facing pages. In both instances the facing pages were tightly bound from top to bottom. The pages look terrific. They are exceptionally clean and bright. I didn't see any toning. I found only three pages with one or a few inconspicuous spots. They are that clean. The illustrated inside covers and end papers, front and rear, are also exceptionally clean. There is no foxing to be found anywhere in the book. All of the black and white and color illustrations are in excellent condition. I didn't see any conspicuous creasing. A few early pages have one tiny crinkle. It isn't too often that you can rate a book published in 1929 Very Good Plus. 'A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale oriented and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Pogany was born in Szeged, Austria-Hungary as Vilmos Feichtmann (aka Feuchtmann) to Heléne (née Kolisch) and Joseph Feichtmann. He studied at Budapest Technical University and in Munich and Paris. He spent his early childhood with his brothers and sisters in a large farmhouse full of chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, pigs, and horses. In London, he crafted his quartet of masterpieces: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1910), Tannhauser (1911), Parsifal (1912) and Lohengrin (1913). Each of these was designed completely by Pogany, from the covers and end papers to the text written in pen and ink, pencil, wash, color and tipped-in plates. After ten years in London, Pogany emigrated to America. Besides book illustration, pictures, mural paintings, portraits, etchings, and sculptures, Pogany became interested in theatre and designed stage settings and costumes for different shows and the Metropolitan Opera House. He eventually moved to Hollywood to serve as an art director for several film studios during the 1930s and 1940s.'. Inscribed by Author(s).

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Two volumes, duodecimo size, [24] pp. in each volume. Hungarian illustrator Willy Pogany (1882-1955), a contemporary of monumental illustrators such as Edmund Dulac and N. C. Wyeth, was strongly influenced by botanical designs and the Art Nouveau movement; Pogany illustrated numerous fairy tales and children's stories, demonstrating a fine attention to detail and line work. The "Mother Goose" stories have delighted children for centuries, making their first appearance as early as 1697 in "Stories or Tales of Times Past". The frontis for this volumes depicted an old woman spinning next to a fireplace and telling stories to young children. Eventually "Mother Goose" became associated more with nursery rhymes than tales, as in these two volumes. The first, "Mother Goose", relates the tale of "Little Mother Goose" on the first thirteen pages (please note there are some references in this section to "a rogue of a Jew", showing the prejudices only too common at this time); the remainder of this volumes includes short rhymes titled "Cross-Patch", "Peter White", "Handy Pandy", "Humpty Dumpty", "Little Tom Tucker", "Tom, the Piper's Son", "Little Jack Horner", "Wee Little Winkie", "Polly Flinders", "Betty Blue", "Mary, Mary, quite contrary", and "Miss Muffet". The second volume, "Mother Goose Rhymes", includes "Mary's Lamb", "Little Boy Blue", "Little Bo-Peep", "Jack and Jill", "Peter, Pumpkin Eater", "Hush-a-by, baby.", "Jack Sprat.", "Deedle, deedle, dumpling.", "Early to bed.", "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat.", "Simple Simon", "Great A, little a.", "Poor old Robinson Crusoe.", "Georgie Porgie.", "Dickery, dickery, dock.", "Goosey, goosey gander.", "There was a crooked man.", "There was a little man.", "I had a little pony.", "Ride a cock-horse.", "Old King Cole.", and "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe." As of this writing, neither of these two small "Mother Goose" books with Pogany illustrations are online. There is single volume titled, "Little Mother Goose" with several copies online, which may be a compilation of these two small volumes. ___DESCRIPTION: Both volumes bound using staples over wrap-around illustrated cardstock covers with yapped edges, the wraps serving as the title page, the first volume showing "Mother Goose" riding a flying goose, and the second volume with a depiction of the "cow jumping over the moon" with the four lines of the poem on the back wrap, every page of each volume with colour illustrations at the top portion of the page and the rhyme beneath; duodecimo size, unpaginated, each volume with six sheets folded once to twelve leaves, [24] pp. to each volume plus the printed (outer) wraps. ___CONDITION: Both volumes very good, the covers with light overall wear and soil, the stapled bindings strong, the interiors clean and bright other than a few spots of foxing, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the staples in both volumes have rusted (still holding the sheets securely) resulting in some rust stains in the gutters particularly in the middle of the volumes, the first volume with a small dark area at the top fore-edge corner of the front wrap and a very small chip out of the front fore-edge about half-way up. ___CITATION: Opie ("Three Centuries") lists these individually, nos. 154 and 155 (with the publication dates as 1915). ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Stated First Edition at copyright page: "Magyar Fairy Tales, Copyright 1930, by E. P. Dutton & Co., Printed in the USA. First Edition". Large 7" x 8 3/4" design. Green cloth boards, gilt cover titles and ornately detailed design, black spine titles and decoration, some corner, edge wear, bow, rub, sunning to spine, discoloration to back board. Pages generally good with attractive toning; few w/small areas of discoloration, mended closed tears. Some discoloration to exterior text block. Green monochromatic illustrated endpapers at front and back of valiant knight on steed charging at a mythical seven-headed dragon. Bind good; hinges intact. Illustrated with beautifully styled imagery and designs by Willy Pogany. Also, decorative headers, tailpieces, and vignettes throughout. Beautifully told and illustrated collection of eastern European folk tales presented by the Pogany's. Scarce near good first edition with good interior. Willy Pogany was born Vilmos András Pogány in Hungary in 1882 and his heritage is evident hear. A wonderfully enchanting feast of Hungarian folk tales by Nandor Pogany. Tales include: Prince Argyilus and the Fairy Ilona; The Wonderful Lamb; The Student Who Became a King; The Iron-Headed Man; More with Mind than with Force; The Woodland Fairy; The Golden-Bearded Man; The Old Soldier; Two Wee Thumb-Oxen; Peter Tulip; Two Girls and a Devil; The Lazy Queen; The Little Pig and the Wolves; The Miraculous Fox; The White Mare's Son; The Poor Woman's Rooster; Pali's Luck; Wooden Jack; Goldheart and Promise; Two Impostors; and, How Miska Got Married. Here are the sleeping beauties, man-eating ogres and many young king sons who set to search for fame and fortune; and, here is the dog called Goodear "because he could even hear a blade of grass growing at a distance of seventy miles", and iron-headed man and a "world-beautiful" prince and princess and a devil who shouts "long live my tail, hoofs are my feet, open the door". This is a book of delightful fairy-folk tales and legends as Grimm and Andersen, but distinctly Hungarian in flavor. The perspective and their very wording is refreshing. They endear themselves both through their age-old familiarity and their fresh vigor. Will Pogany has outdone himself for this book in which he was particularly interested. His illustrations are not only beautiful but uniquely appropriate. 268 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.