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Jenkyn Thomas, William & Willy Pogany (Illustrator)Biblio.com

The Welsh Fairy Book

1907ref. LCB64841London: T. Fisher Unwin. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition; First Impression. Original pictorial cloth binding . Some fading to spine. Some scuffs to head & tail of spine & gentle scuffs to corners. Very mild discolouration spots on back cover & small stain >1cm on front cover. Browning on half-title page & some foxing on title page & page 215. Hingecrack pictured pages 48-49. Small tears >1.5cm pages 52-53 66-77117165 Small stain >1.5cm pages 134 153. Stains to joint pictured - Pages 216-218. Undated Though copies held at British Library; Original publishers blue pictorial cloth with lettering stamped in gilt & decoration in red green & grey depicting Art Nouveau design of a woman playing a Celtic harp amid stars. Blind stamped spine illustration in similar style & colours depicting woman dancing in traditional Welsh stove-pipe hat amid stars. Endpapers illustrated with line drawings in grey & silver shimmer ink. Full page colour illustration & illustrated title page in red & black ink complete with tissue guard. Illustrated contents page. Red ink heading titles throughout. Highly decorative illustrated title page for each story & most with black ink vignettes. Beautiful illustrated initials throughout text body. Includes preface by the author & guide to Welsh pronounciation. A handsome first edition of this cornerstone in the preservation and popularization of Welsh folklore Thomas’s collection captures the magic of native fairy tales & legends during the Celtic Revival. The collaboration with Pogany—then at the dawn of his career—adds great artistic significance his elegant Art Nouveau style perfectly complementing Thomas’s lyrical retellings. A beautiful & important first edition uniting two major figures in early 20th-century folklore & illustration. This enchanting collection brings together eighty-three captivating tales of witches spirits enchantments & other wonders. A timeless volume certain to charm readers & lovers of fairy lore of all ages.; 20.6 cm x 14.5 cm x 4 cm . 1907. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover

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COPPENS, Baron WillyBiblio.com

Archive: "Days on the Wing" World War I Belgian Flying Ace Manuscript and Notes

1967ref. 4462421967. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Measuring 5½" x 8½". 290pp. Green cloth. The text block separated from the binding for use as a manuscript with notes and changes by the author for a revised version thus good only. A purposely broken copy of Days on the Wing by Baron Coppens de Houthulst also known as Willy Coppens which he used to prepare the manuscript for the 1970 reissue of the book entitled Flying in Flanders. Coppens was one of Belgium’s top flying aces during World War I “credited with 37 confirmed victories and six probables.” Coppens originally wrote Days on the Wing in 1931 as a memoir of his service in World War I. In the late 1960s he reworked the piece and it was eventually reissued as Flying in Flanders in 1970. Coppens used this copy of Days on the Wing to write extensive notes for the new edition. The book also includes typed and photocopied notes and rewrites throughout the manuscript. Notes are featured in the original book with additions word changes and crossed out footnotes among other changes. Notes throughout the manuscript read “replace this paragraph” “no italics” and other notes to clean up the narrative. Also included is a Typed Note Signed by Coppens. Willy Omer François Jean baron Coppens de Houthulst was a Belgian “flying ace" and “balloon buster” during World War I. According to Coppens 40 Belgians including Coppens went to England to learn to fly at their own expense after Germany invaded Belgium in 1914. Coppens flew his first combat mission on May 1 1917 in a “Sopwith 1½ Strutter two seater.” After numerous aerial victories Coppen’s final mission resulted in a crash where his leg was amputated. Following the war Coppen was knighted for his wartime service where he became Willy Omer François Jean baron Coppens de Houthulst. During World War II he worked with resistance movements in Switzerland. An interesting collection of revisions for the memoir of a Belgian flying ace in World War I. hardcover