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1930rif. 163830N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage caricature drawing of silent film actress dancer and Jazz Age icon Louise Brooks smiling in a short pink dress executed in graphite charcoal and pastel by noted Hungarian artist Willy Pogány circa 1930s. Drawing comes with a letter of provenance from the Louise Brooks estate. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber and others artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood-likely the time period in which this drawing was created. Drawing approximately 14 x 19 inches unexamined out of frame. Near Fine lightly age toned along the edges. N.p. unknown books
1993rif. 9028715Freiburg: Universitatsverlag Freiburg Schweiz 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Paradosis: Beitrage zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur und Theologie XXXVI. Publications de la Faculte de Theologie de L'Universite de Neuchatel - Suisse XI. Bound in publisher's original ivory paper with spine and cover stamped in maroon and cover double-ruled in maroon. A few small marks on spine otherwise fine. Universitatsverlag Freiburg Schweiz hardcover books
1957rif. 9027664Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop 1957. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Cloth dust jacket 187 pp. Boston Book & Art Shop hardcover books
1978rif. 9011784Boston: Little Brown 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. Little, Brown hardcover books
1928rif. 28945New York: Nelson 1928. Near fine. Signed limited first edition one of 500 numbered copies signed by Pogany. One of the most outstanding editions of Mother Goose illustrated by Pogany with unique full page color illustrations as well as many half-page color illustrations marvelous black and whites and silhouettes all in classic Art Deco style. Quite rare in the limited edition. 9'' x 7''. Original quarter cloth blue boards. Illustrated by Pogany in color and black-and-white cw: includes "Ten Little" rhyme with caricatured images of Black figures. Signed by Pogany on limitation page. A touch of wear to extremities faintest soil to top edge of front board. Nelson unknown books
1910rif. 33890London: George G. Harrap and Co 1910. Very good minus. Signed limited first Pogany edition one of only 525 numbered copies printed on Japan vellum and signed by Pogany. Often called Pogany's masterpiece this production owes much to the aesthetics of Morris's Kelmscott Press and Ricketts's Vale Press as well as artists like Gustave Doré and Aubrey Beardsley. Printed on silky high-quality paper each page features decorative borders and interlocking designs in subtle colors. A gorgeous book. 12.5'' x 9''. Original full brown calf gilt-stamped and -lettered. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Illustrated by Pogany with 20 tipped-in color plates calligraphic text decorative borders plus a profusion of stunning illustrations in color and line throughout text many full-page. Signed by Pogany on limitation page. Joints expertly repaired with some additional careful repair to boards where leather has been scuffed all along edges. George G. Harrap and Co unknown books
rif. 13888Pencil with india ink background on paper hinged to backing board. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. Glue residue at bottom of image else fine. Pencil with india ink background on paper hinged to backing board. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. A fully realized but unfinished drawing of a robed young man in a state of grace passing through a group of anguished writhing bodies. William Andrew Willy Pogany 1882-1955 was born in Hungary where he studied engineering. His success as a caricaturist led him to pursue a career in art first in London then in the United States. His influences were the Oriental artists and illuminated books and most of his career was devoted to book illustration. Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat Hungarian Fairy Book and Gulliver's Travels. He also painted murals created state settings did illustrations for most of the major magazines and exhibited widely over the course of a long career. Reed The Illustrator in America 1880-1980 p. 105 unknown books
1981rif. 90967NY: Harlin Quist 1981. First trade paperback printing. Small 4to. 173 pp w/chronology & list of exhibitions. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Full color reproductions of Evans’ invented postage stamps for imaginary countries. NY: Harlin Quist paperback books
1930rif. 1285981930. First Edition. Signed. POGçNY Willy illustrator. Rubiyt of Omar Khayym. London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1930. Octavo original full turquoise morocco gilt-stamped floral medallion with multicolored onlays to front cover raised bands top edge gilt uncut original publisher's box. $2200.Signed limited edition of Willy Pogny's illustrated Rubaiyat number 25 of 750 copies for sale in the U.K. of a total edition of 1250 copies with 12 mounted color plates and intricate in-text decorations signed twice by the artist elegantly bound in gilt-decorated morocco in the publisher's original box.Hungarian-born Pogny ""specialized in gift book embellishment both before and after the First World War"" Harthan 242. A prolific artist Pogny produced illustrations for more than 150 books in his lifetime including many classics of children's literature such as Mother Goose. He first illustrated the Rubaiyat in 1909 and provided a new entirely different set of illustrations for this 1930 signed limited edition of Edward FitzGerald's classic 1859 translation. Khayyam's ""brief verses vary in themeÉ from sophisticated satires on the unreasonableness of human passion to the passionate lyrics on the joys and sorrows of love and wine and on the wisdom of grasping pleasure while we can"" Hornstein Percy and Brown 377. Signed by Pogny in ink at the limitation page and in pencil on the additional etched frontispiece. Greer 121d. Contemporary owner signature.A fine copy in a worn original publisher's box. hardcover books
1913rif. 5692London: 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. 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 books
rif. WELLER9780063346635New. New book. unknown books
2005rif. UREESTR00fpFarrar Straus and Giroux 2005. Good. Reese Willy Peter. A Stranger to Myself. The Inhumanity of War: Russia 1941-1944. Hofmann Michael. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2005. xxv 176pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Good. Some red underlining in text. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1928rif. 25629Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Company 1928. Decorative Cloth. Very Good /Very Good -. Willy Pogany. The 1928 stated 1st edition of this wonderful collection of Hungarian folk tales. Solid and VG very light rubbing at the front panel and spine in a bright price-intact $5.00 VG- to VG dustjacket with light chipping along the spine crown and the rear panel's edges. Mild soiling as well at both panels. Still though very presentable. And filled with the 20 striking Willy Pogany illuistrations 8 of them in rich color complementing Rosika Schwimmer's text. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1928rif. 19621New York: Thomas Nelsonand Sons 1928. Boards. Very Good. Willy Pogany. THE 1928 SIGNED/LIMITED #89 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY WILLY POGANY at the limitation. Solid and VG in its 1/4 navy-blue cloth over light-blue boards with a clean bright title-label to the front panel. Light scuffing to the panels light wear along the tips and the spine ends --and a partially-torn spine label. Internally beautifully-designed endpapers and magnificent Pogany color illustrations as well as silhouettes and marginalia at virtually every page. Very light soiling and several minor chips not affecting the plates at a few of the lower-edges tender but still perfectly sturdy inner hinges half-title/frontispiece page loose. Octavo beautiful late '20s illustrations in a number of cases with a strong Deco feel. Thomas Nelsonand Sons unknown books
1911rif. 24558London: G. G. Harrap & Co 1911. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. Full calf embossed on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout by Pogány in black and white and tipped-in full color plates. Leather rubbed at hinges and edges with some light soiling else this is a very good copy. One of 525 numbered copies signed by Pogány. This is number166. . G. G. Harrap & Co hardcover books
1913rif. 24584London: G. G. Harrap & Co 1913. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. Three volumes. 4to. Quarter green calf spine blocked in gilt; Cloth sides with gilt title and design on the upper boards. Top edges gilt. Illustrated throughout by Pogány in black and white and 40 mounted full color plates Spines sunned to a pleasing tan color else this is a very good set. In the publisher's slipcase which has some light wear. G. G. Harrap & Co unknown books
1980rif. 617478Camden Maine: International Marine Publishing Company 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Translated by Bruce Penman. Foreword by Rear-Admiral G.S. Ritchie. 208pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. A spot on the top page edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a crease on the rear panel. International Marine Publishing Company hardcover books
1968rif. 596572Oxford: Oxford University Press 1968. Softcover. Fine. Periodical. Small quarto. 6pp. 79-115pp. 10pp. Sewn wrappers. Fine. Containing "Rupert Brooke: Man and Monument" by Timothy Rogers "The Novels Foreshadowed: Some Recurring Themes in Early Poems by William Golding" by Cecil W. Davies "Created Creative" by Michael Paffard. Poetry by Peter Scupham Joan Warburg and Christopher Wiseman. Reviews on John Keats Byron and Shelley William Blake and more. Oxford University Press unknown books
1934rif. 512205Philadelphia: David McKay Co 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 135pp. plus illustrations. Translated from the Sanskrit by Sir Edward Arnold. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Recipient's attractive contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. cloth is lightly rubbed lightly bumped at tips of two corners else a very good copy. Inscribed by Pogany on the half-title: "To Julietta with best compliments Willy Pogany 1935. David McKay Co hardcover books
1955rif. 459241New York: The Viking Press 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Octavo. 293pp. Illustrated by Olga Ley. Fine in in a lightly rubbed and spine-sunned near fine dustwrapper with a tiny abrasion at the base of the spine and a small stain on the lower panel. A nice copy. The Viking Press hardcover books
1928rif. 408810New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Unpaged. Illustrated in color and black and white. Illustrated blue cloth gilt. Old shelf number on the spine else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover books
1983rif. 116059New York: Vantage Press 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dustwrapper. The dustwrapper has minor shelf rubbing to it. Vantage Press hardcover books
1969rif. 396950New York: McGraw-Hill 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on foredge and endpapers thus very good in modestly rubbed very good dust jacket. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1975rif. 376954London: Academy Editions 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Folio. 109pp. Black and white illustrations. Very slightly cocked with faint fading else near fine. Academy Editions hardcover books
1910rif. 377807London: ScribnerHutchinson & Co 1910. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Large octavo. 370; 6 ads pp. 27 illustrations including a photogravure frontispiece. Endpapers by Willy Pogany. Blue cloth gilt. Bookplate of Ivor G. Guest and light bookstore stamp both on the front pastedown and modest nicking at the crown very good. ScribnerHutchinson & Co hardcover books
