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1954rif. 162048Boston: Little 1954. Octavo cloth. First edition. "Space travel to an unknown planet where an ever-changing utopia has developed." - Lewis Utopian Literature p. 103. Political satire in which Hieronymus Meeker and other crew members of an expedition to Mars end up on an unknown planet which they call Thalia where they travel to and escape from three dystopian lands losing a crew member here and there before reaching the utopian Oplikland. The land of the Vimliks who believe in the equality of all races and the superiority of the Vimliks is America as a machine dystopia in which citizens are sanitized and brainwashed to "believe in Vimlikland and in the way of life for which it stands ." Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 620. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 251. Reginald 07918. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with touch of wear at edges and 11 mm closed tear at top edge of front panel. #162048 Little unknown books
1927rif. 160319Leipzig: Verlag Hachmeister & Thal 1927. Octavo pp. 1-3 4 5 6-55 56: ads 8-page undated publisher's catalogue at rear sixteen illustrations in the text original pictorial orange wrappers printed in black. First edition. An early publication by Willy Otto Oskar Ley 1906-1969 a German-American science writer and spaceflight advocate who helped to popularize rocketry and spaceflight in Germany in the late 1920s and early 1930s and later in the United States. A fine copy. #160319 Verlag Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1932rif. 160320Leipzig: Verlag: Hachmeister & Thal 1932. Octavo pp. 1 2-16 illustrations in the text publisher's orange wrappers printed in black stapled. First edition. A brief chronology of the history of rocketry. Ciancone 135. Hübner 388. Ley Rockets Missiles and Space Travel revised edition 1957 p. 507. Several tiny chips from edges short splits at upper and lower spine fold but a remarkably nice copy of a very fragile booklet. Rare. #160320 Verlag: Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1926rif. 160318Leipzig: Verlag Hachmeister & Thal 1926. Small octavo pp. 1-4 5-68 12-page undated publisher's catalogue at rear nineteen illustrations in the text by Thea Blüthner original pictorial orange wrappers printed in black. First edition. Lehrmeister-Bücherei 814-815. Ley's first publication on space travel. Ciancone 133a. Hübner 697. Ley Rockets Missiles and Space Travel revised edition 1957 p. 506. A fine copy. #160318 Verlag Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1936rif. 143502Bremen: Henry Burmester Verlag 1936. Octavo pp. 1-4 5-253 254-256: ads original gray cloth front and spine panels stamped in brown top edge stained brown. First edition. The president of the powerful Diamond Central Company becomes emperor of South Africa. Bloch 2624. A very good copy. #143502 Henry Burmester Verlag unknown books
1954rif. 145183Boston: Little 1954. Octavo cloth. First edition. "Space travel to an unknown planet where an ever-changing utopia has developed." - Lewis Utopian Literature p. 103. Political satire in which Hieronymus Meeker and other crew members of an expedition to Mars end up on an unknown planet which they call Thalia where they travel to and escape from three dystopian lands losing a crew member here and there before reaching the utopian Oplikland. The land of the Vimliks who believe in the equality of all races and the superiority of the Vimliks is America as a machine dystopia in which citizens are sanitized and brainwashed to "believe in Vimlikland and in the way of life for which it stands ." Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 620. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 251. Reginald 07918. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #145183 Little unknown books
1936rif. 139573Paris: L'Aérophile 1936. Folio pp. 1-8 not paginated 2 illustrations from photographs 5 figures 2 tables self wrappers stapled. First edition. An off-print from L'AÉROPHILE. Not in Ciancone. Pulpy paper tanned several splits along old mailing folds a good copy of a delicate production. Rare. No copies found in OCLC or COPAC. Rare.#139573 L'Aérophile unknown books
1969rif. 85300Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1969. Octavo pp. i-vii viii ix-x 1 2-229 230: blank illustrations cloth. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing to light blue background ink. #85300 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1975rif. 42639Deurne: H. Duterne 1975. Octavo pp. 1 2 3-4 5-85 note: last page of text page 85 printed in inside rear cover illustrations pictorial wrappers. First edition. Survey of Lang's films by De Laet with detailed filmography by Magiels. A fine copy. #42639 H. Duterne] unknown books
1934rif. 126391New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Frederick A. Blossom. Illustrations by J. O'H. Cosgrave II. A very good plus copy in orange cloth binding with some very slight soiling and a tiny bit of fraying to the spine ends. No dust jacket. Farrar & Rinehart unknown books
1979rif. 121624Buffalo NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1979. First edition. Softcover. 94 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 14 through November 25 1997 in Buffalo and then traveled for additional dates. Foreword by Robert T. Buck Jr. Preface by Cecila Ascher. Essay by Willy Rotzler. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with a tiny tear to the top of the front panel and some wear to the spine. Albright-Knox Art Gallery unknown books
rif. 04400London & Paris: Liberty & Co. 1913. An Original Willy Pogany Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914 POGANY Willy illustrator. Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914. London & Paris: Liberty & Co. 1913. Octavo 8 5/8 x 6 1/16 inches; 219 x 154 mm. 24 pages including wrappers printed on heavy gray stock. Eight mounted color plates. The second color plate with two creases at lower left corner. Printed in colors on gray paper stock sewn as issued. Front wrapper with neat early ink inscription on top margin. Remnant of silk ties otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce piece of Willy Pogany ephemera. Willy Pogány born in Szeged Hungary in 1882 studied at Budapest Technical University and in Munich and Paris. His reputation as a muralist painter and illustrator was well established in Paris London and Munich before arriving in the United States in 1915 at the age of thirty-three. Skilled in an unusually wide range of media he had won gold medals at exhibitions in Budapest Leipzig and at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition. "Among Pogány's many murals are those for the Heckscher Children's Theatre in New York City and the Niagara Falls Power Station. As a painter he did portraits of famous people in all walks of life. An expert on scenery design and lighting effects Pogány also designed sets for ballets and operas including "Le Coq d'Or" and for many films such as Modern Times for Charlie Chaplin as well as animated cartoons based on his children's books. "Among his other artistic endeavors Pogány was an accomplished book illustrator. It was this phase of his career especially as an illustrator of children's books which gives this collection special relevance for Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Oregon Libraries. Pogány designed and illustrated more than 150 books. His illustrations include those for the Rubaiyat and the Sonnets from the Portuguese The Song Celestial The Adventures of Odysseus Gulliver's Travels and many others both classic and original. "Working tirelessly right up until the end Willy Pogány died in 1955" University of Oregon Guide to the Willy A. Pogány Papers 1910-1967. London & Paris: Liberty & Co., [1913] unknown books
rif. 03820Philadelphia: David McKay Co. 1942. A Finely Bound Rubaiyat Illustrated by Willy Pogany POGANY Willy illustrator. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrations by Willy Pogany. Philadelphia: David McKay Co. 1942. Small folio 9 7/8 x 7 1/16 inches; 250 x 180 mm. vii 1-101 1 printers mark pp. Sixteen full-page and four smaller black & white drawings all with decorative borders. Bound ca 1942 by Maurin stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in. Full orange-brown morocco covers ruled in gilt with a central 'arabesque' design surrounded by four richly gilt decorated corner pieces. Spine with four raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt gilt-ruled board edges elaborate gilt turn-ins marbled end-papers top edge gilt. Very slight crack but perfectly sound at top of front joint otherwise near fine. First published in 1859 Edward FitzGerald's version of Omar Khayyam's quatrains was widely read only after it was taken up by the Pre-Raphaelites in 1861. The height of the poem's popularity corresponded with the heyday of the illustrated book and such well-known illustrators as Willy Pogany Edmund Dulac René Bull and Frank Brangwyn received commissions to illustrate the poem. The drive to illustrate the Rubáiyat was given extra impetus first by the development from the 1860s onwards of wood-engraved colour illustrations and later around the end of the century by the coming of color halftone printing. The lushly exotic and sentimental colored illustrations enabled by Victorian print technology matched the melancholy hedonism of FitzGerald's version of the Rubaiyat. Apart from the vast number of illustrated Rubáiyats the proliferation of Omar Khayyam clubs was another manifestation of the cult. Their meetings furnished excuses for rumbustious drinking and the composition of appalling doggerel. The membership of London's Omar Khayyam Club included an impressive number of convivial bookmen including Andrew Lang Arthur Pinero Arthur Conan Doyle and Edmund Gosse. Justin McCarthy the politician and prolific hack novelist presided. The literary dinners and the pastiches of Khayyam's quatrains tended to stress the heedless bibulousness of the original work. But there is another aspect to the appeal of Khayyam to the Victorian and Edwardian reading public. The first version of the Rubáiyat had been published in 1859 the same year that Darwin's Origin of the Species had appeared. A few years later Matthew Arnold would publish "Dover Beach" in which the melancholy long retreat of the "Sea of Faith" left humanity on a "darkling plain". Already in 1850 in "In Memoriam" Tennyson had raised questions about Christian doctrine and the immortality of the soul only to dismiss them with suspicious glibness. The doubts and fears of the twelfth-century Persian philosopher were shared by many of his English and American readers. In the Rubáiyat as the day wears on its mostly agnostic protagonist becomes increasingly preoccupied by thoughts of mortality and judgment in a possible afterlife and this too perfectly matched the Victorian preoccupation with death. Deathbed scenes were a popular staple of fiction and the cowled figure stalked through quite a few novels. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1942 unknown books
rif. 03377London: G.G. Harrap 1913. One of Pogany's Masterpieces Limited to 525 Copies Signed by the Artist POGANY Willy illustrator. ROLLESTON T.W. WAGNER Richard. The Tale of Lohengrin Knight of the Swan after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap n .d. 1913. Limited to 525 copies signed by the artist this being copy no. 90. Quarto. Eight tipped-in color plates numerous full page color illustrations calligraphic text head- tailpieces; an image on every page. Printed on heavy grey stock. Full vellum pictorially gilt-stamped. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. A fine copy. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. William Andrew "Willy" Pogany born Vilmos Andreas Pogány August 1882 - 30 July 1955 was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films including Fashions of 1934 and Dames. The publication of Pogány's Lohengrin was the final act in his trilogy of masterworks focused on Wagner's Germanic tales and one of the quintet that is considered his finest work. Pogány clearly approached the commission to illustrate Lohengrin as an opportunity to improve and extend techniques that he had developed through his preceding work particularly The Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tannhäuser and Parsifal the other four books that immortalized his career as an illustrator. That commitment to ongoing innovation resulted in an incredible suite of illustrations including color lithographs monotone and marginal illustrations and the delightful tipped-in color plates produced with a four-color process included in Lohengrin. Themes of medieval chivalry erotic love and moral tests are illustrated in a lavish fashion by Pogány with an outstanding use of iconography form and color. London: G.G. Harrap, 1913 unknown books
rif. 03376London: G.G. Harrap & Co. 1912. De Luxe Parsifal Exquisite Pogany One of 525 Copies POGANY Willy illustrator. ROLLESTON T.W. Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail. Retold from Ancient Sources with Acknowledgment to the Parsifal of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany London: Harrap 1912. Edition De Luxe limited to 525 copies signed and numbered by the artist this being copy no. 293. Quarto 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in; 275 x 181 mm. Unpaginated. Sixteen mounted color plates including frontispiece many full page color and two-tone illustrations each text leaf with elaborate pictorial borders. Publisher's full vellum pictorially stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Top board very slightly bowed. A fine copy. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. William Andrew "Willy" Pogany born Vilmos Andreas Pogány August 1882 - 30 July 1955 was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films including Fashions of 1934 and Dames. The publication of Pogány's Lohengrin was the final act in his trilogy of masterworks focused on Wagner's Germanic tales and one of the quintet that is considered his finest work. Pogány clearly approached the commission to illustrate Lohengrin as an opportunity to improve and extend techniques that he had developed through his preceding work particularly The Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tannhäuser and Parsifal. the other four books that immortalized his career as an illustrator. That commitment to ongoing innovation resulted in an incredible suite of illustrations including color lithographs monotone and marginal illustrations and the delightful tipped-in color plates produced with a four-color process included in Parsifal. Themes of medieval chivalry erotic love and moral tests are illustrated in a lavish fashion by Pogány with an outstanding use of iconography form and color. London: G.G. Harrap & Co., 1912 unknown books
rif. 03378London: G.G. Harrap & Co. 1911. One of Pogany's Quintet of Masterpieces Limited to 525 Copies POGANY Willy illustrator. Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem by Richard Wagner Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap & Co. n.d. 1911. Limited to 525 copies signed and numbered by the artist this being copy no. 241. Quarto. Sixteen mounted color plates including frontispiece many full page two-tone illustrations each page beautifully decorated. Full vellum pictorially stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. A fine copy with only a bit of light staining to spine. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. William Andrew "Willy" Pogany born Vilmos Andreas Pogány August 1882 - 30 July 1955 was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films including Fashions of 1934 and Dames. The publication of Pogány's Tannhauser was the first act in his trilogy of masterworks focused on Wagner's Germanic tales and one of the quintet that is considered his finest work. Pogány clearly approached the commission to improve and extend techniques that he had developed through his preceding work particularly The Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Along with Tannhäuser Parsifal and Lohengrin these five books immortalized his career as an llustrator. That commitment to ongoing innovation resulted in an incredible suite of illustrations including color lithographs monotone and marginal illustrations and the delightful tipped-in color plates produced in four-color process included in Tannhauser. Themes of medieval chivalry erotic love and moral tests are illustrated in a lavish fashion by Pogány with an outstanding use of iconography form and colour. London: G.G. Harrap & Co., 1911 unknown books
1928rif. 40951Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal 1928. Ley Willy 1906-1969. Die Möglichkeit der Weltraumfahrt. viii 344pp. 2 plates text illustrations. Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal 1928. Original cloth some spotting and dampstaining minor finger-soiling. Very good copy from the library of Frederick I. Ordway III with his bookplate. First Edition of this pioneering collection of papers on the possibility of space travel edited by Willy Ley one of the founders of Germany's influential Verein für Raumschiffahrt Rocketry Society and a highly effective popularize of spaceflight in the first half of the twentieth century. The collection includes contributions from Karl Debus Hermann Oberth Walter Hohmann Guido von Pirquet and Fr. W. Sander-Wesermünde. This copy was owned by Frederick I. Ordway III space scientist and well-known author of books on spaceflight. . Hachmeister & Thal unknown books
1910rif. 1342784New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co 1910. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated; G; bound in publisher's green/gray cloth gilt titling and stamping to spine and front cover; some wear and rubbing some discoloration to top edge; interior clean; first gathering loose but intact; rear gutter threatening; illustrated endpapers; illustrated with twenty tipped in color plates complete as issued; shelved case 14. Preceded by 525 copies signed by Willy Pogany.;. 1342784. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co hardcover books
1940rif. 31110Boston: American Photographic Publishing Company 1940. Third edition. Small 8vo. xiv 308 pp. illustrated. Gilt-titled cloth. The previous owner's name and address are stamped in ink on the front pastedown. A very good copy. This third edition reflects the latest improvements in the color processes. American Photographic Publishing Company hardcover books
1940rif. 31013Berlin: Photokino - Verlag 1940. First editions. 8vos. and 4tos.; various paginations numerous b&w photographs adverts. Gilt-embossed cloth. 5 volumes as follows: 1931/32; 1933 1934 and 1940. Light soiling and wear to cloth and light occasional foxing. Good to very good. Initially an octavo in 1935 the format shifted to quarto; each issue includes at least one color plate. Commenced publication in 1925 and ceased in 1951. Includes articles on technical and aesthetic concerns with images from all the usual genres. Additional shipping charges may apply given the weight of this magazine. Duplicate of 1934 in wrappers. Please inquire. Photokino - Verlag hardcover books
1962rif. 50508Zürich: Verlag Conzett & Huber 1962. First ed. Frank Robert. 4to. 68 pp. 32 b&w photos Frank portfolio including small format b&w photos stills from Frank's films "Pull My Daisy" and "Sin of Jesus" 6 color photos Harry Callahan portfolio adverts. Pictorial stiff wrappers photo by Frank. The tips are bumped with a few additional creases. A very good copy. With: DU. ROBERT FRANK PART TWO. November 2002 / Heft Nr. 731. Includes a 67 pp. portfolio of photographs film stills interviews and writing by and about the photographer. Illustrated stiff wrapper with a mild crease near the spine. Verlag Conzett & Huber unknown 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
1930rif. 9025867New York: Century 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Profously illustrated by Willy Pogany in black-and-white. Bound in publisher's original full lavender cloth stamped in gilt with yellow decorated end papers. Wear at corners spine sunned tape shadow on front otherwise very good. Century hardcover books
1948rif. 9014182Bern: Urs Graf-Verlag 1948. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and color. Bound in publisher's original cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Text is in German. Stamped "Discard" otherwise internally clean and bright. Urs Graf-Verlag 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
