1939ref. 617007New York: Street & Smith 1939. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 162pp. Perfect bound in wrappers. A small tear to the front wrap near the middle of the spine and some light edgewear near fine. Includes the first part of the Gray Lensman story misspelled on the cover by E.E. Smith with a notable cover illustration by Hubert Rodgers. Additional contributions by Malcolm Jameson John Berryman Harry Walton Lee Gregor Joseph E. Kelleam Harold Lower and Willy Ley. Street & Smith unknown
1977ref. 291563Zurich: ABC Edition 1977. hardcover. very good/very good. 50 color and 220 b/w illustrations. 299 pages. 4to black cloth d.w. 1 chip and 1 tear on rear panel. Zurich: ABC Edition 1977. Upper corner is very slightly bumped still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper ABC Edition unknown
ref. 7099NY: The Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. No date but I believe this to be a 1920 printing. Orange cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. 12 tipped-in color illustrations. DJ has a few small chips and tears at edges with light scuffing. With remnants of original box. ; Quarto; 175 pages . The Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
1909ref. 45664London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1909. 4to 128 pp. 24 coloured plates tipped in inscription dated 1909 to fly leaf verso with a bookplate partially removed underneath recipient's name to the recto. Original gilt decorated blue cloth t.e.g. spine sunned top corner of the upper cover bumped. London: George G. Harrap & Co. unknown
1913ref. 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
ref. 11495Black & white illus. diagrams & map. 4 pp. Single folded A3 sheet horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: Art & Project 1969. The fourth Art & Project bulletin designed by Danish sculptor Willy Orskov 1920-90. With illustrations of the artist's work biography and list of exhibitions. Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren used the rest of the space in the bulletin to provide a map of the gallery's location in Amsterdam list of previously issued bulletins and responses to the three first bulletins including letters from Willoughby Sharp R. Buckminster Fuller's assistant Dale D. Klaus and Barry Lane director of the Museum of Modern Art Oxford. In excellent condition. J. de Goede & L. Pelsers Art & Project. A History 2023 E004. unknown
ref. 6c4243Nothung Verlag Lpz. um 1914. Jeweils 12 Tafeln mit zusammen 379 colorierten Abbildungen Halbleinen Name auf Einband/etwas berieben und fleckig. - enthalten: Kleiner Atlas der am häufigsten vorkommenden Käfer/Kleiner Atlas der am häufigsten vorkommenden Schmetterlinge/Kleiner Atlas der am häufigsten vorkommenden Raupen - unknown
ref. a89508Single complete issue. December 1935. First edition. Folio. Wraps. Fully illustrated in color and bw. This issue contains Ernest Hemingway article "Million Dollar Fright" artwork by George Petty Erskine Caldwell short story "Return to Lavinia" satire by Andre Maurois much more. 218p. VG. light rubbing on cover. no marks; no tears. Great vintage advertisements for fashion sports cars cigarettes and so on. . paperback
1920ref. 0086896Paris: Artheme Fayard 1920. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo original yellow wraps bound into calf backed patterned boards very good with 16 woodcuts by Hermann Paul. Very handsome. Artheme Fayard hardcover
1952ref. 8933New York: The Viking Press 1952. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Chesley Bonestell. 8 1/4 X 11 Inches. 147 PP. "Across the Space Frontier" is a landmark anthology that gathered the most forward-thinking aerospace experts of its day-including Wernher von Braun Willy Ley and Heinz Haber-to outline technically credible visions of rockets orbital stations reusable shuttles and lunar voyages. The book turned speculative ideas into vivid accessible concepts that sparked public enthusiasm and helped lay the intellectual groundwork for later NASA programs such as the Saturn V. As a primary source on pre-Sputnik optimism it remains a crucial reference for historians tracing how early scientific optimism transitioned into the concrete engineering achievements of the space age. First edition copy with original price of $3.95 intact on front flap. Text clean and tight. DJ lightly worn at edges and spine ends. The first book in the series of three that were expanded from Van Braun's earlier Collier's magazine articles. An important work in the history of space travel and the American Space program. The Viking Press hardcover
1934ref. 425772Philadelphia: David McKay Company 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. Illustrated with gravure plates designed by Willy Pogany. Publisher’s black cloth stamped in silver on the spine and front cover with a gravure plate mounted on the front board. Small inscription in ink dated 1934 on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in very good publisher’s plastic sleeve housed in the original publisher’s cardbox box with two printed paper labels. Both the box top and bottom are splitting at the corners and sides the bottom of the box is lacking one side piece; else a handsome near fine copy of this classic illustrated edition. David McKay Company hardcover
1934ref. 27423Chicago. John Winston Company. 1934. Pictorial blue cloth. Decorated endsheets. Thick 8vo. 1st Edition. Illustrated with delicious full page colour and monochrome plates by Willy Pogany. Spine a bit dusty small stain to edge of front cover else A Very Good tight copy. John Winston Company. hardcover
ref. 954510 January 1938; Munchen Austria. 4to 4 pp. 43 typed lines and two-line manuscript postscript. Signed in pencil 'Sincerely Dollie & Troy.' with the name of the troupe typed over this. Text clear and complete on discoloured and creased paper. Chatty and humorous letter. 'By the time you read this letter we will have either left a terrible stench in the Theatre or else the Manager will be satisfied. . JANUARY 11 FLASH!!!! The well known German movie star and Humorist Willy Reichert has refused permission to the Four Comets American Roller Skaters enjoying too much success already the favour of breaking in a new number. It is rumored back-stage that the "STAR" has heard too many laughs abou the new ACT of the Four Comets . . . . . . . . X "SCOOP" Hoskins'. Postscript reads 'Hello Maurice Colleano - Your blue-eyed girl really misses you.' The Four Comets have been described as 'Acrobatic roller-skating stunt quartet. The two men wear tailcoats the women diaphanous dresses. They perform on a small circular mat. Various shots of different combinations of the quartet performing amazing gravity defying tricks. The tricks involve them spinning around the small mat and lifting each other into the air.' From the Colleano Family archive. 10 January 1938; Munchen, Austria. unknown
