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1935rif. 116101New York Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1935 1935. 1935 Tmoas Crowell edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Includes tipped in color plates. ; 171 pages; Description: 171 p. 2 l. Incl. Mounted col. Front. illus. part mounted col. 23 cm. Subject: Omar Khayyam 1048-1131 . New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company [1935] hardcover
1920rif. 75775London: George G. Harrap 1920. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Later printing. Green cloth stamped in blue. Sixteen mounted color plates by Willy Pogany. Tiny ink mark front fly else fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with some very shallow chips at the extremities. A handsome copy of an attractive volume. George G. Harrap hardcover
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
1940rif. 13729New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co 1940. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Quarto 171pp. illustrated with numerous tipped-in plates and smaller gold and black illustrations. Many pages unopened; a very sharp clean copy in fine condition. In a near fine dsut jacket with just a few small droplet stains near the base of the spine overall much nicer than usually seen. Absolutely a gift-quality example of this lively illustrated edition. Thomas Y. Crowell Co hardcover
rif. 71614London: George G. Harrap and Co. 1909. Metaphysical Poetry FINELY-BOUND FIRST POGANY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto 28 x 20cm unpaginated. Highly calligraphic and decorated dichromatic text with 24 chromolithographic plates by Pogany interspersed after every two or three leaves. Recently re-bound in red full morocco with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine gilt titles to a black label to upper and further gilt decoration to upper. All edges gilt and marbled endpapers. Black ink ownership of Aida Foster to half-title dated December 1910 and some light spotting to first few leaves otherwise internally clean. A crease to plates facing 'Here with a loaf of bread' and 'For in and out'. Presented in an attractive new leather binding. Very good. 'Ah make the most of what we yet may spend / Before we too into Dust descend'. Polymath poet philosopher and scientist Khayyam was one of the greatest minds of the Islamic Golden Age whose enduring presence in the Anglophone world was cemented by the translations of FitzGerald. London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1909 unknown
rif. 024161Garden City New York U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First Thus . Slipcased. Very Good. Pogany Willy. Soft watercolor illustrations by Hungarian artist Willy Pogny are tipped in on a frontispiece & 8 internal plates throughout the 94 pages of this lovely pocket-size edition of Omar Khayyam's classic love poem in English translation likely Edward Fitzgerald's but unattributed here. No date c. 1910 when Pogany was working in his distinctive Art Nouveau style. This small 4" x 5" hardcover has light gray-tan cloth-covered boards with an intricate gilt design & lettering stamped to front & spine. Condition is VG: soil & foxing to exterior boards but interior is clean with mild offsetting to endpapers light tanning to pages. Old gift inscription dated 1937 to ffep else completely unmarked. Deckle-edged pages. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. 0 Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown
rif. 024309Garden City New York U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First Thus . Slipcased. Very Good. Pogany Willy. Hungarian artist Willy Pogny provides both black-and-white illustrations endpapers & a full-color frontispiece 11 tipped-in plates to bring this handsome edition of the Rubaiyat to life. In 175 pages this is the First & Fourth renderings into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. N.d. Hardcover 6.25" x 8" has sumptuous pumpkin-colored cloth over boards with gilt lettering & intricate gilt designs to both front & spine. Rough-cut fore edge page edges gilt to top outer page edges. Condition is VG: mild soil & fading to upper & lower extremities interior completely clean & unmarked with mild page tanning heavier around all edges. The clipped DJ is just Fair: missing large sections along top edges chips & tears & creasing to all extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. 0 Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown
rif. 66698London: George C. Harrap and Co. 1934. Fairy tales FIRST THUS fourth rendering in English by Fitzgerald. Octavo 21 x 15cm unpaginated. With eight colour plates by Pogany including a frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth with gilt motif to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Fly-leaf cancelled. Toning to rear endpaper light toning to edges of textblock some very light marking to cloth. Dust-jacket sunned with wear to edges open tear at spine 3cm archival tape applied to entire length of jacket upper joint. Very good. 'Ah make the most of what we yet may spend / Before we too into Dust descend.' Polymath poet philosopher and scientist Khayyam was one of the greatest minds of the Islamic Golden Age whose enduring presence in the Anglophone world was cemented by the translations of FitzGerald. London: George C. Harrap and Co., 1934 unknown
1930rif. 15152New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Orange cloth cover with gilt blind stamped decor has sunning to the spine caps and a very modest ding along the top edge of the front board otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket has multiple small chips and light scuffing but clean bright and in good condition. Publisher's price of $3.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. . . c. 1930. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
rif. 609288London: George G. Harrap ND. reprint. Hardcover. Good/None. Willy Pogany. Non-Paginated. Illustrated with 16 tipped-in full color plates by Willy Pogany. Brown leather covers with gilt decoration on front cover with green and gray/blue flower motif at center. Title in gilt on spine. Front cover spine cracked and separated majority of its length but cover still holding with interior hinge paper. Edges and corners of covers rubbed. Interior clean and unmarked. Record # 609288 George G. Harrap hardcover
1945rif. 4102NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Fine with no dust jacket. 1945. Regular Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's original hand-tooled leather binding elaborate gilt decoration. 12 tipped-in full-page full-color illustrations by Pogany in addition to numerous B&W Art Deco style in-text illustration and head and tail-pieces and four full-page B&W engravings as frontispieces and tailpieces. In original publisher's box. . Very scarce thus. Gift inscription 1946 and small stain on ffep else fine. FINE Box Good. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. iii 173 3 pp . Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
rif. 130414London: George G. Harrap nd. Hardcover. Fair. Unpaginated. 23 cm. 16 colour tipped-in plates. Leather Art Nouveau binding with gilt impressing. Front board loosening spine head chipped corners worn. Ink inscription on fron tfree endpaper. George G. Harrap hardcover
1942rif. K40Philadelphia PA: David McKay 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY WILLY POGANY ON HALF-TITLE. First Edition. c.1942. Hardcover. Red cloth gilt titles and cover decoration. In clear acetate dustwrapper. 8vo. 101pp. Lavishly illustrated by Willy Pogany. Very Good. Gilt titles lightly rubbed light soiling to boards bottom edge of front board lightly rubbed with some rippling to cloth touch of dampstaining to bottom edge of text block light offsetting to endpapers. David McKay hardcover
1909rif. 61099Thomas Y. Crowell and Co 1909. hardback. near very good condition in printed boards with a cloth spine- some wear shelfwear and bumping. Thomas Y. Crowell and Co hardcover
1930rif. 8932George G. Harrap 1930. Fair/No Jacket. Hard covers no dust jacket Not the Limited Edition but similar in terms of the fine illustrations by Willy Pogony. Emblem on front cover scratched horizontally; some slight spotting to cover spine dulled. Internally a v.g. copy. 173 1 pp. George G. Harrap hardcover
1942rif. 1667Philadelphia: David McKay Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1942. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full maroon cloth gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover TEG red. Magnificent B&W Art Deco illustrations by Willy Pogany: 16 full-page illustrations as well as nine half-page illustrations and numerous head and tailpieces and text decoration including decorated borders on each page. Printed in Beck Gravure by The Beck Engraving Company of Philadelphia and New York. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat. Minor shelf-wear corners lightly bumped; boards lightly rubbed; else fine; unmarked clean tight and square. All text and illustrations in perfect condition. NEAR FINE. B&W Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. vii 101 pp . David McKay Company hardcover
1930rif. 295396Colchester London and Eton: Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co 1930. Hardcover. Fair. Full leather with green inlay and gold stamping front cover is detached heavy wear to the leather which has begun to powder. Internals are in very good condition including the illustrations by Willy Pogany. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co hardcover
1909rif. ABE-1638485698056George Harrap 1909 Interesting variant cover in decorated soft leather wraps. Book is in nice condition with wear to edges of wraps one plate missing. Still a beautiful and uncommon piece. Unpaginated octavo brown leather wraps with gilt and inlaid ornaments/titles. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. George Harrap paperback
1942rif. 21118David McKay Co. . Good. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Red cloth blind stamped cover with gilt has a ding to edge of rear board is lightly scuffed and lightly soiled caps are lightly frayed corners are worn but cover is in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gift inscription in ink on front end sheet. Pages are clean and in very good condition. B&W illustrated frontispiece several B&W illustrations. . 1942. David McKay Co. hardcover
1942rif. 82285Philadelphia:: David McKay 1942. publisher's red gilt-decorated cloth; top edge stained red; in publisher's two-part black box with labels printed on gold paper. An attractive copy. The box top is missing one of its long narrow panels with some splitting and wear at joints. 8vo. With 24 tipped in full color plates by Willy Pogany and decorations throughout. In English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. David McKay, hardcover
1909rif. 31592London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1909. Very Good. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1909. Early Pogany-illustrated Edition. Tall quarto. Unpaginated. 24 mounted color plates. Attractively bound in publisher's red full morocco; gilt and blank tooling to spine and upper board; top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers. Light wear to edges and joints; slightly bowed towards fore-edge. Binding sound. Aside from some bookseller scribbles and a contemporary gift inscription to preliminaries interior unmarked. A Very Good copy of Fitzgerald's translation of the Persian polymath's classic collection of quatrains here showcasing the Hungarian illustrator's lovely illustrations. George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd unknown
1940rif. 1153126Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1940. Hard cover. Good/Poor. Willy Pogany. No publication date listed but other sources indicate that this copy was printed sometime in the 1940s. 10 color plates illustrated by Willy Pogany. Jacket is worn along edges with several large chips but is held together by a mylar cover. Fingerprint smudges and scuff marks on jacket not affecting legibility. Partially torn price sticker from previous seller on front jacket flap. Top edge of front cover is dented. Spine is bumped but binding is secure. Pages are lightly tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked. As is. Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown
1913rif. 307752London : George G. Harrap & Co 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full leather with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 186 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Subjects; Persian poetry 747-1500 ; Translations into English. Persian poetry ; Translations into English. Illustration of books. Persian poetry. English poetry Translations from Persian. London : George G. Harrap & Co hardcover
rif. 68080New York:: Printed in Great Britain by R.&. R. Clark forThomas Y. Crowell Co. no date. First American edition English sheets. publisher's pale salmon gild-decorated cloth with applied gilt and printed decorations t.e.g. in dust jacket and publisher's two-part printed box. A gorgeous copy. There is a 1/2" closed tear at the bottom edge of the dust jacket which is otherwise very fine. A few inoffensive stains to the unworn box. Very attractive. . Small folio. With12 tipped in full color plates by Willy Pogany as well as additional tipped in and printed decorations throughout. Laid in is an original etching signed in pencil by Willy Pogany similar in subject to the frontispiece. [Printed in Great Britain by R.&. R. Clark for]Thomas Y. Crowell Co., hardcover
rif. 60380London:: George G. Harrap & Co. no date. original full gilt-decorated morocco t.e.g. A few small scuffs to binding at extremities. Old ink ownership signature; tight and sound. . 8vo. With Illustrations by Willy Pogany. George G. Harrap & Co., unknown
