1960Best.-Nr. 11181TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated 8-8-1960 on the authors own stationery about 80 words to First Fandom member Jack Price consenting to be on a panel at the upcoming 1960 SF World Con in Pittsburgh detailing his flight plans no not by rocket and schedule. Original envelope included. N.P. unknown books

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Lang, Mrs Fritz & Ley, WillyABAA

TYPED LETTER FRAU IM MOND

1955Best.-Nr. 05614HISTORIC LETTER TYPED LETTERS between Willy Ley & Mrs. Fritz Lang the former dated 7-11-1955 one page over 200 words and SIGNED & the latter dated 7 -25 -1955 one page about 175 words and SIGNED respectively concerning the origin of "The Countdown" in rocket launches. It seems that in the former letter Ley realizes that the first time he encountered such a thing was in Lang's film FRAU IM MOND a silent film released in 1929. He writes to ask Lang if this was an original thought on his part. Mrs. Lang answers for her husband who is on vacation after many weeks work on NEWS IS MADE AT NIGHT in the affirmative! A seemingly historic correspondence. N.p. unknown books

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POGANY, WillyABAA

Two Illustrations from The Golden Fleece

1921Best.-Nr. 5582131921. Unbound. Near Fine. Two original pen and ink drawings on artists board. Each measures approximately from 8¼" x 10". Overall near fine with hint of toning at the edges and some wear at the corners. The drawings are not signed but both have pencil notes on the rear noting the book in which they appeared: Padraic Colum’s The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles published by The Macmillan Company in 1921. The images depict Jason of the Argonauts reaching for Aeson his stern-looking father and King Admetus crumpled in a chair lamenting his upcoming Death while his wife Alcestis stands touching his head in comfort before choosing to take his place in the Underworld. Each drawing is a fine representation of Pogany's crisp line work. A nice pair of images. Book not included. unknown books

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Wobmann, Karl and Willy RotzlerABAA

Touristikplakate der Schweiz Tourism posters of Switzerland Affiches touristiques de la Suisse: 1880-1940

1980Best.-Nr. 176661Aarau Switzerland: AT Verlag 1980. Hardcover. VG. Some light bumping around jacket edges and sunning to spine. bronze cloth boards w/ black printing & spine printing. color glossy pictorial dustjacket. 160 pgs w/ color illustrations. A lovely collection of Swiss tourists posters. Illustrations bright! AT Verlag hardcover books

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Rosika Schwimmer (Willy Pogany)ABAA

Tisza Tales

1928Best.-Nr. 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

Appledore Books, ABAA · Vereinigte Staaten150,00 $≈ 133,75 €

THRILLING WONDER STORIES Henry Kuttner, Wallace West, Jack Vance, L Ron Hubbard, Walt Sheldon, Arthur C Clarke, and Willy LeyABAA

THRILLING WONDER STORIES

1950Best.-Nr. 07287THRILLING WONDER STORIES Better Publications of Canada Ltd. August 1950 first edition some modest chipping to small areas of the full color pictorial covers and spine else a bright very good to very good plus copy. Contains original contributions by Henry Kuttner As You Were; Wallace West The Weariest River; Jack Vance New Bodies for Old; L. Ron Hubbard Battling Bolto; Walt Sheldon Spacemate; Arthur C. Clarke A Walk in the Dark; Earle Bergey and Willy Ley The Round-the-World Bomber. From the collection of esteemed Canadian fandom member Michael Glicksohn. Better Publications of Canada, Ltd. unknown books

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Lambert, Samuel W; Wiegand, Willy; Ivins, Jr, William MABAA

Three Vesalian Essays to Accompany the Icones Anatomicae of 1934

1952Best.-Nr. ULAMTHR00NJMacmillan Company 1952. Very Good. Lambert Samuel W. Three Vesalian Essays to Accompany the Icones Anatomicae of 1934. Wiegand Willy; Ivins Jr. William M. NY: Macmillan Company 1952. 128pp. Illustrated. Small 4to. Maroon cloth. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Price clipped. Macmillan Company hardcover books

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[EVANS, Donald]. Eisenhart, WillyABAA

The World of Donald Evans.

1981Best.-Nr. 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

Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA · Vereinigte Staaten50,00 $≈ 44,58 €

Willy Pogany [illus]; Helen von Kolnitz Hyer; et al [text]ABAA

The Wimp and the Woodle and Other Stories Signed by Pogany

1935Best.-Nr. 14211Los Angeles: Suttonhouse 1935. Very Good. Los Angeles: Suttonhouse 1935. First American Edition. Quarto; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth housed in custom cloth slipcase; xiii3180pp.; seven leaves of color plates text illus. throughout two-toned pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear spine gilt rather dulled evidence of erased ownership signature to front flyleaf light finger soil else a Very Good and sound copy overall. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the illustrator on half title page. Charming collection of fairy tales for children each recounted by a different author. Suttonhouse unknown books

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(Pogany, Willy, illustrator) Richard WagnerABAA

The Tale of Lohengrin Signed Limited Edition

1913Best.-Nr. 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

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[Wagner, Richard]; Rolleston, T W; Pogany, Willy (illus)ABAA

The Tale of Lohengrin Knight of the Swan After the Drama of Richard Wagner

Best.-Nr. D2528London: G. G. Harrap n.d. Hardcover. Very Good. GIlt-ruled half morocco and decorative green cloth gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine 5 raised bands t. e. g.; illustrated throughout with four-color lithographs and full-color tipped-on plates. A lavish production. Spine a bit sunned; some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; a little faint browning on prelims and terminals otherwise internally bright and clean. A lovely copy. G. G. Harrap hardcover books

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[UNDERGROUND COMIX] BRYAN, John and MURPHY, Willy (editors)ABAA

The Sunday Paper - Vol.1 No.7

1972Best.-Nr. 88006San Francisco: The Sunday Paper Inc 1972. First Edition. Tabloid 58cm; original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. together with the 16pp supplement section printed in black & white laid in. Horizontal fold at center as issued some very subtle toning to extremities else a bright Near Fine copy. Supplement has some foxing at folds and some old faint dampstaining at upper and lower edge; Very Good or better. Final issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and save for the final two issues which were abbreviated and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock Chester Anderson and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Justin Green and Bill Griffith whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. 88006. The Sunday Paper, Inc unknown books

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[UNDERGROUND COMIX] BRYAN, John and MURPHY, Willy (editors)ABAA

The Sunday Paper - Vol.1 No.5 March 15 1972

1972Best.-Nr. 88005San Francisco: The Sunday Paper Inc 1972. First Edition. Tabloid 58cm; original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. together with the 16pp supplement section printed in black & white laid in. Horizontal fold at center as issued very faint vertical bend with a small "For Machine Sale Only" sticker mounted to upper front wrapper; a bright Near Fine issue with a Near Fine supplement. Well-preserved issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and save for the final two issues which were abbreviated and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock Chester Anderson and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Justin Green and Bill Griffith whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. This issue contains contributions by Bill Griffith Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Robin Morgan and others. 88005. The Sunday Paper, Inc unknown books

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[UNDERGROUND COMIX] BRYAN, John and MURPHY, Willy (editors)ABAA

The Sunday Paper - Vol.1 No.2 February 17-23 1972

1972Best.-Nr. 88003San Francisco: The Sunday Paper Inc 1972. First Edition. Tabloid 58cm; original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center as issued else a bright very Near Fine copy. Early issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and save for the final two issues which were abbreviated and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock Chester Anderson and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy Gary Hallgren Justin Green and Bill Griffith whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. This issue features comics by Trina Robbins Willy Murphy and others with a black & white psychedelic centerfold spread and a portion dedicated the late Kenneth Patchen with a poem in his memory by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The Sunday Paper, Inc unknown books

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(ARNOLD, Edwin, translator; and Willy Pogany, illustrator)ABAA

The Song Celestial or Bhagavid-Gîtá

1934Best.-Nr. 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 books

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POGANY, Willy and Edwin ArnoldABAA

The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita From the Mahabharata. A Discourse Between Arjuna Prince of India and the Supreme Being Under the Form of Krisha

1934Best.-Nr. 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

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Fitzgerald, Edward [trans]; Pogany, Willy [illus]ABAA

The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam; The First and Fourth Rendering in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald With Illustrations by Willy Pogany

1930Best.-Nr. 10623London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover. There are two iterations of this edition 750 in the British issue and another 500 for the United States. Each signed twice by Pogany first on the limitation page and then in pencil on the frontispiece etching. The work includes twelve tipped-in color plates mounted on tipped in backings numerous small tipped in decorative pieces braced with printed head and tail pieces. This was Pogany's second book for Harrap an earlier version of the same title printed in 1909 having established his reputation as a book illustrator. Pogany is said to have creditted Harrap for giving him his "first big chance." Minor shelf/edge wear spine evenly sunned else tight bright and unmarred. Full teal leather binding four raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements red ink decorative element lightly marbled endpages frontispiece tipped in plates on mounts teg. 4to. 173pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. Signed twice by the artist. Numbered limited edition this being 387 of 750. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd hardcover books

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KHAYYAM, Omar; POGANY, WillyABAA

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Best.-Nr. 328855London: George G. Harrap. hardcover. fine. Pogany Willy. Beautifully illustrated by Willy Pogany with 16 tipped-in color plates and ornate marginal designs and initials printed in turquoise. Unpaginated. 8vo magnificently bound by Riviere & Son in full black crushed morocco with a large multi-color oval inset on the front cover depicting Eve in front of the apple tree with lurking snake the whole surrounded by an elaborate grape vine with leaves & fruit. The back cover has an identical oval enclosing a snake entwined around a gilt wine glass. The spine with raised bands is elaborately gilt as are the dentelles; all edges gilt. London: George G. Harrap no date circa 1935. An immaculate copy preserved in a cloth slipcase. George G. Harrap unknown books

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KHAYYAM, Omar; POGANY, WillyABAA

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Best.-Nr. 324971London: George G. Harrap. hardcover. very good. Pogany Willy. Beautifully illustrated with 16 tipped-in color plates by Willy Pogany and with decorative turquoise borders and initials on every page. Unpaginated. 8vo publisher's elaborately gilt and blind-stamped brown calf binding. London: George G. Harrap no date circa 1932. Handsome ex-libris on inside front cover; slight toning on endpapers and light foxing throughout else a near fine copy. George G. Harrap unknown books

Argosy Book Store · Vereinigte Staaten1.250,00 $≈ 1.114,58 €

MAYNE, Ethel Colburn (Willy Pogany)ABAA

The Romance of Monaco and Its Rulers

1910Best.-Nr. 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

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; WIlly Pogany (illus).ABAA

The rime of the ancient mariner. In seven parts.

1910Best.-Nr. 6398London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1910. Good. 33cm; 144 pages. Polychrome half title and title page. Twenty full color illustrations by Pogàny printed by Dalziel and mounted. Numerous full-page monochrome illustrations and illustrations in text. Letterpress and Initials in two colors surrounded by elaborate borders designed and printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Decorated endleaves following blanks. In gilt-stamped brown leather. Covers worn at spine and at extremities somewhat stained and mottled yet sound and entire. Pages quite clean and unmarred. Edition limited to 525 copies SIGNED by Willy Pogány. George G. Harrap & Co. hardcover books

Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio · Vereinigte Staaten1.200,00 $≈ 1.070,00 €

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor and Willy PoganyABAA

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts

Best.-Nr. 183961New York: George H. Doran Co not identified. Hardcover. Fair heavy shelfwear to boards foxing spots mainly to end papers soiling to bottom block extending slightly to bottom of some pages previous owner's name inside front ffep text and illustrations are otherwise clear. Brown paper boards with green cloth spine gilt lettering on spine; top edge gilt color illustrated title and half title page ornamental borders; unpaginated; profusely illustrated throughout in bw and color with many mounted color plates. Presented by Willy Pogany. A classic Coleridge poem. George H. Doran Co hardcover books

Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB · Vereinigte Staaten190,00 $≈ 169,42 €

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Pogany, WillyABAA

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

1910Best.-Nr. 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

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Pogany, Willy (Illustrator)ABAA

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1910Best.-Nr. 140938515London: George Harrap 1910. First THUS. Very Good. Limited edition of 525 copies hand-numbered 91 in blue signed by illustrator Willy Pogany. Quarto. Original full tan calf decorated in gilt illustrated with 20 beautiful tipped-in color plates top edge gilt. Unpaginated. Very Good with scratch in front cover wear along edges of leather internally near fine bookplate ghost on paste down. All plates present. A wonderful visual exploration of Coleridge's classic poem with intricate ink illustrations and every plate a hazy dream-like wash of color. George Harrap unknown books

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA · Vereinigte Staaten1.800,00 $≈ 1.604,99 €

Heinlein, Robert Murray Leinster, Damon Knight, Isaac Asimov, Bernard Wolfe, Willy LeyABAA

THE PUPPET MASTERS

1951Best.-Nr. 04544THE PUPPET MASTERS In Galaxy Science Fiction for September October & November 1951 World Editions first edition 3 volumes a just about fine set in full color pictorial wraps as issued. The true first apperance in print of this novel and the source for the film of the same name released in 1994. Also contains the work of Murray Leinster Damon Knight Isaac Asimov Bernard Wolfe Willy Ley et.al. World Editions paperback books

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