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1911Best.-Nr. 24698London: Harrap & Co 1911. leather_bound. Full brown leather front cover decorated in blind. Teg. Very good. Unpaginated. 29 x 20 cm. Limited edition copy 160 of 525 signed by Pogany. With 16 full page tipped-in color plates and numerous intertextual plates in rose and black on light gray stock. Within the later are full page and myriad accompanying illustrations. This work is based on two German legends: Tannhäuser the mythologized medieval German Minnesänger and poet and the tale of the Wartburg Song Contest. Decorated endpapers. Small owner inscription dated 1918 front cover pastedown. Interior contents brilliant and clean. Harrap & Co unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 61428Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1968. Sonderausgabe. Octavo 22.5cm. Grey cloth titled in gilt on spine; vi10032pp. Loghtly faded on spine slight spotting to top edge but otherwise fresh and clean: Very Good or better. #61428. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 212343New York: Basic Books 1959. Hardcover. VG: Missing the dust jacket. The book is in excellent shape with clean pages and solid binding. A red casebound book with silver text on the spine. Minimalist silver design on the front cover. xxii 361 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. "A survey of U.S.S.R. work achievements and plans for the future in the field of space flight. Translated from the Russian by the United States Air Force." Basic Books hardcover books
1961Best.-Nr. 37776Zürich: Orell Füssli 1961. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Illustrated wrappers printed in dark red and black. 22 pp. text 59 plates frontispiece. Subjects include Anda Ansermet Arrau Backhaus Barbirolli Beecham Brailowsky Buckel Caridis Casadesus Cassadò Cliburn Cluytens Curzon Cziffra de Vito Fischer Fournier Tsong Fricsay Giulini Gould Haas Haskil Horenstein Horszowski Iwaki von Karajan Keilberth Kempe Kempff Klemperer Kodály Konoje Kraus Krips Kubelik Maazel Matsuura Hephzibah and Yehudi Menuhin Milstein Mitropoulos Monteux Oistrakh Ormandy Rosbaud Rubinstein Sacher Schmidt-Isserstedt Schneiderhan and Seemann Schuricht Segovia Serkin Stader Stern Stravinsky Szell Szeryng Tebaldi and the Végh Quartett. Orell Füssli unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 597687London: Methuen 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First hardcover edition. Ownership stamp on front fly slight bumping at the spine ends else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with tiny nicks and moderate wear at the spine ends. Originally published as a paperback original. Methuen hardcover books
1942Best.-Nr. 207213Modern age books 1942-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards spine color has minor fading of color. Clean has a good binding. Name date and place are written on the front free endpaper- no other marks or notations. Modern age books hardcover books
1924Best.-Nr. 4961New York: CLARKE & LESLIE SONGS INC. 1924. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 5 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Lightly creased. CLARKE & LESLIE SONGS INC. books
1965Best.-Nr. NF1337SCIENCE SERVICE SCIENCE PROGRAM Nelson Doubleday 1965 four booklets fine in full color pictorial wraps in slipcase each with a set of full color photographic stamps pasted in their proper place to accompany the text save for one booklet in which the stamps remain unused !!! . They are: ROCKETS by Willy Ley; FLIGHT by Peter Viemeister; MAN IN SPACE by Marvin L. Stone & SPACE EXPLORATION U.S.A. by Walter Ryland. Nelson Doubleday paperback books
1954Best.-Nr. 07344SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST Specific fiction Corp. 1954 first edition Volume 1 #1 fine in full color pictorial wraps. Contains contributions by Forrest Ackerman Willy Ley Olaf Stapledon A.E. Van Vogt Donald Wollheim S. Fowler Wright Jack Vance Robert Sheckley Mack Reynolds et.al. Specific fiction Corp. paperback books
Best.-Nr. B202505-1Amsterdam/Eindhoven 1999. 16pp. 43 color plates. Sq. 4to. Wraps. Parallel text in Dutch and English. Amsterdam/Eindhoven, 1999. paperback books
1955Best.-Nr. 600421New York: The Viking Press 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 293pp. Illustrated by Olga Ley. Boards a trifle soiled near fine in slightly spine-toned very good dust jacket with a few modest chips. The Viking Press hardcover books
1955Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. D1111New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Hardcover. Very Good. Beige cloth gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on upper board and spine. A pretty edition with illustrated endpapers numerous decorations in text and 12 full-color tipped-on plates. Spine a bit sunned frayed at tips; boards and corners lightly rubbed. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 1394289London: George G. Harrap 1930. Limited Edition #506/750. Hardcover. Quarto 171 5 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's full teal morocco red and gilt floral circular emblem on front cover. Spine paneled with gilt. Some fading to spine and extremities. Light shelfwear to extremities. Limited Edition #506/750 of the British Issue. Signed twice by Pogany as issued on the limitation page and in pencil on the frontispiece. With twelve tipped-in color plates small black and white tipped in decorative pieces and printed head and tail pieces. Shelved case 0. There are 750 copies for England and another 500 copies for the United States. 1394289. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. George G. Harrap hardcover books
1909Best.-Nr. 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 books
1926Best.-Nr. 03629RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Crowell ca. 1926 light wear to the head of the spine else just about a fine copy in publishers original full limp leather binding stamped in decorative gold-gilt with 16 tipped-in full color plates by Pogany. Crowell hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 03631RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1930 first edition thus some light soiling to the covers some light wear to the upper front fore edge corner tip else just about a vg copy featuring 12 fine full color tipped-in plates by Willy Pogany as well as 44 fine gold and black decorated and pictorial plates woodblocks measuring 3-3/8" by 2-3/8." From the collection of esteemed Canadian fandom member Michael Glicksohn. George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd. unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 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 books
1930Best.-Nr. 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
1930Best.-Nr. 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 books
1964Best.-Nr. 13688New York: Fuck You Press 1964. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. The cover is by Allen Ginsberg and the work a pamphlet of 12 staplebound pages in 3 paper colors was produced on a mimeograph in an edition of 500 copies though apparently a significant number were destroyed by the mimeo. Originally intended for inclusion in The Yage Letters it was considered so obscene it was cut by the English printers. An earlier version appeared in the journal Floating Bear 1961 before Ed Sanders printed this separate edition. Maynard & Miles A9 A handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred. Printed pink wraps and pink blue and white papper texkblock. Limited edition of 500 copies. Fuck You Press unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 629010Zürich: Conzett & Huber 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. No. 251. Tall quarto. Measuring 9¾" x 12¾". 68pp. Illustrated see below. Two-page introduction in English the remainder of the text in German. Printed wrappers with light wear and the rear cover a trifle soiled near fine. Notable for nicely reproducing a collection of Frank's photographs 32 photos-half from The Americans- and two pages of film stills with texts by Willy Rotzler and Hugo Loetscher as well as a collection of color photographs by Harry Callaghan. We also note a couple of Steinberg drawings for what it's worth. Conzett & Huber) unknown books
1915Best.-Nr. 24685Wien: Munk 1915. Stiff Boards. Tan front cover boards lettered in silver and decorated in colors. Very good. Poganny Willy. 24 leaves. Folio 32 x 26 cm Printed on glossy paper with full page color illustrations by Willy Pogany. Text in German. Owner ink inscription dated 1915 on inside front cover and 1917 on title page. Interior contents sharp and very clean with all color plates in fine condition. Nick to front cover upper corner at right head. Title page in multicolored designs. Munk unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 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 books
1985Best.-Nr. 210690Zurich: ABC Edition 1985. Hardcover. VG. Lightest touches of shelf wear. Square quarto. Hardcover. White cloth boards with black titles in red/black illustrated jacket. 155 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm. Parallel English French and German text. ABC Edition hardcover books
