Willy Pogany's Mother Goose
by Various
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1928. Stated at copyright: Fourth Printing, Nov. 1928. Large 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" design. Bright blue cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, some cover, edge wear, rub, discoloration. Art deco cover design features stylish font with goose and swirling dynamic decoration surrounding. Pages generally good; some w/moderate fox, crease, discoloration, residue at front, back endpapers w/moderate sticker-pull. Bind intact; front, back hinges neatly reinforced w/cloth bind adhesive. Illustrated endpapers featuring decoration and quotations for each letter of alphabet. Profusely illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany in various combinations of size and decoration with many full-page, much in color, and also bold black & white. Willy Pogany's Mother Goose rhymes and tales truly come to life with this stylishly executed illustration and design. Features classic ditties and short rolling poems many remember well from youth. Well read, solid and intact rarity. Unpaginated; apprx. 150 pages. Insured post. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau or Art Deco. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy colour illustrations are exemplified by the imagery in this volume.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Pogany, Willy. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BiblioStax (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020456
- Title
- Willy Pogany's Mother Goose
- Author
- Various
- Illustrator
- Pogany, Willy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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Rapid River, Michigan
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fair
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