Search Results: tannhauser a dramatic poem by wagner richard rolleston

NY: William Godwin Hard cover. Published NY: William Godwin, no date. 8vo., unpaginated, illustrated by Willy Pogany with b/w plates, drawings within the text, borders, page headers and a few monochromes. Black cloth with beveled boards, silver titles and cover design. Spine cloth chipped - binding sound, bookplate and previous owner name on pastedown. Fair to good. . Hard. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Pogany, Willy. 8vo.

London, Calcutta, Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. (No Date) Original black cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly rubbed, mostly to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper, dated 1931; previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. Rear inner hinge starting. Illust. w/ b/w drawings and 22 tipped-in plates.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Brentano's. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Lacks the elusive dust jacket. Rubbing to edges, corners, hinges, and spine ends. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. The front endpaper has a small abrasion, possibly from sticker removal. Pastedowns and endpapers lightly toned.; Tannhäuser, the full title being Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg, is Richard Wagner's epic, poetic, opera of the opposition of sacred, otherworldly love and profane, worldly love. The mythical character Tannhäuser is a medieval German poet and songwriter who abandons his chaste Elizabeth and descends to be with Venus in her ethereal, subterranean realm of Venusberg. Dissatisfied, he ascends to the real-worldly Wartburg. reunites with Elisabeth, enters the songwriting contest of the Minnesängers, and horrifies the staid, pious listeners with his song of earthly, sensual love. In disgrace, he repairs to Rome to do… Read More

George G. Harrap & Co. LTD, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1911. First edition. Black cloth with gilt titles and decoration, very good with light rubbing to edges, slight bow to front board. Binding sound. Early bookplate to front paste down. Interior else clean, text unmarked.

London:: G. G. Harrap & Co.,, [1911].. First trade edition.. publisher's gilt full morocco, t.e.g.. Leather slightly rubbed at corners and joints; tight and sound; contents fine.. Large 8vo,. Illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1911. First edition thus; from colophon: "The Letterpress and Illustrations Lithographed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Sons Ltd., London, and the colour plates by Henry Stone and Son Ltd. Banbury. A.D. MCMXI". Oversize 8" x 11 1/4" design. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Grey cloth boards w/elaborate ornamentation and design, some shelf, corner wear, rub. Spine titles rubbed. Thick deckled pages very good; vintage name at endp. Small color plate set in to multi-color frontispiece illustration. Detailed imagery in subdued blue, sienna and beige hues at front, back endps. Fine string-bind good; hinges intact. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents, colors; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Contains fifteen tipped-in colour lithograph plates (one removed). Although other… Read More

London: G. G. Harrap and Co., (n.d.). Hardcover, 7 1/2 x 10", black cloth binding with gilt design and title lettering to front board and spine, no dust jacket, unpaginated and untrimmed, 12 color plates, 10 b/w plates, light extremity wear otherwise a very good + copy.A dramatic poem by Richard Wagner [1813 - 1883], freely translated in poetic narrative form by T. W. Rolleston, and presented by Willy Pogany. The story centers on the struggle between sacred and profane love, and redemption through love, a theme running through most of Wagner's mature work.

London: G. G. Harrap & Co. 1911. 4to. Unpaginated. Publisher's original gilt-decorated grey cloth. Wear to spine ends with small tear to cloth near head of spine. Spine gilt dulled. Ink mark to one plate. Pictorial endpapers. Printed on heavy grey stock. Two-colour illustrations & decorations to each leaf. Tipped-in colour plates by Willy Pogany. Now protected in a clear archival wrapper. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1911.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company (No Date) Original gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration to front cover. Top edge gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine darkened. Illust. w/ 16 tipped-in color plates, and numerous drawings. Contents nice.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good or Better/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Willy Pogany. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1911. First George Harrap edition; circa 1911. Oversize 8" x 11" folio design. Fine brown suede leather over thick semi-soft cover w/elaborately tooled ornamentation and design, some shelf wear, discoloration; wear to leather edge extending over stiffer cover. Cover impressed w/gilt titles and Pogany design within gilt border. Spine richly displays complete titles in gilt w/stylized symbols at top, bottom. Thick deckled pages near fine; no writing or marks. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Contains sixteen tipped-in colour lithograph plates and ten mounted charcoal plates. Also, nearly seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents, colors; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Although other artists have illustrated various editions, Willy Pogany captures the surreal and tragic… Read More

New York:: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co,,, [1911].. publisher's cloth decorated in gold and colors, in glassine wrapper and publisher's two-part decorated box.. Ink gift inscription on the (illustrated) front free endpaper; otherwise a lovely copy in slightly used glassine. The box shows the lightest of use. . Large 8vo,. Illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany..

1911. London, Harrap, 1911. 29 : 20,5 cm. Each page richly illustrated in red, green and black, many of them full-page, 16 tipped-in coloured plates by Willy Pogany. Original gilt decorated grey cloth. Profusely and delicate ilustrated throughout the whole book. - Binding a bit stained.

New York: Brentano's - George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1911. First Brentano's edition; circa 1911. Oversize 7 1/2" x 10" design. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Deep black buckram (cloth) boards w/elaborate gilt ornamentation and design, light shelf wear, small dent. Bright gilt embossed cover and spine design. Thick deckled pages very good; endps. toned. Fine string-bind; hinges intact. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Contains twelve tipped-in colour lithograph plates and ten mounted charcoal plates. Also, nearly seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents, colors; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Although other artists have illustrated various editions, Willy Pogany captures the surreal and tragic enchantment of this tale. A sharp, very good example by the famed Brentano's, Bookstores and Publishers of New York. Willy Pogany… Read More

100 Fifth Avenue, New York: William Godwin, Publishers, 1920. First William Godwin edition; undated, circa 1920. Large 6 1/2" x 9 3/4" design. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Black full-cloth beveled boards, silver embossed cover design and spine titles, moderate wear. Front board features silhouette of Pogany nude. Thick rough-cut pages generally very good; few w/plates w/some fox, vintage signature, stamp inside cover. String-bind good; hinges intact. Extremely rare, original dust wrapper w/stylized art deco front cover design, and spine titles, some wear, some chip; protected in new clear sleeve. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Contains seven colour lithograph smooth coated plates and nearly seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Although other artists have illustrated various editions, Willy Pogany captures… Read More

London:: G. G. Harrap & Co.,, [1911].. First edition; No. 334 of 525 copies, signed by Willy Pogany.. publisher's full embossed leather.. Leather rubbed along edges and joints; tight and sound; contents fine.. Large 8vo,. Illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany..

New York: Brentano's, 1911. First Brentano's edition; no date, circa 1911. Printed by H & J Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. Oversize 7 1/2" x 10" design. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Deep black buckram (cloth) boards w/elaborate gilt ornamentation and design, moderate shelf wear. Bright gilt embossed cover and spine design. Thick deckled pages very good, sharp; no writing. Fine string-bind; hinges intact. Extremely rare, original beige dust wrapper w/stylized front and back cover designs, and spine titles, lt. edge wear, chip, discoloration; protected in new clear sleeve. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Contains twelve tipped-in colour lithograph plates and ten mounted charcoal plates. Also, nearly seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents, colors; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Although other artists have illustrated various… Read More

E-104: G. G. Harrap and Co. Very Good. 1911. Signed Limited. Leatherbound. Leather. 4to. G. G. Harrap and Co. 1911. Unpaginated. With 16 wonderful full-page mounted colour plates, plus the small mounted frontispiece by Willy Pogány Illustrated with numerous lithographed orange and black illustrations with added decorations to the margins. Lithographed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Sons Ltd London. #319 of a limited edition of 525 copies. Signed by Willy Pogany on the limitation page. Bound in dark green calf leather with tooled and blindstamped titles present to the spine and the front board. Leather has some light scuffing to the extremities (spine ends). Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. A very attractive and extremely rare Art Nouveau, Willy Pogany signed limited edition. Tannhäuser (full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, "Tannhäuser and the Minnesingers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts,… Read More

London: George G. Harrap and Co., . Signed, limited deluxe edition, no.283 of 525, signed by Pogany, 4to., unpaginated, publisher’s full pictorial vellum, gilt, pictorial endpapers, tipped-in colour plates, b/w plates, decorations in colour throughout; a fine copy.