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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1930. Stated First Edition at copyright page: "Magyar Fairy Tales, Copyright 1930, by E. P. Dutton & Co., Printed in the USA. First Edition". Large 7" x 8 3/4" design. Green cloth boards, gilt cover titles and ornately detailed design, black spine titles and decoration, some corner, edge wear, bow, rub, sunning to spine, discoloration to back board. Pages generally good with attractive toning; few w/small areas of discoloration, mended closed tears. Some discoloration to exterior text block. Green monochromatic illustrated endpapers at front and back of valiant knight on steed charging at a mythical seven-headed dragon. Bind good; hinges intact. Illustrated with beautifully styled imagery and designs by Willy Pogany. Also, decorative headers, tailpieces, and vignettes throughout. Beautifully told and illustrated collection of eastern European folk tales presented by the Pogany's. Scarce near good first edition with good…
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HUNGARIAN FAIRY BOOK
by POGANY, NANDOR
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POGANY, WILLY. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. HUNGARIAN FAIRY BOOK by Nandor Pogany. NY: Frederick Stokes, no date, circa 1913. 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/8"), blue pictorial cloth, 287p., slightest bit of soil else near fine condition. 26 Hungarian fairy tales are illustrated by Pogany with color frontis plus a profusion of full and partial page black and whites in Pogany's Art Nouveau style. A very scarce and lovely Pogany item and an interesting collection of fairy tales as well.
- Bookseller Aleph-Bet Books, Inc. (US)
- Illustrator POGANY, WILLY
- Book Condition Used
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