Book of Verse for Young Folks, 1st/1st US Ed. 1915, illustrated by Willy Pogany
"The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks" selected and arranged by Burton Egbert Stevenson, illustrated by Willy Pogany, published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1915. First Edition. With over 500 pages the most comprehensive collection of children's nursery rhymes and poetry.
Hard boards, original publisher's cloth, gilt lettering and decorations on front board and spine [some soiling and wear, darkened spine]; 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; Pogany illustrated color endpapers [the front ep is slightly creased at the hinges, small antique Brentano's bookstore label inside back cover]; private label of Russ & Janet McGrew on the first blank page, xvii + 538 pages including Table of Contents, Index of Authors, Index of Titles and Index of First lines, several line illustrations by Willy Pogany, a few pages have a slightly bumped upper corner, good+/ very good condition.
Points of the first, 1915 edition:
Half title page with a line drawing by Pogany without "revised edition" and without copyright on verso [in the second edition (1922), this half-title page was used as an additional title page with copyright on verso.
The page opposite the half-title page is blank.
The color illustrated title page has a "Copyright, 1915…" notice on the bottom and blank verso. [this copyright notice was removed in the second edition (1922).
One-page ad of different formats of "The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks" at the end of the book.
Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific artist and illustrator. He created set designs for opera and ballet, and in the 1930s and 1940s he became Art Director for several Hollywood films, such as Wonder Bar (1934), Palmy Days (1931) and Dames (1934). Born Vilmos Andras Pogany in Szeged, Austria-Hungary, he trained as an artist before moving to Munich, Paris and London, where he remained for 10 years from 1904 to 1914, working as a book illustrator. In 1910 he illustrated an edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In 1915, he emigrated to America.
In the US, Pogany worked for Samuel Goldwyn at United Artists from 1927, creating giant-size props for the ice cream factory set in Eddie Cantor's Kid Millions (1934). His illustrations appeared in books and the magazines American Weekly, McCall's and Metropolitan; he designed movie posters, and advertisements for such products as Palmolive soap.
Pogany's murals decorated New York's Heckscher Children's Theatre and Ziegfeld Theatre, and the Niagara Falls Power Station. His portraits included film stars Miriam Hopkins, Anna May Wong and Carole Lombard.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------ $16.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $32.50
World: Priority (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $48.50
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"The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks" selected and arranged by Burton Egbert Stevenson, illustrated by Willy Pogany, published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1915. First Edition. With over 500 pages the most comprehensive collection of children's nursery rhymes and poetry.
Hard boards, original publisher's cloth, gilt lettering and decorations on front board and spine [some soiling and wear, darkened spine]; 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; Pogany illustrated color endpapers [the front ep is slightly creased at the hinges, small antique Brentano's bookstore label inside back cover]; private label of Russ & Janet McGrew on the first blank page, xvii + 538 pages including Table of Contents, Index of Authors, Index of Titles and Index of First lines, several line illustrations by Willy Pogany, a few pages have a slightly bumped upper corner, good+/ very good condition.
Points of the first, 1915 edition:
Half title page with a line drawing by Pogany without "revised edition" and without copyright on verso [in the second edition (1922), this half-title page was used as an additional title page with copyright on verso.
The page opposite the half-title page is blank.
The color illustrated title page has a "Copyright, 1915…" notice on the bottom and blank verso. [this copyright notice was removed in the second edition (1922).
One-page ad of different formats of "The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks" at the end of the book.
Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific artist and illustrator. He created set designs for opera and ballet, and in the 1930s and 1940s he became Art Director for several Hollywood films, such as Wonder Bar (1934), Palmy Days (1931) and Dames (1934). Born Vilmos Andras Pogany in Szeged, Austria-Hungary, he trained as an artist before moving to Munich, Paris and London, where he remained for 10 years from 1904 to 1914, working as a book illustrator. In 1910 he illustrated an edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In 1915, he emigrated to America.
In the US, Pogany worked for Samuel Goldwyn at United Artists from 1927, creating giant-size props for the ice cream factory set in Eddie Cantor's Kid Millions (1934). His illustrations appeared in books and the magazines American Weekly, McCall's and Metropolitan; he designed movie posters, and advertisements for such products as Palmolive soap.
Pogany's murals decorated New York's Heckscher Children's Theatre and Ziegfeld Theatre, and the Niagara Falls Power Station. His portraits included film stars Miriam Hopkins, Anna May Wong and Carole Lombard.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------ $16.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $32.50
World: Priority (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $48.50
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