[Children's & Illustrated] Pogany, Willy Group of 4 Titles Including Two Inscribed

Including:

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London: George G. Harrap & Co., (1909). First English edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 24 mounted color illustrations, and numerous in-text illustrations. Text, adornments, and additional illustrations printed in celadon, brown, rose, lilac, and turquoise. Publisher's quarter tan cloth over illustrated brown paper-covered boards; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; illustrated endpapers; separations in gutter of first gathering.

Wagner, Richard
The Tale of Lohengrin...
London: G.G. Harrap & Co., (1912). First and limited edition, #367/525 numbered copies, signed by Pogany. Additionally inscribed by Pogany on half-title. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 6 mounted color plates, 8 full-page color illustrations, and numerous black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue faux morocco, decorated in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; illustrated endpapers; front board split at joint; tears in head- and tail-caps.

FitzGerald, Edward
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1930). First American edition. 4to. (iv), 171, (2) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 11 color plates, all mounted, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations, some printed on gold paper and mounted. Publisher's peach cloth, stamped in gilt, lightly soiled, black and gold label to front board, spine darkened; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; pages unopened; previous owner's (?) signature and inscription on copyright page.

FitzGerald, Edward
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (ca. 1945). 4to. (vii), 96 pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece, 7 color illustrations, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Inscribed by Pogany on half-title and dated 1953. Publisher's rose colored cloth, decorated in gilt; top edge blue, other edges trimmed; in publisher's worn matching paper-covered box.

Provenance

From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York