Search Results: tannhauser a dramatic poem

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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.

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NY: Brentano's. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Light scratch to back cover, No DJ; Gilt-decorated black cloth hardback. Unpaginated (apprx 150 pp) . Color & B&W illustrations. Epic poem. Date uncertain (ca 1910); 8vo .

NY: William Godwin, Inc., 1927. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover Book Is Good / Jacket Is None FREE upgrade to Priority Mail with Insurance Pages tight and clean!! Color illustrations nice, but have light brown spots on them and on surrounding pages. No date. Page edges are frayed on purpose, but browning. Black cover with silver drawing of naked woman - cover moderately rubbed, a little faded near edges, edges curving in. X Library which may have a protective mylar covering on DJ from day 1 Buyer Satisfaction 100% Guaranteed

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.

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Good. (1911). 1st ed Colopho. Gray cloth boards with extensive ornamentation, oversize design, color tipped in plates, Pogany was a renowned Hungarian . illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings if myths and fables such as these in the German legend of Tannhauser, heavily fairy tale with surreal and tragic enchantment, with thick deckled gray pages. .

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.

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: Brentano's, N.d. [1911], 1911. First American trade edition. Large 8vo (24.5 x 18 cm); illustrated by Willy Pogany, with line drawings, tipped-in lithographs and twelve tipped-in color plates. Light wear to head and foot of backstrip; some spotting to endpapers, else a good copy or better in original gilt-stamped and decorated black cloth. SIGNED by Pogany. The first of Pogany's three lavishly illustrated Wagner titles. "[Pogany's] illustrations to Wagner's 'Tannhauser' may be preferred to Rackham's Wagner illustrations as they have a strong German 'fin de siecle' feel about them." (Felmingham, "The Illustrated Gift Book 1880-1930")..

Grey heavy stock paper with tipped in color illustrations by Pogany . Besides the tipped in plates there are many other illustrations and decorations. Spine has some rubbing o/w a very good copy in a red slipcase.

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..

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