DELUXE WILLY POGANY RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER COLERIDGE VG+ Illustrated 1920

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DELUXE WILLY POGANY RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER COLERIDGE VG+ Illustrated 1920:
$500.00

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER; In Seven Parts
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor; Willy Pogany (illustrator)
Deluxe IllustratedLondon: George G. Harrap, 1920. Deluxe edition. Stunning work of art. Quarto. 9 3/4 in (25 cm) tall; unpaginated. No date, circa 1920. Printed by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. Fine binding in olive green morocco with bright gold-stamped ornamentation and jewel-toned accents. Bright gold-stamped illustrations and letters to spine. Hand sewn headbands. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. As befitting Coleridge\'s dramatic epic poem, Willy Pogany has extensively gilt tooled the spine and front cover with pictures including a ship of color leather inlays and has fully illustrated every page. To paraphrase Vadeboncoeur, \"Willy Pogany\'s art nouveau masterpiece. The large format allowed Pogany to pull out all the stops. Each page is at least two colors, sometimes with a gilt plate and usually an intricate border added. Extra-elaborate initials started each page, with simply ornate capitals for the beginning of each line. An illuminated title page, 20 tipped-in color plates, the second color added to the black and white plates, the flowing calligraphic text, and the numerous pen & ink drawings throughout make this special.\" Tight binding. Square corners. Fine tipped-in plates. Heavy stock, cream pages largely clean and unmarred with no bookplate, writing, salient marks, or tears; no loose pages. Clear protective cover. Crown and top corners chafed, rear cover with minor scratch, pastedowns with outer edges glue-toned, blanks foxed, pages and edges with intermittent light foxing, opening pages with light crease. Well-preserved, finely bound, epic poem lavishly illustrated by Willy Pogany. Vadeboncoeur, bpib online. Rarebookhub online. Very good+. No Jacket as issued. Full leather. (827)