Magyar Fairy Tales from Old Hungarian Legends with Illustrations by Willy Pogany

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 interior. Willy Pogany was born Vilmos András Pogány in Hungary in 1882 and his heritage is evident hear. A wonderfully enchanting feast of Hungarian folk tales by Nandor Pogany. Tales include: Prince Argyilus and the Fairy Ilona; The Wonderful Lamb; The Student Who Became a King; The Iron-Headed Man; More with Mind than with Force; The Woodland Fairy; The Golden-Bearded Man; The Old Soldier; Two Wee Thumb-Oxen; Peter Tulip; Two Girls and a Devil; The Lazy Queen; The Little Pig and the Wolves; The Miraculous Fox; The White Mare's Son; The Poor Woman's Rooster; Pali's Luck; Wooden Jack; Goldheart and Promise; Two Impostors; and, How Miska Got Married. Here are the sleeping beauties, man-eating ogres and many young king sons who set to search for fame and fortune; and, here is the dog called Goodear "because he could even hear a blade of grass growing at a distance of seventy miles", and iron-headed man and a "world-beautiful" prince and princess and a devil who shouts "long live my tail, hoofs are my feet, open the door". This is a book of delightful fairy-folk tales and legends as Grimm and Andersen, but distinctly Hungarian in flavor. The perspective and their very wording is refreshing. They endear themselves both through their age-old familiarity and their fresh vigor. Will Pogany has outdone himself for this book in which he was particularly interested. His illustrations are not only beautiful but uniquely appropriate. 268 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Pogany, Willy. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.