1926 Scarce Book - The Legend of the Tulip & Other Fairy Flowers wonderfully Illustrated by Willy Pogany.

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Author: Isidora Newman. Illustrated By Willy Pogany.
Title: The Legend of the Tulip & Other Fairy Flowers. Illustrations by Willy Pogany.
Publisher: London, Whitman Publishing Co., no date (1926). First thus.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 10 " X 8.5 ".
Pages: Unpaginated.
Binding: Attractive and very good original hardcover binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the 4 wonderful full-page colored and 5 black&white illustrations by Willy Pogany.

The book: Beautiful and rare edition The Legend of the Tulip & Other Fairy Flowers with Illustrations by Willy Pogany.

The author: Isadora Newman (April 23, 1878 – 1955) was an American artist, poet, writer, playwright and storyteller. She was born and raised in New Orleans and her work reflected the influences of her youth, particularly the African American and Creole culture of New Orleans.

The illustrator: William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány; August 24, 1882 – July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. His contemporaries include C. Coles Phillips, Joseph Clement Coll, Edmund Dulac, Harvey Dunn, Walter Everett, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, and N.C. Wyeth. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Painstakingly detailed and confident, Pogany's pen and ink pieces portray the true extent of his talent.