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The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie; With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour

The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie; With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour by Wagner, Richard [Arthur Rackham]

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie; With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour
Author
Wagner, Richard [Arthur Rackham]
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
London: William Heinemann, 1910. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Signed limited edition of The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.. Large octavo, ix, [2], 3-159pp, [1]. Finely bound in three-quarter red morocco, red cloth-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine with gilt embellished compartments. Top edge gilt. Binder's imprint on verso of front free endpaper: "Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London." Solid text block, touch of foxing throughout text, a near fine example. Complete with 34 full-page plates, including frontispiece. Each plate mounted to brown cardstock with captioned tissue guard. (Latimore & Haskell 37) One of 1150 limited edition copies, this one numbered 648. Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page. The original title of this composition by Richard Wagner in German was Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of Nibelung), a collection of four German language music dramas. The four parts include: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods). The previous bookseller, Charles J. Sawyer, owned and operated his bookshop from 1894 until his passing in 1931, when the firm was bequeathed to his children.
UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS... (From front cover)

UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS... (From front cover)

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UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS... (From front cover)
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
London: Gresham Press, 1890. original front cover present but worn; back cover lacking. oblong 4to. original front cover present but worn; back cover lacking. (24) pages. Comprises priced specimens of labels, both blank and filled, and reversed for transfer, along with vignette specimens of pianos, piano stools, organs, musical cases, etc. Specimens printed in orange or black. No other copy traced. Front cover detached and heavily chipped around edges, contents very good. Back cover lacking. An incredible survival.

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