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Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret [Translator]; Rackham, Arthur [Illustrator]. THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE. Doubleday Page & Co, New York, 1910.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto, ix, 159 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have major rubbing, some bumping to corners, some scuffing and scratches, staining mainly on the front cover, and some shelf wear. Text block has foxing throughout. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized column. 1374190. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard. Rackham, Arthur, illustrator.. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour.. London/NY: William Heinemann/Doubleday, Page & Co., 1910.

Price: US$95.07 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: first trade edition (1910); [x], [160] pp., 34 mounted color illustrations with printed guards, pictorial endpapers, previous owner's name and bookplate to front free endpaper, wear to spine and cover edges else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard und Margaret Armour:. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. The Ring of the Niblung. A Trilogy with a Prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. (Band) I. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.. London; William Heinemann / New York; Doubleday Page and Co., 1910.

Price: US$111.15 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: IX; 159 Seiten; mit zahlr. (farbigen) Illustrationen; fadengeh., goldgepr. (illustr.) Orig.-Leinenband. Gutes, stabiles Exemplar; Einband etwas lichtrandig u. berieben; Vorsatz mit kl. Exlibris; kl. Lagerspuren. - Englisch. - Band I (von 2). - INHALT : The Rhinegold: Prelude / The Valkyrie: First Day of the Trilogy / Siegfried: Second Day of the Trilogy / The Twilight of the Gods: Third / Day of the Trilogy. - Arthur Rackham (* 19. September 1867 in London; † 6. September 1939 in Limpsfield, Surrey) war ein britischer Illustrator, der durch seine zahlreichen Buchillustrationen, insbesondere für Volksmärchen und andere Kinderbücher, bekannt wurde. . (wiki) // Margaret Armour (10 September 1860 – 13 October 1943) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and translator. She translated the Nibelungenlied from Middle High German into English prose, first published in 1897 as The Fall of the Nibelungs. In 1910 she translated The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner, and in 1928 she translated Gudrun. . (wiki; engl.) // LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / ILLUSTRATIONEN : Raging, Wotan ----- Rides to the rock ! ----- Like a storm-wind he comes!" Frontispiece ----- The frolic of the Rhine-Maidens The Rhine-Maidens teasing Alberich ----- " Mock away ! Mock ! The Niblung makes for your toy ! " ----- " Seize the despoiler ! Rescue the gold ! Help us ! Help us ! Woe! Woe!" ----- Freia, the fair one ----- " The Rhine's pure-gleaming children Told me of their sorrow '' ----- Fasolt suddenly seizes Freia and drags her to one side with Fafner ----- The Gods grow wan and aged at the loss of Freia ----- Mime, howling. " Ohe ! Ohe ! Oh! Oh!" ----- Mime writhes under the lashes he receives ----- Alberich drives in a band of Niblungs laden with gold and silver treasure ----- " Ohe ! Ohe ! Horrible dragon, O swallow me not! Spare the life of poor Loge ! " ----- " Hey ! Come hither, And stop me this cranny ! " ----- " Erda bids thee beware " Fafner kills Fasolt ----- " To my hammer's swing Hitherward sweep Vapours and fogs! Hovering mists ! Donner, your lord, summons his hosts ! " ----- " The Rhine's fair children, Bewailing their lost gold, weep " ----- " This healing and honeyed ----- Draught of mead Deign to accept from me." ----- " Set it first to thy lips " ----- Hunding discovers the likeness between Siegmund and Sieglinde ----- Sieglinde prepares Hunding's draught for the night ----- " Siegmund the Walsung ----- Thou dost see ! ----- As bride-gift ----- He brings thee this sword '' ----- Brunnhilde ----- Fricka approaches in anger ----- Brunnhilde slowly and silently leads her horse down the path to the cave ----- " Father ! Father ! ----- Tell me what ails thee ? With dismay thou art filling thy child ! " ----- Brünnhilde stands for a long time dazed and alarmed Brünnhilde with her horse, at the mouth of the cave ----- " I flee for the first time ----- And am pursued : Warfather follows close ----- He nears, he nears, in fury ! Save this woman ! Sisters, your help ! " ----- " There as a dread Dragon he sojourns, And in a cave Keeps watch over Alberich's ring " ----- The ride of the Valkyries ----- " Appear, flickering fire, Encircle the rock with thy flame ! Loge ! Loge ! Appear ! " ----- As he moves slowly away, Wotan turns and looks sorrowfully back at Brünnhilde ----- The sleep of Brünnhilde. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000

Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany

Rackham, Arthur (illustrator) and Richard Wagner. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1910.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first American trade edition of the first volume of the Ring of the Niblung Trilogy. Translated by Margaret Armour. With 34 color plates by Arthur Rackham mounted on blank leaves with tissue guards with printed captions. 160 pages. First American edition (no indication of later printings). A very good copy with moderate shelfwear, a bit of staining to the cloth, and some darkening to the spine. The tissue guard facing p. 32 is loose, but present. All illustrations are present and intact.

Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

WAGNER, Richard. RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.). The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie.. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1910.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Translated into English by Margaret Armour. ix, 160 pp. With 34 tipped-in color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, each with printed tissue overleaf. 4to, publisher's gilt buckram. First US trade edition. Slight foxing to the first few leaves; some faint offsetting from the plates (which are all lovely) to the text opposite. There is some irregular discoloration to the cloth, which is unworn, tight and sound. Leicester Galleries Arthur Rackham Exhibition flyer laid in. The Ring of the Niblung Trilogy, I.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard & Armour, Margaret (Transl). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, With Illustrations By Arthur Rackham.. LONDON: William Heinemann, NEW YORK: Doubleday Page & Co., 1910.

Price: US$156.02 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 4to: ix, 159pp, plus 34 colour plates. Rubbed, brown cloth, without dust wrapper. Gilt lettering and decor on spine and front cover. Former ownership inscription on front fixed endpaper. Minor spotting throughout. Tissue guard on plate facing page 4 is loose. Former owner's bookplate on first blank page.

Seller: Westwood Books Sedbergh, Sedbergh, United Kingdom

RICHARD WAGNER. THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE. DOUBLEDAY PAGE & COMPANY, New York, 1910.

Price: US$173.25 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Blue cloth binding with gold stamped title and pictorial design on front cover and spine. Corners slightly bumped/rubbed with minor fraying on the spine top/bottom. This is the First American Trade Edition with 34 Mounted Color Plates and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial end-papers. Binding is strong with no markings inside/outside.All tissue guards present. Book is clean, complete and tight.

Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour.. William M. Heinemann/Doubleday Page, London and New York, 1910.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Blue cloth with gilt lettering and cover pictorial. 34 tissue guarded color plates by Rackham. Corners rubbed, head of spine with 0.75 inch tear to edges, heel of spine rubbed and lightly frayed, edges of spine rubbed, spine and front cover lightly sunned, front cover with a small spot, rear cover with a superficial scuff, page 5 with a 0.5 inch closed tear to fore edge, page 11 fore edge lightly bumped and having a 0.75 inch closed tear. Hinges cracked but still holding, Brentano's label on rear paste down. The following inscription on front end paper: This book was a gift to Frank J Price from his Yale class mate Edward N? Loomis and given to his friend Maud H Purdy who passes it on to her beloved niece Shirley (Mrs William B Strong October 5th 1950. Purdy was a prominent botanical artist and a character in her own right. PayPal accepted.

Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. With illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour (Ring of the Niblung, a trilogy with a prelude. Translated into English by Margaret Armour). Doubleday, Page & co, 1910.

Price: US$220.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, 1910 Doubleday second impression with 34 tissue guarded tipped in Rackham color illustrations. Tight and unmarked showing light age tone. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal

Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). The Rhinegold: & the Valkyrie / by Richard Wagner; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham; translated by Margaret Armour. London New York: William Heinemann; Doubleday,, 1910.

Price: US$244.54 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Illustrated end-papers. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 159 pages, [34] leaves of plates: illustrations (colour); 26 cm. Notes: The coloured plates are mounted and accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Illustrated title page; black and white head pieces to each scene.Contents: Rhinegold. Valkyrie. Subjects: Operas; Librettos. Photoengraving; Specimens. NibelungenOpera German 19th century. Genre: Fiction.Illustrated. Inscriptions. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Wagner, Richard. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. William Heinemann, London, 1910.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original blue cloth (stamped Doubleday Page on lower spine). A few pages at front and back foxed. With full complement of 34 tipped-in plates.

Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. Doubleday, Page, New York, 1910.

Price: US$260.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: ix, 159 pages, 34 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations. Second printing, November 1910. Publisher's blue cloth fresh, gold-stamped device to front board vibrant, lettering to front board and to spine sharp, minor rubbing and wear to extremities; hinges strong, handsomely laid out text fine, plates and tissue guards excellent. All plates and tissue guards present; two plates loose and laid in. Structurally sound and well preserved internally, this is an unusually strong copy of an attractive book. 1120 grams.

Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). The Rhinegold: & the Valkyrie / by Richard Wagner; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham; translated by Margaret Armour. London New York: William Heinemann; Doubleday,, 1910.

Price: US$274.00 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Illustrated end-papers. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 159 pages, [34] leaves of plates: illustrations (colour); 26 cm. Notes: The coloured plates are mounted and accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Illustrated title page; black and white head pieces to each scene.Contents: Rhinegold. Valkyrie. Subjects: Operas; Librettos. Photoengraving; Specimens. NibelungenOpera German 19th century. Genre: Fiction.Illustrated. Inscriptions. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939) | WAGNER, Richard | ARMOUR, Margaret (translated by). THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE [with] SIEGFRIED & THE TWLIGHT OF THE GODS. Heinemann / Doubleday Page /, London & New York, 1910.

Price: US$487.56 + shipping

Description: Both first trade editions. Post 4to (10 x 8 ins). Both books in matching binding of gilt-stamped light brown buckram, Rhinegold vol slightly sunned. Foxing to endpapers and half-titles. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, with 36 tipped-in colour plates in volume 1 and 30 in volume 2, each with captioned tissue-guard, and head and tailpieces. A very nice and clean set with just some fading to the Rhinegold binding to detract. In what has become known as the golden age of illustration, the period between 1900-1920, technological advances in printing meant that artists, such as Rackham, no longer needed to rely on engravers to translate their work for printing. With this greater flexibility, Rackham was free to experiment with line and colour in a way that made him the most beloved and also most profitable illustrator of his time. He collaborated many times with Heinemann publishers and their lavishly produced works with tipped-in, full-colour illustrations gave rise to the idea of the "gift book". For many, Rackham's illustrations came to define the look and feel of the world's great literature classics; from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, to A Midsummer Nights Dream, and Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom

WAGNER Richard 1813-1883 (ARMOUR Margaret - translator). The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. William Heinemann; Doubleday Page & Co, London New York, 1910.

Price: US$487.56 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: In brown gilt printed cloth. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, 2 half titles, frontis, title with illustration, [6], (vii-ix), [1], [2], 3-159 pp, [1], 34 coloured mounted illustrations with printed tissue guards, text in a Play format, slight fading at head of upper board, printed endpapers, ink ownership signature to ffep (1946). A wonderful production with outstanding plates by Rackham. A colour plate classic! (250*186 mm). Wilhelm Richard Wagner, was a German composer, conductor, theater director and polemicist primarily known for his operas.

Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom

(Rackham, Arthur) Wagner, Richard. The Ring of the Niblung: THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE. , 1910.

Price: US$775.00 + shipping

Description: With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour. London: William Heinemann | New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1910. Original light brown buckram pictorially decorated in gilt, with dust jacket. First Arthur Rackham edition, trade issue (there were also 1150 signed copies bound in white parchment). A year later, the concluding volume of "The Ring" was published -- SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS. This is one of Rackham's more outstanding achievements: the volume contains 34 color plates, each tipped onto heavy art paper with a printed tissue guard. This volume is in fine condition, with scarcely any soil or wear. Included is Heinemann's 1910 pictorial dust jacket, repeating the book's decoration: it is in very good-plus condition (light wear at the spine ends and upper edge of the rear panel, faint damp-mark on the latter). The front free endpaper bears a small "Xmas 1911" signature.

Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.

Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page, & Co, London; New York, 1910.

Price: US$975.13 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A beautifully and colourfully illustrated copy of Richard Wagner's epic dramas, the first edition, second impression, to be illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, second impression, published only the month after the first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, and thirty-three tipped-in colour plates.Collated, complete.The first two of Richard Wagner's four epic music dramas, the series being titled 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', or 'The Ring of the Nibelung', or simply the 'Ring Cycle'.These dramas are loosely based on characters from Norse mythology and the Nibelungenlied, revolving around a magical ring, that grants the wearer the power to rule the world. It is said that the ring was forged by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich from gold that he stole from the River Rhine's maidens.Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Rackham was a book illustrator who illustrated editions of 'The Ingoldsby Legends', 'The Wind in the Willows', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', and 'Gulliver's Travels', as well as contributing frequently to periodicals. He is considered to be one of the leaders of the 'Golden Age' of book illustrations.Translated from German to English by Margaret Armour, a Scottish translator, poet, and novelist. She also translated worked by Gustav Legerlotz and Heinrich Heine.Promotional slip for the Arthur Rackham Exhibition at the Leicester Galleries is loosely inserted. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart. Fading to the spine, joints, and head of the front board, heavier fading to the tail of the boards. A few light marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm. Front wrap of the dust wrapper is detached from the spine. Light edge wear to the wraps, with a few small chips, including to the head and tail of the spine, and a large tear to the head of the rear joint, smaller tear and chip to the tail of the rear wrap. Light age-toning and handling marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Final plate is working loose. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Wagner, Richard. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., London and New York, 1910.

Price: US$1100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First American trade edition. Quarto blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with 34 fine, full-page mounted color plates by Rackham, each p-late with a captioned tissue guard. Light bumps at the spine corners, else a fine, bright copy in the original publisher's lidded box, which is neatly repaired at the corners. Very scarce in the box.

Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret (Translation). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham [1910 First Edition]. William Heinemann Ltd. - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1910.

Price: US$1295.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing of this impressive volume richly illustrated with thirty-four mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham with captioned tissue guards. 1910 at title page; no other dates. Fine brown full-cloth boards, sharp gilt cover and spine design, titles, light shelf wear, toning to spine, light discoloration to front lower edge. Crisp cover design features titles with Brunnhilde riding to battle on her horse; above this, titles and richly stylized dragon eating its tail. Spine features titles with classic ouroboros vignette. Heinemann in gilt at heel of spine. Pages very good, clean; light fox at first and last several leaves. Few with small areas of tanning, toning; small pinhole at back few. Antiquarian inscription at front endpaper: "To my darling best-beloved Edward, from his loving little wife with dearest love & all best wishes for many happy returns of his birthday. Oct. 2nd, 1911." Illustrated spread inside front and back covers with Rhine-maidens or floating fairies. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dark brown, matte pictorial wrapper, light edge wear, rub; moderate offset to printing. Cover and spine repeat cover motif with Brunnhilde on horse. Titles at spine, and also: "Cash Price in Great Britain and Ireland 15/-net." Sharp very good first edition thus in same original wrapper. Includes scarce ephemeral leaflet set in; remains crisp and clean. A notice of: "Arthur Rackham Exhibition. An Exhibition of Original Water Colour Drawings for 'The Ring of the Niblungs: and other subjects by Mr. Arthur Rackham, R. W. S., will be held by Msssrs. Ernest Brown and Phillips, at The Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, London, from October 15th to November 12th, 1910." These works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas, and are translated here into English by Margaret Armour. The saga included in this volume are: ‘The Rhinegold,’ the prelude, and ‘The Valkyrie,’ the first day of the trilogy. Initially establishing his reputation as a romantic composer, Wagner revolutionized opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk (‘total work of art’), by which he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts. This edition of ‘The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie’ is heightened by the dazzling color illustrations of a master of the craft, Arthur Rackham. One of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration - 1850 until the start of the First World War, Rackham’s artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, these illustrations further refine and elucidate Wagner’s captivating storytelling. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. 161 pages of text with thirty-four tipped-in plates. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.

Richard Wagner / Arthur Rackham (ill). The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. William Heinemann, 1910.

Price: US$1400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co. 1910. First trade edition. 8vo. (161) pp. Translated by Margaret Armour. Brown buckram; stamped in gilt; in original matching illustrated brown paper dust-jacket; stamped in brown; in original brown box with "The Copp, Clark Company, Limited, Toronto" label on side, one corner repaired with tape. An exceptionally nice copy. Riall, p. 103.

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret (Translation). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham [Signed Limited Edition]. William Heinemann Ltd. - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1910.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: From signed limitation page: "This Edition is limited to eleven hundred and fifty copies, numbered and signed by the artist, of which one hundred and fifty are reserved for the United States of America. No. '270,' 'Arthure Rackham.'" Very attractive. 1910 at title page; no other dates. Cream vellum boards, gilt cover titles, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub, discoloration. Exterior spine and bind professionally redone with sharp impressed gilt titles on white leather. Crisp gilt cover design features Brunnhilde riding to battle on her horse; above this, titles and richly stylized dragon eating its tail or variety of ourobouros. Thick, deckled leaves, near very good. Impressive volume richly illustrated with thirty-four mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham with captioned tissue guards. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Impressively, this volume retains the original golden ribbons to tie volume's cover closed or utilize as page markers. Near good signed rarity of fine book craftsmanship. These works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas, and are translated here into English by Margaret Armour. The parts included in this volume are: ‘The Rhinegold,’ the prelude, and ‘The Valkyrie,’ the first day of the trilogy. Initially establishing his reputation as a romantic composer, Richard Wagner revolutionized opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk (‘total work of art’), by which he sought to synthesize the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts. This edition of ‘The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie’ is heightened by the dazzling color illustrations of a master of the craft, Arthur Rackham. One of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration - 1850 until the start of the First World War, Rackham’s artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, these illustrations further refine and elucidate Wagner’s captivating storytelling. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. 161 pages of text with thirty-four tipped-in plates. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.

Richard Wagner. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., London and New York, 1910.

Price: US$1600.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The deluxe limited edition, limited to 1150 copies signed by Rackham, this being one of the 150 copies reserved for the Unites States of America. Quarto, publisher's half vellum and brown paper-covered boards. Top edges gilt; others uncut. Illustrated with 34 full-page mounted color plates by Rackham. Captioned tissue guards. Light soil to the spine, else a sound, near-fine copy preserved in the publisher's board chemise (broken) and slipcase (worn). Scarce thus.

Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret (Translation). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham [Signed Limited Edition]. William Heinemann Ltd. - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1910.

Price: US$2350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: From signed limitation page: "This Edition is limited to eleven hundred and fifty copies, numbered and signed by the artist, of which one hundred and fifty are reserved for the United States of America. No. '716,' 'Arthure Rackham.'" Very attractive. 1910 at title page; no other dates. Cream full vellum (leather) boards, gilt cover titles and design, light shelf wear, edge wear, rub. Crisp gilt cover design features Brunnhilde riding to battle on her horse; above this, titles and richly stylized dragon eating its tail or variety of ourobouros. Spine with crisp titles and vignette of the classic circular dragon tail eater. Pages generally fine; moderate fox inside covers. Antiquarian bookplate featuring crest inside cover: "Mountstuart Elphinstone." Impressive volume richly illustrated with thirty-four mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham with captioned tissue guards. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Impressively, this volume retains the original gold satin ribbons to tie volume's cover closed or utilize as page markers. Near fine signed rarity of fine book craftsmanship. These works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas, and are translated here into English by Margaret Armour. The parts included in this volume are: ‘The Rhinegold,’ the prelude, and ‘The Valkyrie,’ the first day of the trilogy. Initially establishing his reputation as a romantic composer, Richard Wagner revolutionized opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk (‘total work of art’), by which he sought to synthesize the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts. This edition of ‘The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie’ is heightened by the dazzling color illustrations of a master of the craft, Arthur Rackham. One of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration - 1850 until the start of the First World War, Rackham’s artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, these illustrations further refine and elucidate Wagner’s captivating storytelling. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. 161 pages of text with thirty-four tipped-in plates. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.

Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. William Heinemann; Doubleday page 1910-11, London; New York, 1910.

Price: US$2470.32 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A beautifully and colourfully illustrated copy of Richard Wagner's epic four epic opera dramas, illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with tipped-in colour plates, scarce to see in their original dust wrappers. The first editions, first impression.Both volumes are in their scarce original unclipped dust wrappers.Complete in two volumes.'The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie' illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, and thirty-three tipped-in colour plates.'Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods' illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, and twenty-nine tipped-in colour plates.'Arthur Rackham Exhibition' advertising slip loosely inserted.Collated, complete.These two volumes contain Richard Wagner's four epic music dramas, the series being titled 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', or 'The Ring of the Nibelung', or simply the 'Ring Cycle'. These four are 'Das Rheingold'/'The Rhinegold', 'Die Walkure'/'The Valkyrie', 'Siegfried', and 'Gotterdammerung'/'Twilight of the Gods'. All four dramas are in these two volumes.The four dramas are loosely based on characters from Norse mythology and the Nibelungenlied.The plot of the four dramas revolves around a magical ring, that grants the wearer the power to rule the world. It is said that the ring was forged by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich from gold that he stole from the River Rhine's maidens.Wagner wrote the libretto and music over about twenty-six years, from 1848 to 1874. He intended them to be performed in a series, and the first performance of the cycle opened at the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876. Many believe that the composition and story of this cycle raised the standards of the art form. It is also considered that to put on the cycle is one of the biggest challenges any opera company can undertake. Richard Wagner is well remembered today for his operas, which are known for their complex textures, rich harmonies, and for the fact that he wrote both the libretto and music. His 1857-59 work 'Tristan und Isolde' has been considered to lay the groundwork for classical music in the twentieth century, being the start of modern music.Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Rackham was a book illustrator who illustrated editions of 'The Ingoldsby Legends', 'The Wind in the Willows', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', and 'Gulliver's Travels', as well as contributing frequently to periodicals. He is considered to be one of the leaders of the 'Golden Age' of book illustrations.Translated from German to English by Margaret Armour, a Scottish translator, poet, and novelist. She also translated worked by Gustav Legerlotz and Heinrich Heine. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spines. Spines are a little faded. Hinges of 'Rhinegold' are starting but firm. Front hinge of 'Siegfried' is strained. Spots to the endpapers. Dust wrappers are a little edge worn, heavier to the head and tail of the spines, with chips. A few light marks to the wraps, a small tide mark to the spine of 'Rhinegold', and a small tide mark to the spine and extremity of the front wrap of 'Siegfried'. Spines are age-toned. Very small chip to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spotting. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WAGNER, Richard.. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. [Together known as:] The Ring of the Niblung. A Trilogy with a Prelude. Translated into English by Margaret Armour.. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1910-11, 1910.

Price: US$3575.46 + shipping

Description: Signed limited editions, number 891 and 87 respectively of 1,150 copies signed by the illustrator. Fred Gettings notes that "in the final picture of Siegfried. there is a lyric beauty of colour, line and form which Rackham rarely achieves again. This is Rackham's personal style taken to its highest point of expressive delicacy". Fred Gettings, Arthur Rackham, London, Studio Vista, 1975, pp. 130-31; Riall, p. 109. Two volumes, quarto. Original white vellum, lettering on spines and front covers in gilt, decoration on front covers in gilt, top edges gilt and others untrimmed. Colour frontispieces and 62 colour plates mounted on thick brown paper, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Some soiling to bindings, extremities of first volume bumped, some scratches and abrasions to first volume, some internal foxing and browning, lacking silk ties, else good copies.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WAGNER, Richard.. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. [Together known as:] The Ring of the Niblung. A Trilogy with a Prelude Translated into English by Margaret Armour.. London: William Heinemann; Doubleday Page & Co., New York, 1910-11, 1910.

Price: US$3900.51 + shipping

Description: Signed limited editions, number 553 and 769 respectively of 1,150 copies signed by the illustrator. Fred Gettings notes that "in the final picture of Siegfried. there is a lyric beauty of colour, line and form which Rackham rarely achieves again. This is Rackham's personal style taken to its highest point of expressive delicacy". Fred Gettings, Arthur Rackham, London, Studio Vista, 1975, pp. 130-1; Riall, p. 109. Two volumes, quarto. Original white vellum, lettering on spines and front covers in gilt, decoration on front covers in gilt, top edges gilt and others untrimmed, two ties remaining one of which detached. Colour frontispieces and 62 colour plates mounted on thick brown paper, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpapers. Tiny indentation to front cover of Rhinegold, split to front inner joint of the same (still firm), contents with some offsetting from illustrations and mounts, vol. II pp. 129-138 with small brown stain at foot, very good copies, bindings fresh.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom