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Price: US$199.68 + shipping
Description: Thick, heavy 4to. in gilt embossed tan cloth, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated end-papers, 159pp plus 34 tipped in colour plates mounted on card and each with printed tissue guard, and line illustrations in text, all by Rackham CONDITION: A well preserved near FINE clean, bright and tight unmarked copy (gentle bump to top fore-corner of page block). A nice copy, collated complete ] __NOTE Due to size, weight or for insurance purposes delivery to some destinations outside the UK may cost more than the shipping price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A fourth impression, 1920. Fine dk. honey brown full-cloth boards, sharp black cover and spine design, titles, moderate shelf wear. Crisp cover design features titles w/stylized dragon eating its tail and spine features titles w/classic ouroboros insignia. Pages very good. Decorated endpapers w/floating fairies; toned areas. Small antiquarian bookstore label w/silver titles on navy field at back endpaper: "Holland Bros. Booksellers, Birmingham". Binds fine, square; hinges intact. Attractive, near very good example. These works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas, and are translated here into English by Margaret Armour. This book includes: 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 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), Rackhams artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Wagners captivating storytelling. Printed in Great Britain by R. Clay and Sons, Ltd., Brunswick Street, Stamford Street, Suffolk. 161 pages w/34 tipped-in plates. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Wagner, Richard. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. Heinemann, London, 1920.
Price: US$252.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour. Bound in ful simulated flexiblel leather with spine and cover stamped in gilt, and printed endpapers. Lower rear corner chewed with wear at head and heel of spine, otherwise very good. Thirty-four mounted colour illustrations with lettered tissue guards.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.89 + shipping
Description: New Impression. The first volume of the Rackham illustrated Ring of the Nibelung. With 34 plates by Arthur Rackham. 4to., original cloth lettered in black on spine and upper board. A fine copy.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A fourth impression, 1920. Fine dark honey brown full-cloth boards, sharp black cover and spine design, titles, light shelf wear. Crisp cover design features titles w/stylized dragon eating its tail and spine features titles w/classic ouroboros insignia. Pages near fine; no writing. Decorated endpapers w/floating fairies w/some toning. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original brown dust wrapper matching board design with pounds/shillings price in Great Britain and Ireland added to spine detail. Back panel w/list of titles from Wm. Heinemann featuring the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. Front flap features publisher's greeting and contact. Wrapper fully intact w/moderate edge wear; protected in new clear sleeve. Printed in Great Britain by R. Clay and Sons, Ltd., Brunswick Street, Stamford Street, Suffolk. 160 pages of text w/34 tipped-in plates. Insured post. This volume is based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas, and translated here into English by Margaret Armour. 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), Rackhams artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Wagners captivating storytelling. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition two volume set. A fourth impression, 1920, and stated New Impression [second], 1924. Fine dk. honey brown full-cloth boards, sharp black cover and spine design, titles, lt. shelf wear. Crisp cover design features titles and stylized dragon eating its tail and spine features titles with classic ouroboros insignia. Pages near fine; characteristic toning throughout. Decorated endpapers with floating fairies; toned areas. Each volume has small antiquarian bookstore label with orange Pegasus at blank endpaper: "Mahel Ulrich's Book Shop, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester". Binds fine, square; hinges intact. Original brown dust wrappers matching board designs with pounds/shillings price in Great Britain and Ireland added to spine detail. Back panels with list of titles from Wm. Heinemann featuring the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. Front flaps feature publisher's greeting and contact. Wrappers fully intact with moderate chip to spine; Siegfried with somewhat more wear. Each protected in new clear sleeves. Printed in Great Britain by R. Clay and Sons, Ltd., Brunswick Street, Stamford Street, Suffolk. 160 pages and 182 pages of text with 34 and 30 tipped-in plates. Near fine volumes in rare near very good wrappers. Insured post. These works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas, and are translated here into English by Margaret Armour. The saga includes: The Rhinegold, the prelude; The Valkyrie, the first day of the trilogy; Siegfried', the second day of the trilogy; and The Twilight of the Gods, the third 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 and The Valkyrie and 'Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods' 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), Rackhams artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Wagners captivating storytelling. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2365.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. First Edition, new impression of each volume, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a total of 64 tipped-in colour plates and numerous decorations in line, all by Arthur Rackham. 4to, handsomely bound by Bayntun Riviere of Bath in uniform three-quarter navy morocco over blue cloth-covered boards, the corner-pieces and backs trimmed in gilt, the spines with tall raised bands gilt decorated between compartments attractively framed in gilt, two compartments gilt lettered, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. 160; 182 pp. A very handsome set, the bindings are in excellent condition, strong and sturdy and near as pristine, the text-block clean and completely free of foxing or spotting, the plates are all present and vivid, bright and clean, Vol. II with the Ring of the Niblung general title and the Siegfried half-title but bound without the 'Siegfried' title-page. A VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND SET WITH THE IMPORTANT RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS TO WAGNER'S RING CYCLE. It is obvious at first glance that Rackham was deeply and personally inspired by Wagners great mythic theme. His illustrations emerge from each page with dramatic force and stirring emotion. The Rhinegold illustrations were a grand achievement in the continuing evolution of the artists style. Unlike many of his other books, his Wagnerian illustrations were not geared to a child audience. He wrote to a twelve year old fan, "I am very glad you like my illustrations. I am rather afraid that the books of mine that are coming out this year and next, which illustrate Wagners great Music-stories, the Ring of the Nibelungs, are not very well suited for those lucky people who havent yet finished the delightful adventure of growing up, but soon, perhaps, you will know and be fond of Wagners music and writings, and then you may like these drawings of mine as well as the others."-from Derek Hudson. The artist invites us intimately into the heroic realm of the Norse Myths with his seemingly inexhaustible creative imagination. We sense a timeless serenity and repose in his, "Freia, the fair one," and are swept into the charged drama as "Fasolt suddenly seizes Freia and drags her to one side with Fafner." We enter the mystical realm of heavenly despair in "The Gods grow wan and aged at the loss of Freia" and cringe at the gnarled suffering we witness in "Mime, howling." And how can we ever forget the haunting portrait of the horde of enslaved "Nibelungs laden with gold and silver treasure" as with tortured, anguished faces they hoist their bounty? The range of human and heroic emotion conveyed within these 64 extraordinary illustrations, graphically invokes the genius of Wagners literary masterpiece and demonstrates once again Rackhams preeminence in the realm of illustration.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed limited deluxe editions; two volume set. 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. '318' and '949,' 'Arthure Rackham.'" Very attractive fountain pen signatures and numbering by Rackham. 1911 at title pages; no other dates. Cream full vellum (bespoke and matching original designs) boards, gilt cover titles and design, light shelf wear. 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. Crisp cover design features titles and stylized dragon eating its tail and spine features titles with classic ouroboros insignia. Pages in both volumes near fine with light toning and few with light fox. Binds fine, square; hinges intact. Impressive volumes richly illustrated with thirty-four & thirty mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham with captioned tissue guards. Binds fine, square; hinges intact. Impressively, Each features fine gold satin ribbons to tie volume's cover closed or utilize as page markers. Also, a slim red satin page marker in each volume. Near fine signed set of rare book craftsmanship. These works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas, and are translated here into English by Margaret Armour. The saga includes: The Rhinegold, the prelude; The Valkyrie, the first day of the trilogy; Siegfried', the second day of the trilogy; and The Twilight of the Gods, the third 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 and The Valkyrie and 'Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods' 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), Rackhams artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Wagners captivating storytelling. Printed by Ballantyne & Company, Limited, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. 160 pages and 182 pages of text with 34 and 30 tipped-in plates. Near fine volumes. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.