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Richard Wagner. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. William Heinemann, London, 1910.
Price: US$128.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The 2nd impression of the 1st edition, thus, of the trade edition of the book with a full complement of coloured illustrations by this iconic artist. Very good in original cloth which has a 2cm circular stain to base of top board and lower spine area with some trivial damage to the lower edges of 3 pages. Light foxing to prelims.
Seller: Chris Phillips, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$138.11 + 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
Price: US$167.95 + shipping
Description: London: William Heinemann 1910. Sm. 4to. Original cloth with gilt title and illustrations to front board and spine (slightly rubbed at extremities). Top edge of textblock stained brown. (x 160pp.). Title-page lettered in gilt and title-vignette; 33 of the 34 plates called for (1 detached) with their captioned tissue-guards; and illustrated endpapers. Ownerships inscriptions on f.f.e.p. and front flyleaf. Some foxing.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Price: US$231.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Translated into English by Margaret Armour, 35 tipped in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissues, pages appear clean, illustrated endpapers, publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt-decorated front board, spine neatly repaired but gilt lettering faded, William Heinemann, London, 1910. PLEASE NOTE: AS THIS IS A LARGE BOOK YOU MAY BE ASKED TO PAY MORE THAN THE BASIC POSTAGE QUOTED ON ABE FOR SHIPPING OUTSIDE OF THE UK. Size: 10 x 7.5 Inches
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Wagner, Richard & Armour, Margaret. THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE. William Heinemann, 1910.
Price: US$270.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1910. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Trade edition. Brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Cream and orange pictorial endpapers. Part of the trilogy of 'The Ring of the Niblung'. With a prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. 34 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, covered with captioned tissue-guards. Text in a play format. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven fading/marks to covers, with scuffing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper, which also has some corner creasing. Light corner crease to frontis, other plates are fine! Some foxing and browning. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: William Heinemann 1910, Translated by Margaret Armour, 3 beautiful colour plates in rear section of book. Not too much foxing or wear, but missing frontis piece, rest of illustrations fine. Very good example overall. This volume contains The Rhinegold : Prelude, The Ring of the Niblung. The Valkyrie: First Day of Trilogy. This is Richard Wagner's opera set to a book. Some say to be part inspiration for The Lord of the Rings.
Seller: Festival Art and Books, Machynlleth, GWYNE, United Kingdom
Richard Wagner. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. William Heinemann, London, 1910.
Price: US$476.66 + shipping
Description: A wonderfully presented first edition of the first part of Richard Wagner's renowned opera cycle, with colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth with gilt motif. The English translation of this popular opera by German composer Richard Wagner from his series 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', or 'The Ring of the Nibelung', or simply the 'Ring Cycle'. This is the first drama out of four in the series, with each being loosely based on characters from Norse mythology and the Nibelungenlied.Translated from German to English by Margaret Armour, a Scottish translator, poet, and novelist.Thanks to the accompanying stunning illustrations by Arthur Rackham, the world and characters in this opera really come to life, giving the reader a well-rounded experience that only the live performance could exceed.During the "Golden Age" of British book illustration, Rackham was one of its leading artists. He used expressive line paired with a subtle use of watercolour to create his beautiful images. This work contains examples of Rackham's ethereal figures such as his fairy tale characters and his grotesque and fantastic. With thirty-four tipped-in colour plates by Rackham. Collated, complete. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities and the odd mark. Slight fading to the spine and the rear board. Light spotting to end pages and fore edge. Hinges are a little strained after endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd mark. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + 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. Folio, original boards with vellum spine and corner tips; t.e.g. There were originally gilt-lettered leather labels on the spine, which are now all but perished. First edition; No. 1149 of 1150 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Contents fine. Leather spine labels destroyed; vellum spine slightly darkened. The Ring of the Niblung, I.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$773.42 + shipping
Description: Legatura editoriale in piena tela con titoli e ricche decorazioni in oro al ds. e al piatto anteriore (per il primo volume). Tela editoriale con titoli e decorazioni in nero (per il secondo volume). Esemplari in ottimo stato di conservazione. Primo volume in edizione originale, secondo volume in edizione successiva (l originale è del 1911). 8vo (cm. 26), 2 Voll., IX-(1)159(1) pp.; IX-(1)181(1) pp., 1 c.nn. Con alcune ill.ni xilografiche in nero n.t. e complessive 64 tavv. f.t. a colori applicate su cartoncino e protette da velina parlante (di cui una in antiporta di ciascun volume).
Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy
(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.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Ring of Niblung by Richard Wagner, Arthur Rackham Art (Ltd) Signed A firm square bright copy with very worn leather spine labels, and very faint spotting to spine. No jacket present. Volume I only of a two-volume set. Rebound in three-quarter vellum, with two gilt-lettered leather spine labels, paper-covered boards with gilt ruling, and brown endpapers. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges rough-cut. 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. This is #1019 of 1150 numbered copies signed by the Artist on the limitations page of which 150 are reserved for the US. 34 color illustrated plates with captioned tissue guards. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$966.20 + 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
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: creme binding. #607/1100 copies. lightly faded covers and spine edges
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: creme binding. Volume 1 only. Translated by Margaret Armour. #670/1100 copies. faded cover and spine
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
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, Rackhams 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 Wagners 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.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: Rackham, Arthur. First edition thus, no. 124 of 1150 copies. With 35 mounted color plates and other black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 1 vols. 4to. With 35 Mounted Color Plates. Original full parchment, gilt with Rackham devices on spine and upper cover, silk ties, t.e.g. Spine soiled, endpapers foxed, toning and light foxing throughout. In green cloth slipcase With 35 mounted color plates and other black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 1 vols. 4to First edition thus, no. 124 of 1150 copies.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2447.70 + 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
Price: US$3542.72 + 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
Price: US$3864.79 + 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
Price: US$7085.45 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An exceptional two volume set. "Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods" and "The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie", First Limited Signed Editions, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, both volumes are signed by the illustrator under numeration (each volume limited to 1150 copies). Issued in London in 1910 and 1911 by William Heinemann & Co., to subscribers. This superb set of two volumes is finely bound in later full gilt vellum with silk ties, new endpapers, TEG, (Top Edge Gilt), deckled (other edges untrimmed or rough cut). Stunning binding is thus in very near fine condition, only very slightly age mellowed, exceptionally bright. Internally, slight typical offsetting from brown plate mounts to adjacent pages, which is noted on every copy of this magnificent edition, occasional slight spotting consistent with age, as typical, mostly to pages in proximity of brown mounts, otherwise both volumes, the textblock and tissues bright, clean, unmarked, without any creases of thumbmarks, flawless lithographs. There are 64 full colour lithograph plates in all, inclusive of frontispiece in each volume, all accounted for and all in perfect condition, under titled tissues. No previous owners' gift inscriptions, signatures or bookplates. An impressive, gift worthy set of The Ring of The Nibelung, by one of the best known illustrators of the Art Nouveau Era. Please enquire. Secure postage worldwide. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, together with Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. Limited Signed Editions. Arthur Rackham. Art Nouveau. Golden Age Illustrated. Enclosed within a quality black slipcase. Complete with the original advertisement for the exhibition of Arthur Rackham's watercolours at the Leicester Galleries.
Seller: Garland Books, Dundee, UK, United Kingdom