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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.
(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$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, 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$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.
Price: US$1872.58 + shipping
Description: [Norse Saga] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED ISSUE. Quarto (30 x 24cm). Illustrated with tipped-in colour plates. Publisher's full parchment over boards pictorially blocked in gilt, top edge gilt. A lightly used copy with very gentle spotting, and little marking to covers, silk ties wanting, inside paper joints cracked, Pre-Raphaelite style bookplate to pastedown. Near fine. No.3 of 1150 copies.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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, 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$3551.45 + 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$3874.30 + 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$7102.89 + 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